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Hank Jr. Continues Monday Night Football Partnership
Since 1989, Monday Night Football has been associated with Hank Williams Jr.’s “All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight,” and this season will continue the tradition. The 59 year-old singer will shoot the new video next month in Los Angeles, and each week will feature team specific lyrics.
Twenty years ago the Dallas Observer launched [...]Continue reading "Hank Jr. Continues Monday Night Football Partnership"
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Shooter Jennings Backs Waylon On Posthumous Project
Andy Tenille dishes on a posthumous Waylon Jennings project that hits the streets this summer. Titled Waylon Forever, the outlaw is backed by son Shooter Jennings and his band, the .357s, on nine tracks of originals and unlikely covers.
“This album really got its start back in 1995,” the country-rocker recalls, “when Dad asked me to [...]Continue reading "Shooter Jennings Backs Waylon On Posthumous Project"
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Hacienda Brothers’ Chris Gaffney Succumbed to Liver Cancer
One of the roundups at the beginning of the month included the news that founding member and lead singer of the Hacienda Brothers Chris Gaffney was diagnosed with liver cancer. His insurance wasn’t going to cover all of the costs, so a benefit and a website were set up to help collect donation. In a [...]
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Gretchen Wilson Cited For Disturbance During Recent Flight
After reportedly becoming “verbally abusive” onboard a recent flight, Gretchen Wilson was stripped of her alcohol privileges and cited for a disturbance. The trouble apparently came about when the stewards asked her to keep her pet dog in its carrier case. How dare they.
A special edition of the forthcoming Garth Brooks The Ultimate Hits will [...]Continue reading "Gretchen Wilson Cited For Disturbance During Recent Flight"
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Townes Van Zandt To Be Awarded The President’s Award At AMA
Before you go out and buy The Great Lost Performance from Johnny Cash that was recently released, head over to Twangville and see what they have to say about the album.
This release is billed as The Great Lost Performance, but I’m not sure I’d go that far. It is a rollicking good time but [...]Continue reading "Townes Van Zandt To Be Awarded The President’s Award At AMA"
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Johnny Bush Writes About Honky Tonks And James McMurtry Visits NPR
Ten months ago a cocktail waitress accused Hank Williams, Jr. of yelling obscenities and choking her at a hotel. Those charges were dropped over the weekend. The District Attorney says that they didn’t feel like they had a case they could prove and the accuser, Holly Hornbeak, still says that the case was not driven [...]
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Hank Jr. And Terri Clark Announce Divorces And Rascal Flatts Bash Dixie Chicks
There’s a mighty good discussion going on in the comments for the post Your Take: Are Genre Jumpers Ruining Country Music?. Be sure to check that out, see what everyone else has to say, and leave your own opinion.
All these country singers need to stop getting divorced before they draw some unwanted attention to country [...]Continue reading "Hank Jr. And Terri Clark Announce Divorces And Rascal Flatts Bash Dixie Chicks"
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Thursday News Roundup
Despite the bad luck George Jones has endured this past year (pneumonia and a fractured wrist), he has set a full tour schedule for 2007. His October release God’s Country, includes an all-star line up performing many of George’s classic numbers. Performers on this album are: George Jones himself, Garth Brooks, Sammy Kershaw, Pam Tillis, [...]
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We've labored long and hard to come up with our list of the Top 10 Country Albums of 2008. Click here to see who claimed the honor of the year's top album, as chosen by The 9513's staff and writers.
Don’t confuse disappointing with worst, as that list would most likely be dominated by obscure indie knockoff bands along with a couple of mainstream releases. There has to be a modicum of expectation that’s dashed upon the release of an album for it to qualify for the year’s most disappointing.
Join host Kelly Dearmore as he shines the light on several noteworthy album releases you might have missed and interviews various artists, from Sarah Borges to Trent Willmon and Reckless Kelly to Wade Bowen, in the first two episode of The 9513 podcast.
Jim Malec counts down the top 20 country music news stories of 2008. How many times do you think John Rich will be mentioned?Current Discussion
- Paula_W: The People Choose Underwood and Flatts At People’s Choice Awards What people? Not me!
- Nashville4U: Great to see Carrie Underwood win those awards but Rascal Flatts....I don't know if they deserved that one. Also that ...
- Brady Vercher: Britt's demo is tacked onto the end of the final track, "Bruised," on her Little Wildflower album, but like Rick ...
- Rick: Let us not forget that Catherine Britt was the co-writer with Rory Feek on "Sweet Emmylou". Catherine recorded a rough ...
- Jim Malec: I think "Sweet Emmylou" is the kind of song that few people are capable of writing. There's a reason why ...
- celeritas: I quite like this song but it should not be a single. Curb have lost it with this CD. There ...
- Brady Vercher: That's what I was going for. And if you connect "Down the Road" with the yellow brick road...
- Chris N.: If the "Tin Man" joke was on purpose, you're a genius.
- Lisa Nichols: hey hey micheal i will like your music is sound will good is to bottom of my hurt your music ...
- Vicki: I heard George on my first visit to the Opry. That was a magical visit for I got to ...
