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July 13, 2015

What Country Music Can Learn from the New Star Wars Movie Reel

It seems to be the destiny of man to make the same mistakes over and over, even when we have insurmountable evidence of the fallacy of our actions right in front of us. Country music might be one of the greatest examples of this as it cycles from being obsessed with pop and contemporary sounds, and then gets reeled back in towards its traditional heart during the tug and push of its sometimes tumultuous history.

Alan Jackson, David Allan Coe, Don Williams, Marty Stuart, Merle Haggard, Star Wars, Willie Nelson

July 12, 2015

Red Dirt Founding Father Tom Skinner Passes Away

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You may not be comfortable with how exactly to define the quasi country, quasi-rock music that comes out of the Texas / Oklahoma region known as Red Dirt, but what you can be confident in is that it would never have come to life like it did without a man named Tom Skinner. Bass player, songwriter, and father of Red Dirt music Tom Skinner passed away Sunday evening, July 12th.

Bob Childers, Cody Canada, dead, Garth Brooks, Jason Boland, Jimmy LaFave, Mike McClure Band, obituary, Red Dirt, Red Dirt Rangers, Stony LaRue, Tom Skinner

July 12, 2015

Daryle Singletary Is Out to Save Country Music with “Too Late to Save the World”

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After the demo of “Too Late to Save The World” was played to the audience, the song received rousing applause and a standing ovation. “You may have just set a record Daryle Singletary,” Eddie Stubbs said. “That’s the first time we ever played a demo that got a standing ovation. True story. You know it’s one thing to sing a song live and get a standing ovation. But a demo…”

Daryle Singletary, Eddie Stubbs, Grand Ole Opry, Jimmy Ritchey, There's Still a Little Country Left, Too Late to Save the World, WSM

July 12, 2015

Waylon Jennings Family Member Responds to Luke Bryan’s Comments

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Now one of the members of Waylon’s extended family has spoken out about Luke’s initial words and his apology. Kathy Pinkerman Jennings, who is the wife of one of Waylon Jennings’ sons Buddy Jennings, spoke out about the matter via Facebook initially on July 10th, and the posted a video to YouTube late Saturday night. Despite some media reports, Kathy Jennings makes it clear she is not speaking for the family.

Buddy Jennings, Jeannie Seely, Kathy Jennings, Luke Bryan, Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson

July 11, 2015

Joey Feek & Two Men Who Made Country Cool to Punks Battle Cancer

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No matter what happens with country music in the mainstream, there will always be musicians that will pick up the cause of preserving country’s traditional modes and make sure they never die. Throughout the 80’s and 90’s, it was the unlikely champion of punk musicians that rose to the occasion and started releasing old-school country albums and launching country side projects.

Billy Zoom, cancer, Eddie Spaghetti, Eddie Vedder, Joey + Rory, The Supersuckers, X

July 10, 2015

Willie, Waylon, and Merle on Cocaine, In Their Own Words

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So to give some historical context to Luke Bryan’s characterizations, I thought we would look back and see what Willie, Merle, and Waylon felt about cocaine. Willie hated the stuff, and would fire anyone in his crew caught using it. Merle barely touched it, except for one dalliance that ended poorly. And Waylon was a professed, long-term cocaine addict who openly expressed his struggles with the drug.

Luke Bryan, Merle Haggard, Shooter Jennings, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson

July 9, 2015

Updated: Luke Bryan Defines Outlaw Country As “Laying in the Gutter, Strung Out On Drugs.”

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Being an Outlaw never had anything to do with arrest records or cocaine addictions. Anyone found on Willie Nelson’s crew with their nose in the powder was immediately fired. Being an Outlaw was about being yourself, insisting on having creative control of your music, and moving country music forward while still respecting the roots of the genre and all the greats that came before.

Luke Bryan, Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson

July 9, 2015

Which Country Chick Has The Best Ass? You Decide.

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Seriously though, right? If some country music media outlet posted something like this, it would result in a shit storm of the highest proportions, especially with all the tomato talk going around after radio consultant Keith Hill’s comments. But when the shoe is on the other foot, apparently it is open season. So how could oogling at the butts and brawn of male country stars adversely affect the females?

