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midnight-star-world · 5 years ago

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55th Academy Of Country Music Awards (ACMs 2020)

So today on the MSR (Midnight Star Review), I will be talking about the 55th Academ of Country Music Awards (ACMs 2020). This show was hosted by fan favorite Keith Urban and the original air date was Wednesday September 16th, 2020 at 8pm EST (Eastern Standard Time) on CBS (Channel 12 where I am at). So let's see what happened on the show.

Performances Luke Bryan - Rain is a good thing. Eric Church - Drink in my hand. Luke Combs - When it rains it pours. Thomas Rhett - It goes like this. Carrie Underwood - Before he cheats. Jimmie Allen - Make me want to. Old Dominion - Melody of their hits (Including One man band/Written in the sand/Snapback/Break up with him/Song for another time/Hotel key/No such thing as a broken heart/Make it sweet). Luke Bryan - One margarita. Kelsea Ballerini - Hole in the bottle (Special version). Miranda Lambert - Bluebird. Morgan Wallen - Whiskey glasses. Thomas Rhett & Jon Pardi - Beer can't fix. Blake Shelton featuring Gwen Stefani - Happy anywhere. Carrie Underwood tribute - (Patsy Cline cover "Crazy"/Loretta Lynn cover "Woman enough to take my man"/Barbara Mandrell cover "Country when Country wasn't cool"/ Dolly Parton cover "Why you come in here lookin' like that"/Reba McEntire cover "The night the lights went out in Georgia"/Martina McBride cover "Broken wing"). Luke Combs - Even though I'm leaving -> Better together. Tenille Townes - Somebody's daughter. Gabby Barrett - I hope. Dan + Shay - I should probably go to bed. Riley Green - I wish grandpas never died. Kane Brown - Worldwide beautiful. Maren Morris - To Hell & back. Taylor Swift - betty. Eric Church combined Johnny Cash's "Ragged old flag" with Stick that in your Country song. Tim McGraw - I called Mama. Mickey Guyton with Keith Urban on piano - What are you gonna tell her? Keith Urban & P!nk - One too many. Trisha Yearwood - I'll carry you home. Florida Georgia Line (FGL) - I love my Country. Show closes with Willie Nelson with all the new artists of the year nominees - On the road again.

Award winners (Who won and who should have won according to the MSR "Midnight Star Report").

Musical event of the year goes to Miranda Lambert featuring Maren Morris, Ashley McBryde, Tenille Townes, Caylee Hammack, & Elle King - Fooled around and fell in love. This one could have gone to Brantley Gilbert & Lindsay Ell or Dan + Shay with Justin Bieber. Songwriter of the year goes to Hillary Lindsey. Music Video of the year goes to Thomas Rhett - Remember you young. I don't really see an issue with this one but it could have gone to Old Dominion. Those 2 videos stayed around forever to be honest. New female artist of the year goes to Tenille Townes. This one I haven't seen her at the top yet. Lindsay Ell, Gabby Barrett, & Ingrid Andress all had success on the charts. I would say Lindsay Ell would be my pick. New male artist of the year goes to Riley Green. Riley Green did get chart success with "There was this girl" but with the powerhouses of Jordan Davis, Russell Dickerson, & Morgan Wallen. In my opinion I would give this to Jordan Davis. Duo of the year goes to Dan + Shay. Dan + Shay should have won this and they did for the likes of their big hit "All to myself", & "10,000 hours". Song of the year goes to Old Dominion - One man band. Out of the nominees this was the only song that stayed the longest on chart but I would have loved to see Eric Church win this. Group of the year goes to Old Dominion. Their biggest competition would have been Lady A but they didn't do enough to deserve the win. Single of the year goes to Blake Shelton - God's Country. This one I can disagree with. Lee Brice with Rumor was a huge hit and ended up in the top 10 for my year-end list. Higher than any other song nominated. Album of the year goes to Luke Combs - What you see is what you get. I owned 3 out of the 5 nominees. I am not too big on female albums sorry but I can't complain about this pick. Male artist of the year goes to Luke Combs. Looking at the nominees, I would say Thomas Rhett could have won this as well. But Luke is a good choice. Female artist of the year goes to Maren Morris. I know I see the changing of the guard with this. Miranda and Carrie aren't winning as much as they used to. And Maren is the best choice to win this. Entertainer of the year goes to Thomas Rhett & Carrie Underwood. First time it ends in a tie. I have been saying for years and one of my predictions has come true with Thomas Rhett winning the Entertainer of the year. So I can't complain about that and I won't but Carrie Underwood shouldn't have won this. She had 1 song this year crack the top 10. If anyone should have tied Thomas Rhett or maybe even beat him. It should have been Luke Combs.

And that's a wrap for the 55th Academy of Country Music Awards (ACMs 2020) that took place in Nashville, Tennessee. And also at 3 legendary locations which were Grand Ole Orpy House, The Ryman Auditorium, & The Bluebird Cafe. And on the MSR (Midnight Star Review), I would give this show 3.75 out of 5 stars. It was a good show but there are still some winners in my opinion that didn't deserve their wins. Thanks for taking the time to read this review. See ya all next time. Oh and before I go I would say the performances of the night would go to Kane Brown's "Worldwide beautiful" & even Mickey Guyton's "What are you gonna tell her?"

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dearyallfrommatt · 5 years ago

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Pop! Goes The Country

This show ran from 1974 to 1980, and provides an interesting snapshot of country music in the ‘70s. The name is in reference to the influence pop music had on country music at the time with singers like Barbara Mandrell, Lynn Anderson, Anne Murray and Dolly Parton. It was a controversial topic, especially since it meant old timers like Earnest Tubb and Hank Snow were pushed to the side and couldn’t find label support. Just in case you thought that was a recent phenomenon, it wasn’t.

This is also, obviously, filmed at the beginning of the “Outlaw Movement”. Indeed, this was just a year before the release of Wanted: The Outlaws, a collection of previously released songs from Waylon Jennings, Jessi Colter, Willie Nelson and Tompall Glaser featuring what was consider, if anything else, country music with a rougher, rawer edge than a lot of the Top 40 stuff. All four had been in the business for years, and of them, Tompall had actually had the most success as a vocal group with his brothers Jim and Chuck, releasing folk-tinged stuff on their own and as backup for guys like Marty Robbins. Waylon hovered around the lower ends of the charts with folky type stuff produced by Chet Atkins that really didn’t suit him. Willie, of course, had written some of the best songs of the ‘50s and ‘60s but was too damn weird for Nashville. Jessi was a newcomer for the most part, releasing her first record in 1970.

The Outlaws record became country music’s first platinum selling album and they all got to be enormous stars. Willie became an American icon and Tompall became a big mover and shaker in the business. He owned the publishing to John Hartford’s “Gentle On My Mind”, a huge hit for Glenn Campbell. Most people were ignoring guys like Hartford, which is why Glaser signed him. The song was also covered by everyone from Aretha Franklin to Patti Page to Elvis, so Tompall got richer than God off the royalties, opening the “Hillbilly Central” recording studio where most of the music got its start.

You can tell none of the three are really comfortable with the “Outlaw” tag and it was pretty much a marketing gimmick more than anything else. Willie was labeled an “outlaw” because he fought so hard for Red-Headed Stranger to be as sparse as he’d recorded it and Waylon mainly because he wanted more control in the studio and a bigger cut from his label. It was all more tied to the business side of things rather than the creative side.

