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January 22nd, 2007 by Brody Vercher
Man, I knew when I woke up on Saturday that tickets for the Willie, Merle, and Ray concert were going to be on sale, but I figured I d wait until today to purchase them so that Brady, Jenna, and I would be in the office to decide how many to get. We decided to purchase seven tickets in the Golden Section. Unfortunately for us they were sold out of that section and the next section, too.

It took less than two days for them to sell out of the two best sections! Luckily we still got tickets for the back section. Next time a big concert comes through that I want to attend I ll be sitting on the website refreshing the page until the tickets go on sale.

Unbelievable.
By the way, we ll be having a contest next month to give away two of the tickets that we purchased. Hopefully all three sections will be sold out by then, leaving our tickets in high demand and thus driving large amounts of traffic to The 9513 to enter the contest.


Without further ado, I bring you the best of today s news:

  • Keith Urban has the kind of that creates buzz, similar to what I suggested in my , but he one ups it by posting a .
  • There s a nice addition of over on Gallyerwinter. He talks about the Trifecta, hitting up the same artist in concert on three consecutive nights, a couple of truly amazing shows from Jack Ingram, and Doug Moreland s newest CD in which he hones his skills and creates his own sound.

    Speaking of Jack Ingram, he s featured on the cover of Texas Monthly.

    • I don t do what is down the middle of the road, Rhyder said. People ask me all the time, What type of music do you play?

    I call it country. Not old country or new country, but country.
    If you ve never heard of Brandon Rhyder, I highly recommend his album, Conviction.

    The guy has got some awesome vocals. January 19th, 2007 by Jenna Vercher

  • Last of the Breed, a two disc set featuring Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, and Ray Price will be released on March 20th by Lost Highway Records. It was recorded in Nashville and Fred Foster produced the album, which includes 20 newly recorded classics and two new songs.

    If you live in the Austin area, don t forget to get your for the March 16th concert, they go on sale tomorrow.

    • Jimmy recently saw Big Rich s John Rich at the Ryman and told him, You think you are so hot. Me and Anderson have got Little Po and we re going to run you out of business, Bill says.

    John thought it was the funniest thing he ever heard.

  • We before that Carrie Underwood and Tony Romo were dating, but Carrie Underwood has confirmed they .
  • Kellie Pickler co-hosted The View yesterday morning and was surprised with a gold album in honor of the RIAA Gold certification of her debut album, Small Town Girl.

  • Martina McBride s ninth album, Waking Up Laughing, will be released on April 3. Her starts April 12 in Kansas City, with Little Big Town and Rodney Atkins as the opening acts.
  • Taylor Swift and singer/actor Tyler Hilton got together for the video of her second single, Teardrops On My Guitar .

    The video was shot at a high school in Nashville.
    I found out he was a fan of my music and he came to my show, she said. I met him in the meet and greet line, and we became friends.

    He came onstage with me at the show, and I asked him in front of the crowd, Do you want to be in my video? and he said, Yeah!
    January 12th, 2007 by Brody Vercher

  • So the most exciting news today, to me at least, is Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Ray Price, and Asleep at the Wheel are coming to Austin on March 16th 17th.

    Tickets go on sale in eight days, January 20, for the concert at the Backyard. I m so not missing this show. I just hope they perform Pancho Lefty, one of my all time favorites.

  • I didn t get the chance to catch Nashville Star last night, blame it on Jenna and her IKEA furniture, but has the rundown on the show. Nashville Star s Fifth Season kicks off with some firecracker performances, and two of the newest hopefuls are sent packing.
  • Among a number of the country songs that are entering the is the classic He Stopped Loving Her Today from George Jones, as well as the Wanted!

    The Outlaws album from Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Jessi Colter, and Tompall Glaser.

  • Stonewall Jackson, a longtime member of the Opry, filed a claiming age discrimination, breach of contract and retaliation.
    Jackson said he approached Fisher on several occasions and was told things like, I don t want any gray hairs on that stage or in the audience, and before I m done there won t be any and You re too old and too country.


    I don t know who is right and who is wrong, but it seems like the Opry has been getting a lot of negative publicity lately.

  • has a press release on an up and coming young lady, Leah Durelle, who is only 15. The reason I mention her is because she ll be one of the artists added to the iPod contest within the next week or so, keep an eye out for that.

  • has picked up a story on the Porter Wagoner signing with Anti- deal. It s an interesting read about a man that a lot of new country fans don t know a whole lot about.
    • January 9th, 2007 by Brody Vercher
  • The Sportsman Channel has announced a new show for their 2007 schedule, Backstage Backroads with Daniel Lee Martin.


    Backstage Backroads will bring the excitement of the country music entertainment business and the adventures of field and stream to living rooms across the nation. Featuring country recording artist Daniel Lee Martin (ChinMusic Records), the show will offer viewers a glimpse of the inner workings of the music business, a backstage pass to live concerts and behind-the-scenes happenings and then return to the place where all sportsmen call home-the great outdoors. Daniel Lee along with many of his celebrity friends will do what they enjoy most in life performing, hunting and fishing.

    Celebrity guests scheduled to appear on the show are Darold Knowles, Billy Ray Cyrus, Bronson Arroyo, Doni Harris, Craig Morgan, Andy Griggs and more. Hunting expeditions and fishing trips will take audiences from the lakes and streams of Northern Wisconsin to the flatlands of the middle-south.

