Here's a funny thing sent in by Ken Morton Jr. some time ago. Never could quite get the point scale to work exactly as hoped for all the sample songs I tested... but the fact that I even tried probably means I was taking the joke too seriously. Thanks for the fun read, Ken! Are you a current country radio programmer who has just received a new song and don’t know whether it will be popular with your listeners? Let the ACME Official State-of-the-Art Country Music Radio Predictive Song … [Read more...]

In this special fall edition of Mailbag, friend of the site Andrew Lacy helps me tackle some of the most pressing questions in country music today. Thanks, Andrew! All questions are sourced from actual search engine queries. What's the album with Randy Travis and Dolly Parton together? Silicone & Scotch. -AL Who's the 82-year-old with the chronic upper respiratory infection? Did you hear him on an Americana station? It could be Ryan Bingham. Who sings the background vocals on Kenny … [Read more...]

In the tradition of The 9513's Mailbag feature, we tackle some of the real questions submitted by Country California's search engine visitors since our last installment. What are the stupidest things said by rich people? "In the real world they're shutting Detroit down/While the boss man gets his bonus pay and jets on out of town..." How much would a Chris Cagle autograph be worth? The value of whatever it's on, less 15-20%. How should I dress for a country concert? Opinions will … [Read more...]

One of the ideas that came out of my correspondence with various readers following this post from a couple weeks ago was that of reviving the old The 9513 Mailbag feature, which always struck me as one of the more Country California-y things happening at that site in its heyday. So, we'll give it a shot. Here's the first batch of reader questions, all based on actual searches leading to this site in the past several weeks. It's a little different attempting it as a one-man show, so perhaps … [Read more...]