Taylor Swift Monopolizes Top Two Spots On Country Album Sales Chart
- The top two spots on the country album sales chart this week belong to teen-phenom Taylor Swift for her exclusive Wal-Mart CD/DVD combo Beautiful Eyes and her self-titled debut album. So in this case, does that make third place the first loser?
- Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush describe their experience rolling over the top of their audience in a 10 ft. bubble.
- Chris Cagle was found not guilty of domestic violence when his girlfriend refused to testify against him. Both parties were charged after police said they got into a drunken fight on May 28.
- The video for Brooks & Dunn’s “Put A Girl In It,” featuring 100 bikini-clad girls, has finally come to fruition and you can watch it over at CMT.
- Country Music Is Love posted the Jonas Brothers covering Shania Twain’s “I’m Gonna Getcha Good” in concert and I’m pretty sure there were no “boos” in that crowd.
- Randy Travis has tried several different methods for clearing his allergy clogged nasal passages, including Zyrtec and Claritin, but it wasn’t until a doctor suggested a more drastic approach that he was able to get relief. Now he says he can hit notes he hadn’t hit in a month.
Randy makes a salt-water solution — table salt doesn’t work, it has to be kosher salt or canning salt — then pours it through his nostrils into the nasal cavity and holds it, he says, “as long as you can stand it.”
I haven’t even tried it and can’t stand it anymore.
- One blogger swore off drinking Corona beer after witnessing the latest commercial featuring Kenny Chesney.
- Micky and the Motorcars lead singer Micky Braun is the younger brother of Reckless Kelly’s Willy Braun, and while the Motorcars’ might sound derivative, Michael Corcoran says they’re set apart, if only slightly, by their more tenderhearted country rock.
- It’s a slow news day today, so if you’ve got any interesting news that I missed, feel free to tack it on in the comments and keep your eyes peeled for a fresh mailbag later today.
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July 25, 2008 at 11:01 am Permalink
http://tinyurl.com/6z8oyh
July 25, 2008 at 11:10 am Permalink
The Grand Ole Opry is actually going to do a series of *gasp* country shows.
http://tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080725/TUNEIN/807250380
July 25, 2008 at 11:27 am Permalink
Oh Brody. If Taylor is taking the top two spots on the sales charts we’re ALL losers.
July 25, 2008 at 11:31 am Permalink
Bada bing!
July 25, 2008 at 11:44 am Permalink
Hey Chris, next time you want to go out drinking with your lady friend, You Might Want to Think About It.
July 25, 2008 at 11:47 am Permalink
It’s OK, I made all that up.
July 25, 2008 at 11:47 am Permalink
On John Brown…..Two christmas’ ago I went to the prison with the mens ministry to give a christmas dinner and put on kind of a christmas carol/hymns show. Knowing the country music fans/history buffs me and my friend howard are, our associate pastor pointed John Brown out to us and told us who he was. We found our way to his table and spoke with him for quite sometime.
Then, to my horror, Howard says “hmm…John Brown. That names sounds familiar.” Then proceeds to ask the man if he was, in fact, the man that killed stringbean. Potentially the most awkward encounter ive had in all my 22 years. I will never forget that night, or meeting that man. He was a nice guy though, and pretty much just said “yea. that was me.’
July 25, 2008 at 11:52 am Permalink
Once on one of the local country radio stations, the DJ’s talked about the same thing Randy Travis did. They played some sort of ad for it, it was a creepy woman’s voice talking about inserting things in your nose and so on. It was so hysterical how it sounded so creepy.
July 25, 2008 at 11:56 am Permalink
Jennifer Nettles’ bubble has nothing on this one: (http://tinyurl.com/dalewatsonbubble)
This baby looks like it is encrusted in rhinestones!
July 25, 2008 at 11:56 am Permalink
I was referring to Chris Cagle. TMI ;)
July 25, 2008 at 12:20 pm Permalink
Ah! In that case, I would have gone with a “Miss Me Baby” joke.