As time wore on, they got less and less enamored of the whole thing, especially as drugs damn near wrecked Waylon and Tompall. In fact, the only singers who really embraced it were Johnny Paycheck and David Allen Coe, and it was definitely a marketing move for them. Paycheck was being produced by Billy Sherrill, who encouraged him to grow a beard and embrace the Outlaw thing, and he was as Nashville as you could get.

Anyhow, Tompall and Jessi drifted away from recording, the latter mainly to help Waylon kick his $1,500 a day coke habit. She cut a few more records and had a few small hits, but has recently started back up again following Waylon’s 2002 death. On his own, Waylon Jennings might be the greatest country singer of the past 50 years and I will fight you over it if you want. Willie is, of course, more of an icon today than he ever was, and 87 is still releasing albums that are still pretty good and playing as much as his health will allow. He’s apparently had to move to edibles, though.

Tompall is one of my hipster favorites. The folk stuff he cut with his brothers is charming and solid, but he spent the ‘70s cutting a number of weird, deep country albums that really never produced any hits - “Put Another Log On The Fire,” the novelty song he performs here, was the highest at 21 - but are all extremely interesting listens. They’re all gathered up in Bear Family collections and I highly recommend all of them. He passed in 2013 at 79, and both his brothers died last year in their ‘80s.

Final thought. I’ve never been a fan of him - mainly through Nashville Now back when TNN was a thing - but I really don’t remember Ralph Emery being this fatuous and vapid. I knew he was a dick, but I thought he at least had some chops.

#Pop! Goes The Country #Waylon Jennings #Willie Nelson #Jessi Colter #Tompall Glaser #Wanted: The Outlaws #country music

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soulbounce · 6 years ago

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REPOSTED WITH TL;DR COMMENTARY - THE RABBIT HOLE IS DEEP

Dolly’s Master Class in Diva-ing

Kacey Musgraves comes out dressed like a back-up singer on Hee Haw. Musgraves is a talented and awarded singer/songwriter but she’s deep in the Nashville Machine and must survey the landscape around her and see the trail of discarded talented and awarded singer/songwriter women and know that the clock is ticking. She’s trying to get on the Faith Hill train and not the Shania train. There is no Willie Nelson train for women in Nashville. Dressing like a back-up singer might not have been the smartest move for a Diva audition. The song is “Here You Come Again” off the platinum album of the same name. The song is a million years old (1977) but it was on Dolly’s 20th solo album which means she released 19 solo albums before she turned 30. The tune is at the lower end of Musgraves range and she handles it well but without remark.

Some bigger lady in a gaudy country clown suit takes the next line. It’s Katy Perry. Of all the women on this stage, her country credentials are the most dubious. She’s a pop star who is on the decline. She’s making her case for cross-over appeal (necessary for any Diva) but the fact that she’s relegated to an opening duet speaks volumes especially when we find out who comes out next. After Musgraves’ delivery, Perry decides that it’s time to “Katy Perry this gig up.” That her country credentials are suspect is immediately apparent and she stays in her comfort zone for her line - guttural tremolos. Perry is trying too hard but her people in the crowd cheer.

Musgraves’ next line is in in the sweet spot for her range and she steps on Perry’s outro. She doesn’t try to outdo Perry. That’s not her job. Musgraves is a country music professional and she does what she’s asked to do. You don’t color out of the lines and make it in Nashville.

Perry, thinking, “look, bitch, this hair cut was a mistake and nobody bought my last album because of it so I’m sticking to this over-act because I’m desperate - I can feel it all slipping away from me,” appears to have the audience on her side until we realize that they are cheering because Parton has arrived on stage.

Parton (or the Dolly robotron stand-in (hard to tell on playback)), is 73 and flubs her first note but it’s her night and we’re not going to linger on that. She separates the two who probably would not have made it through the verse without coming to blows. Parton finishes the abbreviated version of the song, trading lines with both singers and Musgraves clearly relishes the fact that she got to sing last.

Next up is Miley Cyrus. We don’t like Miley because she had the misfortune of growing up a millionaire in front of our eyes. If I was in my 20s, on tv, had a million dollars, and had never heard the word no, you would not like me either. The difference between Cyrus and the hypothetically intolerable me is that she is enormously talented. Of all the women on the stage during this 10-minute performance, Cyrus is probably the only one who will matriculate to full Diva-status.

She is clearly pleased that, by virtue of her position in the line up and the fact that she gets time alone on stage with Parton, she has vanquished the fading Perry. She arrives with swagger and does that tongue thing that’s probably not going away. She sings “Jolene” with Parton, a song that Cyrus performs regularly but it’s a whole different ball game when you’re singing it with the legend who wrote it. Cyrus is working hard. We see her working hard. There are some bumps. They don’t nail it but Cyrus’ alto blends well with Parton’s tight-throated soprano. What Cyrus will learn in the coming decades is that, to be a Diva, you have to make it look effortless.

Parton and Cyrus are joined on stage by the tiny Maren Morris. We do not know who Maren Morris is but she is another enormously successful country singer/songwriter from the Nashville Machine who dutifully knows that her job is to sing a fourth above Parton and not get in her way. She accomplishes this with grace. Parton’s body language favors Morris over Cyrus. The three sing Neil Young’s “After the Gold Rush”. Cyrus is working very hard. It’s earnest and the slightest bit charming but a notable contrast to Morris who, like any good bridesmaid, knows that nobody is looking at her and that it’s not her show. That’s Nashville for you. Hierarchy and seniority matter. Adhere and conform. Cyrus oversteps her role with her final notes and tries to cover up with some banter. Exit stage left.

Four white people join Parton on stage. We do not know who these people are and as of this writing, we do not care. Perhaps they are the Mandrell Sisters. Perhaps they are leftovers from the Lawrence Welk show. Is one Richard Branson? Are the two women Divas-in-Training? It doesn’t matter. What matters is that Parton sings a new song that may be her best song ever. Top three without hyperbole. Who does that at age 73? It’s co-written with Linda Perry who runs popular music now and is also on stage leading the band behind Parton.

Parton wraps it up with “9 to 5”, her most recognizable song. All the minor league, B-List tryout Divas come back on stage. The producers make sure Perry and Cyrus are on opposite sides of the stage. We are happy because we know the song well.

Dolly has sacrificed much to be our Diva. We’re all fairly certain nobody knows who she is or what she looks like when she’s not on stage. A legion of surgeons and fashion consultants have trained their knives and an elaborate system of straps, braces, and pulleys to maintain at least the broad outlines of the Dolly we knew forty years ago. But that comes with the Diva territory. Women who last in the music business don’t get to be Keith Richards. Not all men do either (Exhibit A: see Smokey Robinson singing along in the Grammy audience.) Diva is an act, a projection, just like all entertainment. You audition and you audition and you audition but it never becomes natural. It’s always a job, a role played for an audience that needs a queen. To win the part, it has to look like it comes naturally. Even though it never does.

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1962dude420-blog · 4 years ago

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Today we remember the passing of George Jones who Died: April 26, 2013 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee

George Glenn Jones (September 12, 1931 – April 26, 2013) was an American musician, singer, and songwriter. He achieved international fame for his long list of hit records, including his best-known song "He Stopped Loving Her Today", as well as his distinctive voice and phrasing. For the last two decades of his life, Jones was frequently referred to as the greatest living country singer. Country music scholar Bill Malone writes, "For the two or three minutes consumed by a song, Jones immerses himself so completely in its lyrics, and in the mood it conveys, that the listener can scarcely avoid becoming similarly involved." Waylon Jennings expressed a similar opinion in his song "It's Alright": "If we all could sound like we wanted to, we'd all sound like George Jones." The shape of his nose and facial features earned Jones the nickname "The Possum".

