Not for the squimish - looks like this baby must hurt!
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
The Road Hammers - Today's Log Jam Fest Interview
At 2pm today I'll be chatting with Jason McCoy from The Road Hammers who are set to play Log Jam Fest on 8/1.
Luke Bryan is Hysterical!
Even if you don't want to vote for Luke to win Top New Solo Vocalist at the ACM's in April you need to see this!
It's an hysterical video urging you to vote for him and it is Country Star Studded. See if you can name them all (I couldn't). All of Lady A take part (they helped write Luke's "Do I"), Dierks is on it (looking HOT in a beard and messy hair! I mean...just...YUMMY!), then there's Blake Shelton bringing the humor, and Emily West, and Mel Tillis to name a few.
I really started to snort laughter when Luke shows up in a leotard and starts doing Beyonce's "Single Ladies" dance. The reaction to that from the stars was fun.
And they make fun of his name - "Who would vote for someone with two first names?"
Quite hysterical - and quite worth the look!
You have 'til Monday to vote - and you can vote by hitting the link on the right.
It's an hysterical video urging you to vote for him and it is Country Star Studded. See if you can name them all (I couldn't). All of Lady A take part (they helped write Luke's "Do I"), Dierks is on it (looking HOT in a beard and messy hair! I mean...just...YUMMY!), then there's Blake Shelton bringing the humor, and Emily West, and Mel Tillis to name a few.
I really started to snort laughter when Luke shows up in a leotard and starts doing Beyonce's "Single Ladies" dance. The reaction to that from the stars was fun.
And they make fun of his name - "Who would vote for someone with two first names?"
Quite hysterical - and quite worth the look!
You have 'til Monday to vote - and you can vote by hitting the link on the right.
CD News & Stuff
Listen for the new Gary Allan CD on the show today! I love Gary and am off to purchase "Get Off On the Pain" for the show today. 
Gary says he really identifies with the title track. “To me, it reflects the road. The road is a very relentless grind that I love. I get off on it. So to me it's like very 'get off on the pain.' And a lot of those lines, being in the outside of the pack, you know, 'back of the pack with the dark horses,' I felt like we've been that our whole career. Just kind of on the outside of what's happening.”
YES!! Dierks Bentley is hard at work on a Bluegrass CD!!! "Up On the Ridge is Dierks "version of bluegras
s music. It's not just banjos cranked up to eleven. It throws out a big net." Dierks says, "I didn't want this to be 'Dierks Bentley and friends' or a 'Dierks does bluegrass' kind of album. I wanted each song to have something special about it, and in the end I think each song really does have its own thing going on." He is getting help from some friends - like Alison Krauss, Miranda Lambert, and the Del McCoury Band. It's coming out this summer!
I have to wonder if Jessica Harp regrets breaking up The Wreckers to go solo. She cranked out two pretty good singles, "Boy Like Me," and her album's title track "A Woman Needs," but had no real commercial success. So she posted on her website that she has decided to, "stop pursuing my career as a recording artist and focus on songwriting full time." Obviousl
y, not an easy decision for her. She says, "I love music so much and I can't imagine it not being a part of my life. And moving forward as a songwriter, I will hopefully be able to share my music through the voices of artists who DO have their hearts in what they're doing. Of course I'll miss being the one on stage seeing those smiling faces and always will. But I have memories to last a lifetime, and I'm at a point where I feel anything's possible. I don't think I've stepped on my last stage. But I know the stage is better left for others at this time." "A Woman Needs" will be released digitally on March 16th. Good Luck Jessica!
I'm looking forward to the Zac Brown Band's live release, "Pass The Jar - Zac Brown Band and Friends
Live from the Fabulous Fox Theatre In Atlanta" on May 4th. It's a two-CD/one-DVD set, and it was taped last October at the Fox Theater in Atlanta, at a benefit concert to help with the reconstruction of the historic Georgia Theater in Athens. Who are "the friends?" Oh, just the likes of Little Big Town, Joey + Rory, Kid Rock, and Shawn Mullins. It's 19 songs and includes "Chicken Fried," "Whatever It Is," and "Toes," along with covers of "The Devil Went Down To Georgia" and "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down."
Today Matt Kennon's digital EP is available, and it includes his debut song "The Call" Matt says the title track really rings true to him. He says when he wrote the so
ng the lyrics, “spoke to me, and those words I try to live by.” Matt's self-titled debut album is due May 11th.
Gary says he really identifies with the title track. “To me, it reflects the road. The road is a very relentless grind that I love. I get off on it. So to me it's like very 'get off on the pain.' And a lot of those lines, being in the outside of the pack, you know, 'back of the pack with the dark horses,' I felt like we've been that our whole career. Just kind of on the outside of what's happening.”
