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Post by Mr._Shooter on Mar 9, 2005 0:05:14 GMT -5
Also forgot to mention my take on Charlie Robison's "Good Times." He's probably the first Texas honky-tonker I came across, and his latest is a gem, IMHO. "El Cerrito Place" is fantastic - CMT has it, but whether it gets airplay, I'm at a loss. I don't listen to country radio much anymore.
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Post by Mr._Shooter on Mar 9, 2005 0:13:22 GMT -5
I liked some of his first album, particularly Old Red, but most of what he's put out since has been less than stellar. Roughneck, I'd categorize it as too slick for his own good. As I mentioned previously, he's got a Conway sensibility. But he's too prone to overproduction and bad song choice. In today's market, you're either slick or committed to (neo) traditionalism - this guy has to make a choice.
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Post by Roughneck on Mar 9, 2005 0:37:51 GMT -5
Yeah, I remember his videos on CMT before they went completely down the tubes. Thoguh speaking of new releases, my old girlfriend is coming out with new stuff. While not top notch, it's miles better than what she's been putting out. There's hope yet! ;D
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Post by Wildrider on Mar 22, 2005 19:25:45 GMT -5
DAVE INSLEY!!! CALL ME LONESOME hits stores today! Rush right out in a buying frenzy! Seriously, Dave's new album, his first solo effort, is a spot-on real country disc with a heavy Western feel. Dave's awesome baritone can more than carry a tune, and he writes incredible lyrics. You will NOT be sorry if you pick up Call Me Lonesome. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D Available at all fine record stores (including Amazon.com as well as milesofmusic), or you can order direct from the source: www.daveinsley.com <-- his wife, Brenda, collects the money. Soon he should have t-shirts available, too.
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Post by Mr._Shooter on Mar 23, 2005 23:51:50 GMT -5
Following things online, I understand that Travis Tritt's single "I See Me" (from "My Honky Tonk History," previously discussed) has made its way to country radio and the countdowns (well, at least some of them). All I can say is, splendid. Finally, a fatherhood song that says something.
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Post by LS on Mar 24, 2005 23:02:55 GMT -5
Also forgot to mention my take on Charlie Robison's "Good Times." He's probably the first Texas honky-tonker I came across, and his latest is a gem, IMHO. "El Cerrito Place" is fantastic - CMT has it, but whether it gets airplay, I'm at a loss. I don't listen to country radio much anymore. I love the whole album Shooter. He's done very well with it on the Texas Music & Americana charts- "ECP" is his second hit off it there...glad to hear CMT picked up on it though...but I wouldn't expect to hear it get airplay on any corporate radio station...afterall, he's back on an Indie label.
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Post by LS on Mar 24, 2005 23:04:54 GMT -5
TRACE ADKINS Album Title: Songs About MeProducer(s): Scott Henderix, Dann ( ) Huff Genre: COUNTRY Label/Catalog Number: Capitol 7243 Release Date: March 22Source: Billboard Magazine Originally Reviewed: March 26, 2005 On his seventh Capitol release, Trace Adkins, he of the rumbling baritone and imposing presence, showcases more of the style and confidence that has made him one of country's more enduring stars. Adkins has earned much of his success at radio with uptempos and attitude, and he has that in spades here with the rousing barroom rocker "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk," which sounds like a monster hit out of the box. But his ace in the hole has always been sultry, slow-burn ballads. Really, no one in country music today can deliver a ballad quite like Adkins, and here he kills with the insistent "Baby, I'm Home" and the slow-rollin' romance of "Find Me a Preacher." The soaring, regretful "I Wish It Was You" is produced like a great Jimmy Webb-via-Glen Campbell classic to great effect, and "Arlington" is a touching tribute given major authority by Adkins' vocal. Finally, the title cut is seriously strong, showcasing with guts and flair what country music and Trace Adkins are all about.—RW
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Post by Mr._Shooter on Mar 28, 2005 23:04:16 GMT -5
I love the whole album Shooter. He's done very well with it on the Texas Music & Americana charts- "ECP" is his second hit off it there...glad to hear CMT picked up on it though...but I wouldn't expect to hear it get airplay on any corporate radio station...afterall, he's back on an Indie label. Ah, shoot! If you love the whole album, then I'm obligated to hate it. ;D Seriously, "ECP" is the best song I've heard this calendar year. Granted, I'm not as tough as critic as you , but I'm not exactly quick with the compliment. ;D
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Post by LS on Apr 3, 2005 22:26:36 GMT -5
Former Whiskeytown member Caitlin Cary and singer/songwriter Thad Cockrell have recorded a duets album, "Begonias," due June 14 via Yep Roc Records. "We'd actually planned to make this album a long time ago," Cockrell says. "It was merely a matter of fitting in with each other's schedules."