Born in Texas, Jones first heard country music when he was seven, and was given a guitar at the age of nine. He married his first wife, Dorothy Bonvillion, in 1950, and was divorced in 1951. He served in the United States Marine Corps and was discharged in 1953. He married Shirley Ann Corley in 1954. In 1959, Jones recorded "White Lightning", written by J. P. Richardson, which launched his career as a singer. His second marriage ended in divorce in 1968; he married fellow country music singer Tammy Wynette a year later. Years of alcoholism compromised his health and led to his missing many performances, earning him the nickname "No Show Jones". After his divorce from Wynette in 1975, Jones married his fourth wife, Nancy Sepulvado, in 1983 and became sober for good in 1999.

George Jones has been called "The Rolls Royce Of Country Music" and had more than 160 chart singles to his name from 1955 until his death in 2013. Johnny Cash once said, "When people ask me who my favorite country singer is, I say, 'You mean besides George Jones?'"

In 1990, Jones released his last proper studio album on Epic, You Oughta Be Here With Me. Although the album featured several stirring performances, including the lead single "Hell Stays Open All Night Long" and the Roger Miller-penned title song, the single did poorly and Jones made the switch to MCA, ending his relationship with Sherrill and what was now Sony Music after 19 years. His first album with MCA, And Along Came Jones, was released in 1991, and backed by MCA's powerful promotion team and producer Kyle Lehning (who had produced a string of hit albums for Randy Travis), the album sold better than his previous one had. However, two singles, "You Couldn't Get The Picture" and "She Loved A Lot In Her Time" (a tribute to Jones' mother Clara), did not crack the top 30 on the charts, as Jones lost favor with country radio, as the format was altered radically during the early 1990s. His last album to have significant radio airplay was 1992's Walls Can Fall, which featured the novelty song "Finally Friday" and "I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair", a testament to his continued vivaciousness in old age. Despite the lack of radio airplay, Jones continued to record and tour throughout the 1990s and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame by Randy Travis in 1992.

In 1996, Jones released his autobiography I Lived To Tell It All with Tom Carter, and the irony of his long career was not lost on him, with the singer writing in its preface, "I also know that a lot of my show-business peers are going to be angry after reading this book. So many have worked so hard to maintain their careers. I never took my career seriously, and yet it's flourishing." He also pulled no punches about his disappointment in the direction country music had taken, devoting a full chapter to the changes in the country music scene of the 1990s that had him removed from radio playlists in favor of a younger generation of pop-influenced country stars. (Jones had long been a critic of country pop, and along with Wynette and Jean Shepard, he was one of the major backers of the Association of Country Entertainers, a guild promoting traditional country sounds that was founded in 1974; Jones's divorce from Wynette was a factor in the association's collapse.) Despite his absence from the country charts during this time, latter-day country superstars such as Garth Brooks, Randy Travis, Alan Jackson, and many others often paid tribute to Jones, while expressing their love and respect for his legacy as a true country legend who paved the way for their own success. On February 17, 1998, The Nashville Network premiered a group of television specials called The George Jones Show, with Jones as host. The program featured informal chats with Jones holding court with country's biggest stars old and new, and of course, music. Guests included Loretta Lynn, Trace Adkins, Johnny Paycheck, Lorrie Morgan, Merle Haggard, Billy Ray Cyrus, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Charley Pride, Bobby Bare, Patty Loveless, and Waylon Jennings, among others.

While Jones remained committed to "pure country", he worked with the top producers and musicians of the day and the quality of his work remained high. Some of his significant performances include "I Must Have Done Something Bad", "Wild Irish Rose", "Billy B. Bad" (a sarcastic jab at country music establishment trendsetters), "A Thousand Times A Day", "When The Last Curtain Falls", and the novelty "High-Tech Redneck". Jones' most popular song in his later years was "Choices", the first single from his 1999 studio album Cold Hard Truth. A video was also made for the song, and Jones won another Grammy for Best Male Country Vocal Performance. The song was at the center of controversy when the Country Music Association invited Jones to perform it on the awards show, but required that he perform an abridged version. Jones refused and did not attend the show. Alan Jackson was disappointed with the association's decision, and halfway through his own performance during the show, he signaled to his band and played part of Jones' song in protest.

On March 6, 1999, Jones was involved in an accident when he crashed his sport utility vehicle near his home. He was taken to the Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where he was released two weeks later. In May of that year, Jones pleaded guilty to drunk-driving charges related to the accident. The crash was a significant turning point, as he explained to Billboard in 2006: "when I had that wreck, I made up my mind, it put the fear of God in me. No more smoking, no more drinking. I didn't have to have no help, I made up my mind to quit. I don't crave it." After the accident, Jones went on to release The Gospel Collection in 2003, for which Billy Sherrill came out of retirement to produce. He appeared at a televised Johnny Cash Memorial Concert in Jonesboro, Arkansas, in 2003, singing "Big River" with Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson.

In 2008, Jones received the Kennedy Center Honor along with Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey of The Who, Barbra Streisand, Morgan Freeman, and Twyla Tharp. President George W. Bush disclosed that he had many of Jones' songs on his iPod. Jones also served as judge in 2008 for the 8th annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists' careers. and Rolling Stone named him number 43 in their 100 Greatest Singers of All Time issue. An album titled Hits I Missed and One I Didn't, in which he covered hits he had passed on, as well as a remake of his own "He Stopped Loving Her Today", would be released as his final studio album. In 2012, Jones received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement award.

On March 29, 2012, Jones was taken to the hospital with an upper respiratory infection. Months later, on May 21, Jones was hospitalized again for his infection and was released five days later. On August 14, 2012, Jones announced his farewell tour, the Grand Tour, with scheduled stops at 60 cities. His final concert was held in Knoxville at the Knoxville Civic Coliseum on April 6, 2013.

Jones was scheduled to perform his final concert at the Bridgestone Arena on November 22, 2013. However, on April 18, 2013, Jones was taken to VUMC for a slight fever and irregular blood pressure. His concerts in Alabama and Salem were postponed as a result. Following six days in intensive care at VUMC, Jones died on April 26, 2013, at age 81. Former First Lady Laura Bush was among those eulogizing Jones at his funeral on May 2, 2013. Other speakers were Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, news personality Bob Schieffer, and country singers Barbara Mandrell and Kenny Chesney. Alan Jackson, Kid Rock, Ronnie Milsap, Randy Travis, Vince Gill, Patty Loveless, Travis Tritt, the Oak Ridge Boys, Charlie Daniels, Wynonna, and Brad Paisley provided musical tributes. The service was broadcast live on CMT, GAC, RFD-TV, The Nashville Network and FamilyNet as well as Nashville stations. SiriusXM and WSM 650AM, home of the Grand Ole Opry, broadcast the event on the radio. The family requested that contributions be made to the Grand Ole Opry Trust Fund or to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.

Jones was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Nashville. His death made headlines all over the world; many country stations (as well as a few of other formats, such as oldies/classic hits) abandoned or modified their playlists and played his songs throughout the day. The week after Jones's death, "He Stopped Loving Her Today" re-entered the hot country songs at number 21.

#april 26 #2013 #r.i.p.#george jones #possom #he stopped loving her today

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itsdlevy · 4 years ago

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I’m back on The Broadway Radio Show, this time sharing Country & Western covers of show tunes. Hear the likes of Barbara Mandrell, Willie Nelson, and of course Dolly Parton sing the best of Gershwin, Porter and more.

