Showing posts with label Jason Aldean. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jason Aldean. Show all posts
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Thursday, March 26, 2020
Deep Cut Challenge Making The Rounds Around Country Music
Tim McGraw decided to create his own internet web challenge called the #DeepCutsChallenge. He first posted a video over the weekend explaining that all artists have a song they love to sing or jam out to when alone, even if it may not be a very popular song to perform. These songs are more commonly referred to as "deep cuts" or songs on an album that never made it to radio and are therefore not very well known or popular.
McGraw sang his favorite song "Take the Long Way Home" by John Schneider and then nominated Brad Paisley, Jason Aldean, and Kenny Chesney to sing one of their favorite "deep cuts" and post it to Instagram while tagging other artists to also participate. It's gone on to include the likes of Morgan Wallen, Luke Combs, Vince Gill & more. Here's a collection of some of the performances and the songs they chose- click on the song title to watch/hear the performances.
Tim McGraw - John Schneider's "Take The Long Way Home"
Vince Gill - Bob McDill's "Last Dance At The Old Texas Moon"
Luke Combs - Chris Stapleton's "What Are You Listening To?"
Morgan Wallen - Jason Aldean's "Water Tower"
Brad Paisley - Steve Wariner's "What I Didn't Do"
Darius Rucker - Foster and Lloyd's "You Can Come Cryin' To Me"
Charles Kelley - Temple of the Dog - "Call Me A Dog"
Russell Dickerson - Tim McGraw's "Seventeen"
Thomas Rhett - Hank Williams, Jr's "Blues Man"
And keep an eye on Faith Hill's Instagram account this week. She was the most recent to be nominated by Vince Gill...
Tuesday, March 10, 2020
Write You A Song Podcast - An Interview With Songwriter Neil Thrasher
This morning we share another new podcast, hosted by Tom Mailey from Bonneville radio station New Country 105.1 KNCI in Sacramento. Tom is a country radio veteran with over 30 years of experience in Seattle and Sacramento and a key partner in our Golf & Guitars Children's Charity Music Festival, a little event in our twelfth year that has raised well north of a million bucks for kids and individuals with disabilities. It highlights the songwriters in our industry and is entitled Write You a Song.
It's his hope that this podcast will shine a little overdue spotlight on the talented men and women who, mostly behind the scenes, write the songs that become part of our lives. You know their words and music, but maybe not their names: Write You a Song will feature some of country music’s biggest songwriters--like Jeffrey Steele, Brett Warren, Ashley McBryde, Tim Nichols and more.
It's his hope that this podcast will shine a little overdue spotlight on the talented men and women who, mostly behind the scenes, write the songs that become part of our lives. You know their words and music, but maybe not their names: Write You a Song will feature some of country music’s biggest songwriters--like Jeffrey Steele, Brett Warren, Ashley McBryde, Tim Nichols and more.
On this new episode of Write You A Song, songwriter Neil Thrasher discusses hits he's written for Reba McEntire, Jason Aldean, Rascal Flatts and others and talks about staying relevant and why, 25 years into his career, it all feels new again.
Saturday, April 13, 2019
Tuesday, April 9, 2019
Write You a Song Podcast Episode V - An Interview With Songwriter Brett James
This morning we share another new podcast from host Tom Mailey from Bonneville radio station New Country 105.1 KNCI in Sacramento. Tom is a country radio veteran with over 30 years of experience in Seattle and Sacramento and a key partner in our Golf & Guitars Children's Charity Music Festival, a little event in our twelfth year that has raised well north of a million bucks for kids and individuals with disabilities. It highlights the songwriters in our industry and is entitled Write You a Song.
It's his hope that this podcast will shine a little overdue spotlight on the talented men and women who, mostly behind the scenes, write the songs that become part of our lives. You know their words and music, but maybe not their names: Write You a Song will feature some of country music’s biggest songwriters--like Jeffrey Steele, Brett Warren, Tim Nichols and more.
