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MORGAN WALLEN SURPRISE-DROPS “ABBEY ROAD SESSIONS”

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On March 3, 2023, Morgan Wallen would unleash his “One Thing At A Time” album on music fans, and the album turned out to be a life-changer for Wallen, dominating the musical landscape for the better part of a year.

Over the weekend, the first anniversary of the release of that album brought another collection of Morgan Wallen music. To commemorate the date, Morgan surprise-released a collection of seven songs called “Abbey Road Sessions.” The set includes five live versions of songs from “One Thing At A Time,” the fan favorite “Lies Lies Lies” in polished form for the first time ever, and a cover of Nothing But Thieves‘ “Graveyard Whistling.” The songs were recorded in London in the iconic Studio Two at the world-renowned Abbey Road Studios on December 5, 2023.

“Playing the O2 in London last fall and getting to record at Abbey Road, where so much iconic music has been made, was legendary for me and my band. We will never forget it,” said Wallen of his trip overseas last year. “I’m so excited to release these Abbey Road Sessions for my fans on the first anniversary of One Thing At A Time. They make all this possible.” Check out the track list for the collection below.

1. Thinkin’ Bout Me (Abbey Road Sessions)
2. Lies Lies Lies (Abbey Road Sessions)
3. Sunrise (Abbey Road Sessions)
4. Everything I Love (Abbey Road Sessions)
5. I Wrote The Book (Abbey Road Sessions)
6. I Deserve A Drink (Abbey Road Sessions)
7. Graveyard Whistling (Abbey Road Sessions)

Source: TheMusicUniverse

This day in Country Music History

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  • Today in 1960, Elvis Presley was discharged from the Army.
  • Today in 1963, a plane crash in Tennessee claimed the lives of Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas, Hawkshaw Hawkins and pilot Randy Hughes as they returned to Nashville from a charity concert in Kansas City.
  • Today in 1973, Alabama appeared for the first time as performers at the Bowery Club in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
  • Today in 1976, Johnny Cash recorded “One Piece At A Time” at the House of Cash.
  • Today in 1983, Ronnie Dunn debuted on the country charts as a solo act. Eight years later he returned to the charts as one half of the duo Brooks and Dunn with singing partner Kix Brooks.
  • Today in 1986, MCA released Steve Earle’s album “Guitar Town.”
  • Today in 1988, Alabama scored a number-one hit as “Face to Face,” the band’s duet with K.T. Oslin. topped “Billboard’s” country chart.
  • Today in 1991, the “Pocket Full Of Gold” album by Vince Gill was released.
  • Today in 2001, Montgomery Gentry were named national spokesmen for Jim Beam and the company’s “Country Band Search.” As part of the deal, the duo hit the road in a bus emblazoned with their name and the company’s logo during a club tour sponsored by the distillery.
  • Today in 2003, Shania Twain was named as one of eleven inductees for Canada’s Walk of Fame in Toronto’s Theatre District. She attended the induction ceremonies that occurred in June.
  • Today in 2004, Gretchen Wilson’s debut single, “Redneck Woman,” was released to radio.
  • Today in 2004, Brad Paisley was named the 2004 Artist Humanitarian of the Year by the Country Radio Broadcasters at the Country Radio Seminar in Nashville.
  • Today in 2005, Pat Green made his Grand Ole Opry debut at Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry House.
  • Today in 2006, Dolly Parton, who was nominated for an Academy Award for her song “Travelin’ Thru” in the Original Song category, lost to “It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp” by Three 6 Mafia. When Dolly walked the red carpet for the 78th annual awards, she was wearing diamond jewelry worth more than two-million dollars.
  • Today in 2006, Billy Ray Cyrus laid his father, Ron, to rest at a funeral in Wellington, Kentucky. The elder Cyrus had recently died of lung cancer.
  • Today in 2007, George Strait racked up eight nominations to top the ballot at Academy of Country Music Awards, unveiled at Nashville’s Country Music Hall of Fame. Brooks & Dunn collects seven, and Ronnie Dunn garner collected another on his own.
  • Today in 2008, Trace Adkins, Garth Brooks, and Clay Walker were among the participants at the annual Country Radio Seminar in Nashville. Trace performed an invitation-only concert, and brought his “Celebrity Apprentice” co-stars Omarosa, Marilu Henner, Nely Galan, and Tiffany Fallon with him, quote, “just to show them a little about the music business here.” Garth performed as well, and discussed his life and career with the crowd. Meanwhile, Walker received the Humanitarian of the Year Award for his efforts in the fight against multiple sclerosis.
  • Today in 2009, Taylor Swift made her first TV acting debut on CBS’ “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.” Her character was stabbed in the heart with scissors.
  • Today in 2010, Little Big Town’s Karen Fairchild and Jimi Westbrook became parents with the birth of their first child, son Elijah Dylan Westbrook.
  • Today in 2011, Blake Shelton hit the top of the Billboard country singles chart with “Who Are You When I’m Not Looking.”
  • Today in 2013, Ashley Monroe’s “Like A Rose” was released.
  • Today in 2016, “Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: 50 Years And Circlin’ Back” debuted on PBS. The fundraiser features Vince Gill, Jackson Browne, Alison Krauss, Jerry Jeff Walker, Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas and Jimmy Ibbotson, all of whom joined the Dirt Band on the finale, “Will The Circle Be Unbroken.”
  • Today in 2018, Katie Armiger took part in a Nashville press conference to voice support for a bill that would defend independent contractors in Tennessee’s music business against sexual harassment.