#show tunes #country music

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New Country 28e jaargang #T1285 (S844) (C82) van 16 juni 2025 (wk 24) uitzending op Smelne fm & Crossroads Country Radio

Album van de week: Jesse Daniel – Son Of The San Lorenzo

Classic album: Various - Common Thread The Songs of The Eagles

Maandfavoriet : Chandler Walters - Worth The Trouble

Maandartiest : Rascal Flatts

Rascal Flatts – Summer Nights

Diamond Rio – Meet In the Middle 1991

Bryan White – Sittin’ On Go 1997

Kathryn Legendre – “Here’s Your Honky Tonk

Dan Lepien - Neon Dream

Zach Top - Good Times & Tan Lines

Dustin Lynch – Easy To Love

Lainey Wilson – Somewhere Over Laredo

Riley Green - Worst Way #1 .

Jesse Daniel - Son of San Lorenzo *Album vd week

Jesse Daniel - Crankster album

Lainey Wilson - Heart Like A Truck *Entertainer 2023

Rub It In - Billy Crash Craddock

Dwight Yoakam - - Little Ways

Tim McGraw – Where the Green Grass Goes

Chandler Walters - Worth The Trouble- favoriet

Anne Wilson - Stand (sofi )

Travis Tritt – Take It Easy Common Thread

Clint Black – Desperado (classic album)

Ian Munsick - Made Her That Way

Ernest /Miranda Lambert - Another Thing To Love

The Mavericks – There Goes My heart

The Mavericks – What A Thrill

The Mavericks – All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down

Jesse Daniel - Jodi album

Morgan Wallen - Superman

Miranda Lambert – The House That Build Me

Blake Shelton – Austin 1e @ ones

Waylon Jennings – This Time .

Chris Stapleton – Broken Halos

Chase Rice - Look at My Truck *Truck song:

Rascal Flatts – My Wish

Pug Johnson - Change Myself Today .*juweeltje

Sam Stoane - Dead Man’s Alley.

Dylan Scott – What He’ll Never Have vw

Jesse Daniel - Mountain Home (album)

Willie Nelson – Me and Paul (yesterday’s wine (1971)

Sandra Mooy - On My Way To You

Sandra VanReys - Die Arm Om Mijn Schouder

Elisabeth Hope - You never can Tell (C'est la Vie) *dutch

George Jones – He Stopped Loving Her Today song single male #1980

Emmylou Harris - Beneath Still Waters female

Moe Bandy & Joe Stampley -- Just Good Ol' Boys

The Statler Brothers - Charlotte's Web group

Barbara Mandrell - Years / Entertainer

#playlist new country #maandagavond smelne's country avond #smelnefm #newcountry #maandagavond #countrymusic #playlist #cdvdweek #crossroads country radio #maandfavoriet

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lawsonwhite · 6 years ago

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Happy birthday to my dad, Wayne White. His touring career started in a station wagon with Leroy Van Dyke and ended on a jet with Mel Tillis. He wrote some of the best songs I know, some of which were recorded by Dottie West, Sonny James and Jack Palance. (JP recorded a song of his that Dottie West originally pitched to Johnny Cash.) He played with Sonny James, Ernest Tubb, Dottie West, Leroy Van Dyke and Mel Tillis, and backed up tons of others on packages shows while on tour with them, like Willie Nelson, Ray Price, Connie Smith, David Houston, and Barbara Mandrell. He gave drum lessons to Irlene Mandrell. He got career advice from Chet Atkins. He played with Sonny James for his appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show and was one of the earliest drummers to play the Grand Ole Opry. He worked as a performer, arranger and copyist for The Nashville Network and was a staff drummer on Opryland’s Country Music USA. He co-owned a restaurant in Nashville with live music and dinner shows, hosting groups like The Whites, and was a partner in a recording studio. He taught me how to play, how not to play, how to listen, and how to put on a show. He put me on my first sessions and taught me how to record. He taught me how to be a human. He taught me to always swing for the fences while always putting others first. He expected nothing but the best from me, but was always the first to tell me it was going to be ok when I missed the mark. He died when I was 26 and I still learn from him everyday. Happy Birthday, Slick. You were my main man. Thanks for all the teaching and all the hangs. You were one of a kind. . . . @goodchildmusic #waynewhite #drums #drummer #percussion #songwriter #worldsbestdad #dad #opryland #thenashvillenetwork #tnn #leroyvandyke #sonnyjames #ernesttubb #dottiewest #meltillis #grandoleopry @opry #happybirthday #willienelson #rayprice #davidhouston #barbaramandrell #conniesmith #thewhites #chetatkins #johnnycash #nashville #columbiatn (at Petway Sounds) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2x1EqfgzCq/?igshid=1ur5b0ho95rcs

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iyadshamasnah · 5 years ago

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الثالث عشر من تموز ، يوم ميلادي، هو اليوم رقم 194 من السنة الميلادية ، واليوم 195 من السنة الكبيسة، تبقى من عمر السنة 171 يوما ، يأني هذا التاريخ في يوم الاثنين او الاربعاء او الجمعة ، 58 مرة في ال 400 عام الماضية ، بينما يجيئ يومي السبت والاحد (57 مرة في 400 عام الماضية )، بينما حدث يوم الخميس والثلاثاء كما يحدث هذا العام (56 مرة في 400 عام الماضية )

في مثل هذا اليوم

: 100 قبل الميلاد / مولد يوليوس قيصر

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100 BC – Julius Caesar, Roman general and statesman (d. 44 BC)

1426 – Anne Neville, Countess of Warwick (d. 1492)

1478 – Giulio d'Este, illegitimate son of Italian noble (d. 1561)

1470 – Francesco Armellini Pantalassi de' Medici, Catholic cardinal (d. 1528)

1527 – John Dee, English-Welsh mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer (d. 1609)

1579 – Arthur Dee, English physician and chemist (d. 1651)

1590 – Pope Clement X (d. 1676)

1606 – Roland Fréart de Chambray (d. 1676)

1607 – Wenceslaus Hollar, Czech-English painter and illustrator (d. 1677)

1608 – Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1657)

1745 – Robert Calder, Scottish-English admiral (d. 1818)

1756 – Thomas Rowlandson, English artist and caricaturist (d. 1827)

1760 – István Pauli, Hungarian-Slovene priest and poet (d. 1829)

1770 – Alexander Balashov, Russian general and politician, Russian Minister of Police (d. 1837)

1793 – John Clare, English poet and author (d. 1864)

1821 – Nathan Bedford Forrest, American general and first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan (d. 1877)

1831 – Arthur Böttcher, German pathologist and anatomist (d. 1889)

1841 – Otto Wagner, Austrian architect, designed the Austrian Postal Savings Bank and Karlsplatz Stadtbahn Station (d. 1918)

1858 – Stewart Culin, American ethnographer and author (d. 1929)

1859 – Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield, English economist and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (d. 1947)

1863 – Margaret Murray, British archaeologist, anthropologist, historian, and folklorist (d. 1963)

1864 – John Jacob Astor IV, American colonel and businessman (d. 1912)

1877 – Robert Henry Mathews, Australian linguist and missionary (d. 1970)

1884 – Yrjö Saarela, Finnish wrestler and coach (d. 1951)

1889 – Emma Asson, Estonian educator and politician (d. 1965)

1889 – Stan Coveleski, American baseball player (d. 1984)

