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George Jones Announces Billy Sherrill’s Induction Into Musicians Hall
George Jones and rocker Peter Frampton announced the newest inductees to the Musicians Hall of Fame yesterday. Among the inductees are Billy Sherrill, Jones’ long-time producer who hounded him for 12-months to record “He Stopped Loving Her Today;” Buddy Holly’s band, The Crickets; Booker T. & the M.G.’s; Al Kooper; the Memphis Horns and the [...]
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Randy Rogers Readies 3rd Annual Sake of the Song Festival
Galleywinter has the lowdown on Randy Rogers’ 3rd Annual Sake of the Song Festival this Friday and Saturday, plus the history behind the festival.
Jerrod Nieman added “The Way It Used To Be” to his MySpace, go check it out.
When John Hiatt married his wife Nancy they each had a kid, which means the kids were [...]Continue reading "Randy Rogers Readies 3rd Annual Sake of the Song Festival"
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Man Claims He Is The Son of Late Eddy Arnold; Wants Paternity Test
A man claiming to be the illegitimate son of the late Eddy Arnold filed a petition last Wednesday to establish paternity. The man, Christopher Edward Tanner, says he will do what is necessary to “make things right,” even if that means exhuming Arnold’s body for DNA testing.
Danny Davis, the man who pioneered the use of [...]Continue reading "Man Claims He Is The Son of Late Eddy Arnold; Wants Paternity Test"
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Snoop Dogg Contemplates Doing Grass of the Blue Variety
Inspired by his recent appearance at the CMT Music Awards, Snoop Dogg supposedly wants to record a bluegrass album, you know, because he’s been smoking so much green grass. Quick, somebody shoot me.
Unhappy with Montgomery Gentry’s sales figures on their previous album, Joe Galante urged the duo to toughen up their sound. So that’s what [...]Continue reading "Snoop Dogg Contemplates Doing Grass of the Blue Variety"
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Brad Paisley Pulls An Urban; Releases Single From Previous Album
Brad Paisley joins Keith Urban by dipping into a previous album for his next single. “Waitin’ On A Woman,” from his Time Well Wasted album, was released to radio yesterday and Andy Griffith will appear in the video that’s due out later this year.
EW’s Popwatch Blog looks at what Nashville Star did right during the [...]Continue reading "Brad Paisley Pulls An Urban; Releases Single From Previous Album"
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Escalating Gas Prices Put Halt To Concert-Goers
Galleywinter forum members discuss the effect that the escalating gas prices have had on the number of concerts that they’re able to attend. Most are saying that road trips to see favorite artists are almost out of the question.
Check out the fancy new Roughstock website. They’re currently featuring an exclusive interview with Ashton Shepherd.
If you [...]Continue reading "Escalating Gas Prices Put Halt To Concert-Goers"
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Music Spanned Generations at 2008 CMA Music Festival
Keith Urban and Carrie Underwood rolled through the hits at LP Field in Nashville on Friday night. Craig Shelburne has the highlights. Whitney Self tackled Saturday’s events, where Kenny Rogers closed the evening with some of his hits.
Marc Hirsh says Jason Aldean performed an opening set for Tim McGraw’s recent concert at the Comcast Center [...]Continue reading "Music Spanned Generations at 2008 CMA Music Festival"
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Man Returns Stolen George Jones Guitar 46-Years Later
Larry Berry bought a guitar from two boys in 1962 that they said had been stolen. The guitar strap had George Jones‘ name on it with streaks of white lightning. Berry says he’s been trying to reach Jones since the ’60s to return the guitar, but couldn’t get through to him until this year.
Michael Roberts [...]Continue reading "Man Returns Stolen George Jones Guitar 46-Years Later"
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Jessica Simpson Is The Highest Charting Debut Solo Artist
Jessica Simpson made history by becoming the highest charting debut solo artist in the history of Billboard’s country singles chart for her song “Come On Over.”
John Bohannon says John Hiatt’s formula becomes closer to perfect with each album and Same Old Man follows in that lineage.
His ability to relate to an audience through repetition and [...]Continue reading "Jessica Simpson Is The Highest Charting Debut Solo Artist"
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Country Musicians Should Totally Pick Up Where Van Halen Left Off
Today’s head-scratcher brought to you by Sugarland’s Kristian Bush: “There’s no reason that a lot of touring country musicians can’t pick up where Van Halen left off,” Bush said. “It’s just that they don’t want to.” (via ggcolumn)
The accolades for Jamey Johnson grow by the day.
Randy Lewis says when LeAnn Rimes performed “Blue” while opening [...]Continue reading "Country Musicians Should Totally Pick Up Where Van Halen Left Off"
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In an attempt to discover and highlight the best music every month, We'll be publishing a list of the best songs released throughout that period. Here's Brady Vercher's picks for October.
For the second episode of The 9513 Country Music Podcast, your host Kelly Dearmore caught up with two seemingly different artists in Sarah Borges and Trent Willmon. Take a listen.
Free Music Downloads: If you’ve only recently come to country music, or have never delved past the genre’s surface and it’s most famous names, you may not have heard of Tom Russell. That’s a shame, and The 9513’s Free Music series is here to help set you down the right path.
Martina McBride - “Ride” Catchy, but a little low on cogency–not to mention originality. And it essentially resolves into the same kind of positive “message song” that has defined so much of McBride’s recent work.
Richie McDonald - “How Do I Just Stop” So gloriously simple and unequivocally lackluster that people of every political persuasion should rejoice in the opportunity to come together and have a hearty laugh at its expense.
Donnie Vondra - “If I Didn’t Love You” Combinining a golden trifecta of country music—steel guitar, fiddle and a strong, twangy vocal—"If I Didn't Love You" pulls together a sweet, toe-tapping ditty reminiscent of Marty Raybon-era Shenandoah.
Lance Miller - “Bacon Frying” A charming country song that is beautiful for its simplicity, a musical remnant from a time when songwriters understood that often the best thing to do is just get out of the song’s way.
John Rich - “Another You” For a guy who is supposed to be a genius songwriter, John Rich sure does seem to be running out of ideas. 
George Ducas - “Walk Through This World” Ducas banks on the success of recent artists’ pleasantly bland lyrics and agreeable instrumentation for his first release with WhiteStar Nashville.
In this exclusive interview for The 9513, Little Big Town’s Jimi Westbrook talks about life with the band, as well as A Place to Land, the group’s current album, which has charted in the top 10 of Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart on two separate occasions
Forgotten Artists: Cal Smith - When the Florida Sunshine Opry (Eustis, FL) booked its first “name” (non-local) act back in 1999, the act they chose was Cal Smith. No wonder, since Cal is an excellent singer, musician, storyteller and showman. | View more artists featured in Paul W. Dennis' recurring "Forgotten Artists" feature »
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