Taylor Swift Dolls Due In Time For Christmas
- Taylor Swift, already the spokesmodel of l.e.i. jeans, hopes to have a line of sundresses soon and will have her own collection of fashion dolls, dressed in the likeness of her most memorable attire from music videos, due in time for Christmas. Yipee. (via ggcolumn)
- Pedal steel player Jim Baker, a member of the Mel Tillis Statesiders Band in the early ’70s, passed away on Sunday (Oct. 5) at the age of 75.
- For the NPR series “In Character,” Tom Vitale explores the story behind, and popularity of, the character in Dolly Parton’s hit song “Jolene.” It’s been covered by more than 30 singers, including The White Stripes, Sisters of Mercy and Mindy Smith, whose version Parton said is her favorite.
- Don’t forget, you still have time to enter to win an autographed copy of Dolly’s latest album, Backwoods Barbie.
- Jamey Johnson will be signing copies of That Lonesome Song as a part of his scheduled appearance on the Grand Ole Opry tonight. The Tennessean lists the weekend’s lineup.
- Josh Grider and his wife Kristi delivered their first son, Joshua James, on Tuesday.
- Austin Music Source’s Michael Corcoran published a track list for Undone: A MusicFest Tribute to Robert Earl Keen that will be released on January 6 and features a Who’s Who lineup of Red Dirt/Texas Country artists.
- Watch Josh Turner recording George Beverly Shea’s “Almost Persuaded” for his role in the new Billy Graham biopic.
- I have failed in alerting you, dear readers, of Dale Watson’s 46th birthday this past Tuesday. Thanks to Twang Nation for calling it to my attention. Be sure to share your favorite “Dale Watson Facts” in the comments, and because it never gets old, here’s the video of “Justice For All.”
- Update: Watch the trailer for Crazy, a film inspired by 1950’s guitarist Hank Garland. Waylon Payne, who played Jerry Lee Lewis in Walk the Line, stars as Garland. From the press release:
Crazy chronicles Hank Garland’s rise to fame in Music City, from playing on hits for icons including Elvis Presley, Patsy Cline, the Everly Brothers and Roy Orbison through his brief but influential solo career as a visionary jazz artist. It also explores his tempestuous marriage and repeated clashes with the Nashville’s country music establishment over artist’s rights, civil rights and other issues. The car crash and electroshock treatments that eventually ended Garland’s performing career and derailed his life are starkly portrayed, and the enormity of what was lost is deeply felt.
It’ll have a limited theatrical release beginning Oct. 17 in Nashville and Memphis.
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October 10, 2008 at 10:38 am Permalink
Dale Watson went back in time and wrote “Your Cheatin’ Heart.” He gave it to Hank Williams and said, “You can take credit for this one, son. It ain’t country enough for me.”
October 10, 2008 at 10:44 am Permalink
Rest in Peace Jim Baker. A great steel player in a great band. The Statesiders. Always a class act.
October 10, 2008 at 11:35 am Permalink
WoW! That Taylor Swift merchandise is awesome! I know what will be at the top of my Christmas list!….(lol) Taylor Swift might be just a brand at this point, but I expect her to become queen of her own corporate empire eventually.
Jamey Johnson, The Time Jumpers, and Mandy Barnett are my picks for tonight’s Opry. Here’s the schedule:
http://www.opry.com/TicketsAndInformation/ThisWeek.aspx
Speaking of Mandy, she was the lead in the Nashville production of “Always Patsy Cline” back in the mid 1990’s and plays Patsy in the new Hank Garland movie “Crazy” mentioned above. Go Mandy!
“Jolene” is an amazingly powerful song. I prefer Dolly’s original version, and like Sherrie Austin’s version as well, but will admit Mindy Smith’s version is really cool and I like the music video too.
October 10, 2008 at 11:41 am Permalink
I’ll have to get my sister one of those dolls for Christmas. I wonder how much money Swift is worth now?
October 10, 2008 at 11:46 am Permalink
Man, Chris, there is no way you are countrier than THAT! Unless one of your puppets is a Dale WAtson one of course…
October 10, 2008 at 11:49 am Permalink
I made a Dale Watson puppet once, but it came to life, kicked my ass and wrote a country song about it.
October 10, 2008 at 12:55 pm Permalink
taylornation puppets? for teenagers? something just doesn’t add up here.
October 10, 2008 at 1:09 pm Permalink
on second thought - if it comes with a button to press that makes the doll whisper: “talk real slow …psssst”, chances are, that it becomes one of the future top artifacts at the country music hall of fame.
October 10, 2008 at 2:01 pm Permalink
A Taylor Swift action figure? I can’t wait to set up a smack-down with my GI Joe with Kung Fu grip!
Speaking of martial arts, did y’all know Dale Watson taught Chuck Norris everything he knows?
