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Shania Twain and Mutt Lange Part Ways
You’ve probably heard it 25 times by now, but coming completely out of left field is the news that Shania Twain and her husband of 14 years Robert John “Mutt” Lange are getting a divorce.
Lange produced Twain’s multi-platinum albums, and they co-wrote all of her charting singles for Mercury Nashville between 1995 and 2005, with [...] -
Gary Allan Watches “Airplanes” Take Off To No. 1
Gary Allan hit No. 1 on the Country Aircheck Chart this week with “Watching Airplanes.” On a sidenote, how’d you like that incredibly cheesy post title?
Trisha from Buffalo wrote in with this nugget of information:
Seems that the song “Lost In This Moment” which was released by Big & Rich was written by John Rich and [...]Continue reading "Gary Allan Watches “Airplanes” Take Off To No. 1"
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The Demise of No Depression
The alt-country music magazine No Depression will cease to exist after publishing the May-June issue. The current issue of the magazine contains a statement that basically says the decline in music sales is adversely affecting their means to make money. Despite what the magazine’s title reads, that’s pretty depressing news.
Marty Stuart recalls the first time [...] -
Tim McGraw Scores Assist On New Def Leppard Single
The new single from rock band Def Leppard’s forthcoming album was co-written by Tim McGraw.
McGraw, a current Grammy nominee as a songwriter for “If You’re Reading This,” initiated the co-write idea three years ago through his longtime tour manager Robert Allen, brother of Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen.
(via Coolfer)
The cover story of this week’s issue [...]Continue reading "Tim McGraw Scores Assist On New Def Leppard Single"
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Mailbag: The First Edition
This is the first edition of the mailbag, except instead of answering questions that people sent to me via email, I pulled some questions from the search queries in our stats program that people used to find The 9513. Let’s get started.
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Who wrote the lyrics to Stupid Boy sang by Keith Urban?
Sarah Buxton, Deanna Bryant, [...] -
Josh Gracin Subs For Lonestar, Toby Keith’s 2007 Tour Dates, & Mark Wills Has Dinner With The President
Lonestar’s lead singer Richie McDonald couldn’t make his show in Corpus Christi on Wednesday due to suffering complications in a recent back surgery. Josh Gracin stepped up and took Richie’s place on lead vocals for a crowd of an estimated 3,500.
“We had a couple of shows coming up and Josh was on the bill with [...] -
Saturday News Roundup
Sara Evans will sing the national anthem tomorrow for the Indianapolis Colts vs.Tennessee Titans game at LP Field in Nashville. The game starts at 1:00 p.m. (EST)/12:00 p.m. (CST) and will be broadcasted by CBS.
Wynonna Judd made an apperance in New York for a special event at a retail store in Manhattan yesterday, marking World [...]
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