James' compositions have been credited on 494 recordings by a wide variety of artists. Signed to Career Records (a division of Arista Nashville) as a solo artist in 1995, James charted three singles and released a self-titled debut album that year. He returned to Arista as a recording artist in 2002, releasing two more singles.
It's his hope that this podcast will shine a little overdue spotlight on the talented men and women who, mostly behind the scenes, write the songs that become part of our lives. You know their words and music, but maybe not their names: Write You a Song will feature some of country music’s biggest songwriters--like Jeffrey Steele, Brett Warren, Tim Nichols and more.
Songwriter Brett James talks about writing hits with Carrie Underwood... and what makes her such a creative songwriter in her own right. He also shares stories behind hits like "Man I Want To Be", "Something in the Water" and how a night out in the Islands with Kenny Chesney led to writing two number one singles, back to back. If you're an aspiring songwriter, or just interested in the craft, Brett's a great and engaging guest!
James' compositions have been credited on 494 recordings by a wide variety of artists. Signed to Career Records (a division of Arista Nashville) as a solo artist in 1995, James charted three singles and released a self-titled debut album that year. He returned to Arista as a recording artist in 2002, releasing two more singles.
Since the early 2000s, James has become known primarily as a songwriter for other country and pop music artists. Among his compositions is Carrie Underwood's 2006 number-one hit "Jesus, Take the Wheel", which received Grammy Awards for Best Country Song and Best Female Country Vocal Performance. His writers' credits also include number-one hits for Jessica Andrews, Martina McBride, Rodney Atkins, and Jason Aldean.
Sunday, September 30, 2018
Ronnie Milsap's Upcoming The Duets Album To Feature Willie, Musgraves, Dolly, Aldean, Strait, Little Big Town & More
Artist: Ronnie Milsap
Album: The Duets
Label: Riser House Records
Release date: January 18, 2019
Ronnie Milsap is using a little help from his friends with a project of duets on some of his biggest hits that will feature duets with Kacey Musgraves, Billy Gibbons, Luke Bryan, Dolly Parton, Steven Curtis Chapman, Jason Aldean, Willie Nelson, Little Big Town and George Strait. In addition, for what are likely their last recordings ever, the project also features the late Leon Russell and Troy Gentry of Montgomery Gentry.
Country legend Ronnie Milsap has updated some of his classics — and has teamed up with one of the genre’s brightest new stars to sing it. The 75-year-old Country Music Hall of Famer released his new rendition of his 1981 hit “No Getting Over Me” featuring Musgraves.
“Singing with Kacey is so much fun. She’s a pure vocalist and knows how to lean into a melody,” Milsap told PEOPLE about the pair’s collaboration which will be featured on his upcoming album.
“Having her on this gave the song a whole new twist, which is what music is all about. How do you take what you know and make it even more?” he explains.
The project marks his 28th studio album and will feature Luke Bryan on “Stranger in My House” and Jason Aldean “Prisoner of the Highway”.
“My duet with Willie is a new song that Mike Reid wrote called ‘A Woman’s Love’,” says Milsap. “He and I had 12 number one records together in the ‘80s like 'Stranger in My House' and 'Old Folks.' I sent ‘A Woman’s Love’ to Willie. He told me, ‘I love the song.’ So he’s gonna sing on it and play guitar in his home studio."
Album: The Duets
Label: Riser House Records
Release date: January 18, 2019
Ronnie Milsap is using a little help from his friends with a project of duets on some of his biggest hits that will feature duets with Kacey Musgraves, Billy Gibbons, Luke Bryan, Dolly Parton, Steven Curtis Chapman, Jason Aldean, Willie Nelson, Little Big Town and George Strait. In addition, for what are likely their last recordings ever, the project also features the late Leon Russell and Troy Gentry of Montgomery Gentry.
Country legend Ronnie Milsap has updated some of his classics — and has teamed up with one of the genre’s brightest new stars to sing it. The 75-year-old Country Music Hall of Famer released his new rendition of his 1981 hit “No Getting Over Me” featuring Musgraves.
“Singing with Kacey is so much fun. She’s a pure vocalist and knows how to lean into a melody,” Milsap told PEOPLE about the pair’s collaboration which will be featured on his upcoming album.