Thanks for the love…
October 10, 2008 at 2:35 pm Permalink
So it was really Dale Watson who killed one stone with two birds?
October 10, 2008 at 2:53 pm Permalink
…and it is really dale watson that can eat a minute steak in 25 seconds.
October 10, 2008 at 2:56 pm Permalink
Dale Watson could make “Bob That Head” sound like a country song.
October 10, 2008 at 3:15 pm Permalink
Our old tag line:
“The 9513 — Country Music”
Our new tag line:
“The 9513 — Dale Watson”
October 10, 2008 at 3:27 pm Permalink
Just checked the Red Dirt lineup for thr REK tribute CD. This is going to be great. All the heavy hitters are out for this one.
October 10, 2008 at 4:00 pm Permalink
Dale Watson is so country that his tatoos once played an entire set as subs for the Buckaroos when Buck Owens got mad and fired the orignal members due to them not being “country enough” for him….
October 10, 2008 at 4:27 pm Permalink
Dale Watson doesn’t face his misery and take solace in straight Kentucky Bourbon. Straight Kentucky Bourbon faces its misery and takes solace in Dale Watson.
October 10, 2008 at 4:44 pm Permalink
Dale Watson does not get frostbite. Dale bites frost.
October 10, 2008 at 5:16 pm Permalink
I just checked an old Bible from Texas and it started off with “In the beginning of country there was Dale Watson…”
Kudos to “Country Weekly” for featuring Kimber Sparks and her song “Strait And Jackson” in the “Listen Up” section of the most recent issue! When Bill Chambers comes back to the US to do his own tour to support his latest album “Frozen Ground”, I hope he brings Kimber along. Here’s the link to the free download of the song:
http://www.countryweekly.com/images/cw/209565/55166.mp3
Its not Dale Watson by any means, but there is no question it is country.
Thanks, Chris!
October 10, 2008 at 6:28 pm Permalink
Dale Watson’s sideburns will be the accepted form of currency once our economy crashes for good. On the strength of Watson’s sideburns, the US shall see the return to it’s post-WWII economic glory-days…
October 10, 2008 at 6:39 pm Permalink
She is so beautiful. Ill probably grab one of these soon enough!
caitlin
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October 10, 2008 at 9:16 pm Permalink
None of my doing, but you’re welcome anyway.
October 10, 2008 at 10:11 pm Permalink
Let the Taylor Swift voo-doo begin!
October 10, 2008 at 10:35 pm Permalink
Guess Stormy’s put in her order for a doll or two. LOL
October 11, 2008 at 9:18 am Permalink
Dale Watson is so country that he could wear the taylor swift doll clothes, sing “picture to burn” and the song would be considered greater than “he stopped loving her today” by all country journalists…
ok, i’ll stop, i couldnt help myself….
October 11, 2008 at 11:29 am Permalink
I love that video of Dale Watson.Now that is country music.
October 11, 2008 at 12:47 pm Permalink
Dale Watson is playing tonight at the Richmond Folk Festival, I finally get to see live in person how country he is! :)
October 11, 2008 at 1:08 pm Permalink
Gaby…If you love country music as much as I do…you won’t be disappointed. Have a great time.
October 13, 2008 at 10:06 am Permalink
rick, Taylor hardly sees any of the money. And they don’t make much off of these type of things.
90% of them fail and lose money.
Taylor is relatively makes very little money when you compare it to real big music artists who have sold tons and and have done it for awhile.
These fashion things and so on are side ventures that anyone could do and very rarely does it make any money. And we all know Taylor has no mass appeal, just kiddies.
So her appeal is short lived.
October 13, 2008 at 10:10 am Permalink
drew, I would say Taylor Swift is worth not much at all. She is worth much more than you though.
Anyone can start a fashion live and do other side ventures but very rarely does it make any money.It may even lose money.
And she has no mass appeal, only pre teens and teens.Those types of artists and ventures only last a year or two so they cash in while they can.
But back to your point, Taylor Swift does not make hardly any money off of these little side ventures.
October 14, 2008 at 7:46 pm Permalink
Oh goodie.. Taylor swift dolls. Gonna’ run right out aand buy 10 of them along with all 20 of her re-released versions of her pop-remixed album.
NOT!
She needs to spend more time hiring a vocal coach to help her learn to stay on key, and less time worrying about fashion lines and MTV.
October 19, 2008 at 9:07 pm Permalink
Let the voodoo taylor dolls begin! lol I can’t stand that chic. sorry! She is not country and she can’t sing! She is just a fake want-to-be-pop singer using country music as her launching pad to fame. What she is selling, I ain’t buying. She seems like a spoiled brat who’s rich daddy bought her a record deal and moved the whole family from PA to nashville just to support HER career. Noone does that for a pipe dream for their kid, who has no vocal abilities or talent.
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