Comedian Tom Segura Clowns on Garth Brooks in New Series
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If you’ve ever interfaced with almost anything involving Garth Brooks on the internet over the last few years, you’ve probably noticed all of the “Where are all the bodies Garth?” comments and other weird trolling.
Concert Review – .357 String Band
12 CommentsLet me put it to you as straight as I can people: you need the .357 String Band in your life. Life is better with the .357 String Band. The world is a better place because the .357 String Band is in it. Am I still high as a Georgia pine off of 1 1/2 […]
Wayne Hancock Jams w/ Brian Setzer (+Tony Locke)
5 CommentsOkay first the bad news. For those that did not catch wind of this yet, last week there was some drama in Wayne “The Train” Hancock’s band. Long story short, Wayne’s guitarist Izzy Zaidman assaulted his steel player, Tony Locke, and Tony Locke was hurt really bad. Izzy was kicked out of the band, Tony […]
Shooter Jennings Quitting Country Music?
24 CommentsFirst thoughts that Shooter Jennings might be calling country music quits surfaced when Shooter’s label, Universal South announced that they were releasing a Greatest Hits album, Bad Magick: The Best of Shooter Jennings & 357’s. Since it hasn’t been even five years that Shooter has been doing the country thing, this release seemed a little […]
The Wild and Wonderful Whites Documentary
4 Comments(thanks to Judd Films for the heads up on this.) From producer Johnny Knoxville (who I wrote about at length about in this article) comes a new documentary about the quintessential Outlaw family, The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia. Championed by people like Hank Williams III, and Tom Arnold, reviled by many, loved […]
Wayne Hancock Vids, News & Interviews
2 CommentsWith his new album release, Viper of Melody, Wayne “The Train” Hancock has been all over the place like a bad rash. This is a good thing, because Viper of Melody might be Wayne’s best work to date, and with 15+ years of recording and touring, he’s due for some more exposure. There’s a great […]
Hank III East Coast Tour!! (& Europe ??)
2 CommentsFrom Hank III.com Jun 16 2009 8:00P Headliners Louisville, Kentucky Jun 17 2009 8:00P Bogart’s Cincinnati, Ohio Jun 19 2009 8:00P V Club Huntington, West Virginia Jun 20 2009 8:00P Altar Bar Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Jun 21 2009 8:00P Town Ballroom Buffalo, New York Jun 23 2009 8:00P Toad’s Place New Haven, Connecticut Jun 24 2009 […]
Unknown Hinson on Jimmy Kimmel (+ other stuff)
0 CommentsThe King of Country and Western Troubadours, part time voice actor for Cartoon Network’s Squidbillies, and full-time bad ass guitar player Unknown Hinson is going to be on Jimmy Kimmel Live tomorrow night! (Tue 4-21-09) Unknown Hinson (or at least his other persona, Danny Baker) was in the news recently, swept up in the whole […]
Wayne Hancock’s Viper of Melody
3 CommentsFrom deep in the heart of Texas, the king of Juke Joint Swing Wayne “The Train” Hancock presents his new album Viper of Melody! It will be released through the greatness of Bloodshot Records this Tuesday (4-24) but is available for pre-order now. From what I’ve heard from this album so far it is superb. […]
Country Music Day on Oprah
2 CommentsApparently Tuesday (4-14-09) on the Oprah Winfrey Show there was a “Country Music Special.” Guests included Darius Rucker, Carrie Underwood, Sugarland, and Kenny Chesney. If you’re wondering where the COUNTRY music artists in that list are, so am I. Upper-middle class housewives screeched as fashion-plate stars sang songs written by other people through pitch benders, […]
BR549 & The Beginning of the Neo-Traditionalist Movement
4 CommentsCountry music is an interesting thing. More so than in any other genre of music, you can look back at it’s history and almost see a grand design; an underlying purpose to all of it’s ebbs and flows. Country music has created folk heroes and arch villains within it’s ranks of performers and business handlers. […]
Outlaw Radio Now On SavingCountryMusic.com !!!
2 CommentsFor the past 38 weeks, Outlaw Radio has been playing REAL country music every Tuesday night at 9 PM Central, and interviewing guests like Hank III, Wayne “The Train” Hancock, Joe Buck, Roger Alan Wade, the .357 String Band, and many others. The show is aired live on punkandbeansradio.com, but in the past, if you […]
Toby Keith vs. Kris Kristofferson . . or not?
3 CommentsI first heard about this story earlier in the week, and was waiting for the dust to settle a little to try to discern what exactly had happened and why. Now I think I know. And though this might cause me to start by day off by giving up my Post Toasties to the porcelain […]