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CBS Anchor Sets Sights On Opry
Face the Nation anchor Bob Schieffer, age 71, is retiring after the next President is inaugurated to tour with his country band, Honky Tonk Confidential. Schieffer says that his goal is to play the Grand Ole Opry.
I don’t know if he’s serious or not, but in today’s episode of Crook & Chase, Mel Tillis […] -
Americana Airplay Published Year-End Top 100
Check out 2007’s Top 100 Albums according the Americana Airplay chart. Lucinda Williams, Ryan Adams, Kelly Willis, Son Volt, and Patty Griffin top the list.
Jimmie Dale Gilmore generally prefers to interpret other songwriters’ songs, but is currently working on a CD of new, original songs for release in 2008. He reveals that The Flatlanders will […]Continue reading "Americana Airplay Published Year-End Top 100"
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“Cowboy Town” Adopted As Official Song of Wrangler National Finals Rodeo
Back in September Robert W. McLean donated Bill Monroe’s mandolin and Mother Maybelle Carter’s guitar to the Country Music Hall of Fame. Unfortunately, the money used to purchase these instruments was stolen from investors by McLean, who took his own life in late September. While alive McLean also donated two former Johnny Cash owned guitars […]
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Brad Paisley Celebrates Two No. 1s in Four Months
Let’s suppose you were going to create a list of the 100 Greatest Christmas Downers of All Time. I’d assume that you’d include plenty of country songs, because country is known for it’s downers, right? Well, EW.com saved us all the trouble and did exactly that. They’ve got Merle, Loretta, Bruce Robison & Kelly Willis, […]
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Sammy Kershaw’s Political Bid Fizzled By Incumbent
Porter Wagoner remains in a Nashville-area hospital and has been diagnosed with lung cancer.
With four kids at home Kelly Willis put her musical career on the back burner. She didn’t feel like she had time to write until an interviewer reminded her that she could do other people’s songs. One thing led to another […]Continue reading "Sammy Kershaw’s Political Bid Fizzled By Incumbent"
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Jim’s Big State Wrap-up: Sunday
Concluding our post-event coverage of the 2007 Big State Country Music Festival, here is the second half of my weekend wrap-up.
Sunday:
Colin Gilmore, 11:15.
The son of Texas icon Jimmy Dale Gilmore, Colin played to a small but very enthusiastic crowd at the BMI stage. Admittedly, I only had chance to stick around for about […] -
And The Bands Played On: Big State Festival Day Two
Kelly Willis and The Wrights were on the brink of starting their 12:30 sets when we arrived at the festival grounds on Sunday. Writing the Saturday wrap-up kept us from showing up earlier to watch Colin Gilmore and Ashley Ray. Our famished stomachs led us straight to the nearest food while we half-heartedly listened to […]
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Laidback Atmosphere At The Nutt Complements Drew Kennedy And Bruce Robison
Just before sunset Saturday evening Drew Kennedy climbed the steps to the small side stage at Nutty Brown Cafe to serenade the audience with an acoustic show underneath the Hill Country live oaks.
He started out with “Baytown”, and the hour and fifteen minute performance consisted mostly of other songs from his latest album, Dollar […]Continue reading "Laidback Atmosphere At The Nutt Complements Drew Kennedy And Bruce Robison"
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Digital Dolly Parton Wants You To Give Her A Play
Despite their musical prowess, Bruce Robison and his wife Kelly Willis like to keep their careers separate for the sake of their own sanity. John Goodspeed says they “could portray the everyday American married couple — if the average family had four children under age 6.” Willis mentions that their four year-old twins write songs […]
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Lost Johnny Cash Performance To Be Released Later This Month
When talking about his new album, Cowboy Town, due out on October 2nd, Ronnie Dunn said:
“This really is kind of like cowboys meet the Rolling Stones. There’s a bunch of fun stuff on there. And it sounds different than anything we’ve ever done.”Watch: Adam Hood plays a couple of songs live in studio at Reg’s […]
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