New Music Video From Miranda Lambert, Dierks Bentley and Brothers Osborne - "Midnight Rider" (Allman Brothers Cover)

That Nashville Sound Friday Newsbytes - New Projects From Margo Price, Eric Palsay, Thomas Rhett, Marc Cohn & Pistol Annies

Today is National Get Gnarly day. I'm sure those in charge naming it had intentions of just encouraging Ray Wylie Hubbard to get out his slide and do some picking.  On a separate note, there's lots more news this morning with some exciting album announcements.

- Marc Cohn has announced a new album to come out in early 2018 and has gone to PledgeMusic to offer fans some unique opportunities at autographed and custom memorabilia connected to the project.

- Save your Christmas money, for in early 2018, the Pistol Annies will be having their third album released.

- The final studio album from the late rocker Gregg Allman, titled Southern Blood, will release via Rounder Records on Sept. 8. The torchbearer for Southern rock died earlier this year on May 27, at the age of 69, at his home near Savannah, Georgia.

- Margo Price had a surprise EP released yesterday. Price offers up four new tracks on her EP Weakness, released via Third Man Records.

- Michael Johnson, the voice behind the smash hit "Bluer Than Blue," passed away at age 72 while in hospice care in Minneapolis on Tuesday, July 25.

- The Voice veteran Jake Worthington released a new lyric music video for "Big Time Lonesome."

- Eric Paslay released a surprise EP as well this last week entitled The Work Tapes. Listen to him talk about the new project a bit here.

- Shania Twain released her new music video for "Life's About To Get Good."

- On September 8, Thomas Rhett will release his next album Life Changes via Valory Records. "I am and will always be a country artist,” Thomas Rhett said. "It's who I am, it's in my blood. I will always try to push boundaries because that rebellious side has been in me since I was a kid. My voice and my journey that inspired these songs is the glue that makes this album cohesive. This is where I'm at musically, and these are my stories."

 

Blackberry Smoke Collaborates With Gregg Allman On Upcoming Like An Arrow

Artist: Blackberry Smoke
Album: Like An Arrow
Label: 3 Legged Records/Thirty Tigers
Release date: October 14, 2016

Recorded just outside of the band’s native Atlanta at The Quarry Recording Studio in Kennesaw, GA, the 12-track album was self-produced and features special guest Gregg Allman on the album’s closing track, “Free On The Wing.”

Of the album, band-member Charlie Starr comments, “This album is the self-produced culmination of 15 years of trying to plant our flag in the musical landscape. We couldn’t be more proud of it.”
 

Since their debut in 2001, the 5-piece band—consisting of Starr (lead vocals, guitar), Richard Turner (bass, vocals), Brit Turner (drums), Paul Jackson (guitar, vocals), and Brandon Still (keyboards)—has released four full-length studio albums, including their most recent, 2015’s Holding All the Roses, which debuted at #1 on the Billboard Country Albums chart and #8 on the Billboard Rock Albums chart.

Limited Release Greg Allman Vinyl Release Features Jackson Browne, Vince Gill and Zac Brown

In conjunction with National Record Store Day, Greg Allman will release a self-titled vinyl record that is emblazoned with his image on it. It will be released on April 18. This 10-inch picture disc comes packed with 4 live tracks from the Midnight Rider himself. Joined by the likes of Jackson Browne, Vince Gill, and Zac Brown, this EP also features 2 unreleased tracks recently recorded in Macon, Georgia.

Record Store Day was conceived in 2007 at a gathering of independent record store owners and employees as a way to celebrate and spread the word about the unique culture surrounding nearly 1400 independently owned record stores in the US and thousands of similar stores internationally.

TRACKLIST:

Side A:
1. Whipping Post (Live in Macon) (previously unreleased),
2. I’m No Angel (Live in Macon) (previously unreleased)
Side B:
1.   Melissa – Jackson Browne and Gregg Allman (Live at The Fox in Atlanta),
2.   Midnight Rider – Vince Gill, Zac Brown and Gregg Allman (Live at The Fox in Atlanta)