Badfish
Announces Lineup For Fourth Annual Garden Grove Festival
With each passing year, the annual Garden Grove Festival continues to grow in
size and scope. Hosted by touring powerhouse band Badfish, a Tribute to Sublime,
the fourth annual Garden Grove Festival will be held Saturday July 25, returning
to the 2500+ capacity Stone Pony Summer Stage in Asbury Park, New Jersey for the
second straight year. . In addition to Badfish, other bands confirmed to perform
are Scotty Don’t (the original alter ego of Badfish), Full Service, Good
Question, Barry & The Penetrators, Ballyhoo!, Flights Kool, Almost There,
Entelechy, and The Ice Picks. The all ages show will begin at 4 p.m., and
tickets are $20 advance/ $25 day of show.
The first Garden Grove Festival took place in the summer of 2006 at the
Palladium in Worcester, Massachusetts, and with it was born the idea of an all
day annual event to celebrate the music and spirit of Sublime, with Badfish and
some of their favorite bands, many of whom were inspired by Sublime. With nearly
1800 people in attendance in that first year, Badfish expanded the festival in
it's second year by moving it to the 3000-capacity outdoor amphitheater Indian
Ranch in nearby Webster, MA. It was an all-day, two-stage event featuring
Badfish and other bands such as Zox, Scotty Don't, Stealing Jane, Baldi &
Suburban Graffiti. Last year, the festival was moved to the Stone Pony, and drew
almost 2000 fans. This year, the capacity has been raised from 2100 to 2500,
with the tradition of music on two stages lasting long into the night continues.
"You’ve got the sun, the beach, the waves crashing, frosty beverages, and the
music of Sublime,” said Michael Maietta of Creative Entertainment Group, veteran
manager of Badfish and Scotty Don’t. “Garden Grove Fest is the ultimate summer
activity."
For tickets or more information, please visit
http://www.gardengrovefestival.com/
“Great
American Salute with Lonestar” Airs July 4th on GAC!
Country super group LONESTAR will air “Great American Salute with Lonestar” on
July 4th 2009 at 4:30 PM EST on Great American Country (GAC). If you miss it the
first time, the show will re-air on July 5th at 8:00 PM EST.
The band made their first trip to Iraq in early 2009 to perform for our troops
and see what life is like firsthand for our soldiers. This one hour special will
take you through their time overseas and give you a glimpse into “A soldier’s
life.”
For more information on Lonestar, please visit their website at
www.lonestarnow.com.
Lime
Wire Announces Partnership With CD Baby
Lime Wire LLC today announced a partnership with CD Baby, one of the largest
digital distributors for independent music, representing over 240,000
independent artists, to sell their expansive digital catalogue in the LimeWire
Store. This deal brings the total number of licensed tracks to over 3.5 million.
The deal provides access to titles from artists such as Regina Spektor, Gary
Jules, Joe Purdy, Ingrid Michaelson, Melissa Ferrick, Charlotte Martin, Colin
Hay, Stan Ridgway, and hundreds of thousands more.
“CD Baby has established itself as a major player in the indie community, so we
are excited to be working together,” said Tom Monday, Director, Partner
Relations for Lime Wire. “CD Baby and LimeWire Store both champion independent
artists and give them access to new customers and revenue opportunities, so it’s
a perfect partnership, really.”
"We are very excited to add Lime Wire's rapidly growing online store as a new
partner and opportunity for CD Baby artists,” said Phil Bauer, Director of
Digital Distribution, CD Baby.
Country
Stars Celebrate July 4th In A Variety Of Ways
Marty Stuart will share a concert with an ex-president, Willie Nelson will share
a stage with Bob Dylan, Kid Rock will launch a new beer, Brad Paisley will
likely hang out at home, and Jason Michael Carroll will spend the holiday with
... Chuck Wicks’ girlfriend!?
Indeed. A bundle of events are slated across the good ol’ U.S.A. on the Fourth
of July, and country music is right smack-dab in the heart of it all.
Unless he’s got a surprise up his sleeve, however, Brad Paisley might well be
experiencing the holiday at home. That’s probably symbolic for a family man
enjoying his first American Saturday night since the release of his new album,
American Saturday Night. Brad’s heart is certainly at home, and that’s where he
spent the Fourth a year ago.
"We have two residences, and the main one is in Nashville at a farm," he says.
"I had a great Fourth of July last year ‘cause something unexpected happened: We
just stayed home. I sat on my porch, and I looked out, and I have this 30-mile
view on the front porch of our house. And all you could see were fireworks
displays, as far as the eye would see. And where the horizon falls off, you
could see them above that from even further than you thought?I bet I could see
15 different fireworks displays goin’ on. They were so far away, you couldn’t
even hear them."
