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Tim McGraw’s “If You’re Reading This” Is In High Demand
- Twangville claims that Emotionalism from The Avett Brothers is a “great addition to the Avett catalog and is arguably their best yet.”
- Fans of Cledus T. Judd can celebrate with the announcement of his upcoming tribute to Ray Stevens, Boogity, Boogity — A Tribute to the Comedic Genius of Ray Stevens. The album is due out later this summer and contains some high profile country stars as guests, including a collaboration with Stevens himself on “The Streak”.
- Despite not having a studio recording of “If You’re Reading This”, Tim McGraw entered the Hot Country Songs chart at No. 35. McGraw’ s manager said they’re addressing the fact that they don’t have a studio recording yet, but in the mean time radio stations are playing the live version from the CBS broadcast. Also check out the poll on Coquet-Shack asking listeners whether they think the song should be released as a single or not. Only 1% of the 139 voters have said no thus far. CS plans to pass the results on to Curb Records. Be sure to check out Matt’s review of the song and watch the live performance of Tim McGraw from the ACM Awards.
- LiveDaily has a pretty extensive interview with Gretchen Wilson in which she talks about breaking a guitar on stage with Big & Rich, her songwriting process, and why she only writes with her friends.
- When Colin Raye’s independent label deal fell through he had a couple of friends step in and create their own label, Starpointe Records, to help release his album. Ken Kragen and Pat Melfi are the co-founders of Starpointe Records and Raye is the only artist signed at the moment, which is the way they like it. The first single, “A Soldier’s Prayer”, is a patriotic song that radio stations were wanting to play before final copies were even available.
- Chet Flippo says goodbye country radio and hello to custom country radio.
- Yikes! David Allan Coe owes his ex-wife nearly $300,000 in back child support.
- The producers of Austin City Limits have another sure-to-be hit festival with the first ever Big State Festival in October. The festival will be a two day event in Bryan-College Station, TX and will include about 50 acts on five stages. Artists scheduled to perform include: Tim McGraw, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Lyle Lovett and his Large Band, Trace Adkins, Dierks Bentley, Gary Allan, Miranda Lambert, The Wreckers, Los Lonely Boys, Jack Ingram, Robert Earl Keen, and a whole lot more. Tickets go on sale on June 5th.
- And last but not least, to kick start our Summer Time T-shirt Giveaway, we have our first winner. Rex’s email was the first to pop-up in our fancy random email generator that Brady coded up. Rex has commented a couple of times, but most recently on Matt’s review of Confederate Railroad’s latest single, “Please Come to Boston”. Start leaving your comments today to be entered for next Friday’s giveaway.
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Miranda Lambert - “More Like Her” This kind of material, as opposed to her tough-chick-done-wrong romps like “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” and “Gunpowder and Lead,” is where her real promise lies
Joey Rory - “Cheater, Cheater” It’s actually downright frivolous, but that just makes it all the more fun. And really, are you allowed to say “ho” on country radio?
Josh Gracin - “Unbelievable (Ann Marie)” Despite initial marketing that touted the album as deep and personal, “Unbelievable (Ann Marie)” is anything but deep or personal.
Josh Turner - "Everything Is Fine" Turner is the rare example of an artist who records material that’s both quality and trademark.
Darryl Worley - "Tequila On Ice" A groovy mid-tempo that sways, a refreshing reprieve from the exhausting pace of a format that clamors for loud music and swelling choruses.
Blake Shelton - "She Wouldn't Be Gone" It’s all about nailing the melody rather than providing a legitimate interpretation that accentuates the lyrical content, although Shelton does do a pretty good job of injecting what limited emotion he can.
In Memory of Don Helms (1927 - 2008) Helms dated back to a time when an excellent four or five piece band and a good singer were all that were needed to make great country music. No drums, no light shows, no production tricks in the recording studio–just good music.
Don’t look now, but Darius Rucker, lead singer of 90s rock group Hootie & The Blowfish, has a country hit on his hands. What you probably haven’t heard is that Rucker is the first black artist to chart a single in the country top 20 since Charley Pride last did it in 1988.
News that former Sugarland member and co-founder Kristen Hall is suing her ex-mates, to the tune of $1.5 million, goes a long way towards providing a bit of context regarding the Atlanta singer/songwriter’s sudden departure from the group.
Forgotten Artist: Wynn Stewart Both Buck Owens and Merle Haggard have cited Wynn Stewart as a major influence on their careers, yet somehow, he was never able to translate his enormous talent into extended and consistent success for himself.
Forgotten Artist: David Rogers David Rogers (1936-1993) is proof of the adage that it’s great to be on a major label, but only if the label is truly behind you.
In this exclusive interview with The 9513, the Show Dog Records trio talks about growing up around Waylon and Jessi Colter, and about how those experiences have helped shaped their music as they set off on their own country music journey.
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May 27, 2007 at 12:24 am Permalink
I’ve been watching Cledus on Celebrity Fit Club and I’ve found him endearing, even though some of his mean-spirited parodies bashing the Chicks back in ‘03 turned me off back then.
I’m curious to hear the Stevens tribute, and even more curious to know why he has a song getting radio airplay called “Illegals” that doesn’t appear on that upcoming album. The title makes me fear the worst, and I can’t even figure out from it what it might be a parody of, if it is one at all.
May 27, 2007 at 12:26 am Permalink
Oops, “Illegals” has apparently been added to the Stevens album, according to Amazon.
May 27, 2007 at 8:46 am Permalink
Uggg….Judd does the mroning show on WQYK here in Tampa, and let me tel you–he gets very old, very, very fast.
October 22, 2007 at 2:20 pm Permalink
i love this song if i would listen to this like 4 times i would cry so hard i love this song
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