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40 Truckin’ Songs
This September, The 9513 is saluting one of our favorite topics: truckin’. We had a list long as Route 66, but after much debate, narrowed it down to 40 artists and 40 songs.
Though there is a fair amount of women truck drivers, this list is Y chromosome heavy. You won’t find too many ballads on [...] -
Carrie Underwood Will Release New Album In November; Ferlin Husky’s Health Progresses
Carrie Underwood doesn’t yet have a title for her next album, but it will be released on November 3 with the first single expected late summer.
New releases for the week of July 7, 2009 include:
The Lovell Sisters – Time To Grow
Amazon | iTunes | MySpaceKris Kristofferson (Reissues)
Who’s to Bless and Who’s to Blame/To the Bone
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Ferlin Husky In Critical Condition; Midriffs Are In; Brad Paisley Pokes Serious
Eighty-three year-old country singer Ferlin Husky is in the hospital and in critical condition with an accelerated heart rate and possible pneumonia.
Caitlin & Will, the Carter Twins, Jypsi and Matt Stillwell will open for Alan Jackson at Aquapalooza, an all-day boating event in Alabama on July 25.
Country California: A hobo appeared on stage at [...]Continue reading "Ferlin Husky In Critical Condition; Midriffs Are In; Brad Paisley Pokes Serious"
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Great Country Songs From the 1970s, Pt. 3
Same admonition as before. Just some songs I liked, one song per artist.
“Silver Wings” – Jim & Jon Hager (1970)
Since Hag issued the song as a B side (“Workin’ Man Blues” was the A side) this version is the only charting version of Hag’s classic. The Hager Twins do a nice job with the [...]Continue reading "Great Country Songs From the 1970s, Pt. 3"
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Hillbillys in a Haunted House Brings Together Scooby Doo, Cold War Spies and Caged Gorillas
This might just be the most awesomely bad movie ever created. Unlike the other films reviewed in Celluloid Country, Hillbillys in a Haunted House (sequel, of course, to The Las Vegas Hillbillies) knows it’s cheesy and never tries to get above its raising. It’s 90 minutes of pure camp, interspersed with country songs.
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Delayed Ashley Monroe Album Finally Earns Release Date
Ashely Monroe announced that the album she made for Sony when she was 19 (now 22), titled Satisfied, will be released digitally on May 19.
Ferlin Husky is home recovering after a trip to the hospital last weekend for congestive heart failure and pneumonia.
In an interview published on Reuters, Steve Earle talks about his new album, [...]Continue reading "Delayed Ashley Monroe Album Finally Earns Release Date"
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Ferlin Husky Hospitalized; Remains In Stable Condition
According to Ferlin Husky’s record company, the 83 year-old country singer was admitted to a hospital on Friday due to congestive heart failure and pneumonia.
Brad Paisley’s wife, actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley, gave birth to the couple’s second son on Friday.
Deborah Evans Price has a Q&A with Tanya Tucker about her new album, a reality show she [...]Continue reading "Ferlin Husky Hospitalized; Remains In Stable Condition"
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Forgotten Artists: Jean Shepard
You gaze at that guitar on your knee
In a way that you never look at me
This love affair of yours has gone too far
And I’m tired of playing second fiddle to an old guitar
From “Second Fiddle (To an Old Guitar),” Capitol Records, 1964Kitty Wells may have been the reigning Queen of Country Music during the [...]
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Miranda Lambert’s New Album Is Slated For September
Miranda Lambert told Billboard’s Gary Graff that she’s worked on about four songs for her new album, which is scheduled for a September release. She’s mixing some of her own songs and including submissions from other writers.
“What’s fun is the more success you have, the better the songs are that you’re pitched,” she notes. “The [...]Continue reading "Miranda Lambert’s New Album Is Slated For September"
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Forgotten Artists: Bonnie Guitar
Born with the last name Buckingham, Seattle native Bonnie “Guitar” was a true renaissance woman who moved from role to role during the course of her long career. You name it, this 85 year old has done it: singer, songwriter, session musician, producer, executive and record label owner.
Bonnie Guitar learned several musical instruments during her [...]
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