Here’s what many of the genre’s other artists will doing on Independence Day:
• Marty Stuart and Sawyer Brown will perform at the Crystal Beach Arena in
Woodward, Okla., just before the fireworks — and just after a speech by former
President George W. Bush.
• Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan play Stanley Coveleski Stadium in South Bend, Ind.
Willie’s unpredictable, but he certainly ought to dust off "Living In The
Promiseland" for the occasion. Meanwhile, his Sirius Satellite Radio channel,
Willie’s Place, will broadcast his 2006 4th of July Picnic beginning at 2 p.m.
ET. The show also features Ray Price, Leon Russell and "Whiskey River"
songwriter Johnny Bush.
• Kid Rock and Lynyrd Skynyrd appear in Bonner Springs, Kan., but the biggest
event for the Kid takes place back in his homestate. The Michigan Brewing
Company in Webberville will begin manufacturing his American Badass Beer. It’s
expected to make its debut July 17 when he plays Detroit’s Comerica Park.
• "Love me some fireworks," Chuck Wicks says, mapping out the perfect Fourth.
"Give me some fireworks and a nice little beer and a woman next to me —
preferably Julianne [Hough]. Right? Rock & roll." It will not be a perfect
Fourth for Chuck. He’s playing in Charleston, Ill. Julianne joins Jason Michael
Carroll at Fort Bragg near Fayetteville, N.C.
• Toby Keith shows no tour dates on his schedule, but he’s rushing a U.S.-themed
song to radio before the fireworks start. He debuted "American Ride" in Tampa
last week, according to Country Aircheck, and played it the following two nights
in Florida as well. The local stations started begging for a copy they could get
on the air.
• Lee Greenwood will be singing "God Bless The U.S.A." at Harborfest in Norfolk,
Va., according to Pollstar. Rodney Atkins will do "It’s America" in Town Creek,
Ala. Jamie O’Neal performs "Soldier Comin’ Home" in Wellston, Ohio. Trace Adkins
will no doubt deliver "Arlington" and "‘Til The Last Shot’s Fired" at Fort
Stewart in Georgia. Aaron Tippin offers "Where The Stars And Stripes And The
Eagle Fly" during Clinton Riverboat Days in Iowa.
• Wynonna headlines Nashville’s Let Freedom Sing! concert at Riverfront Park,
one of the locations that hosted the CMA Music Festival three weeks ago. Lee Roy
Parnell and the Grascals will also appear.
• Neal McCoy’s rendition of "Wink" with former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee
airs on the Fox News Channel’s "Huckabee." Neal’s actually out of the country on
the Fourth, playing in Alberta, Canada.
• Comedian Larry The Cable Guy releases a Fourth of July special, Tailgate
Party, digitally on his website on the holiday. The show becomes available after
he completes the performance at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Neb.
• The Browns will perform on the Grand Ole Opry, celebrating the 50th
anniversary of their biggest hit, "The Three Bells." It was released July 3,
1959. Also on the Opry: John Conlee, Chris Young and Riders In The Sky.
• SHeDAISY appears at LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo, Utah, with the Jonas
Brothers. Carolina Rain plays in Salt Lake City.
• T.G. Sheppard rides the Lance Cunningham Ford Float in the Midnight Parade in
Gatlinburg, Tenn.
• Jack Ingram, who claims "Barefoot And Crazy" is "tailor-made for the Fourth,"
will perform the song in New Braunfels, Texas.
• Keith Anderson, who calls the U.S. "the greatest country in the world," will
appear in Lexington, Ky.
• A special version of the national anthem recorded by Alan Jackson will be used
to commemorate the day in his hometown of Newnan, Ga.
• Jewel appears on the NBC special "Macy’s 4th Of July Fireworks Spectacular."
• Montgomery Gentry lights up the night on the Gulf Coast in Orange Beach, Ala.
Jake Owen and Little Texas appear at the Black Hills Roundup Rodeo in Belle
Fourche, S.D. Diamond Rio plugs in at Billy Bob’s Texas in Fort Worth. James
Otto does the Bull Bash in New Hebron, Miss. Craig Morgan visits Hot Springs,
Ark. Jo Dee Messina precedes the fireworks in Fort Wayne, Ind. Clay Walker
headlines in Houston. And Dierks Bentley plays for soldiers at Fort Hood in
Killeen, Texas.
Taylor
Swift: Bomb-shell in Blue Jeans
In her latest single, "You Belong With Me," Taylor Swift sings "She wears short
skirts/I wear t-shirts," but on the August cover of Glamour magazine, she's
dubbed a "Bomb-Shell in Blue Jeans."