July 25, 2008 at 12:28 pm Permalink
…or even a “‘cuz chicks dig it” joke perhaps?
July 25, 2008 at 12:30 pm Permalink
Billy: Dale Watson is so country that he requires NO bubble to walk over a crowd.
July 25, 2008 at 12:49 pm Permalink
I’m just amazed that Chris Cagle would have the nerve to sing a song about being with someone for 18253 days, when I doubt he’ll ever have someone for a hundredth of that time.
July 25, 2008 at 12:52 pm Permalink
Did ya see on CMT that Kenny’s new single is coming out on August 10th? Now get this, the song has a calypso influence to it. The song is about wanting to go to heaven, but not right now. Still got things to do, have more fun, etc. Sounds like another great one from Kenny….
July 25, 2008 at 12:52 pm Permalink
182.53 days with someone is nothing to sneeze at.
July 25, 2008 at 12:57 pm Permalink
“Sounds like another great one from Kenny…”
Sounds like another paid promotion …
July 25, 2008 at 1:00 pm Permalink
Wow, Kenny singing about good times….
“Sounds like another Corona commercial from Kenny”
July 25, 2008 at 1:12 pm Permalink
Did ya see on CMT that Kenny’s new single is coming out on August 10th? Now get this, the song has a calypso influence to it. The song is about wanting to go to heaven, but not right now. Still got things to do, have more fun, etc. Sounds like another great one from Kenny….
I’ve heard it (the writer’s version, not Kenny’s).
July 25, 2008 at 1:15 pm Permalink
re: the Kenny song … title Everybody Wants to Go To Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Go Now) …. George Strait actually cut it first. Kenny heard it, liked it, wanted it, George gave it to him. Or so Jim Collins (one of the writers) said at the Bluebird.
July 25, 2008 at 1:19 pm Permalink
So you don’t think that Krista speaks for all of us on The 9513? ;-)
July 25, 2008 at 1:25 pm Permalink
billy - i’m not sure what you’re asking. if i’ve offended krista in any way, i hope she’ll let me know. all i said was … i’ve heard the song.
July 25, 2008 at 1:48 pm Permalink
Wade Bowen’s new album If We Ever Make It Home will be released September 30, with the first single “You Had Me At My Best” going to radio on August 4. He’s also releasing a new song every week on his official site. This week’s selection, the title track, features Ashley Monroe on background vocals.
July 25, 2008 at 1:57 pm Permalink
which one of those actually means “being handbagged” - mr. cagle?
1. buying your girlfriend a little gucci-bag for ….carrying make-up, etc.?
2. treating your girlfriend with a twist of hermes (facially applied)
3. silencing your girlfriend with a load from louis vuitton (not facially applied)
July 25, 2008 at 1:59 pm Permalink
Sorry Paula, I was actually just being silly, replying to Chris’s post (Sounds like another paid promotion …). I agree with him.
July 25, 2008 at 2:03 pm Permalink
Since it’s officially a slow news day, I want to share this video. I guess it’s old, but I just saw it for the first time yesterday.
Words can’t describe the emotion I experienced…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjGruchlKGw
July 25, 2008 at 2:03 pm Permalink
no apology needed billy - i just misinterpreted. (i do that a lot in real life too!)
:-)
July 25, 2008 at 4:24 pm Permalink
Here’s a little news:
http://dixiechicks.com/06_pressDetail.asp?newsID=672
July 25, 2008 at 5:21 pm Permalink
The timing of Taylor Swift’s new Wal-Mart special release was perfect to garner her the historically significant 1-2 spots as Sugarland’s new CD will be # 1 in the next rating. How can Taylor’s music ever measure up to the media hype that keeps building around this gal. On the other hand I’m not so sure Taylor’s young female fan base is all that concerned with the music anyway….
The new Thursday Night Opry’s will likely be just a new Opry “product” to entertain the Branson market tourists and increase Gaylord’s take. I can pretty much guarantee the shows will be populated by all of the senior citizen “Opry Legends” who fill half or more of the current show rosters. Once in awhile Jim Ed Brown sings Jim Reeves songs on the Opry and Jean Shepard likes to cover a variety of classic songs.