“Having her on this gave the song a whole new twist, which is what music is all about. How do you take what you know and make it even more?” he explains.
The project marks his 28th studio album and will feature Luke Bryan on “Stranger in My House” and Jason Aldean “Prisoner of the Highway”.
“My duet with Willie is a new song that Mike Reid wrote called ‘A Woman’s Love’,” says Milsap. “He and I had 12 number one records together in the ‘80s like 'Stranger in My House' and 'Old Folks.' I sent ‘A Woman’s Love’ to Willie. He told me, ‘I love the song.’ So he’s gonna sing on it and play guitar in his home studio."
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Tracy Lawrence Has A Special Duets Project Planned For Release in August 2017- Includes Aldean, McGraw, Corbin & Young
From RR Daily Herald, "Lawrence said he’s feeling good about a collaboration album he’s been working on. “It’s a duet project with a few of my peers — current artists out there,” he said of the full-length album that reimagines some of his biggest songs, adding he didn’t want to confirm his collaborators just yet. Lawrence said he would like to put out another proper solo studio album after that, noting he has some new, original songs already complete."
From Kentucky.com, "First up in the next phase of Lawrence’s professional life is an album of duets with an as-yet-unannounced roster of singing partners. Lawrence hopes to begin work on the project within the next few months, finish shopping for a label to issue the recording and release the recording in early 2017."
“I think the future is going to be bright. I don’t know if any of what I’m taking about entails radio. I don’t know if my career involves being high-profile at all on radio again at this point. I think that might be over and done with. But that’s OK. I’ve got a great body of work that I can draw from and a huge fan base out there. I’m just going to enjoy where I am in life and go with the flow.”
From Billboard, "“I signed with new management this year, and they are helping things to get on track to get my career moving forward again. The plan is to go in and recut a lot of my big hits. We’ve got commitments from some major artists to do duets, and we’re going to do a group sing on one of my marquee songs.”
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
New Music Video From 30 Of Country Music's Finest - "Forever Country"
"Forever Country" artist list: Alabama, Jason Aldean, Dierks Bentley, Brooks & Dunn, Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Brett Eldredge, Vince Gill, Faith Hill, Alan Jackson, Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town, Martina McBride, Tim McGraw, Ronnie Milsap, Kacey Musgraves, Willie Nelson, Brad Paisley, Dolly Parton, Charley Pride, Rascal Flatts, Reba, Darius Rucker, Blake Shelton, George Strait, Randy Travis, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban and Trisha Yearwood.
Saturday, September 10, 2016
Wednesday, August 24, 2016
Interview Flashback - Talking Live With Joe Diffie
I have been blessed to write contributions/reviews/interviews/opinion pieces for several country music and roots-oriented websites and publications over the years including Saving Country Music, Nashville Scene, Country California, Country Weekly, American Noise, The 9513 and Engine 145. As a regular contributor to the last two in that list, I did close to a 100 interviews with different artists- and since both of those great sites have come down, I will reprint some of those interviews here to give them a home in perpetuity. This interview was originally published in December 2009 on The 9513.
Before Jason Aldean sang of sitting on his “Big Green Tractor,” Joe Diffie was painting the town with his smash hit “John Deere Green.” Before Alan Jackson’s “Between The Devil And Me”, there was Joe Diffie two-stepping with “If The Devil Dance In Empty Pockets.” After working as a demo singer for three years in Nashville, Diffie signed his first record deal with Epic Records. Since that time he has recorded an amazing 17 top ten hits on Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts, five number ones, nine studio albums, two platinum albums and has written songs that have been hits for others like Tim McGraw and Jo Dee Messina. Diffie’s mantle is full with a Grammy, multiple CMA Awards, and been honored as Humanitarian of the Year by the Country Music Broadcasters.
