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. 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 .
Keywords: Willie Nelson, Ray Price, Merle Haggard, Brody Vercher, Jack Ingram, Nashville Star, Pancho Lefty, Carrie Underwood
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