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Trent Summar Compared To A Blond Elvis And The Associated Press Reviews Last of The Breed
Ed Crowell over a Austin360 seems to like what he hears and sees in Trent Summar.
Images of a blond Elvis in his Louisiana Hayride days, legs spread wide and a red jacket flapping before going down on his knees and shaking off his straw cowboy hat.Jonni Jewell posted mucho pictures of the KHYI Texas Music [...]
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Whiskey River (Take My Mind) - Johnny Bush With Rick Mitchell
Johnny Bush’s autobiography is “The True Story of Texas Honky-Tonk.” I wasn’t alive to witness most of the things Bush talks about in his book, but he is so brutally honest and candid with his own personal misgivings that you’d be hard pressed to not believe what he has to say. The book opens [...]
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Album Review: Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, And Ray Price - Last of the Breed
The first thing you notice when looking over the list of songs is the absence of giant hits from Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, and Ray Price. The possible exception being “Heartaches by the Numbers.” The typical classics/hits from these legends can be found on a number of other albums, so Last of the Breed [...]
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Concert Review: Last of the Breed in Nashville
Brody reviewed the weekend show in Austin and has linked to several other reviews, so I’ll only post a few comments about the Last of the Breed Tour’s stop at Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry House on Monday night. I’ll also post the complete set list as I do not believe that I have seen a [...]
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Concert Review: Last Of The Breed - History In The Making
Last of The Breed is appropriately titled. I had the pleasure of seeing the legendary trio play in Austin at The Backyard, a large, outside venue right off the highway. The stage is surrounded by walls with rows and rows of chairs descending from the stage. My seats were near the back, right behind where [...]
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Terrence Howard Performing For Charley Pride, Dierks Bentley Lets Loose, And Rare Ray Price Recordings
We wrote about the Wheel of Fortune Country Music Star Week a couple of months back, well it’s almost here. February 12-16 will be the week that fans get to appear with country music stars to spin the wheel and solve some puzzles, woohoo.
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The Merle Haggard Movie And Kevin Fowler’s Rodeo Headlining Debut
Merle Haggard has joined Willie Nelson in promoting the benefits of Biodiesel and will be performing at their National Biodiesel Conference & Expo. In an article from MySA.com Haggard also discusses his album with Jones, his tour with Willie & Ray, and a current autobiographical movie that he’s been working on with Robert Duvall.
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Last Of The Breed Tickets In Austin Are Moving Fast And Jack Ingram On The Cover Of Texas Monthly
Man, I knew when I woke up on Saturday that tickets for the Willie, Merle, and Ray concert were going to be on sale, but I figured I’d wait until today to purchase them so that Brady, Jenna, and I would be in the office to decide how many to get. We decided to purchase [...]
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Date Set For Last Of The Breed Album And Big & Rich Spoof
Last of the Breed, a two disc set featuring Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, and Ray Price will be released on March 20th by Lost Highway Records. It was recorded in Nashville and Fred Foster produced the album, which includes 20 newly recorded classics and two new songs. If you live in the Austin area, don’t [...]
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Willie & Merle Coming To Austin And Country Songs Inducted To Grammy Hall Of Fame
So the most exciting news today, to me at least, is Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Ray Price, and Asleep at the Wheel are coming to Austin on March 16th & 17th. Tickets go on sale in eight days, January 20, for the concert at the Backyard. I’m so not missing this show. I just hope [...]
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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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