Vince Gill Performed For Four Hours At The Ryman And Country Music Is Not Dead, It Is Only Sleeping
- Peter Cooper wrote a perceptively entertaining article for The Tennessean about Vince Gill’s performance at the Ryman on Wednesday night. Gill had a 17-piece band and played from 7:30 to around 11:30.
Much of the set list was made up of material from “These Days,” and the audience was pleased enough with the new songs that the absence of some well-known, well-worn hits wasn’t an issue.
- Tim McGraw’s StyleSonic Records has partnered with Mercury Records to help launch the career of the band Halfway to Hazard. McGraw says “”These guys are the real thing. The songs are amazing, they have great energy live, and we just had a blast making the record they wanted to make.” More can be found on The Tennessean.
- The release date for Gretchen Wilson’s third album, One of the Boys, has been set for May 15. Wilson told Billboard “lyrically, I think I reached a little further inside for a few of these songs, but there is still a lot of ass-kicking country on it.”
- Chet Flippo compares country music to a turtle he recently rescued from the blacktops of urban progress:
Then I reflected, turning off junk on the radio as I drove home, this turtle was in pretty much the same situation as country music finds itself today. Hit by sudden so-called progress that it is powerless to control, and frozen by fear, country music is stuck in the middle of the highway and afraid to move.
He also mentions that CDs are dying, a trend that a lot of analysts have been echoing lately. I’d be distraught if CDs ever fully got replaced. I buy my share of digital downloads, but for every album I purchase online I probably buy three CDs. There’s something about the tangibility of CDs that I prefer over digital files, not to mention the album artwork and liner notes. Flippo concludes that country music is not dead, it’s just sleeping. I sure hope so.
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April 6, 2007 at 8:02 am Permalink
I am kicking myself for not buying tickets to that Vince Gill show.
April 6, 2007 at 8:14 am Permalink
The Vince Gill tour that got me excited was this one with Amy Grant and Del McCoury, but alas, they don’t even come close Austin.
April 7, 2007 at 1:06 pm Permalink
When is the cd from Halfway to Hazard available? I can’t wait
April 7, 2007 at 8:08 pm Permalink
Hey Juno, if a release date has been announced I haven’t seen it, but if I do see something I’ll be sure to post about it.
April 14, 2007 at 7:28 pm Permalink
Any news on halfway to hazard on soul 2 soul?
April 20, 2007 at 5:11 pm Permalink
Man I had tickets to see Halfway to Hazard in Knoxville. They were performing at a show for WIVK, and WIVK cancelled the show. I AM BUMMED
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