1892 – Léo-Pol Morin, Canadian pianist, composer, and educator (d. 1941)

1892 – Jonni Myyrä, Finnish-American discus and javelin thrower (d. 1955)

1894 – Isaac Babel, Russian short story writer, journalist, and playwright (d. 1940)

1895 – Sidney Blackmer, American actor (d. 1973)

1896 – Mordecai Ardon, Israeli painter and educator (d. 1992)

1898 – Julius Schreck, German commander (d. 1936)

1900 – George Lewis, American clarinet player and songwriter (d. 1969)

1901 – Eric Portman, English actor (d. 1969)

1903 – Kenneth Clark, English historian and author (d. 1983)

1905 – Alfredo M. Santos, Filipino general (d. 1990)

1907 – George Weller, American author, playwright, and journalist (d. 2002)

1908 – Dorothy Round, English tennis player (d. 1982)

1908 – Tim Spencer, American country & western singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1974)

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1910 – Loren Pope, American journalist and author (d. 2008)

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1913 – Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, Danish businessman (d. 2012)

1913 – Kay Linaker, American actress and screenwriter (d. 2008)

1915 – Kaoru Ishikawa, Japanese author and educator (d. 1989)

1918 – Alberto Ascari, Italian race car driver (d. 1955)

1918 – Ronald Bladen, American painter and sculptor (d. 1988)

1918 – Marcia Brown, American author and illustrator (d. 2015)

1921 – Ernest Gold, Austrian-American composer and conductor (d. 1999)

1922 – Leslie Brooks, American actress (d. 2011)

1922 – Anker Jørgensen, Danish trade union leader and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Denmark (d. 2016)

1922 – Ken Mosdell, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2006)

1923 – Ashley Bryan, American children's book writer & illustrator

1924 – Johnny Gilbert, American game show host and announcer

1925 – Suzanne Zimmerman, American competition swimmer and Olympic medalist

1926 – Robert H. Justman, American director, producer, and production manager (d. 2008)

1926 – T. Loren Christianson, American politician

1926 – Thomas Clark, American politician

1927 – Simone Veil, French lawyer and politician, 12th President of the European Parliament (d. 2017)

1927 – Ian Reed, Australian discus thrower

1928 – Bob Crane, American actor (d. 1978)

1928 – Sven Davidson, Swedish-American tennis player (d. 2008)

1929 – Sofia Muratova, Russian gymnast (d. 2006)

1930 – Sam Greenlee, American author and poet (d. 2014)

1930 – Naomi Shemer, Israeli singer-songwriter (d. 2004)

1931 – Frank Ramsey, American basketball player and coach

1932 – Hubert Reeves, Canadian-French astrophysicist and author

1933 – David Storey, English author, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 2017)

1933 – Piero Manzoni, Italian artist (d. 1963)

1934 – Peter Gzowski, Canadian journalist and academic (d. 2002)

1934 – Gordon Lee, English footballer and manager

1934 – Wole Soyinka, Nigerian author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate

1934 – Aleksei Yeliseyev, Russian engineer and astronaut

1935 – Jack Kemp, American football player and politician, 9th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (d. 2009)

1935 – Earl Lovelace, Trinidadian journalist, author, and playwright

1935 – Kurt Westergaard, Danish cartoonist

1936 – Albert Ayler, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1970)

1937 – Ghillean Prance, English botanist and ecologist

1939 – Lambert Jackson Woodburne, South African admiral (d. 2013)

1940 – Tom Lichtenberg, American football player and coach (d. 2013)

1940 – Paul Prudhomme, American chef and author (d. 2015)

1940 – Patrick Stewart, English actor, director, and producer

1941 – Grahame Corling, Australian cricketer

1941 – Robert Forster, American actor and producer

1941 – Ehud Manor, Israeli songwriter and translator (d. 2005)

1941 – Jacques Perrin, French actor, director, and producer

1942 – Harrison Ford, American actor and producer

1942 – Roger McGuinn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1943 – Chris Serle, English journalist and actor

1944 – Eric Freeman, Australian cricketer

1944 – Cyril Knowles, English footballer and manager (d. 1991)

1944 – Erno Rubik, Hungarian game designer, architect, and educator, invented the Rubik's Cube

1945 – Ashley Mallett, Australian cricketer and author

1946 – Bob Kauffman, American basketball player and coach (d. 2015)

1946 – Cheech Marin, American actor and comedian

1948 – Catherine Breillat, French director and screenwriter

1950 – George Nelson, American astronomer and astronaut

1950 – Ma Ying-jeou, Hong Kong-Taiwanese commander and politician, 12th President of the Republic of China

1950 – Jurelang Zedkaia, Marshallese politician, 5th President of the Marshall Islands (d. 2015)

1951 – Rob Bishop, American educator and politician

1951 – Didi Conn, American actress and singer

1954 – Ray Bright, Australian cricketer

1954 – Louise Mandrell, American singer-songwriter and actress

1955 – Mark Mendoza, American bass player and songwriter

1956 – Michael Spinks, American boxer

1957 – Thierry Boutsen, Belgian race car driver and businessman

1957 – Cameron Crowe, American director, producer, and screenwriter

1959 – Richard Leman, English field hockey player

1960 – Robert Abraham, American football player

1960 – Ian Hislop, Welsh-English journalist and screenwriter

1960 – Curtis Rouse, American football player (d. 2013)

1961 – Tahira Asif, Pakistani politician (d. 2014)

1961 – Anders Jarryd, Swedish tennis player

1961 – Khalid Mahmood, Pakistani-English engineer and politician

1961 – Stelios Manolas, Greek footballer and manager

1961 – Tim Watson, Australian footballer, coach, and journalist

1962 – Tom Kenny, American voice actor and screenwriter

1962 – Rhonda Vincent, American singer-songwriter and mandolin player

1963 – Neal Foulds, English snooker player and sportscaster

1964 – Charlie Hides, American drag queen and comedian

1964 – Paul Thorn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1965 – Eileen Ivers, American fiddler

1965 – Colin van der Voort, Australian rugby league player

1966 – Gerald Levert, American R&B singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (d. 2006)

1966 – Natalia Luis-Bassa, Venezuelan-English conductor and educator

1967 – Richard Marles, Australian lawyer and politician, 50th Australian Minister for Trade and Investment

1967 – Mark McGowan, Australian politician, 30th Premier of Western Australia

1969 – Ken Jeong, American actor, comedian, and physician

1969 – Oleg Serebrian, Moldovan political scientist and politician

1970 – Andrei Tivontchik, German pole vaulter and trainer

1971 – Mark Neeld, Australian footballer and coach

1972 – Justin Edwards, English actor and writer

1974 – Deborah Cox, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress

1974 – Jarno Trulli, Italian race car driver

1975 – Mariada Pieridi, Cypriot singer-songwriter

1976 – Sheldon Souray, Canadian ice hockey player

1977 – Chris Horn, American football player

1978 – Ryan Ludwick, American baseball player

1978 – Prodromos Nikolaidis, Greek basketball player

1979 – Craig Bellamy, Welsh footballer

1979 – Daniel Díaz, Argentinian footballer

1979 – Libuše Průšová, Czech tennis player

1979 – Lucinda Ruh, Swiss figure skater and coach

1981 – Ágnes Kovács, Hungarian swimmer

1981 – Mirco Lorenzetto, Italian cyclist

1982 – Shin-Soo Choo, South Korean baseball player

1982 – Simon Clist, English footballer

1982 – Dominic Isaacs, South African footballer

1982 – Nick Kenny, Australian rugby league player

1982 – Yadier Molina, Puerto Rican-American baseball player

1983 – Kristof Beyens, Belgian sprinter

1983 – Marco Pomante, Italian footballer

1983 – Liu Xiang, Chinese hurdler

1984 – Ida Maria, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist

1985 – Trell Kimmons, American sprinter

1985 – Guillermo Ochoa, Mexican footballer

1985 – Charlotte Dujardin, English equestrian

1988 – Marcos Paulo Gelmini Gomes, Brazilian-Italian footballer

1988 – Raúl Spank, German high jumper

1989 – Justin Chua, Filipino basketball player

1989 – Charis Giannopoulos, Greek basketball player

1990 – Kieran Foran, New Zealand rugby league player

1990 – Eduardo Salvio, Argentinian footballer

1992 – Elise Matthysen, Belgian swimmer

1993 – Daniel Bentley, English footballer

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sandiegodjstaci · 6 years ago

