“Your Confederate-Flag Boxers Were Hanging On My Grammy”
- Musician, novelist, and former Texas gubernatorial hopeful Kinky Friedman talked to Nashville Scene about…politics. Who’d a thunk it? Along with Billy Joe Shaver these two guys could crank out some pretty lofty books of quotes.
- Rolling Stones‘ Top 15 cheating songs as chosen by their readers.
- Toby Keith scored his 23rd number 1 on the country singles chart with “Love Me If You Can”.
- Steve Mullen from FightSMA, a nonprofit organization working to help find a cure for spinal muscular atrophy, wrote in to tell us about an auction they’re having in a couple of days on October 13th. One of the items is a pretty sweet trip for four to Nashville in December just before Christmas. A few of the things included:
The Ice Tracks to Nashville auction package includes a three-night stay for four in December at the Gaylord Opryland Resort, as the city trucks in two million pounds of ice to ensure a “White Christmas”. The auction winner will receive tickets and VIP experiences, including meet and greets, to “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”, the Radio City Christmas Spectacular starring the Rockettes, and The Pam Tillis Christmas Dinner Party. The trip will also include a tour of the Country Music Hall of Fame, dinner on the General Jackson Showboat, and a ride on the Delta River Flatboats! Many more experiences are included. This wonderful vacation is valid from Thursday, December 20 to Sunday, December 23, 2007.
And hey, even if you blow your life’s savings to win, it’s all for a good cause. You can’t lose… unless you don’t win.
- The brand spankin’ new video for Gary Allan’s song “Watching Airplanes”.
- Kid Rock dishes out some behind-the-scenes gossip in the “Dear Superstar” feature on Blender.
Which of your famous buddies holds their liquor best?
Gretchen Wilson’s pretty good. One time she had a drinking party at her place in Nashville — a hot-tub party, and we were drinking Crown Royal or Jim Beam. The next day, she says, “You know, I woke up this morning, and your Confederate-flag boxers were hanging on my Grammy.”
- The nominees for the country section of the American Music Awards are pretty yawn worthy.
Favorite Male Artist:
Toby Keith
Tim McGraw
Brad PaisleyFavorite Female Artist:
Martina McBride
Taylor Swift
Carrie UnderwoodFavorite Band, Duo or Group:
Big & Rich
Brooks & Dunn
Rascal FlattsFavorite Album:
Tim McGraw/Let It Go
Rascal Flatts/Me And My Gang
Carrie Underwood/Some Hearts - From October 17 to November 21 Rissi Palmer will be a featured artist on Yahoo! Music’s “The New Now.”
Fans who visit yahoomusic.com will have an all-access pass to view an exclusive interview and live performance by Rissi, learn who her favorite artists are, and find out what’s coming up next for the singer-songwriter.
Think she’ll list any country artists as part of her favorite artists, or just make the usual “safe” picks?
- Chris Gray was much more optimistic about Kevin Fowler’s latest effort, Bring It On, than I was.
- On the Bill Mack XM satellite radio show Willie Nelson announced his Bad Boy Lawn Mower Race to be held on October 15 and 16 in Luck, Texas. If anything I’m left feeling a little envious that I can’t participate.
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October 11, 2007 at 9:14 am Permalink
Surprising fact: “Love Me if You Can” is Toby Keith’s first No. 1 in two years (since “As Good As I Once Was”).
October 11, 2007 at 11:02 am Permalink
Seems insane to me to have a list of the greatest cheating songs and not have a single Moe Bandy track. That ol’rodeo clown is the king of cheating songs. Plus you got have Gary Stewarts ’she’s acting single, I’m drinking doubles’! Just plain crazy..
October 11, 2007 at 11:27 am Permalink
Gretchen Wilson’s pretty good. One time she had a drinking party at her place in Nashville — a hot-tub party, and we were drinking Crown Royal or Jim Beam. The next day, she says, “You know, I woke up this morning, and your Confederate-flag boxers were hanging on my Grammy.”
Classic. I think my favorite part is that it makes exactly as much sense for Detroit native Kid Rock to own Confederate flag anything (leaving aside the issue of whether or not anyone should own Confederate flag anything) as it does for Gretchen Wilson to have a Grammy.
Plus you got have Gary Stewart’s ’she’s acting single, I’m drinking doubles’! Just plain crazy…
I second that.
October 11, 2007 at 2:49 pm Permalink
What the hell is a “drinking party”? Isn’t that just a party? Does she throw non-drinking parties?
October 11, 2007 at 5:18 pm Permalink
Chris - You think that has anything to do with him not being on a big label? And I thought the same thing when I read “drinking party.”
Howard - The list doesn’t appear to have much thought behind it, just a means to gain some links. If those really are their choices though I’d attribute it to the type of readers that they draw not being big fans of country music.
Jonathan - You just can’t make stuff like that up. I can’t imagine someone throwing a party and leaving their Grammy laying around.
October 11, 2007 at 6:25 pm Permalink
“You think that has anything to do with him not being on a big label?”
Yes I do. Very often that major-label promo money makes the difference between Top 5 and No. 1.
October 12, 2007 at 5:15 am Permalink
“Yes I do. Very often that major-label promo money makes the difference between a Top 5 and a No. 1.”
Chris, then what do you make of the #1 successes by artists like Emerson Drive, Heartland and Tracy Lawrence? Is it the fact that the first 2 had well-written songs or is it more like a ‘lucky’ break? Just curious. I’d like to hope that it’s because the songs were good songs (even if a better vocalist would’ve made “I Loved Her First” even better). I think Lawrence succeeded because he promoted the damn song for so long.
October 12, 2007 at 8:43 am Permalink
… and I could add that every now and then a song still goes to No. 1 just because people like it. Toby hasn’t had a really compelling single for a long time, IMHO.
Possible topic for discussion: “Love Me if You Can” is an apology for Toby’s past support of George W. Bush. (First one to tell me Toby is a Democrat gets a boot in the ass. It’s the American way.)
October 16, 2007 at 3:33 pm Permalink
Any of ya’ll out there listeners of Lonestar 92.5?
I know that they just hosted a great Lynard Skynard show on the 12th if anyone was out there for it.
If anyone’s interested in the country music scene, come check out Lonestar 92.5’s website at
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Bein a lifelong fan of the music scene it’s been fun working with and on the Lonestar site, so please come check it out everyone!
October 16, 2007 at 5:21 pm Permalink
Sounds like a radio spot to me…too bad we won’t see a check.
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