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Roger Creager – “A Good Day For Sunsets”
Songwriters: Radney Foster and Roger Creager.
Roger Creager has developed quite the cult following around his home base of College Station, Texas–and for good reason: His unique blend of Texas country, rock, Latin and Red Dirt music is upstaged only by the incredible way he works a crowd and the rabid fan base that flocks to [...] -
The Bobby Bares Are Collaborating on Tribute To Shel Silverstein
Bobby Bare Jr. says Shel Silverstein critiqued every song he wrote until he died and says he was his father’s best friend. In that respect, it’s only fitting that Bare Sr. and Jr. are collaborating on a tribute album to the late children’s author, artist, poet and songwriter. Scheduled for release sometime next year, the [...]
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Time Life Plans to Release Previously- Unreleased Hank Williams’ Recordings
Time Life plans to periodically release 143 previously-unreleased Hank Williams‘ recordings over a three year period. The recordings were made in 1951 for Williams’ show on radio station WSM-AM in Nashville and were sponsored by Mother’s Best flour.
Watch Jason Isbell perform “Dress Blues” live at Stubb’s in Austin, TX, then go read the story of [...]Continue reading "Time Life Plans to Release Previously- Unreleased Hank Williams’ Recordings"
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Doom and Gloom Predictions For Music Industry Are Exaggerated
Jean-Bernard Levy, Chief Executive at Vivendi, believes the gloom surrounding the music industry has been over done and predicts that there will be a viable market for physical products for years to come. (via Coolfer)
Jason Isbell’s Sirens of the Ditch tops Twangville’s ‘07 Top-10 list.
In his review for Times Union Michael Eck says [...]Continue reading "Doom and Gloom Predictions For Music Industry Are Exaggerated"
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Teddy Thompson Takes On George Jones
On Saturday, the Country Music Hall of Fame will have a program with Fred Foster titled “Mr. Record Man: A Conversation with Fred Foster,” to celebrate RCA Studio B. The Tennessean has a primer for the program and a story of Foster signing Kris Kristofferson:
“I asked him to sing me four songs,” Foster said. “By [...] -
Carrie Underwood Becomes Second Country Star To Sell Six Million Debut Albums
If you watched the ACM Awards you surely saw the touching performance of “If You’re Reading This” put on by Tim McGraw and the families of fallen soldiers standing on stage at the end, but I bet you didn’t know that McGraw paid all the expenses to have those families flown to Las Vegas.
Keith [...]Continue reading "Carrie Underwood Becomes Second Country Star To Sell Six Million Debut Albums"
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Roger Creager Filled With Conviction And Ray Benson Comes Up Big At 2006 AMA
Last night my girlfriend and I took a trip to Gruene Hall, Texas’ oldest dance hall, to catch a Roger Creager show. To make a long review short, it was nothing short of adrenaline inducing. He performs with more passion and conviction than anyone I have ever seen play live, and can seamlessly drift between [...]
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Kidman Pregnant, Roger Creager Keynoting, and Stephen King’s Favorite Tracks of ‘06
In the world of gossip, this is old news, but for those who haven’t heard, Nicole Kidman is expecting a baby with her man, Keith Urban. A source said: “Miss Kidman certainly isn’t hiding the changes in her body now and seems to be very comfortable with them. Any woman seeing her now up close [...]
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