What I really wish they would do is also differentiate the Tuesday Night Oprys to feature ONLY artists under say age 65 and exclude all the Opry Legends. This would leave available slots that I would hope would be regularly filled by the likes of Mandy Barnett, Elizabeth Cook, Rebecca Lynn Howard, Jeff Bates, Jamey Johnson, Daryle Singletary, Billy Yates, Ashley Monroe etc. That way Tuesday nights would appeal to the younger folks while Thursdays would be for the geriatric set. Well, I can dream……
PS - Opry artists worth catching this weekend:
The Time Jumpers (I love that band!), Rebecca Lynn Howard, Gene Watson, Suzy Boggus, Ricky Skaggs, and Marty Stuart among others.
July 25, 2008 at 6:07 pm Permalink
Ooo,Ooo,Ooo! Just wanted to add this link to the CMT article about a tribute to the Bradley family:
http://www.cmt.com/news/news-in-brief/1591597/kenny-chesney-ronnie-milsap-to-pay-tribute-to-bradley-family.jhtml
The artist who really should be a part of this is Mandy Barnett. Owen was producing Mandy’s second album “I’ve Got A Right To Cry” when he passed away in 1998 and his brother Harold took over even though he was a session musician, not a producer. Country music will never see another producer the likes of Owen Bradley again……
July 25, 2008 at 6:37 pm Permalink
What I really wish they would do is also differentiate the Tuesday Night Oprys to feature ONLY artists under say age 65 and exclude all the Opry Legends. This would leave available slots that I would hope would be regularly filled by the likes of Mandy Barnett, Elizabeth Cook, Rebecca Lynn Howard, Jeff Bates, Jamey Johnson, Daryle Singletary, Billy Yates, Ashley Monroe etc. That way Tuesday nights would appeal to the younger folks while Thursdays would be for the geriatric set. Well, I can dream……
Rick I could go along with that as well.
July 25, 2008 at 6:52 pm Permalink
Micky and the Motorcars is a very good band.
“Put A Girl In It” has such a horrible message. You can only be happy if you have a woman in your life. Blah. Not that I expect much from Brooks and Dunn.
July 25, 2008 at 9:20 pm Permalink
The original working title was how NOT to have a hit single, entitled “Put Kix Brooks in It”:
“Put Kix Brooks in it
And you ain’t got nothin’
What’s it all worth
Unless Ronnie Dunn’s fronting?”
(Disclaimer: I actually wish Kix would sing lead on a single once in a while.)
July 26, 2008 at 1:46 am Permalink
When was the last time? South of Santa Fae? Actually, come to think of it, that’s my favourite B&D song.
July 26, 2008 at 2:58 am Permalink
So…the Brooks and Dunn video for their latest jingle is actually a truck commercial? Who knew.
July 26, 2008 at 10:34 am Permalink
Check out Buffalo Rome’s “Willie Nelson For president” Song:
Link: http://www.myspace.com/willienelsonforpresidentsong
About the group who wrote it:
“Buffalo Rome is a group that evokes a rootsy feel of the 70’s west coast Country rock scene with today’s modern Country. They have appeared with everyone from Kenny Loggins to Montgomery Gentry. They have appeared on Great American Country and been featured in Country Weekly magazine. The group is currently working on tracks with Teddy Gentry (Alabama) as producer.”
I think Willie would make a fine candidate and especially if he chose Kinky Friedman as his running mate…..(lol)
July 26, 2008 at 10:39 am Permalink
Oh, and one other thing: The FCC has approved the merger between the XM and Sirius satellite radio companies. Of the many press releases the one that piques my interest is:
“Sirius and XM agreed to offer a la carte programming, develop interoperable radios to receive both companies’ signals, free up spectrum for minority programming, and impose a three-year price cap.”
If the a la carte offerings are at a reasonable price (say $ 5 a month for the country stations), I’d climb on board the satellite express. If programming minimums stay in the $ 15 range, forget it….
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