News From Around The Country
There’s more gold in them there hills for several country artists. Miranda Lambert’s “Gunpowder & Lead” reached sales of 500,000 in singles and ringtones. And the RIAA certified Faith Hill’s Joy To The World, Toby Keith’s That Don’t Make Me A Bad Guy, and Lee Ann Womack’s Greatest Hits as gold albums. Blake Shelton has earned another number one single, as “She Wouldn’t Be Gone” makes it two-on-a-row to top the chart.
Chuck Wicks went home to Smyrna, Delaware this past weekend for a charity concert to raise money for the community’s Boys & Girls Club. The community youth center is housed in an old building in desperate need of repairs. Chuck’s aunt and Smyrna School District Superintendent, Debbie Wicks, assisted with the project and said, “We made over $25,000 for the club's capital renovations. That seed money will help us get the detailed plans done to start on the $1,000,000 worth of badly needed repairs.” Unit Director, Trisha Moses commented that this was the biggest fundraiser the organization has ever had!
Brad Paisley has announced that the summer portion of his touring year will be called the American Saturday Night Tour. Brad will have Dierks Bentley and Jimmy Wayne along to bring the Saturday night vibe to any night of the week throughout the 41-date run around the US and Canada. The closest the tour is coming to our area will be Thursday, September 17th in Albuquerque at the Journal Pavilion. Also look for Brad on the current cover of Guitar Player magazine.
TV Appearances
February 4th: Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts, Carrie Underwood, and Taylor Swift will be guests on Katie Couric's All Access Grammy® Special on CBS.
March 5th: Taylor Swift’s appearance on CSI.
And finally, here’s a strange coincidence for you. This past weekend, a million dollar mansion in Nashville caught fire. Due to the wind and cold weather conditions, there was little fire fighters could do to save it, so it burnt to the ground. Fire investigators are trying to determine the cause. But that’s not the whole story. It turns out that this particular mansion was built by Roy Orbison in 1963. For a period of time in the early 1980s, it was owned by the late Tammy Wynette. Strangely, this marks three homes that were built for Roy that have erupted in fire. In the first house fire, two of Roy’s sons died, and the second home that caught fire belonged to Johnny Cash at the time.
There’s more gold in them there hills for several country artists. Miranda Lambert’s “Gunpowder & Lead” reached sales of 500,000 in singles and ringtones. And the RIAA certified Faith Hill’s Joy To The World, Toby Keith’s That Don’t Make Me A Bad Guy, and Lee Ann Womack’s Greatest Hits as gold albums. Blake Shelton has earned another number one single, as “She Wouldn’t Be Gone” makes it two-on-a-row to top the chart.
Chuck Wicks went home to Smyrna, Delaware this past weekend for a charity concert to raise money for the community’s Boys & Girls Club. The community youth center is housed in an old building in desperate need of repairs. Chuck’s aunt and Smyrna School District Superintendent, Debbie Wicks, assisted with the project and said, “We made over $25,000 for the club's capital renovations. That seed money will help us get the detailed plans done to start on the $1,000,000 worth of badly needed repairs.” Unit Director, Trisha Moses commented that this was the biggest fundraiser the organization has ever had!
Brad Paisley has announced that the summer portion of his touring year will be called the American Saturday Night Tour. Brad will have Dierks Bentley and Jimmy Wayne along to bring the Saturday night vibe to any night of the week throughout the 41-date run around the US and Canada. The closest the tour is coming to our area will be Thursday, September 17th in Albuquerque at the Journal Pavilion. Also look for Brad on the current cover of Guitar Player magazine.TV Appearances
February 4th: Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts, Carrie Underwood, and Taylor Swift will be guests on Katie Couric's All Access Grammy® Special on CBS.
March 5th: Taylor Swift’s appearance on CSI.
And finally, here’s a strange coincidence for you. This past weekend, a million dollar mansion in Nashville caught fire. Due to the wind and cold weather conditions, there was little fire fighters could do to save it, so it burnt to the ground. Fire investigators are trying to determine the cause. But that’s not the whole story. It turns out that this particular mansion was built by Roy Orbison in 1963. For a period of time in the early 1980s, it was owned by the late Tammy Wynette. Strangely, this marks three homes that were built for Roy that have erupted in fire. In the first house fire, two of Roy’s sons died, and the second home that caught fire belonged to Johnny Cash at the time.
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