Will Lady Antebellum’s Rise Put A Damper On Caitlin & Will’s Success?

I reviewed the new Caitlin & Will single @ Roughstock and thought about their similarity to the male-female duo ’slot’ that Lady A is ‘filling.’ Still, I ended up liking the song and figure it has a shot at country radio success.

I just bought Lady Antebellum’s debut CD and it is fantastic; in fact, one of the best I’ve heard in a long time, and good enough for me to have already bought tickets to one of their upcoming shows this summer. I highly doubt that the reality show winners will be able to touch them.

Oh, good. I’m sure the world was wondering what Marcus Nirschl had to say.

Anyone else think they should have used the Andy-Griffith-finishes-the-line trick a little more sparingly in the video? I thought it got a bit tiresome after a while. Still a good video, though, as you’d expect from Brad.

Thanks for the plug, guys.

BTW, that brings up another question as far as the Can You Duet duo’s name. Does anybody know if they’re going to go by Caitlin & Will, Will & Caitlin or something completely different?

Thank you Rick for the info on The Wrights’ new album, If you hadn’t had said anything I might have never known it existed.

Brody, I actually don’t have anything against Caitlin and Will, even though my previous post may have that tone. It would be unfair for me judge them so early, but I was making that last statement based on just how good I think Lady A is so far. I will definitely let ya’ll know what I think of their live show, though! I haven’t been to a concert in a year so I’m really hoping Lady A can pull through and deliver a great performance.

With his video, Brad did something he does with his live show — give the people a good visual and they won’t mind if he goes and plays his guitar for a little while. :) The best line of his video: “I’m emailing you a photo of me and this is me fairly angry.” Actually, I liked the intro better than the song. Is it me or does Brad only release to radio these days jokey cliche songs (Alcohol, Ticks, Online, Celebrity, I’m Still a Guy) or cheesy love/female songs (She’s Everything, Waiting on a Woman, Little Moments)? I guess that’s just his shtick. It works for him, but my favorite Brad moments are when he stretches a little farther.

I’d be surprised if Caitlin and Will come up with a name for their duo. Isn’t name recognition everything?

Love love love Emmylou Harris’ new album.

I, for one, wanted to hear that guy at McGraw’s concert had to say. His story looked pretty close to what I saw on Youtube. It was obvious McGraw was misleading him when he wanted the guy on stage and then, when he pulled his arm back to fake like he wanted to fight, my Gawd. Anybody with an army of bodyguards around who throws a punch is a wuss, even worse if he just acts like he wants to throw a punch.

I dunno. If the guy did a bad thing, he would have been/will be arrested. Not yet.

Hum, interesting posting on C&W. Has their song “Even Now” been released to the radio? I bought it and like it. I thought I read where the CD will not even be released until next year? I would have thought a little sooner than that.
You can do something with personal appearance, but it is difficult to clean up vocal talent. Certainly have seen evidence of that considering some of the live performances I have seen lately. Ugh. The opinion piece on C&W mentioned power house and grit. Well, they have that going for em, which is nice. They also have rather endearing personalities. Average looking? I don’t think so. They are pretty young and I for one hope I get a chance to see them blossom. I think I will, actually.
I am going to hold judgement for a while and look forward to future releases.
And you know what they say about saying never. We shall see. Good luck to ya, C&W. I like you, too.

I bought Catlin and Will’s “Even Now” and it’s great! I wasn’t as impressed with LA and never bought the ablum.

I love Ashton! She is authentic Country. But ok, “Cooter lushing on the video truck” Is that the right words?

Interesting post Sir…Very well written in my opinion! Thanks for the comparison. I LOVE Lady A and if thats what people are comparing us too I am flattered.

Thanks to all who posted their thoughts, and our single is NOT YET released to radio…I am told it will be in the fall. BUT you can get it on itunes, Amazon and/or Rhapsody…and if you want to listen to it before you buy it, its on our myspace along with Love Is (the song we did on the finale).

I hope we prove John wrong…all we can do is pray, be ourselves and hope people accept it!!!!

Thanks ya’ll!

xoxo Caitlin Lynn

I am a huge Lady A fan and have been since the first time I heard them. I can’t get enough of their latest cd. They have such a great time with each other and seem to truely adore and cherrish the friendships between the three. I am anxiously awaiting their August 11th performance in ohio.

I don’t think that the success of Lady A should be a threat to Caitlin and Will at all. You guys should be so proud of yourselves! People should not forget that these two were paired up and did not come to the show together. The chemistry of your musical talents were just meant to be. Caitlin…you are beautiful from the inside out and you can sing like there’s no tomorrow. You don’t hold back and that will take you far. Stay comfortable in your own skin and just keep givin’ us everything you’ve got. Will…you rock! I wish there was a way I could be the first to buy your cd because my husband, four children and myself are your biggest fans! I really hope you two stay together and it will be fun to watch your friendship grow. Congrats on such an awesome show and walking away with the win. We looked forward to every episode!

EXACTLY Shay!
Caitlin and Will brought some freshness to the music that they covered and that is tough to do. Am waiting patiently for the CD. On CYD they chose their songs wisely. Here’s hoping they have had enough time to chose wisely for this CD. I am still keeping tabs.