"Half the material is older and very familiar," Cary adds. "The other half was written in three weeks in the studio, so half the songs are old friends, and the other half are pure spontaneous combustion." The set also features guitar work by Pat Buchanan (Kenny Chesney) and pedal steel player Pete Finney (Patty Loveless, Allison Moorer).
Beyond a few appearances at the recent South By Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas, Cary and Cockrell are planning a U.S. summer tour. At deadline only a June 18 show in Raleigh, N.C., and a July 9 date in Norfolk, Va., were confirmed.
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Post by LS on Apr 7, 2005 0:50:04 GMT -5
Capitol Records Honors LeDoux With Single Release As a tribute to Chris LeDoux, Capitol Records Nashville will release "The Ride" from his most recent album Horsepower. The label will ship the song to radio on April 18. "Since the passing of our friend, Chris LeDoux, many of you have called to request a single or a focus track," said Mike Dungan, President/CEO, Capitol Records Nashville. "After much deliberation and discussion with the LeDoux family, we have decided that the philosophy and the spirit of this wonderful man is perfectly captured in 'The Ride.'”<br> _______________________________________ Willie Nelson Songs For Tsunami Relief: From Austin To South Asia (Limited Edition) Lost Highway (4/12/05) Recorded at an Austin benefit on January 9th, 2005, Willie Nelson and fellow Texas musicians hope to turn the tide beyond their benefit concert by offering a DVD and CD of this historic benefit concert event. 100% of the proceeds from the sale of the DVD and CD, “Tsunami Relief: From Austin to South Asia,” will benefit the Tsunami Relief efforts of C.A.R.E., the American Red Cross, and UNICEF. Track List: 1. Love Be Heard - (Patty Griffin) 2. Mary - (Patty Griffin/Natalie Maines) 3. All Just To Get To You - (Joe Ely) 4. Boxcars - (Joe Ely) 5. Everybody Loves Me - (Alejandro Escovedo/Jon Dee Graham) 6. Break This Time - (Alejandro Escovedo/Jon Dee Graham) 7. My Mathematical Mind - (Spoon) 8. Everything Hits At Once - (Spoon) 9. What I Deserve - (Kelly Willis) 10. Travelin' Soldier - (Natalie Maines/Kelly Willis/Bruce Robison) 11. What Would Willie Do? - (Bruce Robison/Mickey Raphael) 12. Living In The Promiseland - (Willie Nelson) 13. Whiskey River - (Willie Nelson) 14. Still Is Still Moving To Me (Willie Nelson) 15. Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain (Willie Nelson) 16. The Great Divide (Willie Nelson) 17. Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys (Willie Nelson) 18. Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground - (Willie Nelson w/Patty Griffin)
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Post by LS on Apr 21, 2005 21:22:55 GMT -5
Cash's Sun Albums Collected In Limited Box
Seven albums released by Johnny Cash on Memphis' storied Sun Records label will be packaged together in a limited edition box set due May 24 from Varese Sarabande's Varese Vintage label, distributed through Universal.
"The Original Sun Albums -- The Complete Collection" will comprise "Johnny Cash With His Red Hot and Blue Guitar" (1957), "Johnny Cash Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous" (1958), "Greatest!" (1959), "Johnny Cash Sings Hank Williams ...and Other Favorite Tunes" (1960), "Now Here's Johnny Cash" (1961), "All Aboard the Blue Train With Johnny Cash" (1962), "The Original Sun Sound of Johnny Cash" (1964).
