New Music Video From Uncle Kracker- "Blue Skies"

New Music Video From Uncle Kracker- "Nobody's Sad on a Saturday Night"

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Uncle Kracker and Tim McGraw Announce New Album Projects

Uncle Kracker and Tim McGraw both announced new upcoming album projects- both doing so on brand new labels.

Uncle Kracker will be up first with the release of Midnight Special on November 19. This is the Sugar Hill Records debut for the Detroit Bad-Boy.  The new album is produced by Keith Stegall (Alan Jackson, George Jones, Zac Brown Band, George Strait.) It features the first radio single “Nobody’s Sad On A Saturday Night”.

Midnight Special Track Listing
1. You Got That Thang
2. I'd Be There
3. Four Letter Word
4. Blue Skies
5. When I Close My Eyes
6. In Between Disasters
7. Happy
8. Nobody's Sad On A Saturday Night
9. Nuthin' Changes
10. Who We Are
11. It Is What It Is (with Sonia Leigh)

Meanwhile, Tim McGraw has announced a February 5 release date for his first album since leaving Curb Records. Two Lanes of Freedom will be McGraw's first release since a judge granted him the right to record for Big Machine Records. The Louisiana native had long been tied to a Curb record deal for almost two decades.

The singer kicked off his partnership with Big Machine Records this last May, and an appeals court recently affirmed his right to record and release new material with the label. "Truck Yeah" was the first release for the label. McGraw will perform his new-to-radiosingle "One of Those Nights" during the Country Music Association Awards, airing tomorrow night (November 1) on ABC.

Uncle Kracker Returns To Studio For Next Album

Uncle Kracker is headed into Nashville this week to start recording his fifth album and follow-up to 2009's Happy Hour. He's written about 20 new songs for the recording sessions.

In an interview with Billboard, he talks about the new project:

"I'm kind of excited -- actually, the most excited I've been in a long time. (The songs are) a little more Americana. I don't want to say rootsy, but I think it's more 'me' than the last record was. The overall goal this time was to go in and have fun."

"I've never really been in the process where I had a second single still at radio and I started writing to record," he explained. "It's pretty calculated, I guess, probably the most organized I've ever been. Me and organized in the same sentence -- that's weird."

Uncle Kracker collaborated on the new songs with J.T. Harding and Shane McAnally, who co-wrote Kenny Chesney's latest country chart-topper, "Somewhere with You." Keith Stegall will be producing. And Uncle Kracker said the as-yet-untitled project is under the gun to record quickly, in order for him to hit the road supporting Chesney starting March 17 in West Palm Beach, FL.

David Allan Coe Releases New Album, DAC's Back

Outlaw country singer, David Allan Coe, is releasing his first country studio-recorded album in almost a decade, DAC's Back, containing 17 never-before-released originals by Coe and three live recordings of songs co-written with Kid Rock and Uncle Kracker.
The album, which contains the new single, "Single Father," a Kid Rock co-write, was recorded primarily in Coe's tour bus studio while on tour over the last few years.

It is his first studio album release since his 2004 heavy metal Rebel Meets Rebel collaboration with the late "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, legendary rock guitarist and co-founder of the rock/metal band Pantera.

The project has been released digitally on Coe's own independent label, DAC Records/1617 Virtual, and is currently only available at CD Baby (www.cdbaby.com) but will soon be available soon through all major Internet retail outlets. The CD version should hit shelves within the next 60 days. A broadcast-quality version is now available to radio via AirPlay Direct(www.AirPlayDirect.com.

Coe, 72 , is still active, performing on the road recently with Kid Rock, Uncle Kracker, and Toby Keith. Possible tour dates with Willie Nelson are also in the works.

Deemed by some as the original outlaw, Coe came on the country music scene with his 1969 release, The Penitentiary Blues, having spent time in Ohio's state corrections system. His first real chart successes came with "You Never Even Called Me By My Name," which rose to the Top 5 in 1974 and is now considered a country standard by many. He later had another Top 5 in 1982 with "The Ride" and followed that up that next year with the No 1 hit "Mona Lisa's Lost Her Smile." His greatest success, however, is probably as a songwriter, having penned the country classic, "Take This Job And Shove It," a No 1 by Johnny Paycheck, and "Would You Lay With Me In A Field Of Stone," a chart-topper by Tanya Tucker.