Dallas Davidson, Dierks Bentley, Dolly Parton, Luke Bryan, shirtless

July 8, 2015

Song Review – Jason Isbell’s “Something More Than Free”

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In the crumbling ruins of America’s agrarian landscape, men and women move like ghosts as they watch the legacies of their forebearers and the communities that fostered their formative memories fall into states of irreconcilable disrepair in hectares of forgotten space. It’s a world where it was once undignified to ask another man for work, and even more undignified to have no work at all.

Jason Isbell, Something More Than Free

July 8, 2015

Nobody May Be More Happy for a New Sony Nashville CEO Than Garth Brooks

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There’s no better example of why Gary Overton’s radio comments were unfounded than the success Garth Brooks has experienced in the past year after coming out of retirement. The first two Garth Books singles from his Man Against Machine album positively bombed, but that didn’t get in the way of him earning $90 million dollars.

Garth Brooks, Gary Overton, Randy Goodman, Sony Nashville, Trisha Yearwood

July 8, 2015

Brennen Leigh Channels Lefty Frizzell For Upcoming Record (Interview)

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You can’t look anywhere in the Austin independent country scene without seeing Brennen Leigh’s name. If she’s not fronting her own band, she’s playing in any number of other projects as a side musician. Or she’s in the studio singing harmonies or recording guitar tracks, or contributing a song to someone else’s project like she recently did to Lee Ann Womack’s “The Way I’m Livin'” album.

Antique Persuasion, Beth Chrisman, Brennen Leigh, Brennen Leigh Sings Lefty Frizzell, Chris Scruggs, Cris Burns, Lee Ann Womack, Noel McKay, Sunny Sweeny, T Jerrod Bonta, Teri Joyce, The Carper Family

July 7, 2015

Justin Timberlake Moves One Step Closer to Country, Touts Chris Stapleton

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I’m not sure the relevant question anymore is “if,” but “when” Justin Timberlake will go country. And if some recent actions by the pop megastar are any indication, it might be sooner than later, and it might be with music that is not as mainstream oriented as one might think. On June 1st, it was announced that Justin Timberlake had paid $4 million for a 126-acre parcel in philanthropist Aubry Preston’s Lieper’s Fork community.

Chris Stapleton, Justin Timberlake

July 6, 2015

The Malpass Brothers Make The Old New Again

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The story goes that The Malpass Brothers were discovered by Merle Haggard after they played an opening gig for him in North Carolina. “Well they remind me a lot of myself and people that I knew when I was young,” says Merle. “They have their hearts into what we call ‘traditional’ country music. It’s valuable to me that we cultivate young talent for that kind of music.”

Doyle Lawson, Merle Haggard, The Malpass Brothers, The Secret Sisters

July 6, 2015

Tough Times in Toby Keith Land

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But possibly the most troubling sign that something is not right in the Toby Keith camp is the continued stories about strange closings and other curious issues surrounding the “Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill” restaurant chain. Keith founded the restaurants in 2005, and they are operated out of Phoenix by Boomtown Entertainment.

35 MPH Town, Big Machine Records, Garth Brooks, Grayson Rogers, Josh Thompson, Krystal Keith, Native Run, Scott Borchetta, Taylor Swift, Toby Keith, Toby Keith's I Love This Bar and Grill

July 5, 2015

Was the Grateful Dead The Most Important American Band of All Time?

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Over the 4th of July weekend at Chicago’s Soldier Field, the four surviving original members of the Grateful Dead, Phish frontman Trey Anastasio, Bruce Hornsby, and Jeff Chimenti will be marking the band’s 50th Anniversary by playing a series of shows in the last setting Jerry Garcia ever performed in before passing away in 1995.

Jerry Garcia, Merle Haggard, Old and In The Way, Phish, The Grateful Dead

July 3, 2015

Legendary Shack Shakers Sign to Alternative Tentacles — To Release “Southern Surreal”

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Amidst their 20th Anniversary as a band, Th’ Legendary Shack Shakers have announced they have signed to legendary punk label Alternative Tentacles, and will be releasing their first album in five years The Southern Surreal on September 11th. The news comes after the band resumed touring last year after calling it quits in November of 2012.