All of the discs will feature the artwork that appeared on the original release, and each includes six bonus tracks. At deadline, the individual track lists for the albums were not available.
The set, which will be limited to production of only 2,500 copies, boasts just about everything Cash recorded for Sun, where he got his start alongside Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley. Included are some of Cash's signature and most loved songs, including "I Walk the Line," "Big River," "Hey Porter," "Big River," "Ballad of a Teenage Queen," "Oh Lonesome Me" and "Give My Love To Rose."
In related news, the late Cash's life will be played out on the silver screen in the upcoming biopic "Walk the Line." Originally expected in the spring, the film is scheduled for release Nov. 18 in North American theaters, with Joaquin Phoenix playing Cash and Reese Witherspoon appearing as his wife, June Carter Cash. The couple's son, John Carter Cash, will play Bob Neal, a Memphis disc jockey who managed both Cash and Presley.
The cast is rife with notable artists from the recording world, with Shelby Lynne portraying Cash's mother Carrie and singer/songwriter Tyler Hilton taking on the role of Presley. Blues guitarist Johnny Holiday appears as Perkins and country artist Waylon Payne (son of singer Sammi Smith and Willie Nelson guitarist Jody Payne) plays Lewis, while Shooter Jennings portrays his father, Waylon Jennings.
-- Barry A. Jeckell, N.Y.
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Post by Mr._Shooter on May 18, 2005 23:17:09 GMT -5
Up late again (yes, LS, on a school night), to mention that I recently picked up Bobby Pinson's "Man Like Me." Another great country-rock album out of Texas (I'm still gushing about Charlie Robison's latest). "Don't Ask Me How I Know," while cliched in terms of lyrics, has become "crank up the volume" number on my car radio.
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Post by LS on May 21, 2005 22:37:54 GMT -5
Up late again (yes, LS, on a school night), to mention that I recently picked up Bobby Pinson's "Man Like Me." Another great country-rock album out of Texas (I'm still gushing about Charlie Robison's latest). "Don't Ask Me How I Know," while cliched in terms of lyrics, has become "crank up the volume" number on my car radio. Pinson's pretty good- but I find the album uneven. That now seems to be Nashville's problem. They've finally got some great country talent capable of singing country music...but they (the labels) can't seem to let go of the slick 'pop-country' power ballads and insist on including at least a couple per album- and that's marring what would otherwise be terrific country albums. Another example is Shelly Fairchild...now that girl blows that over-hyped Gretchen Wilson totally out of the water- but again, another uneven album that mixes truly great songs with those typical dull as dishwater/off the assembly line/cookie cutter songs... Dierks Bentley's first one was the same way...another great talent with an uneven album. I had high hopes for his new one, but was left very disappointed- the flat out country songs are great- but overall the album's way too ballad heavy (ZZZZZZZZ) and his first one's definitely the stronger of the two.
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Post by DRL on Jun 28, 2005 14:09:25 GMT -5
Simpson, Southern Rock Lead 'Hazzard' Soundtrack
By Jonathan Cohen, N.Y.
Led by Jessica Simpson's rendition of Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots are Made for Walkin'," Columbia will on July 19 release the soundtrack to the upcoming film "The Dukes of Hazzard." Fans can sample the song and view the accompanying Brett Ratner-directed video on Simpson's official Web site.
The soundtrack opens and closes with a joke from Uncle Jesse, played in the film by Willie Nelson. In between are a bevy of southern/blues rock favorites, including Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble's "Pride and Joy," the James Gang's "Funk #49," Molly Hatchet's "Flirtin' With Disaster" and a live version of the Allman Brothers Band's "One Way Out."
In addition, Nelson has recorded a new version of "Good Ol' Boys," the Waylon Jennings-voiced theme song for the "Dukes of Hazzard" TV show. As previously reported, Volcano/Legacy today (June 28) reissues the original 1981 soundtrack from the show.
Simpson stars in "The Dukes of Hazzard" as Daisy Duke, sister to Bo (Seann William Scott) and Luke (Johnny Knoxville). Burt Reynolds stars as Boss Hogg. The film opens Aug. 5 in U.S. theaters.
