Tim McGraw Expresses Insecurities And Twang Nation Covers Last Of The Breed At Radio City Music Hall
- The Tennessean has a lot of coverage on Tim McGraw. His new album, Let It Go, is due out tomorrow.
- The first article paints a picture of man who is insecure about what people will think of his music, someone who feels guilty for reaching the level of fame and success McGraw has, and a person as normal as you and I who worries about whether his children will raise their grades.
He admitted his self-doubt emerges when he spends time in Hollywood. “Who wouldn’t be insecure around some of those people out there? My goodness, they are perfect all the way around,” he said.
“I won’t let my wife go around George Clooney, I’ll tell you that!”
- Another article talks about the nonexistent relationship Tim had with his father in early years and how they eventually grew closer. His father was instrumental in helping land Tim a recording job while Tim helped get the best medical care for his father while he was going through cancer.
- And lastly, McGraw says that the way Faith Hill’s prank at the CMAs was handled was frustrating, but they laugh at it now.
- The first article paints a picture of man who is insecure about what people will think of his music, someone who feels guilty for reaching the level of fame and success McGraw has, and a person as normal as you and I who worries about whether his children will raise their grades.
- Chris Young, the former winner of Nashville Star, is releasing the second single (”You’re Gonna Love Me”) off of his self-titled debut album today. A couple of the commenters on the article seem to feel that Young is a second rate artist, what do you guys think?
- Bob Baker from The New York Times recounts his time in the recording studio where he started with raw songs and recorded what he later calls “good songs.” It doesn’t necessarily have anything to do with country music, but it was an interesting story of how the recording process works for a non-professional artist.
- Ira Robbins reviewed a Lucinda Williams concert at Radio City Music Hall and commented that her songs “are so deeply felt and personal that they either resonate strongly with a listener’s own experiences or offer nothing beyond the author’s own.”
As she finished “Lake Charles,” two ticket holders in the front row evidently got up and left. Out of the blue, Williams turned defensive, remarking, “This is it, this is all I can do.” Then she brightened up and declared, “I’m glad they left. I was feeling real nervous. Now I’m all loosened up.” That’s the kind of honesty and insecurity you want in a performer.
- Kill Buffalo was also at the concert and listed a chill inducing version of “Lake Charles” as the high point of the show.
- Twang Nation swoops in behind The New York Times coverage of Last of the Breed at the Radio City Music Hall to bring another stellar review of Willie, Merle, and Ray.
The years of classic country music strata was unearthed before a rabid New York City crowd which was on their feet, wooping and hollering, after almost every song. For a moment the fervor was so genuine, the dotted Stetons in the crowd, the drunk in the lobby being “handled” by the cops- I felt the soul of a honky-tonk permeated the Hall that Rockefeller built to leaving it altered forever. It took these legends - this music that Nashville seems hell-bent to squelch as a result of market-testing or sheer embarrassment of their hillbilly roots - to make myth live this warm city night.
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March 26, 2007 at 9:05 am Permalink
Cool. I scored a headline. Thanks!
March 26, 2007 at 10:03 am Permalink
I know a few people who have heard Tim’s new album and they all commented that, suprisingly (and despite the lead single) it is much more country than his previous offerings. I’m looking forward to hearing it.
March 26, 2007 at 5:26 pm Permalink
Regarding Chris Young, Nashville Star is much different than American Idol and I think that’s one of the reasons why contestants haven’t enjoyed as much success as their Idol counterparts. Most Nashville star contestants are 30+ and make their living in the music industry. Most Idol contestants are 18-22 and haven’t done more than sing karaoke at a corner bar. While most of the Nashville Star contestants are talented, and you certainly need a unique combination of talent and incredible luck to make it in the music industry, many Nashville Star contestants have been around the industry long enough that if lightning was going to strike, it would have happened already. It’s no coincidence that the show’s most successful alum was a 19-year old who had only been playing seriously for a couple of years. Indeed, in Miranda’s case, I think she probably would’ve made it without Nashville Star; national television just save her five or six years of playing the Texas honkytonks.
March 26, 2007 at 7:52 pm Permalink
Nice review, Baron. On a side note, I wish I had some Luccheses. Instead I had to settle on some Justins.
Matt - I’m looking forward to hearing his new album as well. I’m a fan of a lot of his past material, especially his Set This Circus Down album. To me it’s comparable to Gary Allan’s Smoke Rings in the Dark as far as each track being a quality recording.
On the American Idol/Nashville Star comparisons, I’ve never really thought much about it, but your explanation makes a lot of sense. Although I think a lot of it has to do with the larger audience that Idol garners as well. Idol is a prime time show with a lot of fancy production and planning while Star doesn’t seem nearly as polished in the production area.
March 26, 2007 at 8:24 pm Permalink
RE: Chris, I think he’s a potential first rate star with second rate material on his debut album. Unfortunately, if he can’t sell/get airplay with the debut, the first rate songs may not come his way next time either. At least he hasn’t followed in Brad Cotter’s footsteps… yet.
July 29, 2007 at 5:34 am Permalink
Tim’s Let It Go is the best album of his career and one of the most country. The song Whiskey and You is Song of the Year quality. The song Workin, Let It Go, Tain #10. Shotgun Rider, Kristofferen, Between The River And Me and I Need You are all stellar.
July 29, 2007 at 11:31 am Permalink
I think “Let It Go” is the most disapointing album of Tim’s career, not his best. The entire album, for the most part, is forgettable.
July 30, 2007 at 8:44 am Permalink
Its not as good as the first one with the Dance Hall Doctors, but I think its a great album. ” Between the river and me” is my favorite on the CD. ” Whiskey and you” and ” Kristofferson” show that Tim can still nail the traditional country, and the remake of Rabbits ” Suspicions” is right on the money. Great music.
July 30, 2007 at 10:37 am Permalink
It’s my favorite Tim record so far, for sure.
July 30, 2007 at 12:22 pm Permalink
Set This Circus Down blows them all out of the water for me.
July 30, 2007 at 12:53 pm Permalink
Ah yes, Set this Circus down. Almost forgot about that. ” Telluride” could have easily hit #1. My brother Bob is one of the Dance Hall Doctors for the past 16 years.
July 30, 2007 at 5:55 pm Permalink
The first with the DHD is a good, strong album.
I guess my problem with “Let It Go” is that the songs (it always comes back to this) just are not very well written. When an artist is looking for a certain “sound,” they often settle for subpar material, and, if you ask me, that’s what happened here. In an effort to make a record that sounded more “country”, the album lost it’s edge. Even “The River And Me” sounds passive, esp. when compared to The Warren Bros. version.
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