Tennessee Legislature Voted To Name Road In Honor of Jerry Lee Lewis

I stick to albums for the new releases because I don’t really know where to start when it comes to tracking single/song releases, but good call.

The NewFound Road record is rilly good; anyone with an interest in bluegrass ought to check it out.

Hey Brody – out of curiosity – what’s ya’ll’s take on the way things are going with music releases? Word is that more and more labels are doing this – “testing the waters” with a single before recording/releasing a CD –

Personally, I’ve received more and more encouragement to release singles rather than CDs. I’m thinking lately that I’ll do a combination of the 2.

I’m impressed with the Dean Brody debut album, good stuff. Jason Michael Carroll’s is pretty mediocre… there weren’t any total stinkers I didn’t even want to listen all the way through, but nothing stood out either.

Hey, my all time favorite Texas song is Jerry Jeff Walker’s “Red Neck Mother” and it didn’t even make the list! Okay I know it doesn’t have Texas in the title or even the lyrics so it probably didn’t qualify, but still what song could possibly be more “Texas”? (Although Kevin Fowler’s “Don’t Touch My Willie” is pretty darn Texas as well.) (lol)

The fact legal download sites like Amazon offer both full album purchase downloads as well as the individual songs separately gives the potential buyer the choice. Unless I could hear the songs all the way through first how would I know which one’s to pick? Hmmm…

What no article on Stagecoach! I’ll remedy that:
http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1610114/kenny-chesney-and-brad-paisley-captivate-stagecoach-festival-crowd.jhtml

I love the comments about Kid Rock driving away all the soccer moms with their kids from the main stage area with his foul language and adult themes. I was at the Santa Clarita Cowboy Festival all weekend and missed out on Stagecoach this year. Oh well….

Vicki,
That is called the smoke and mirrors trick. It’s used to make up for a lack of real talent.

Don’t know what she thinks. Why to use such heavy theatrics. This isn’t what is needed at concerts for it to be a good show.

Here is more of the piece that is on cmt

We have six dancers with us. it’s cool to have them to accent pieces like “Love Story,” where they’re completely decked out in period piece costumes. A lot of what we do onstage at this show is theatrical, so they play different parts and different characters, and it’s really fun to make it more of a theatrical show.

Good one Razor :D

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“This isn’t what is needed at concerts for it to be a good show.

For that matter, neither is Taylor Swift. Perhaps the dancers will provide some actual entertainment.”

I wonder if the person that made this statement has actually been to one of Swift’s concerts or if this is an opinion formed from a personal dislike of Swift or her music. If it is from actually attending a concert and listening with open mind, then I’d say its a legitimately formed opinion, if it’s based on preconceived dislike then it seems like unjustified prejudice.

What’s good music to one person may be bad music to another person.

Isn’t the “period” for Love Story 2006?

Brody – Since this seems to be a trend that’s here to stay, I wonder if it will make an impact on reviewers and bloggers. My hometown paper, the Houston Chronicle, doesn’t yet review singles. But I wonder if that is coming. . .

On Taylor Swift – a prominent Houstonian was quoted as saying that Taylor is “the future of country music”. I don’t agree that Taylor’s success should spark the direction of future country music, but I will have to say that she has some insightful lyrics for the 14 year old market. And she writes from a genuine place inside herself. I know this is shocking coming from me, but if I had a 14 year old, I’d be ok with her listening to Taylor Swift. . . . as long as she had some Jones and Haggard loaded in her iPod as well. . .

btw, my 9 year old daughter is a huge Beatles fan.

Brody said: “Major label newcomers like Ashley Monroe, Sarah Buxton and Jypsi have all had their albums shelved, or digital EPs released, after one or two singles failed to make a dent on the charts.”
Wow, its like you were channeling my thoughts! ESP (extra snarky perception) does exist! (lol)

PS – Its just nice to se Jypsi mentioned here without some derogatory comment attached….

Well, I like Jypsi, for whatever that’s worth. Good kids.

Jon: “You can go to Taylor Swift’s current tour shows for about $20 – at least until the resellers corner the tickets.”

It looks like the top ticket price for Taylor Swift is $49.50, judging by her show in S.C., with $20 getting you nosebleed seats or floor seating (with poor sight lines, likely). And even if you avoid the resellers, Ticketmaster (no better than a ticket scalper) will tack on another $10 or so for service charges. Admittedly, she’ll probably do well on this tour, but that’s still a lot of money for an average singer with a floor show.

Meanwhile, I paid 15 bucks to see Chatham County Line, Johnny Irion/Sara Lee Guthrie and a couple local bluegrass bands, and I sat wherever I wanted. That’s more my style, not to mention price range.

Miss Leslie,

Your 9 year old is awesome!

Sam G, the key phrase in your post there was “my style.” Me, I wouldn’t pay 50 cents to see Chatham County Line; that’s mine. My point was that it’s stretching the notion of “big bucks” to use it with regard to a $20 show ticket, even with service charges attached. Swift’s one of the hottest names in popular music right now, and a $20-$50 ticket price spread for her show is pretty dang low.