New Music Video From Uncle Kracker & Kid Rock- "Good To Be Me"

That Nashville Soundbites- Uncle Kracker- Happy Hour: The South River Road Sessions

That Nashville Sound receives many different CD releases throughout the year from indie, bluegrass and artists just off the mainstream radar- or smaller projects like EPs- that we’re doing short mini CD reviews on. We call them That Nashville Soundbites- it’s a feature that will allow us to give some props to some albums and artists that deserve a spotlight on their work.

Release Date: June 2010
Music Label: Top Dog/Atlantic
The Skinny: A few years ago, Kenny Chesney and Uncle Kracker dueted together on the summertime anthem “When The Sun Goes Down.” He’s landed full on the country radar with the current near-top-ten first release off of this album, “Smile.” The top track of this EP is the Kid Rock duet “Good To Be Me” which seems like it will be a good light rolling rocking summertime follow-up to "Smile." Kid Rock (and then Jesse Lee on the third track) outshine Kracker vocally, but the songs are pleasant, if not the most memorable. The gravel-voiced Kracker pulls off kind of a Motor City country here. The most interesting song is “Livin The Dream.” As Kid Rock did with “Sweet Home Alabama” in his “All Summer Long”, Kracker borrows the chorus from hard rock’s Whitesnake’s 1980’s hit “Here I Go Again.” Being an adolescent rock fan back in the day, it’s a cool fiddle, steel and acoustic guitar take on a classic. Different. But interesting.
Sounds Like: Kid Rock singing Kenny Chesney music- with a hint of John Fogerty
Standout Tracks: Good To Be Me, Livin’ The Dream
The Verdict: Three stars out of five

New Lynyrd Skynyrd Country Music Tribute Hits Shelves Late July- Features Eric Church, Randy Houser, Jamey Johnson & Many More

With raging guitar riffs and lyrics that make up the soundtrack of summer, Lynyrd Skynyrd’s widespread influence is undeniable. Country Music’s most authentic voices pay tribute to the legendary southern rockers and their enduring legacy with SWEET HOME ALABAMA – The Country Music Tribute To Lynyrd Skynyrd.

Balancing the band’s bedrock Southern Rock and Outlaw Country roots, represents a distinct collection of many of the band’s most iconic tracks by the genre’s brightest stars, including Eric Church, Randy Houser, Shooter Jennings, Jamey Johnson, Uncle Kracker, Randy Montana, Ashley Ray and Eli Young Band.

Randy Houser delivers a soulful rendition of “Simple Man” while Eli Young Band offers up a raucous version of “Three Steps,” both from Lynyrd Skynyrd’s groundbreaking debut. Jamey Johnson keeps with tradition on the dobro laced “Four Walls of Raiford” and Eric Church’s smoky vocals are front and center on the powerfully evocative tale, “The Ballad of Curtis Loew.” The 8-song compilation will be released exclusively through Wal-Mart stores on July 20th.

More than 25 years following the release of their groundbreaking debut album (pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd), Lynyrd Skynyrd’s legacy remains irrefutable. The band has cataloged over 60 albums and with sales of more than 30 million with 13 platinum or multi-platinum albums. Lynyrd Skynyrd’s influence on music remains all encompassing, ranging from Blues Traveler to Metallica to Montgomery Gentry to Kid Rock. And now, country’s brightest stars pay homage to Lynyrd Skynyrd’s everlasting legacy with the format’s first tribute to the legendary band, SWEET HOME ALABAMA – The Country Music Tribute to Lynyrd Skynyrd.

Track Listing

1. “The Ballad Of Curtis Loew” Performed by Eric Church
2. “Simple Man” Performed by Randy Houser
3. “All I Can Do Is Write About It” Performed by Uncle Kracker
4. “Call Me The Breeze” Performed by Shooter Jennings
5. “Four Walls Of Raiford” Performed by Jamey Johnson
6. “Tuesday’s Gone” Performed by Randy Montana
7. “Gimme Three Steps” Performed by Eli Young Band
8. “Sweet Home Alabama” Performed by Ashley Ray