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The Hipster's Guide to Classic Country Music

Let’s face it…if your mountain man beard, microbrew fetish, and pipe collection are no longer enough, classic country music can help you get to the next level of hipster (so can a pair of Wrangler jeans). My name is DJ Staci, the Track Star, and I grew up on country music. I lived on a 5-acre llama ranch just outside of Seattle during the grunge era…do you see how there’s a hipster seed in there? I knew I was not your standard redneck when, at 14, my dad’s hunting drew me towards vegetarianism (celebrating 26 meat-free years now). At 18, I pierced my nose and moved to southern California where I could eat tofu, get feminism tattoos, and vote for democrats in a diverse, shame-free environment…but that country music seed definitely grew roots throughout my childhood. In fact, during my 20s, I escaped my days of drinking expensive juice and visiting organic farmer’s markets by honky tonkin’ every week. I would go line dancing at the Brandin’ Iron Saloon in San Bernardino (the biggest & best honky tonk a.k.a. country bar west of Gilley’s…and watch John Travolta & Debra Winger in “Urban Cowboy” if you don’t understand either of those references).

Memes from We Hate Pop Country

Unfortunately, country music withered up and died after the 2000s. After DJing at the world’s largest country music festival (Stagecoach–the country cousin of Coachella), I had to stop listening to country music on the radio. The so-called country you hear on the radio today is known as “pop country” by country music purists (those of us who prefer classic country or “real” country). The artists who “ruined” country music are people like Taylor Swift, Sam Hunt, Florida Georgia Line, Thomas Rhett, & Luke Bryant (and many others). Follow “We Hate Pop Country” on Facebook to learn more.

If you like “Wake Me Up” by Avicii, “Honey I’m Good” by Andy Grammer, “I Will Wait” by Mumford & Sons, “The Country Death Song” by the Violent Femmes, “Easy” by Sheryl Crow, “Wish I Knew You” by the Revivalists, “Wagon Wheel” by Old Crow Medicine Show, or Philip Phillips, classic country will be a great fit. If watching the movie Walk the Line turned you into a Johnny Cash fan, rest assured there is plenty more music like that out there. If you resonate as a defiant outsider or a feminist or a government-hating pothead, classic country music welcomes you with open arms! Classic country is outlaw music–pure and simple. It was created by people who knew they were on the outskirts of mainstream society and unshakingly flipped it the bird à la Johnny Cash at San Quentin (below).

Johnny Cash after photographer Jim Marshall asked him to do a shot for the warden (San Quentin Prison – 1969)

Did you know Loretta Lynn, who sang the feminist anthem “The Pill,” & Jack White from the White Stripes, who also has some killer bluegrass tunes, created an album together? Did you know Johnny Cash has covered songs by Nine Inch Nails and Depeche Mode? Have you heard Lady Gaga’s country roads version of “Born This Way?” Did you know Beyonce has a kick ass collab with the Dixie Chicks (the girl-power Texas band who was banned from country radio for saying they were ashamed that George Bush is from their home state) called “Daddy Lessons”? Did you know the black lead singer of Hootie & the Blowfish bailed on the band so he could start a solo country music career (country fans know him as Darius Rucker)? Did you know when I DJ classic country parties, I have to ask the client if swear words are OK?

Do I have your attention now? I thought so. Let’s continue 🙂 You’ll love the country artists as much as you love their music–I promise.

Justin Timberlake & Chris Stapleton performing together at the 49th Country Music Association Awards

THE KING OF COUNTRY MUSIC

First, let’s start with the forefather of all country music kick-assery: Hank Williams. Hank signed to MGM Records in 1947 and his twangy anthems changed country music forever. He was famously fired by the Grand Ole Opry in 1952 after one of many no-shows. He lived a turbulent life that his son Hank Jr sings about in his cornerstone song “Family Tradition.” In true rock star style, Hank Sr. died of heart failure brought on by prescription drug abuse and alcoholism in 1953. Hipster-friendly Hank Williams songs include:

I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry

Hey Good Lookin’

Jambalaya (on the Bayou)

Tear in my Beer

Your Cheating Heart

TOP 125 CLASSIC COUNTRY SONGS FOR HIPSTERS

Pour yourself some Popcorn Sutton’s Tennessee White Whiskey (that’s legal moonshine for you city slickers) & get ready for some serious drinkin’ music free of “Friends in Low Places,” “Achy Breaky Heart,” “Boot Scootin’ Boogie,” “Old Town Road,” and “The Git Up.” I’ve includes lots of notes & trivia about the playlist songs because we hipsters can’t just enjoy music in a vacuum…we like to sound like a seasoned expert when putting on a playlist for friends, yes? I’ve included standards as well as a number of “B sides” that will even impress country music enthusiasts…you know the kind of people who still say “Country Western.”

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18 Wheels & a Dozen Roses, Kathy Mattea

9 to 5, Dolly Parton

A Boy Named Sue, Johnny Cash

All My Exes Live in Texas, George Strait

Amarillo by Morning, George Strait

Are You Ready for the Country, Waylon Jennings

Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way?, Waylon Jennings (Referring to Hank Williams Sr.)

Back Where I Come From, Kenny Chesney

Bed You Made for Me, Highway 101

Before Country Was Cool, Barbara Mandrell

Born to Boogie, Hank Williams Jr. (Hank Sr’s son)

Chattahoochee, Alan Jackson

Church on Cumberland Road, Shenandoah

Coal Miner’s Daughter, Loretta Lynn (Watch her biographical movie “Coal Miner’s Daughter” staring Sissy Spacek!)

Coat of Many Colors, Dolly Parton

Copenhagen, Chris Le Deux (Yep, chew killed this underground country singer with a cult following. His catchy, hilarious love song to Copenhagen chewing tobacco is like a country version of “Can’t Feel My Face” or “Mary Jane.”)

Copperhead Road, Steve Earle (Listen carefully…After coming home from war, this soldier gives up on the family tradition of making moonshine because he realized when he was in Viet Nam that he could just grow weed instead.)

Country Boy Can Survive, Hank Williams Jr.

Country Club, Travis Tritt

Country Roads, Take Me Home, John Denver (Lucky if I get through this one without tearing up…)

Cowboy Take Me Away, Dixie Chicks

Crazy, Patsy Cline (Sadly, the anthem of Battered Woman’s Syndrome…Patsy was in a violent marriage at the height of her fame. Written by Willie Nelson.)