YES!! Dierks Bentley is hard at work on a Bluegrass CD!!! "Up On the Ridge is Dierks "version of bluegras
s music. It's not just banjos cranked up to eleven. It throws out a big net." Dierks says, "I didn't want this to be 'Dierks Bentley and friends' or a 'Dierks does bluegrass' kind of album. I wanted each song to have something special about it, and in the end I think each song really does have its own thing going on." He is getting help from some friends - like Alison Krauss, Miranda Lambert, and the Del McCoury Band. It's coming out this summer!I have to wonder if Jessica Harp regrets breaking up The Wreckers to go solo. She cranked out two pretty good singles, "Boy Like Me," and her album's title track "A Woman Needs," but had no real commercial success. So she posted on her website that she has decided to, "stop pursuing my career as a recording artist and focus on songwriting full time." Obviousl
y, not an easy decision for her. She says, "I love music so much and I can't imagine it not being a part of my life. And moving forward as a songwriter, I will hopefully be able to share my music through the voices of artists who DO have their hearts in what they're doing. Of course I'll miss being the one on stage seeing those smiling faces and always will. But I have memories to last a lifetime, and I'm at a point where I feel anything's possible. I don't think I've stepped on my last stage. But I know the stage is better left for others at this time." "A Woman Needs" will be released digitally on March 16th. Good Luck Jessica!I'm looking forward to the Zac Brown Band's live release, "Pass The Jar - Zac Brown Band and Friends
Live from the Fabulous Fox Theatre In Atlanta" on May 4th. It's a two-CD/one-DVD set, and it was taped last October at the Fox Theater in Atlanta, at a benefit concert to help with the reconstruction of the historic Georgia Theater in Athens. Who are "the friends?" Oh, just the likes of Little Big Town, Joey + Rory, Kid Rock, and Shawn Mullins. It's 19 songs and includes "Chicken Fried," "Whatever It Is," and "Toes," along with covers of "The Devil Went Down To Georgia" and "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down."Today Matt Kennon's digital EP is available, and it includes his debut song "The Call" Matt says the title track really rings true to him. He says when he wrote the so
ng the lyrics, “spoke to me, and those words I try to live by.” Matt's self-titled debut album is due May 11th.
Monday, March 8, 2010
Brad Paisley Falls but is OK
Ouch! Brad was wrapping up his American Saturday Night Tour in Charleston, SC at the Charleston Coliseum when he took a nasty tumble! I literally said "Oh My God" when he went flying.
At least it happened on the final note of his encore song - ironically enough, "Alcohol."
At least it happened on the final note of his encore song - ironically enough, "Alcohol."
He sure handled it like a pro - Tyra Banks would be so pround.
He did go to a local hospital via ambulance after leaving the stage.
He's pretty badly bruised, but doing OK. He posted this picture on his Twitter page.
He also tweeted, "really did think I broke a rib or something." (tests showed no fractures even) Yesterday he tweeted, "Man am I sore today. You guys should see the brusie."
Oscars & Razzies
"The Weary Kind (Theme from 'Crazy Heart')" won the Best Original Song Oscar last night.
T-Bone Burnett and Ryan Bingham were on hand to accept the award, but T-Bone wasn't feeling well, so Ryan did the talking, expressing their appreciation for the recognition.
"The Weary Kind" has also won Best Original Song - Motion Picture at the Golden Globes, Best Song at the Broadcast Film Critics Association's 15th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards. Plus, the score, created with T-Bones late friend Stephen Bruton - who died of cancer last May - was honored by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association in December.
Billy Ray Cyrus took home a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor for his role in "Hannah Montana: The Movie."
Sandra Bullock made history this year when she became the first actress to win an Oscar and a Razzie in the same year. She won an Oscar for Best Actress for "The Blind Side" and a Razzie for Worst Actress in "All About Steve." (gotta say, it would have been hilarious if she would have won for the same film!)
She had quite the sense of humor - and actually showed up at the Awards to accept her Razzie!
She pulled a wagon full of "All About Steve" DVDs onto the Awards stage! "You know, nothing ever lets me get too full of myself," Bullock said after the Oscars.
Sandra promised to keep both her Razzie and Oscar trophies prominently displayed in her home. "They'll sit side by side on a nice little shelf somewhere," she said. "The Razzie maybe on a different shelf ... lower."
heehee
T-Bone Burnett and Ryan Bingham were on hand to accept the award, but T-Bone wasn't feeling well, so Ryan did the talking, expressing their appreciation for the recognition.
"The Weary Kind" has also won Best Original Song - Motion Picture at the Golden Globes, Best Song at the Broadcast Film Critics Association's 15th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards. Plus, the score, created with T-Bones late friend Stephen Bruton - who died of cancer last May - was honored by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association in December.
Billy Ray Cyrus took home a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor for his role in "Hannah Montana: The Movie."
Sandra Bullock made history this year when she became the first actress to win an Oscar and a Razzie in the same year. She won an Oscar for Best Actress for "The Blind Side" and a Razzie for Worst Actress in "All About Steve." (gotta say, it would have been hilarious if she would have won for the same film!)
She had quite the sense of humor - and actually showed up at the Awards to accept her Razzie!
She pulled a wagon full of "All About Steve" DVDs onto the Awards stage! "You know, nothing ever lets me get too full of myself," Bullock said after the Oscars.
Sandra promised to keep both her Razzie and Oscar trophies prominently displayed in her home. "They'll sit side by side on a nice little shelf somewhere," she said. "The Razzie maybe on a different shelf ... lower."
heehee
Little Big Town Has Expanded
Congrats to karen Fairchild and Jimi Westbrook!
Elijah Dylan Westbrook arrived Friday in Nashville weighing in at seven pounds, 14 oz. and was 19 3/4 inches long.
Karen says, "We've been waiting for this for a long time and can't tell you how thrilled and blessed we both feel."
Seems Jimi has a degree in early childhood education and Karen says he's a "natural" as a dad. Jimi believes Karen is going to be "an incredible mom." He jokes, "She has always been so good with children. Besides, she's done a great job raising me to become a responsible adult!"
Kimberly Schlapman says she and Phillip Sweet, "have dreamed of this moment with them for a long time. We can't wait to welcome another little angel onto our bus."
Now all of Little Big Town are parents!
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