Here is the track list for "The Dukes of Hazzard":
"Uncle Jesse Tells a Joke," Willie Nelson "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'," Jessica Simpson "One Way Out" (live), Allman Brothers Band "Pride and Joy," Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble "Call Me the Breeze," Lynyrd Skynyrd "The South's Gonna Do It Again," the Charlie Daniels Band "Flirtin' With Disaster," Molly Hatchet "Hillbilly Shoes," Montgomery Gentry "Black Betty," Ram Jam "Soul City," Southern Culture On The Skids "Change My Mind," the Blueskins "Burn It Off," Blues Explosion "Funk #49," James Gang "Good Ol' Boys," Willie Nelson "Uncle Jesse Tells Another Joke," Willie Nelson
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Post by LS on Aug 10, 2005 22:47:33 GMT -5
Hmmm...time to do a little catching up...
July 26, 2005: Jeff Black - Tin Lily (Dualtone) Brian Setzer & The NashVillans - Rockabilly Riot Vol. One: A Tribute to Sun Records (Surfdog) Various Artists - Brewed in Texas II (Compadré)
Aug. 2, 2005: June Carter Cash - Keep On the Sunny Side: Her Life In Music (Columbia/Legacy)
Aug. 16, 2005: Eddy Arnold - After All These Years (RCA) Rodney Crowell - The Outsider (Sony) Johnny Cash - The Legend (Columbia/Legacy) Jimmie Dale Gilmore - Come on Back (Rounder) Hanna-McEuen (DreamWorks) Brad Paisley - Time Well Wasted (Arista Nashville) Sawyer Brown - Mission Temple (Curb) The Waco Brothers - Freedom and Weep (Bloodshot) Houston Marchman- Live And Still Standing (Double Xxposure) Randy Rogers Band- Live At Billy Bob's (Smith Music Group)
Aug. 23, 2005: Delbert McClinton - Cost of Living (New West) Neal McCoy - That's Life (903 Music) Stoney LaRue- Red Dirt Album (Smith Music Group)
Aug. 30, 2005: Brooks & Dunn - Play Something Country (Arista) Marty Stuart & The Fabulous Superlatives - Souls' Chapel (Universal South) Cory Morrow- Nothing Left To Hide (Smith Music Group)
Sept. 6, 2005: James McMurtry - (Compadré) Dean Miller - Platinum (Koch Nashville)
Sept. 13, 2005: Patty Loveless - Dreaming My Dreams (Epic) Mike McClure Band- Camelot Falling South Austin Jug Band- Dark And Dreary World (Blue Corn) Tanya Tucker- Live At Billy Bob's (Smith Music Group) Bob Will's Texas Playboys:Salute To Bob's 100th Birthday- Various Artists (Smith Entertainment) Hank Williams III- Straight To Hell (Curb)
Sept. 20, 2005: Jon Randall - Walking Among The Living - (Epic) Billy Joe Shaver - The Real Deal (Compadré) Darden Smith - Field of Crows (Dualtone) Sons of the San Joaquin - Way out Yonder (Dualtone) Bastard Sons Of Johnny Cash- Mile Markers (Red Distribution) Jerry Douglas- Best Kept Secret (Koch Nashville) Night Train To Nashville 2- Various Artists (Lost Highway)
Sept. 27, 2005 Rosanne Cash - Seven Year Ache, King's Record Shop and "Interiors (Sony Legacy reissues) Junior Brown- Live At The Continental (Telarc) Oct. 4, 2005: Bobby Bare - The Moon Was Blue (Dualtone) Cross Canadian Ragweed- Garage (Universal South) Clint Black- Drinkin' Songs And Other Logic (Emg) Leland Martin- Leland Martin (Imc)
Oct. 18, 2005: Marty Stuart- Badlands (Universal South)
Oct. 25, 2005: Randy Travis- Glory Train (Wea)
Nov. 1, 2005: Terri Clark - Life Goes On (Mercury) RobinElla - Solace for the Lonely (Dualtone)
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