Fast-forward to December 2009 and Diffie has a brand new album- his first live recording called Joe Diffie: Live At Billy Bob’s Texas- and is putting the finishing touches on a brand new bluegrass album for Rounder Records that will be out in just a few short months. And while history has been bright for this longtime country star who even Vern Gosdin called “the man with the golden voice,” Diffie’s quick to point out that the future is just as bright. He’s playing music with family and playing a style of music in bluegrass that was his country genre choice out of college. Forget “Ships That Don’t Come In,” Diffie’s ship is sailing straight ahead.
Ken Morton, Jr.- You have a live album that has just come out- give us the scoop on this brand new project.
Joe Diffie- It’s something I’m very excited about, I’ve never done a live album before. It’s kind of a cool deal- a nerve-wracking deal. The folks at Billy-Bob’s had done a series of these things over the years and asked if we’d like to participate in it. I said, “Sure!” We went down there and had a blast doing it. Like I said, though, it was pretty nerve-wracking though. Just thinking anything I said or do is going to be recorded and listened to forever is hard. We had a good time doing it. The crowd was just great. And it’s always great performing at Billy-Bob’s.
KMJ- Was it recorded in a single night or recorded over a couple nights?
JD- It was a single night. We went in there and they had all the recording stuff set up. We just took off and there we were.
KMJ- That is some pressure, you have to be on your game.
JD- Yeah, you really do. But I think we did okay. The thing I was worried about was trying to capture what we do live on a disc. It’s hard to transfer some of that energy onto an album, but I think we did pretty good at that.
KMJ- I know you had two special guests on the album. Tell me first about singing on an album with your son, Parker.
JD- Parker is a fine young singer and he travels on the road with me all the time anyways. We did a Little Feat song called “Willin’.” He’s been doing it awhile on stage so we did a duet on that thing. He did a great job on it. And he sings a bunch on the choruses on the rest of the songs- just messing around. Then I got my dad up and he and I did an old Johnny Cash cut of the “Folsom Prison Blues.” Of course, he stole the whole show and got the biggest round of applause for the whole night.
KMJ- That was one of the more special moments on the album I thought. You could sense your pride as he was singing and the crowd was singing along with him.
JD- Yeah, it was really special. He’s gotten up there with me before a couple of different times at shows. I think people are always amazed that he can sing, you know? But he can sing really well. It’s always a thrill for me to spring him on people.
KMJ- Did he do any stage performing before you made it big in the music business or is it newer to him than you?
JD- He’s always been really musical. He taught himself how to play piano and banjo and guitar. But he never ever pursued music as a career. He was never in a band. He’s gotten up in front of people and sang many times before over the years. And everyone always compliments him on the job that he does. He kind of gets a kick when he gets on up there. He’s always a mini-celebrity whenever he gets on stage. He’s always signing autographs and taking pictures with people afterwards- it’s a really fun deal for all of us.
KMJ- As it was with you with Parker, it sounds like the apple didn’t fall far from the tree, did it?
JD- That’s right- more right than you’ll ever know. Most of what I learned about music, I learned from my parents. My dad, specifically, because he was so musical. That’s really who I developed my love of music from.
KMJ- I wanted to ask you about another project you’re working on- I hear you’re working on a bluegrass album with Rounder Records.
JD- It’s funny. I haven’t had a record out in three or four years and now I have three of them coming out within a four or five month period. It shows you I haven’t been sitting around at least. I’ve been recording all this new stuff. I’m really excited about this bluegrass project. You know, I sang bluegrass in a bluegrass group for six or seven years before I ever moved to Nashville. The group was called Special Edition. We had a blast doing it all those years and I developed a real love of bluegrass music, you know? I got the opportunity with Rounder to do a bluegrass album and I said, “Are you kidding me? Of course I want to do one!” We’ve brought in some great pickers into the studio. It was such a treasure just to not have any pressure- no pressure to make anything a hit. We wrote a few things for it and added a couple of old traditional songs. I’m just thrilled about it- I’m really really happy about how it turned out.
KMJ- How soon will your new bluegrass album be released?
JD- It’ll be sometime the spring of next year.
KMJ- What has it been like working with a label like Rounder Records?
JD- So far it’s been great. Everyone at Rounder has been very pleasant to work with and very helpful. They’ve played me some songs and offered me advice and it’s just been great- it really cannot be going any better.