Cripple Creek, Earl Scruggs & Lester Flatt

Devil Went Down to Georgia, Charlie Daniels Band

Digging Up Bones, Randy Travis

Dixieland Delight, Alabama

Down at the Twist & Shout, Mary-Chapin Carpenter

Dueling Banjos, Roy Clark & Buck Owens

El Paso, Marty Robbins (After writing this song, Marty Robbins was flying over El Paso & had a revelation that he was the cowboy in the song in a past life…so he wrote “El Paso City” about that experience.)

Elvira, Oak Ridge Boys

Every Little Thing, Carlene Carter (Yep, June Carter’s daughter…she called Johnny Cash “Stepdad.” Roseanne Cash’s “Tennessee Flat Top Box” is also a good one.)

Family Tradition, Hank Williams Jr (A proud nod to his famous father…”Put yourself in my position–if I get stoned and sing all night long, it’s a family tradition.” When you hear this song at a honky tonk, know the customs! When Jr sings, “Why do you drink?” The crowd shouts back “To get drunk!” When Jr sings, “Why do you roll smoke?” The crowd shouts, “To get high!” When he sings, “Why must you act out the songs that you wrote?” The crowd shouts, “To get laid!”)

Fancy, Reba McEntire

Fishin’ in the Dark, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Flowers on the Wall, Statler Brothers

Folsom Prison Blues, Johnny Cash

Fool-Hearted Memory, George Strait (His first of SIXTY #1 hits–the most in country music history! Too many for this list but do check them out.)

Get a Rhythm, Johnny Cash

Guitars & Cadillacs, Dwight Yoakum (One of the few west coasters on the list…from Bakersfield, California — also a vegetarian!)

Have Mercy, Judds (A female country duo–mother & sister to famous actress Ashley Judd!)

Highway Man, The Highwaymen (The Highwaymen are Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, & Kris Kristofferson.)

Hillbilly Rock, Marty Stewart

Honky Tonk Man, Dwight Yoakum

Hooked on an 8-Second Ride, Chris Le Deux (Pronounced “Le Doo”)

Hot Rod Lincoln, Commander Cody

I Ain’t Livin’ Long Like This, Waylon Jennings

I Love a Rainy Night, Eddie Rabbitt

I Think I’ll Just Sit Here & Drink, Merle Haggard

I Walk the Line, Johnny Cash

I’m No Stranger to the Rain, Keith Whitley

If You’re Gonna Play in Texas, Alabama

If You’ve Got the Money, Willie Nelson

If Your Heart Ain’t Busy, Tanya Tucker

It Only Hurts When I Cry, Dwight Yoakum

Jackson, Johnny Cash & June Carter

Jolene, Dolly Parton

Jose Cuervo, Shelly West

Kaw-Liga, Hank Williams Jr. (Hank Sr also does this one.)

Lay You Down, Conway Twitty

Long Time Gone, Dixie Chicks

Louisiana Saturday Night, Mel McDaniel

Luckenbach Texas, Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson

Mama Tried, Merle Haggard

Maybe It Was Memphis, Pam Tillis

Meet Me in Montana, Dan Seals

Midnight Girl in a Sunset Town, Sweethearts of the Rodeo

Mountain Music, Alabama

Mud on the Tires, Brad Paisley

Mule Skinner Blues, Dolly Parton

My Kind of Girl, Colin Raye

Next to You, Shenandoah

No Time to Kill, Clint Black

Nobody Wins, Radney Foster

Norma Jean Riley, Diamond Rio

One Piece at a Time, Johnny Cash

Only Daddy That’ll Walk the Line, Waylon Jennings

Orange Blossom Special, Johnny Cash

Pancho & Lefty, Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard

Papa Loved Mama, Garth Brooks

Past the Point of Rescue, Hal Ketchum

Pick-Up Man, Joe Diffie

Play Something Country, Brooks & Dunn

Redneck Girl, Bellamy Brothers (During the corresponding Redneck Girl line dance, when the song says, “A redneck girl got her name on the back of her belt,” dancers shout, “Bullshit! Bullshit! F— you!” When the song says, “She’s got a kiss on her lips for her man and no one else,” dancers repeat, “Bullshit! Bullshit! F— you!” When the song says, “A coyote’s howling out on the prairie,” dancers howl. Finally, the song says, “First comes love, then comes marriage.” After “love,” dancers interject, “Then sex!!!”)

Ring of Fire, Johnny Cash

Rockin’ With the Rhythm, Judds

Rodeo, Garth Brooks

Rough & Ready, Trace Adkins

Saturday Night Special, Conway Twitty (Yes, the same guy they famously poke fun at on “Family Guy”–see below)

Sin Wagon, Dixie Chicks

Smoky Mountain Rain, Ronnie Milsap

Sold, John Michael Montgomery

Some Girls Do, Sawyer Brown

Song of the South, Alabama

Stampede, Chris Le Deux

Stand by Your Man, Tammy Wynette

Straight Tequila Night, John Anderson

Streets of Bakersfield, Dwight Yoakum

Sweet Dreams of You, Patsy Cline

Tempted, Marty Stuart

Tennessee River & a Mountain Man, Alabama

Thank God I’m a Country Boy, John Denver (He’s an outspoken vegan and & rep for P.E.T.A #MeatlessMondays)

That Kind of Girl, Patty Loveless

That’s My Story, Collin Raye

That’s What I Like About You, Trisha Yearwood (She’s married to Garth Brooks & is a celebrity chef with a reality cooking show.)

The Gambler, Kenny Rogers

The Pill, Lorettta Lynn (Also check out her cover of Nancy Sinatra’s “These Boots Were Made for Walking.”)

The Race Is On, Sawyer Brown (or any of the older versions)

The Thunder Rolls, Garth Brooks

Ticks, Brad Paisley

Tight-Fittin’ Jeans, Conway Twitty

Tonight We Ride, Tom Russell (We played this at my dad’s funeral…definitely a “b side.”)

Tougher Than the Rest, Chris Le Deux

Tulsa Time, Don Williams

Two Feet of Topsoil, Brad Paisley

Walkin’ After Midnight, Patsy Cline (Check out the Cyndi Lauper cover!)

What Was I Thinkin,’ Dierks Bentley

When You Say Nothing At All, Keith Whitley (Alison Krauss’ version might be more popular though…)

Whiskey, If You Were a Woman, Highway 101

Why Not Me, Judds

Wide Open Spaces, Dixie Chicks

Will the Circle Be Unbroken, dozens of versions

Wrong Side of Memphis, Trisha Yearwood

You Ain’t Woman Enough, Loretta Lynn

You Really Had Me Going, Holly Dunn

You’ve Never Been This Far Before, Conway Twitty

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There are a few current country artists with that classic country sound: Chris Stapleton, Brothers Osborn, some Miranda Lambert (try “Gunpowder & Lead” or “Little Red Wagon”), or Cody Jinks.

If you’re afraid country music is too white, straight, or conservative for you, check out Little Big Town’s “Girl Crush,” Maddie & Tae’s “Girl in a Country Song,” the Dixie Chicks’ “Goodbye Earl,” Los Lonely Boys’ “Heaven,” Kacey Musgraves’ “Follow Your Arrow,” Big & Rich’s “Love Train,” Garth Brooks’ “We Shall Be Free,” John Anderson’s “Seminole Wind,” or anything by Charlie Pride, Cowboy Troy, k.d. lang, or Freddie Fender.

If you enjoy a good DJ mix, I’m not the only one doing creative things with country music–check out DeeJay Silver, DJ Sinister’s Country Fried Mix, VDJ JD, DJ Bad Ash, or DJ Hish (who I was on the roster with at the Stagecoach Festival and the Moonshine Miles Festival).

