With a drink in hand I become invincible Also, quite a tool … [Read more...]
Blake Shelton Passes on Peach Pickers Song
February 1, 2012 by 8 Comments
Blake Shelton turned a few heads on Music Row this week by passing on a song by hit writing trio the Peach Pickers, a move unprecedented in recent Nashville history. The threesome, comprised of Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip, and Dallas Davidson, had sent their song "Beer on a Truckbed" to Shelton for his next album, sure that it would follow past hits such as "All About Tonight" and "Honey Bee" up the charts. They were stunned when word came back, in the form of a handwritten note from the singer … [Read more...]
Country Haiku #405
January 31, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Paint me Birmingham Oh, but please not the city! God, what a hellhole … [Read more...]
Quotable Country – 01/29/12 Edition
January 29, 2012 by 1 Comment
Click the bullet after each quote to visit the source. I know I don't look like the type that would know all that old-school country stuff. ... One night I bet a man $10 a song for every Haggard song I could play. He'd put $300 in that tip jar before he finally just gave up and left. ● - - Thompson Square's Keifer Thompson knows his Haggard. I wouldn't have guessed. People want to know what they’re going to be listening to before they hear it. And that’s so funny because it’s so … [Read more...]
Country Haiku #404
January 27, 2012 by Leave a Comment
I asked if she minds That my big hit is long past Sadly, she said "Yes!" … [Read more...]
Next Taylor Swift Album More Confessional Than Ever
January 24, 2012 by 7 Comments
According to one industry source, the next album by country crossover queen Taylor Swift will take her penchant for raw, confessional songwriting to a disturbing new level, confessing to things that no entertainer of her stature has ever revealed on record. It's a direction hinted at by several of the songs Swift debuted on her Australian tour dates late last year. Among them, a new number titled "Summer 2003" full of head-turning passages such as: Like that night at the bum fight When … [Read more...]
Country Haiku #403
January 23, 2012 by 2 Comments
Just off the highway Three wooden crosses prove that God loves hookers most … [Read more...]
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