KMJ- Your first job in Nashville was at the Gibson Guitar Factory. What was life for you like back in those days?
JD- (Laughter) Boy oh boy. When I first got hired there, it was actually through the bluegrass connection that I had believe it or not. I had a friend named Charlie that passed away recently and I met him singing through Special Edition. And Charlie got me a job there at Gibson. I went to work in the shipping and receiving department. I packed up guitars and sent them all over the world. It was quite interesting to see where those great instruments got shipped all over the world to.
KMJ- That’s the wrong end of working on a guitar for most people I’d imagine in Nashville, though…
JD- You got that right. Everybody would think it’s really interesting- and at first it is. But if you’re there to pursue music as a career, it’s the wrong side of the guitar, that’s for sure. But it’s a great place to work in the interim. They were really great to me. After working in shipping and receiving for about a year, they moved me over and I became an inspector. I had to inspect all the lumber that came in as it came in from the rough mill. I learned how to inspect guitars from the very beginning all the way to the very end of it.
KMJ- That had to give you a whole new respect for the instrument, I’d imagine.
JD- It really does. It’s kind of cool to have that in your back pocket and be able to look at an instrument and know whether it’s well-made or not. It’s pretty darn cool.
KMJ- What has Opry membership meant to you over the years?
JD- It’s been so great. It’s really the biggest thrills in my career- one of the biggest honors. I’ve been an Opry member since 93’. And I go play the Opry whenever I get the chance to. In fact, we’re playing there tonight. We’re headed over to the Ryman to do a couple of songs. I’ve always loved it. There’s so much history and so much tradition, it’s really a big family that I get to be a part of.
KMJ- As I was doing a little homework for questions for this interview, I discovered that you had a 2008 number one hit in Europe called “Long Gone Loner.” Tell me about that.
JD- That right there was a product of technology and today. It was really interesting. Through MySpace, Peter Dula contacted me and told me he was a big fan. So I checked his page, the same thing, to see he was legit. And he said he wanted to collaborate on a song. He’s made it to like eight European CMA Awards, he was definitely legit. So he emailed the tracks and outlined my parts and I loaded it up in my little Nashville studio and sang my part and sent it on back to him. Next thing I knew, he put it out there and it went all the way to number one. It was pretty darn cool.
KMJ- And I know you’ve started up a new little home project called Basement Tapes- what’s that about?
JD- We haven’t pursued that as much as much as we would like to eventually. But we loaded up a few songs that I thought people would like to hear- some different stuff. Not off-the-wall stuff, but some unfinished demos and guitar/vocal stuff. They’re some songs that I’ve written over the years that never got released. We load them up on MySpace occasionally. And people can go on there and download them whenever they want. It’s just a little something that I thought our fans would really like.
KMJ- Beyond the bluegrass album, what does the future hold for Joe Diffie?
JD- After we work doing our shows, and sprinkling in some bluegrass shows here and there, we have another album due for Rounder and at this point, it will probably be a more traditional country album. So, I’ve got that to look forward to. And we’ll keep touring and chasing my five-year-old girl around. That alone will keep me busy.
KMJ- Last question for you, what is country music to Joe Diffie?
JD- That question covers a wide spectrum of answers there. It’s been such a big part of my life from day one. I mentioned my dad being a huge country fan. I grew up listening to all of the great country artists through the years. Besides my family, I’ve derived more enjoyment and more emotions from my life in country music than anything else in my life.
Fast-forward to December 2009 and Diffie has a brand new album- his first live recording called Joe Diffie: Live At Billy Bob’s Texas- and is putting the finishing touches on a brand new bluegrass album for Rounder Records that will be out in just a few short months. And while history has been bright for this longtime country star who even Vern Gosdin called “the man with the golden voice,” Diffie’s quick to point out that the future is just as bright. He’s playing music with family and playing a style of music in bluegrass that was his country genre choice out of college. Forget “Ships That Don’t Come In,” Diffie’s ship is sailing straight ahead.