For the cover, Taylor sports jeans by DSquared2, which can retail for hundreds
of dollars. However, it's nothing compared to the high price of fame and the
heartache that could come with reading her own press — a practice Taylor now
avoids.
"I’ve stopped reading the comments below news articles and on gossip blogs
because those are the ones that’ll ruin your day in a second," she tells
Glamour. But I read my MySpace comments because they’re awesome. You just have
to be careful and filter the information you give yourself. Do you want to open
the slam book today? Nope."
On the subject of body insecurities, Taylor says, "I think the reason a lot of
celebrities feel insecure and want to stop eating altogether is because they see
so many pictures of themselves on a daily basis. It’s unhealthy how many times
you see your own image—it’s just constant. When you see something enough, you’re
going to tear it down to the point where some days you feel like you’re not even
pretty. I get insecure about my eyes because I once read a blog comment that
said, "Her eyes are so small." I thought, Are my eyes small? Oh no—they are!"
Big
Kenny Releases First Solo Single
Big Kenny has released his first solo single, Long After I'm Gone. Radio
Programmers have it in their PlayMPE in-boxes now.
As for Big & Rich, they're touring together this summer as a duo, even though
each has releases solo projects.
In
Color Is MusicRow Song Of The Year
For songwriters James Otto, Jamey Johnson & Lee Thomas Miller, it was a good
night. It was the 21st MusicRow Awards Monday night (6/29) as In Color became
the Song Of The Year.
Pictured: Songwriters/performers James Otto, Jamey Johnson and Lee Thomas Miller
performing In Color.
Larry
Gatlin And The Gatlin Brothers Go All In With The Pilgrimage
Larry Gatlin, the man Johnny Cash called “Pilgrim,” and the Gatlin Brothers are
back to recording under the force of Larry Gatlin’s pen. With the upcoming
release of THE PILGRIMAGE, their new album on CURB Records, the Gatlins
celebrate their love and respect for Mr. Cash and collaborate with John Carter
Cash as producer.
One night, Larry Gatlin was having dinner with his son, Joshua Cash Gatlin
(named after Johnny Cash). Over dinner, they discussed the various changes in
the music business: the way songs are written, they way they are produced, they
way they are distributed, etc. Gatlin thought for a minute, looked over at his
son and said, “The music business will never be the same… after all, Johnny Cash
is dead and his house burned down.” Upon hearing himself utter these words,
Gatlin immediately flipped the table’s placemat over and began writing.
At a subsequent dinner, not long afterward, Gatlin joined Mike Curb and walked
away from the table with a record deal. “I had dinner with Mr. Curb one night,
on a totally unrelated topic,” explains Gatlin, “and was shocked to be offered a
record deal by one of the most respected music industry professionals in
Nashville… and then we were off to the races!”
And now the single “Johnny Cash is Dead and His House Burned Down” is garnering
the attention of many and lighting up the media as did Larry Gatlin and The
Gatlin Brothers on their live performance of the song on FOX TV’s “Huckabee”
show this past weekend.
“Johnny Cash is Dead and His House Burned Down” is not just any single. There is
an incredible story to be told here. A story of a lifelong friendship. A story
of how this “Pilgrim,” Larry Gatlin, was taken under the wing of Country Music’s
most beloved outlaw, Johnny Cash, and molded into what he and his brothers have
become today. For more information regarding this remarkable story, click the
link below. THE PILGRIMAGE is currently slated for a 2009 release.
Billy
Currington Always Gets A 'Bang' Out Of The 4th
Some of Mercury/Nashville’s artist Billy Currington’s most fond memories revolve
around the Fourth of July. He spent his childhood Independence Day holidays at
the beach where he grew up in Georgia: “My best memories would be hanging out
with my mom and brother and sister on the beach at Tybee Island right off the
coast of Savannah, Georgia. We’d go there pretty much every year, and we’d light
our own fireworks and watch the ones that they had for us. They were the best
times, some of the best times of my life.”
Alan
Jackson Invites Supporting Acts For Aquapalooza
Rev up your outboard, ‘cause Alan Jackson has invited newcomers the Carter
Twins, Caitlin & Will, Jypsi, and Matt Stillwell to ride the wake of his
headlining spot at this year’s AQUAPALOOZA, the 3000 boat ‘raft up’ concert
extravaganza that takes place July 25, on Lake Martin, AL. Jackson, who has sold
more than 50 million albums, kicked off his 20th anniversary career celebration
of making Real Country Music last month, so there was plenty reminiscing going
about the good ol’e days. It followed that it was a fitting time to offer the
opening slots to talented artists who are just starting out in their careers.
The all day event will be held in the Kowaliga area of Lake Martin which is a
short drive from Birmingham and Atlanta. Attendees must come by water!! Go to
www.Aquapalooza.com
for more info.