KEITH URBAN PLAYS A SURPRISE POP-UP SHOW AT THE NASHVILLE AIRPORT

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Nashville is a unique city, and we’ve said it many times: you don’t know who you’ll run into or where you’ll see them. Saturday was a case in point.

Travelers passing through Nashville International Airport (specifically nera the live stage at the C Concourse Food Court) were treated to a pop-up concert by Keith Urban. First, how cool is that? And second, how many airports actually have a live music stage?

As Keith took the stage, the airport was quick to post on social media what was going on, and where. “You never know who will popup at BNA! Keith Urban is currently on the BNA Live Stage in the C Concourse Food Court!” So if people were actually monitoring the airport’s social media feeds at that time and happened to be in the terminal, they got a free show from a country superstar. For the rest of the world, you’ll just have to be satisfied with a video of Keith playing, which the airport also posted on their socials.

Source: TasteOfCountry

 

This day in Country Music History

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  • Today in 1967, Merle Haggard’s “The Fugitive” rose to #1 on the Billboard chart for the first time.
  • Today in 1975, Mac Davis won Favorite Male Musical Performer and Olivia Newton-John won the female honor in the first People’s Choice Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. Other winners included: Barbra Streisand, John Wayne, The Osmonds, and Mary Tyler Moore.
  • Today in 1978, Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson’s “Mammas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys” sat at Billboard’s #1 spot for four weeks.
  • Today in 1980, Sissy Spacek played the lead role of Loretta Lynn’s life in “Coal Miner’s Daughter” which premiered in Nashville on March 4th.
  • Today in 1983, George Jones married Nancy Sepulveda at his sister’s home, Helen Scroggins, in Woodville, Texas. They ate their wedding-night dinner at a Burger King near Jasper, Texas.
  • Today in 1994, “Reba McEntire’s Greatest Hits” became her fifth double-platinum album.
  • Today in 2003, Toby Keith received eight nods to lead the competition when the Academy of Country Music announced its nominees in Los Angeles at Tiffany’s.
  • Today in 2006, Brad Paisley and Dolly Parton’s “When I Get Where I’m Going” reached Billboard’s #1 spot.
  • Today in 2008, Alan Jackson’s “Good Time” album was released.
  • Today in 2010, Rascal Flatts played a guest role on CBS-TV’s “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.”
  • Today in 2016, Joey Martin Feek, of the duo Joey+Rory, died after a lengthy battle with cancer in Alexandria, Indiana. Named Top New Duo by the Academy of Country Music in 2010, they will earn a Grammy in 2017 with “Hymns That Are Important To Us,” released just weeks before her passing.
  • Today in 2018, the Band Perry’s Kimberly Perry revealed she’d filed for divorce from J.P. Arencibia, her baseball player husband of four years.
  • Today in 2019, Eddie Montgomery, LoCash, RaeLynn and Chris Janson helped raise more than $120-thousand for at-risk youth during the 12th annual Jeffrey Steele & Friends concert at the Franklin Theatre in middle Tennessee. Also appearing: Steve Dorff, Travis Denning and Steve Cropper.

GARTH BROOKS, TRISHA YEARWOOD GETTING THEIR OWN DOCUSERIES

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March is turning out to be a big month for Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood. Trisha is celebrating her 25th anniversary as a member of the Grand Ole Opry March 13, Garth’s “Friends In Low Places Bar & Honky Tonk” is celebrating its grand opening, and now news of a new docuseries featuring the couple.

“Friends In Low Place” is coming to Amazon Prime and will follow the pair as they work on Garth’s new Nashville venue – from the planning stages all the way to the Grand Opening. The series follows the couple and some “friends” as they set out to build a honky-tonk in the heart of Nashville, Tennessee. The plan: to open an epic, four-story bar on Lower Broadway. Those “friends” include Benjamin and Max Goldberg, brothers who are behind Nashville’s culinary and nightlife explosion; and Jenny Deathride Bratt and Camille Tambunting of Strategic Hospitality. The series is set to premiere on Prime this coming Thursday – the same night the venue celebrates its grand opening.

