Few people know that Rodney Crowell wrote and originally released this song before Tim McGraw came along and made it a huge hit.
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Friday, December 31, 2010
Lindsay Lohan Rumored To Be Releasing Country Music Album
Lindsay is known for her roles in many movies and this would not be her first time in a recording studio. She had two pop albums and one of those albums charted at No. 4 on the billboard chart. Here is one of her music videos from one of those albums below.
Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson & Kris Kristofferson To Debut as The Musketeers In 2011
Haggard and Nelson were already plannning to collaborate on an album when they decided they also wanted Kristofferson to be a part of it. The trio will hit the studio soon to begin working on the album. Haggard tells Rolling Stone, "We talked about the three of us doing it. I'm sure if we're healthy and live to do it, we'll do it."
But the group hasn't come up with a title..yet.
"We thought about the title: the Musketeers... because there's the three of us," he says. "We'll come up with some little way of describing ourselves, I guess, and put it together into a show.
The trio discussed the project in Washington D.C. where Haggard received the Kennedy Center Honors, a lifetime achievement award for the performing arts.
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Michelle Branch Announces That She's Returning To Pop Music
The singer, whose last studio release was a country record as part of the Wreckers, said that she has been writing a "fun" and "creative" LP in the vein of her debut The Spirit Room in London with producers Jim Irvin and Julian Emrey.
In a Ustream chat, she said: "I was in London - I've been working on a new record Julian Emrey and Jim Irvine, who are these two writers I met in LA. The first song we wrote together is a song called 'Spark', and we were so excited about it - it was the best writing day possible! "It's great because they're writers and also producers. My favorite song that we wrote together was called 'The Story Of Us'. It's a song that's really personal to me. I have 11 or 12 songs ready to go right now and I'm going to go in studio in January and start recording them. I'm really confident I will have this record out by next summer. I hate putting labels on it because a good song is a good song. This record is more in the vein of my first record, which I would say was a pop record. The last record became so exhausting that this one is all about having fun and being creative again and not feeling like I have to write a specific way for a specific genre."
Monday, December 27, 2010
Shooter Jennings Offers Missed The Boat: A Collection of Demos and Rarities Album For Free To Fans
From Jennings' website:
We here at Black Country Rock would like to wish all of our friends a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! We hope you and your families and friends have a wonderful holiday season and get some (probably) well deserved rest and relaxation!Missed The Boat: A Collection of Demos and Rarities Tracklisting:
We are so fortunate to have such a wonderful group of friends and fans out there who keep us going day to day! As a show of our gratitude, we've come up with a special gift to give you all! Without further ado we give you (the album).
1. Wake Up! (Pig Flu Mix) (2010)
2. For All Debts, Public and Private (2008)
3. A Rejected Television Theme Song (2005)
4. Daddy's Farm, Demo (2003)
5. Blood From A Stone, Demo (2006)
6. Danger (1998)
7. Prayer to God (2003)
8. Theme from the Dukes of Hazzard (2005)
9. This Ol' Wheel, Demo (2006)
10. Only You (1999)
11. Route 116, Demo (2006)
12. A Matter of Time, Demo (2006)
13. Manifesto No. 3 (Live from Carrboro, NC 11/10)
14. Everything Else is Illusion (Live from Carrboro, NC 11/10)
15. Black Ribbons (Live from Orlando, FL 9/10)
Final Notes: A Year In Review Of Those Lost In Country Music
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| Hank Cochran |
Chilton Price Searcy (January 14, age 96, natural causes): a songwriter who wrote Pee Wee King & Redd Stewart's hit "Slow Poke" and the classic "You Belong to Me," covered by the likes of Jim Reeves and Patsy Cline (and lampooned by Homer & Jethro).
Carl Smith (January 16, age 82, complications of stroke): Country Music Hall of Famer with a long and productive career (and father of Carlene Carter).
Richard A. "Pete" Peterson (February 8, age 77, unknown causes): historian and author of the book Creating Country Music: Fabricating Authenticity.
Michael Blosil (February 26, age 18, suicide [jumped to his death]): the son of Marie Osmond.
Matt Wariner (April 16, age 28, car wreck): the nephew of country singer/songwriter/guitarist Steve Wariner and local (Noblesville, Indiana) musician himself.
Hoot Borden (May 1, age and cause unknown): the longtime bus driver for Ernest Tubb.