Alternative Tentacles, Billy Bob Thornton, Charlie Stamper, Duane Denison, Jello Biafra, Jessica Wilkes, Legendary Shack Shakers, Ralph Carney, Slim Cessna's Auto Club, The Dead Kennedys, The Dirt Daubers, The Southern Surreal

July 3, 2015

An Open Letter to C3 Presents in Regards to Willie Nelson’s 4th of July Picnic

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It is your show and you can choose who covers it and who doesn’t, and receiving media credentials is always a privilege. Please don’t think that I am unaware of those facts, or am unwilling to pay admittance if I choose to cover an event, as I do very often, despite the paltry money earned in the web publishing business. However, your unprofessionalism has made paying to attend an unavailable option for many of us.

willie Nelson's 4th of July Picnic

July 2, 2015

The Banning of “Dixie,” & the Birth of “An American Trilogy”

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This is not the first time hysteria has jeopardized Southern institutions. In the late 60’s, the song “Dixie” was strongly-identified with slavery and other unsavory elements of the Confederate cause. A robust effort to ban the song was undertaken, and it was generally rebuked in many sectors of American culture. But Mickey Newbury decided to take a stand….

An American Trilogy, Barbara Streisand, Dixie, Elvis, Joan Baez, Kirs Kristofferson, Mama Cass, Mickey Mewbury, Odetta

July 2, 2015

The Country Music Festival Bubble Is Bursting

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Festivals are an efficient and enjoyable way for music consumers to see many different acts in the short time span, and they look to continue to become one of the best meal tickets and opportunities for exposure for country music artists. But too much of a good thing has lead to the bursting of the country music festival bubble in 2015.

Carrie Underwood, Country FanJam, Country Life Music Festival, Cross Country Lines, Live Nation, Thunder On The Mountain

July 1, 2015

Dinosaur Truckers’ Philip Bradatsch Goes Solo with “When I’m Cruel” (review)

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In 2013, one of the biggest and most unlikely musical takeaways for this particular music junkie was a breakneck, high-octane bluegrass band from Germany called the Dinosaur Truckers. Yes, Germany is not necessarily what most would consider a hotbed of American string band music, but however unlikely the story, the music of the Dinosaur Truckers spoke for itself.

Dinosaur Truckers, Philip Bradatsch, Review, When I'm Cruel

July 1, 2015

Album Review – Easton Corbin’s “About To Get Real”

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Operating a site called “Saving Country Music” for the last eight years, I’ve learned the patient art of losing every single day with grace. It is the ever-present conceit of the living to believe that the present times are the worst there’s ever been, and country music is no exception. Don’t fool yourself into thinking that people weren’t yelling that the sky was falling when John Denver was winning the CMA Entertainer of the Year…

About To Get Real, Easton Corbin, Florida Georgia Line, Review, Ronnie Dunn, Tim McGraw

June 30, 2015

Tributes Planned for Randy Howard and Jon Hensley

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The first two weeks in June 2015 were some of the darkest moments the greater independent country world has experienced in quite some time. After Jon Hensley passed away on June 1st, so did Randy Howard and a newborn of Texas artist Randy Rogers on June 9th. Then just two days later, Jim Ed Brown died. It has made the month of June a time of deep sorrow, and July as a month to pay tribute.

Hank3, Jim Ed Brown, Jon Hensley, Randy Howard, Randy Rogers, Shooter Jennings, Wanda Jackson

June 29, 2015

“I Say, Include Women.” An opinion piece by Lindi Ortega

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Gone are the days of Loretta Lynn singing “One’s On The Way.” Gone are the days of adult issues like divorce, resonating with mature audiences. Gone are the days of originality, not only in style but in songwriting. In that classic era you could tell the difference between Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings. Artists were easily discernible and legends arose because of their unique qualities…

Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood, Faith Hill, Johnny Cash, Keith Hill, Lindi Ortega, Loretta Lynn, Martina McBride, Miranda Lambert, Neko Case, Ray Price, Shania Twain, Waylon Jennings

June 29, 2015

NFL’s J.J. Watt Tackles Stage Crasher at Zac Brown Band Show

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Training camps for the 2015 NFL season haven’t even commenced yet, and one of the NFL’s star defensive tackles has already recorded his first sack . . . that is unless you take a second look on instant replay and want to throw a flag for unsportsmanlike conduct. Houston Texans defensive superstar J.J. Watt was in attendance for the Zac Brown Band portion of Summer Fest…

J.J. Watt, Zac Brown Band

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