Source: Deadline

This day in Country Music History

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  • Today in 1949, Hank Williams recorded several songs: “Mind Your Own Business,” “Honky Tonk Blues,” “You’re Gonna Change (Or I’m Gonna Leave)” and “Lost Highway.”
  • Today in 1957, The Everly Brothers recorded “I Wonder If I Care As Much” and “Bye Bye Love.”
  • Today in 1968, Johnny Cash and June Carter were married.
  • Today in 1980, Waylon Jennings hit the top of the Billboard country chart with “I Ain’t Living Long Like This.”
  • Today in 1983, Alabama’s album, “The Closer You Get,” was released.
  • Today in 1986, Dwight Yoakam debuted on the country charts with the single, “Honky Tonk Man.”
  • Today in 1990, Mark Chesnutt signed a record deal with MCA records.
  • Today in 1991, the video, “The Real Patsy Cline,” was certified gold.
  • Today in 1992, Garth Brooks was #1 on the charts with the single, “What She’s Doing Now.”
  • Today in 1993, Doug Stone’s 1990 self-titled debut album was certified platinum.
  • Today in 1994, the “Come On, Come On” album by Mary Chapin Carpenter was certified double platinum.
  • Today in 1994, at the GRAMMYs, “Passionate Kisses” won two awards: Best Country Song for Lucinda Williams (the songwriter) and Best Country Vocal Performance, Female for Mary Chapin Carpenter.
  • Today in 1996, the Alison Krauss + Union Station album, “Baby Now That I’ve Found You,” was certified double platinum.
  • Today in 2005, Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett’s “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere” was certified gold.
  • Today in 2007, Jake Owens’ video, “Startin’ With Me,” premiered on CMT.
  • Today in 2010, Carrie Underwood made a guest appearance on “How I Met Your Mother.”
  • Today in 2013, Parmalee made their first appearance at the Grand Ole Opry.
  • Today in 2014, Cole Swindell hit #1 on the Billboard country singles chart for the first time with his debut single, “Chillin’ It.”
  • Today in 2017, Luke Bryan performs at Madison Square Garden
  • Today in 2021, Blake Shelton kicks off a one-month run as the midday personality on Los Angeles radio station KKGO
  • Today in 2023, Carrie Underwood’s concert at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena features two surprise guests: Jason Aldean and Brad Paisley

H & S FEED & COUNTRY STORE PET OF THE WEEK: BAGEL

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This week’s H&S Feed and Country Store Pet of the Week is “Bagel”, a beautiful 2 year old kitty with an affectionate nature. Bagel would love to cuddle up with you on the couch and watch TV while you brush his luxurious coat, and he gets along with other pets, grown-up humans and kids. Bagel is fully vetted, neutered, vaccinated, and his adoption fee is only $50!

If you’d like to set up an appointment to meet Bagel or any of the pets at Stephen Memorial Animal Shelter, visit https://www.stephenmemorial.org/ and fill out an adoption application.

Check out our visit about Bagel with Shanna from Stephen Memorial Animal Shelter here:

Dierks Bentley Shares What He Should Have Chosen For His Professional Name

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Admittedly, “Dierks” is an odd name in anyone’s book, so as he embarked on his country music career, did Dierks Bentley ever consider going to something a little more..stage-worthy? “Taste Of Country Nights” asked him exactly if, when he was first starting out, his record label pressured him to change it to something more relatable to country fans, or if he had thought of changing it himself. “God, wish I had! I would have changed it to something cool, like ‘Buck Bentley,’ adding, “I can’t believe they let me out of the door with ‘Dierks,’ what a weird name!”

This day in Country Music History

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  • Today in 1968, Johnny Cash and June Carter announced their plans to marry during the 10th annual GRAMMY awards in Nashville, as they collected the trophy for Best Country & Western Duet, Trio or Group for “Jackson.”
  • Today in 1992, Travis Tritt joined the Grand Ole Opry, while Trisha Yearwood debuted on the show, singing “She’s In Love With The Boy.”
  • Today in 1996, “John Michael Montgomery” album achieved triple-platinum status.
  • Today in 2000, Faith Hill’s single, “The Way You Love Me,” hit the airwaves.
  • Today in 2004, Alison Krauss performed during the Oscar Awards in a $2-million pair of shoes with Sting, Elvis Costello and T Bone Burnett from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood.
  • Today in 2008, Brooks & Dunn kicked off their first-ever tour of Australia with a concert at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre.
  • Today in 2012, Montgomery Gentry filmed a guest appearance on an episode of the “The Price Is Right.”
  • Today in 2020, Maren Morris headlines the Ballet Ball, a Nashville benefit aiding art programs for impoverished residents
  • Today in 2020, Crystal Gayle performs in the first concert held at the newly-renovated Eagles Theater in Wabash, Indiana

KELSEA BALLERINI TO HOST 2024 CMT AWARDS

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For the fourth straight year, Kelsea Ballerini will be hosting the upcoming CMT Music Awards, it was announced yesterday. She’ll also be performing on the show.

Kelsea has hosted the show in a variety of ways over the last three years; In 2021 and 2023, she hosted alongside Kane Brown; she hosted the 2022 show remotely. Now she’ll be hosting solo from the Moody Center in Austin, Texas on April 7. “I couldn’t be more excited to be back for my fourth year with my CMT family to host this year’s CMT Music awards in Austin, Texas,” Ballerini said. “Hosting an awards show that celebrates the music that the fans love most has been an honor and I know this year will be another unforgettable night.”

The “2024 CMT Music Awards” will air live on April 7 at 8-11 p.m. ET (delayed on the West Coast) on CBS and will be available to stream live and on-demand on Paramount+

Source: TheHollywoodReporter

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