Ernie Harwell (May 6, age 92, cancer): the voice of baseball's Detroit Tigers for decades was also a songwriter. The first song of his that was ever recorded was "Upside Down," which appeared on Homer & Jethro's 1967 album Somethin' Stupid.
Judy Lynn (May 26, age 74, congestive heart failure): an underrated singer who had one major hit, 1962's "Footsteps of a Fool," and gave up her career in 1980 to go into the ministry.
Thomas "Slim" Bryant (May 27, age 101, illness): singer, songwriter, and guitarist whose talent went all the way back to the Skillet Lickers. He was also the last living person who recorded with Father of Country Music Jimmie Rodgers (he played on Rodgers' recording "Miss the Mississippi and You").
Jimmy Dean (June 13, age 81, natural causes): a pioneer in country music and Muppets (Jim Henson's creation Rowlf the dog was a regular on Dean's TV show), he had a long career as a singer ("Big Bad John," "PT 109") and as a sausage maker. He was one of the 2010 Hall of Fame inductees.
Bill Porter (July 7, age 79, Alzheimer's disease): when Chet Atkins was asked how he developed the Nashville Sound, he had a two-word answer: "Bill Porter." The legendary RCA engineer worked with rock's Presley and country's Reeves with equal, amazing results.
Hank Cochran (July 15, age 74, pancreatic cancer): he wrote songs. Boy, did he write songs: "I Fall to Pieces," "A-11," "The Chair," "Don't Touch Me," "I'd Fight the World," "It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad)," and so many more.
Fred Carter, Jr. (July 17, age 76, stroke): the father of Deana Carter was also a prolific session musician.
Margaret Ann Rich (July 22, age 76, Alzheimer's disease): the widow of Charlie Rich was also the writer of his songs "Field of Yellow Daisies" and "Life Has Its Little Ups and Downs."
Grady "Tiny" Harris (July 23, age 81, blood clot): the leader of the Tiny Harris Band, an outfit that played behind the likes of Freddie Hart and Tammy Wynette.
John L. "Johnny" Carson (July 27, age 77, heart failure): the grandson of Fiddlin' John Carson helped to found the Georgia Music Hall of Fame.
Ben Keith (July 27, age 73, heart attack): when Neil Young wanted a country sound he called on Keith's steel guitar prowess, which were evident on Patsy Cline's "I Fall to Pieces."
John Aylesworth (July 28, age 80, pneumonia): he created a countrified version of Laugh-In for the CBS network. He called it Hee Haw.
Mitch Miller (July 31, age 99, illness): the king of the "sing-along" records also produced sessions for Marty Robbins.
Mitch Jayne (August 2, age 80, cancer): Mayberry's favorite band the Darlings were actually the Dillards, with Jayne on bass. Jayne and the Dillards were inducted into the Bluegrass Hall of Fame in 2009.
Kenny Edwards (August 19, age 64, prostate cancer): Edwards co-founded the Stone Poneys, a country-rock band with a young lead vocalist by the name of LInda Ronstadt. After the band disbanded Edwards lent his talents on guitar, steel, and harmony to Ronstadt's music.
Bill Phillips (August 23, age 74, diabetes): an underrated songwriter (he co-wrote "Falling Back to You," which Webb Pierce recorded) and singer, his biggest hit was "Put It Off Until Tomorrow," a song that introduced the world to co-author and background singer Dolly Parton.
Linda Hargrove (October 24, age 61, leukemia/complications of bone marrow transplant): Nashville songwriter who gave us the classics "Tennessee Whiskey" (George Jones) and "Just Get Up and Close the Door" (Johnny Rodriguez).
Ronny Scaife (November 3, age 63, brain hemorrhage): the songwriter behind Travis Tritt's "The Whiskey Ain't Workin'."
Don Meredith (December 5, age 72, brain hemorrhage): "Dandy Don," the color commentator on ABC's Monday Night Football, turned Willie Nelson's "The Party's Over" into a household song.
Nick ("Nick the Stick") Hunter (December 16, age 67, cancer): he promoted the likes of Hank Williams Jr. and Dwight Yoakam and founded what is now known as Koch Records.
Farewell, and thanks for the music.
Thank you goes out to K.F. Raizor for doing this guest-column for That Nashville Sound. She is an independent scholar and free-lance writer since 1989 whose work has appeared in "Lefthander" magazine and "Hard Country Beat", where she had her own column from 1994 until the magazine ceased publication in 1998. Her current project is a biography of Country Music Hall of Famers Homer and Jethro. Her country blog is Raizor's Edge.
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