Over the course of his career, with 16 Gold, Platinum, and Multi-Platinum albums
leading up to the release last year of Good Time– Alan Jackson has become one of
country music's most respected and honored artists and songwriters. He has sold
more than 50 million albums and has more than 100 major industry awards to his
credit. Jackson is a three-time Country Music Association Entertainer of the
Year and the most-nominated artist in CMA history. A prolific songwriter,
Jackson penned 23 of his 34 #1 singles, including his GRAMMY-winning Best
Country Song, "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)."
Jackson's most recent collection Good Time (2008) became the fourth album of his
career to debut simultaneously at #1 on Billboard's Top Country Albums and
all-genre Billboard 200 sales charts. All the songs on the album were penned by
Jackson, and three, “Small Town Southern Man”, “Good Time” and “Country Boy”,
have been #1 singles and a fourth, “Sissy’s Song”, became Jackson’s 50th Top l0
single. Just last month Jackson received a CMT Award for Performance of the Year
and was named by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce to receive a star on the
legendary Hollywood Walk of Fame.
A
Number of Nashville Music Publishers Sue Yahoo, Microsoft, RealNetworks
A group of independent music publishers in Music City are suing Microsoft,
Yahoo! and Real Networks for copyright infringement, reports The Seattle Times.
They filed a lawsuit Monday (6/29) in U.S. District Court in Tennessee, seeking
that the songs from their catalogs be removed from the companies' digital music
stores.
Plaintiffs in the lawsuit include Music Copyright Solutions (MCS), Hello Darlin’
Music, Rhinestone Cowboy Music, Happy Sack Music and Songs In Black Ink. The
plaintiffs are seeking $150,000 for each unauthorized song used. Songs from
artists like Conway Twitty, Emmylou Harris, Aretha Franklin and Grand Funk
Railroad are among the unauthorized compositions named in the suit.
Williams
Riley Sign With William Morris Endeavor
Williams Riley, who recently signed with Golden Music Nashville, has just signed
with William Morris Endeavor (WME).
Pictured: Brinson Strickland, President/CEO Golden Music Nashville; Tinti
Moffat, WME; Rob Beckham, WME; Paul Moore, WME; Steve Williams, Williams Riley;
Rick Shipp, WME; Steve Hauser, WME; Charlie Hutto, Williams Riley; Lane Wilson,
WME; and Derek George, Williams Riley.
The signing was celebrated at a special Cajun luncheon and performance at
Nashville's 12th & Porter performance hall with an enthusiastic introduction by
Kix Brooks.
Skinny
Dippin' Video In Time For A Hot Summer
Whitney Duncan sets off her own fireworks in the hot, new, summertime video for
Skinny Dippin’.
Shot shot against the picturesque scenery of Xanadu Ranch in Arrington, TN, it
is reminiscent of young love and simply living in that moment. The mood, imagery
and style of the video are that of a beautiful summer day and the elements of a
playful interaction between to people in love.
Steve
Azar Featured On The Golf Channel
Steve Azar is joining 13-time PGA Champion Kenny Perry on the Golf Channel's new
TV series, Playing Lessons From the Pros Monday night (7/6).
In this episode, Perry gives Azar a lesson on fine-tuning a short game. We'll
also discover Azar's secret to long drives.
Steve is best known for I Don't Have to Be Me ('Til Monday) and Waitin' On Joe.
His new song, Moo Lah Moo is now at COUNTRY Radio.
When he's not touring, he keeps his golf swing fresh by playing several charity
golf tournaments each year.
Tanya
Tucker's My Turn Now Available
Tanya Tucker's new album, My Turn is now available in-stores and online.
Working with producer Pete Anderson, Tanya selected songs from her childhood
that inspired her career and completely transformed their delivery and meaning
with her inimitable earthy, passionate and unflinching style.
"I always knew Tanya was a great singer,” said Anderson, “but not until she went
up against the classic country songs and singers of all time did I realize that
she is one of the greatest alive ....she made these songs her own. I am
extremely proud of the record we made.”
Tanya said, “I picked the songs my daddy always wanted me to sing. This is
really a tribute to him because he was with me throughout my entire career. He’s
now with God above but I know he’s watching over me still and loving these songs
and this record.”
She was 13 when Delta Dawn caused a nationwide stir and became a Top 10 country
hit. Since then, she has built one of the most successful and compelling careers
in music. Considered one of the one of the original females of the outlaw
country movement, she holds a Grammy, 2 CMA awards, Two ACM awards, and 3 CMT
Awards.
Tanya has 10 #1's, 33 Top 5's and 41 Top 10's.