Ken Morton, Jr.- You have a live album that has just come out- give us the scoop on this brand new project.
Joe Diffie- It’s something I’m very excited about, I’ve never done a live album before. It’s kind of a cool deal- a nerve-wracking deal. The folks at Billy-Bob’s had done a series of these things over the years and asked if we’d like to participate in it. I said, “Sure!” We went down there and had a blast doing it. Like I said, though, it was pretty nerve-wracking though. Just thinking anything I said or do is going to be recorded and listened to forever is hard. We had a good time doing it. The crowd was just great. And it’s always great performing at Billy-Bob’s.
KMJ- Was it recorded in a single night or recorded over a couple nights?
JD- It was a single night. We went in there and they had all the recording stuff set up. We just took off and there we were.
KMJ- That is some pressure, you have to be on your game.
JD- Yeah, you really do. But I think we did okay. The thing I was worried about was trying to capture what we do live on a disc. It’s hard to transfer some of that energy onto an album, but I think we did pretty good at that.
KMJ- I know you had two special guests on the album. Tell me first about singing on an album with your son, Parker.
JD- Parker is a fine young singer and he travels on the road with me all the time anyways. We did a Little Feat song called “Willin’.” He’s been doing it awhile on stage so we did a duet on that thing. He did a great job on it. And he sings a bunch on the choruses on the rest of the songs- just messing around. Then I got my dad up and he and I did an old Johnny Cash cut of the “Folsom Prison Blues.” Of course, he stole the whole show and got the biggest round of applause for the whole night.
KMJ- That was one of the more special moments on the album I thought. You could sense your pride as he was singing and the crowd was singing along with him.
JD- Yeah, it was really special. He’s gotten up there with me before a couple of different times at shows. I think people are always amazed that he can sing, you know? But he can sing really well. It’s always a thrill for me to spring him on people.
KMJ- Did he do any stage performing before you made it big in the music business or is it newer to him than you?
JD- He’s always been really musical. He taught himself how to play piano and banjo and guitar. But he never ever pursued music as a career. He was never in a band. He’s gotten up in front of people and sang many times before over the years. And everyone always compliments him on the job that he does. He kind of gets a kick when he gets on up there. He’s always a mini-celebrity whenever he gets on stage. He’s always signing autographs and taking pictures with people afterwards- it’s a really fun deal for all of us.
KMJ- As it was with you with Parker, it sounds like the apple didn’t fall far from the tree, did it?
JD- That’s right- more right than you’ll ever know. Most of what I learned about music, I learned from my parents. My dad, specifically, because he was so musical. That’s really who I developed my love of music from.
KMJ- I wanted to ask you about another project you’re working on- I hear you’re working on a bluegrass album with Rounder Records.
JD- It’s funny. I haven’t had a record out in three or four years and now I have three of them coming out within a four or five month period. It shows you I haven’t been sitting around at least. I’ve been recording all this new stuff. I’m really excited about this bluegrass project. You know, I sang bluegrass in a bluegrass group for six or seven years before I ever moved to Nashville. The group was called Special Edition. We had a blast doing it all those years and I developed a real love of bluegrass music, you know? I got the opportunity with Rounder to do a bluegrass album and I said, “Are you kidding me? Of course I want to do one!” We’ve brought in some great pickers into the studio. It was such a treasure just to not have any pressure- no pressure to make anything a hit. We wrote a few things for it and added a couple of old traditional songs. I’m just thrilled about it- I’m really really happy about how it turned out.
KMJ- How soon will your new bluegrass album be released?
JD- It’ll be sometime the spring of next year.
KMJ- What has it been like working with a label like Rounder Records?
JD- So far it’s been great. Everyone at Rounder has been very pleasant to work with and very helpful. They’ve played me some songs and offered me advice and it’s just been great- it really cannot be going any better.
KMJ- Your first job in Nashville was at the Gibson Guitar Factory. What was life for you like back in those days?