  • I haven t heard any music from Neko Case, but her name has been appearing quite frequently as of late.

    LiveDaily reports that for Merle Haggard four times in the upcoming year.

  • First Kenny Rogers, now John Rich is causing a big stir among neighbors over his house. He s planning on on top of a hill, but neighbors feel like it s too big and won t fit in with the neighborhood.

  • bills itself as The #1 Songwriting Blog and I think they might be right, but then again I don t know of any other songwriting blogs. It looks like a great resource for all you aspiring songwriters our there, so go check it out.
  • Who knew that Japan had a country music scene?

    C mon, be honest. Apparently they have an annual event called Country Gold. 20,000 fans showed up this year.


    Yoshinao Tsuji has just one regret in life. He wanted to be born a cowboy.
    He has the gear.

    The black leather chaps, tailor-made by Navajos in Arizona. He s got the turquoise accessories. The boots, the big Stetson hat.

    For one month every year, he lives on a dude ranch.
    I love everything about horses, he says, insisting on being called Johnnie. If only I wasn t a city boy from Kyoto.


    Cowboys and cowgirls from across Japan turned out by the thousands recently for Country Gold, an annual event in the foothills of Mount Aso, a southern Japan landmark, that has become probably the biggest homage to the Wild West this side of Tucson.

  • If you aren t aware of the , go check it out. Only 22 days left before the winner is announced.

    • December 22nd, 2006 by Brody Vercher
  • Jessica Simpson made the headlines a couple of weeks back when she walked off the stage during a tribute to Dolly Parton. The excuse given at the time was that her dress was falling off and it caused her to lose concentration. However, they gave her a second chance to perform her tribute for the TV version, and now that she s seen the tape of her performance, .


    We appreciate the time and energy Ms. Simpson put into this event and respect the high standards she has for herself and that of the Kennedy Center Honors, said George Stevens Jr., show producer.


    (hehe, he said high standards and Ms. Simpson in the same sentence)

  • Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, the Dixie Chicks were among the country artists in the Rolling Stone magazine s list of top 50 albums of 2006.
  • Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, and Ray Price will be performing together in the upcoming year while using Asleep at the Wheel as their backup band.

    How would it be to attend that show? I could die happy if I ever get the chance to see Willie and Merle perform Pancho Lefty live.

  • Chris Young, whom I had never heard of until about him in his Best Albums of 2006, seems to be destined to make it big.

    He lists Keith Whitley and Marty Robbins (one of my favorite artists) as some of .

    • December 20th, 2006 by Brody Vercher
    I m starting a series on The 9513 titled and then I ll choose a topic and find as many country songs about that topic as I can. Today s topic is Kicking Ass.

    Below are a few of the songs I came up with that are about kicking ass, and a couple of them even make you want to kick some ass of your own after hearing them.
    Songs like This Cowboy s Hat are about sticking up for what you believe in and not letting people trample on you, some of them are just story songs ( Pancho Lefty and In Lonseome Dove ), and maybe others you can apply to your life, such as telling your boss to shove it. So sit back, relax, and enjoy the ass kickin .


    November 30th, 2006 by Jenna Vercher

  • Despite the bad luck George Jones has endured this (pneumonia and a fractured wrist), he has set a full for 2007. His October release God s Country, includes an all-star line up performing many of George s classic numbers. Performers on this album are: George Jones himself, Garth Brooks, Sammy Kershaw, Pam Tillis, Tanya Tucker, Joe Diffie, Shonna Faegan, Vince Gill, Mark Chesnutt, and Tracy Lawrence.

    • , a dance and concert hall in Stillwater, Oklahoma, will officially close in December. It has operated for twenty-five years, and has a history of more than 400 concerts. Garth Brooks once worked as a bouncer in the venue, and the list of artists who have performed there include: Hank Williams Jr.

    , Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Travis Tritt, Keith Whitley, George Jones, and Chris Ledoux. On Saturday, December 2, Lee Ann Womack, Cross Canadian Ragweed s Cody Canada, Stoney LaRue, and Wade Bowen will make a stop there before it closes. The final weeked will feature Jason Boland on December 30 and No Justice on the 31st.

  • According to CountryNation.com, Lee Ann Womack will tour through her homestate of Texas during the first week of December. Joining her will be Cross Canadian Ragweed s Cody Canada, Stoney LaRue, and Wade Bowen.

    The tour is nicknamed 3 Men Little Crazy.

    • Tomorrow night, Lorrie Morgan will serve as the Grand Marshall in the 54th Annual Nashville Gas Christmas Tour. It is scheduled to start at 7pm.

    will begin at 7th and Broadway, and head east to 2nd Avenue, cross over the Woodland Street Bridge, and end at LP Field.

  • Rural Rhythm Records announces they have signed an exclusive recording contract with Randy Kohrs. Old Photograph, Randy s fourth solo album, will hit shelves in Spring 2007.

    The first single, Rockwell s Gold , will be released in January.

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    Keywords: Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Brody Vercher, George Jones, Pancho Lefty, Daniel Lee, Ray Price, Jenna Vercher, New Country, Canadian Ragweed
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