Film enthusiast? In addition to watching Johnny Cash’s biographical Walk the Line, you can also try some of these country cult classics: Coal Miner’s Daughter (about Loretta Lynn), Urban Cowboy (with John Travolta & Debra Winger), Pure Country (starring George Strait), Sweet Dreams (about Patsy Cline), Eight Seconds (with Luke Perry)…as well as anything starring Dolly Parton (like 9 to 5 or Steel Magnolias) or Kris Kristofferson (like A Star Is Born or Blade). Dwight Yoakum has a few famous cameos as well (like Sling Blade or Crank). But the real question is: are they “acting” or just “acting natural”? Once you understand that reference, you officially get a gold star in the hipster country music Olympics!!! (Leave me your thoughts in the comments below.)

If you enjoyed the Hipster’s Guide to Classic Country Music, I urge you to explore bluegrass and folk music. And, yes, I know not every “staple” classic country jam is on the list (again, comment below). I also have my Guitar-Infused Country & Classic Rock Wedding Cocktail Hour Playlist and Ultimate Bluegrass Wedding Cocktail Hour & Dinner Music Playlist you can scope out. Some say “crank it up,” but, around here, we say “Hank it up!” Enjoy your hip classic country tunes!

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How to Save Football

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At a recent NFL owners meeting, owners expressed great concern at the steep drop in television viewership and the cataclysmic decline in attendance. They asked, what can we do to save football?

Simple. One thing. Make the whole game the opening sequence of NBC’s Sunday Night Football. That’s it. Sixty minutes of Carrie Underwood. In a fringed leather bustier. Singing a jock jam. With lasers. And pyrotechnics. Toxic masculinity has ruined the game. To fix it, we need some backwoods femininity.

That’s it? Backwoods femininity?

Yes. Backwoods femininity but in a cosmopolitan way. Flannel shirts and diamond earrings and short shorts and fringed leather bustiers and runny mascara from doing farm stuff in the rain. With lasers. And pyrotechnics. And fringed leather bustiers. We need less Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth. Less Dan Dierdorf. More John Madden meets Lara Croft Tombraider and they stop to have dinner with Michael Bay who just met Laura Ingalls in a parking garage at the fair. More cavorting. More strutting. More twigs and hayseed. More moxie. More spunk. Less grit. More sass. Same amount of tenacity as exists currently. More pluck. More verve. More fringe. On leather bustiers. More Carrie. More Underwood.

But Carrie Underwood’s contract says she only has to sing the opening sequence.

No big deal. There is no shortage of bad-ass country music vixens in the game. And we can use them all. They would surely all be eager to cavort for us. That’s what the fans really want: more country music starlet sass. It need not matter who. So long as it’s sixty minutes of Queen’s “We Will Rock You” mashed up with Patsy Cline’s “Walkin’ After Midnight.”

But what about the National Anthem?

Old. Done. Tired. No more kneeling. No more patriotism. (Unless it’s Faith Hill in a stars and stripes bikini with fireworks coming out of her bosoms.) Who says they have to sing the National Anthem anyway? How about a new song? How about it gets sung by the Judds. Naomi and Wynona. Every time. No kneeling. No protests. Just Judd. And how about they both wear fringed leather bustiers.

But what would Naomi and Wynonna Judd sing?

How about a song that knocks everyone on their ass. Like Carrie Underwood singing in the opening title sequence of NBC’s Sunday Night Football but diffeerent. A song that sounds like what might happen if you heard Joan Jett and Willie Nelson making love. On a goal post. And then Joan Jett had Willie Nelson’s baby and instead of breast feeding that baby, Brett Favre just squirted blue Gatorade in its mouth and that baby started to cry because it didn’t like blue Gatorade. It wanted Joan Jett’s bosom. A song that sounds like that.

OK. But people enjoy “certain aspects of the game” like touchdowning and penalizing and fumbling and kicking and intercepting and tackling.

Who says that Emmylou Harris can’t tackle? And when was the last time you heard Kacey Musgraves say, “I’m not going to run this pigskin into the end zone?” I bet you can’t even remember the last time you heard Kacey Musgraves say that. When was the last time you heard Crystal Gayle say “I don’t want to intercept this pass” or “get this fumble away from me!” Never. Have you ever seen Tanya Tucker kick? Let’s unleash some whiskey-drinking two-timing men onto a grass field and give them a ball and let Shania Twain chase them for a quarter or two. Also, why is there no tobacco chewing in football? Let’s make it mandatory for everyone to chew tobacco.

But what about the players?

The players? They’ll be thrilled. They want to Juice? How about we make it illegal for them not to Juice. Juice Newton that is!!! How about we add a karaoke component and every player has to sing Juice Newton’s “Queen of Hearts.” There. You’ve got your sixty minutes of entertainment right there. You can watch Shania chase the cheaters or the players sing Juice Newton.

But it’s in the players contract that they “must play football.”

Damn that NFL players union. But we can work around it; fiddle with the rules a little bit. Let the players run around blitzing and sacking. Instead of making holding illegal, how about each player must get held by Loretta Lynn as she sings her hit song “Coal Miner’s Daughter” to them. They want man-to-man coverage? How about they can’t play that kind of defense until Tammy Wynette sings “Stand By Your Man”? You want to pick six? How about you can do that – bit not before you pick six songs from Trisha Yearwood on the jukebox! And when a team enters the red Zone, Gretchen Wilson sings “Redneck Woman” before play may proceed. QB wants to throw a Hail Mary pass? That’s fine. But let’s get Mary Chapin Carpenter into the end zone because there’s a new rule that only Mary Chapin Carpenter can catch a Hail Mary pass. In fact, from now on, they’re called “Hail Mary Chapin Carpenter” passes. They’re going for a two point conversion? Dolly Parton’s got your two-point conversion right here, bitches. They want a long snapper? Dolly’s got that covered too. And every time a QB gets sacked, Martina McBride struts onto the field and sings “I’m Gonna Love You Through It” before play can resume.

You haven’t yet mentioned Reba McEntire. How does she factor into all of this?

We’re glad you asked. Reba is integral int his revamping. Every time a team does anything, like after every single play, Reba McEntire emerges from the sideline and smacks someone. Anyone. We leave it up to Reba.

But, aside from the Reba McEntire thing, none of those ideas seem like big crowd-pleasers. Anything else?

No problem. We can fill the game with moxie and spunk in spite of the players. For example, in lieu of “Time Outs” each team gets three “Dixie Chicks.” A team can call a “Dixie Chick” any time and when they do, a Dixie Chick gets shot out of a subterranean hydraulic tube at the 50 yard line.

But what happens to the Dixie Chick, say it’s Natalie Maines just for point of reference, when a team calls a Dixie Chick and she gets shot out of the subterranean hydraulic tube and is falling back to the field?

As the Dixie Chick begins her descent, Miranda Lambert drives a large Greyhound bus onto the field singing her hit song “Greyhound Bound for Nowhere” and tries to catch the Dixie Chick atop the Greyhound as the Dixie Chick falls back to earth.

I’m afraid we are still not convinced.

What if Lee Ann Womack and LeAnn Rimes just threw beef jerkey at each other for sixty minutes and we called it “Battle of Lee Ann versus LeAnn?” What if Carrie Underwood and Barbara Mandrell put on helmets and wrestled each other in a vat of pudding?

How to Save Football was originally published on Weekly Humorist

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