JD- (Laughter) Boy oh boy. When I first got hired there, it was actually through the bluegrass connection that I had believe it or not. I had a friend named Charlie that passed away recently and I met him singing through Special Edition. And Charlie got me a job there at Gibson. I went to work in the shipping and receiving department. I packed up guitars and sent them all over the world. It was quite interesting to see where those great instruments got shipped all over the world to.
KMJ- That’s the wrong end of working on a guitar for most people I’d imagine in Nashville, though…
JD- You got that right. Everybody would think it’s really interesting- and at first it is. But if you’re there to pursue music as a career, it’s the wrong side of the guitar, that’s for sure. But it’s a great place to work in the interim. They were really great to me. After working in shipping and receiving for about a year, they moved me over and I became an inspector. I had to inspect all the lumber that came in as it came in from the rough mill. I learned how to inspect guitars from the very beginning all the way to the very end of it.
KMJ- That had to give you a whole new respect for the instrument, I’d imagine.
JD- It really does. It’s kind of cool to have that in your back pocket and be able to look at an instrument and know whether it’s well-made or not. It’s pretty darn cool.
KMJ- What has Opry membership meant to you over the years?
JD- It’s been so great. It’s really the biggest thrills in my career- one of the biggest honors. I’ve been an Opry member since 93’. And I go play the Opry whenever I get the chance to. In fact, we’re playing there tonight. We’re headed over to the Ryman to do a couple of songs. I’ve always loved it. There’s so much history and so much tradition, it’s really a big family that I get to be a part of.
KMJ- As I was doing a little homework for questions for this interview, I discovered that you had a 2008 number one hit in Europe called “Long Gone Loner.” Tell me about that.
JD- That right there was a product of technology and today. It was really interesting. Through MySpace, Peter Dula contacted me and told me he was a big fan. So I checked his page, the same thing, to see he was legit. And he said he wanted to collaborate on a song. He’s made it to like eight European CMA Awards, he was definitely legit. So he emailed the tracks and outlined my parts and I loaded it up in my little Nashville studio and sang my part and sent it on back to him. Next thing I knew, he put it out there and it went all the way to number one. It was pretty darn cool.
KMJ- And I know you’ve started up a new little home project called Basement Tapes- what’s that about?
JD- We haven’t pursued that as much as much as we would like to eventually. But we loaded up a few songs that I thought people would like to hear- some different stuff. Not off-the-wall stuff, but some unfinished demos and guitar/vocal stuff. They’re some songs that I’ve written over the years that never got released. We load them up on MySpace occasionally. And people can go on there and download them whenever they want. It’s just a little something that I thought our fans would really like.
KMJ- Beyond the bluegrass album, what does the future hold for Joe Diffie?
JD- After we work doing our shows, and sprinkling in some bluegrass shows here and there, we have another album due for Rounder and at this point, it will probably be a more traditional country album. So, I’ve got that to look forward to. And we’ll keep touring and chasing my five-year-old girl around. That alone will keep me busy.
KMJ- Last question for you, what is country music to Joe Diffie?
JD- That question covers a wide spectrum of answers there. It’s been such a big part of my life from day one. I mentioned my dad being a huge country fan. I grew up listening to all of the great country artists through the years. Besides my family, I’ve derived more enjoyment and more emotions from my life in country music than anything else in my life.
Tuesday, July 12, 2016
Jason Aldean Preps They Don't Know For September Release
Album: They Don't Know
Label: Broken Bow Records
Release date: September 9, 2016
Fresh off of his Academy of Country Music Entertainer of the Year win, Jason Aldean announced his next album release on the week that his most-recent single, "Lights Come On," hit number one on both the Billboard Country Airplay and Mediabase radio charts.
“I really wanted to start this new album with one of those big up-tempos," said Aldean. "So, for it to click right away with fans and radio is a really cool way to start. With all the records we’ve done, we’ve been able to explore new sounds and really just do things our own way, and that's sort of what the title track is all about."
Aldean has teamed with both longtime producer Michael Knox and the same band on-and-off stage for a full decade again for They Don't Know. With the new music, the artist reveals "lessons learned and confidence gained" over the course of a career that includes more than 14 million album sales.
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