Mellencamp & Fairchild Deliver Hope Wariner Previews Atkins Tribute
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page 1 Monday, May 11, 2009 Mellencamp said, "Those records are not Mellencamp & perfectly made—they're pretty raw. The emotion they capture is the essence. People Fairchild Deliver Hope are not alone in their loneliness. If people by David M. Ross get any bit of that message from the video "It struck me that Karen Fairchild's it would be fantastic." View the video at voice not only sounds good in Little Big Town http://twurl.nl/i2ucpq but also works well with mine," says John Mellencamp regarding the pair's newly released duet video "A Ride Back Home." Shot Wariner Previews on the campus of Indiana University, most of the shoot resides in and around the pews Atkins Tribute of Beck Chapel. "When he writes something by Peter Cronin it's as though he's speaking it, so it's a bit of On June 23, award-winning singer/ a challenge," says Fairchild. "I didn't want songwriter/guitarist/producer Steve to mess that up or get in the way, so I call it Wariner will release c.g.p., My Tribute to kind of 'chasing' John." Chet Atkins, a musical salute to his old Inspired from '30s and '40s American folk friend Chet Atkins. Recorded for Wariner’s songs, Mellencamp sees the lyric's darkness SelecTone Records, the 11-song collection as uplifting, delivering a message of hope. combines Atkins classics with Wariner Discussing great country folk recordings from originals played in the style of the late six- the Carter Family through Hank Williams string legend. Wariner has recorded a series of webisodes to introduce listeners to each track. The first clip is already posted at www.stevewariner.com, and a new one will be posted every few days leading up to the release date. In each webisode, Wariner relates the story behind the song. Occasionally he'll demonstrate one of the guitar licks he plays in the song, and in each case viewers will hear a preview of the featured track. The abbreviation "c.g.p." stands for "Certified Guitar Player," a title that Chet bestowed on only four guitar pickers: Over 3.000 Followers Tommy Emmanuel, John Knowles, the Karen Fairchild and John Mellencamp late Jerry Reed, and Steve Wariner. ©2009, MusicRow Communications, LLC—ALL RIGHTS RESERVED [email protected] page 2 Monday, May 11, 2009 #1 and "Lord Help Me...” Finally, both Daryle Singletary’s “Love You With The Lights On” and Tracy Lawrence’s “Up To Him” pick up triple digit spin gains and propel to Keith Urban No. 34 and No. 37, respectively. "Kiss A Girl" Capitol Records Nashville Frozen: KBCN, KGWY, KJCS, KSED, WQLK Urban’s “Kiss A Girl” is the CountryBreakout™ Chart’s No. 1 song New On The Chart—Debuting This Week for a second consecutive week and, Artist/song/label chart pos. remarkably, it’s been on the chart less than 10 weeks. Urban’s Escape Together Alex Woodard w/Sara Watkins/Reno/Woodshack................ 71 World Tour kicked off last Thursday Lauren Briant/Butterfly Tattoo/Average Joes...................... 73 (5/7) in Uncasville, Connecticut and will Aaron Watson/Rollercoaster Ride/Big Label....................... 74 be supported by Jason Aldean and Little Big Town. The massive Rebel Hearts/Jesse Dunn/RHR/Nine North......................... 75 trek across the US has dates scheduled through October. Lucky Seven Greatest Spin Increase Artist/song/label spin+ Taylor Swift/You Belong With Me/Big Machine.................. 447 Spin Zone Miranda Lambert/Dead Flowers/Columbia........................ 310 by Jon Freeman James Otto/Since You Brought It Up/Warner Bros............. 304 Post Mother’s Day, Keith Urban is still in charge of Brad Paisley/Then/Arista............................................... 288 the CountryBreakout™ Chart with “Kiss A Girl.” Dierks Bentley, Sugarland, Montgomery Gentry and Lady Antebellum are trailing slightly but still showing signs of growth. Eli Young Band hangs in there at No. 6, followed by Toby Keith’s “Lost You Anyway” moving up to No. 7 from No. 9. Team Sony rounds out the Top 10 with positive gains on Brad Paisley’s “Then,” Kenny Chesney’s “Out Last Night,” and Alan Jackson’s “Sissy’s Song.” “Sounds Like Life To Me,” Darryl Worley’s second release for Stroudavarious Records, is now at No. 17 after a big push. Another group crashing the Top 20 party from outside the major label complex is Emblem Records’ Gloriana, whose “Wild At Heart” is heating up at No. 20 and aided by their inclusion in Taylor Swift’s high-profile Fearless Tour. Surveying the top 40, there are a number of acts bolstered by small and mid-size labels. Mark Chesnutt’s Show Dog Nashville artist Mac McAnally entertained radio at the “She Never Got Me Over You” is making strong headway, recent Jimmy Buffett show in Frisco, Texas. Mac was in town with the moving to No. 26 in only 8 weeks. Katie Armiger’s Buffett tour as a member of the Coral Reefer Band and to promote his most recent single “Trail of Lies” is just behind at No. 27. new single "You First." (L-R): KPLX PD Mark Phillips, KVOO PD Luke Charley Rivers is still showing some positive traction on Jensen, WDTW former PD Scott Gaines, Show Dog Nashville’s SW Rep “Lovin’ In The Country," as are the Bellamy Brothers Greg Sax, McAnally, KSCS' PD Crash Poteet and KITX's PD Will Payne. ©2009, MusicRow Communications, LLC—ALL RIGHTS RESERVED [email protected] page 3 Monday, May 11, 2009 Luke Bryan/Do I/Capitol................................................ 286 Trent Tomlinson/Henry Cartwright's.../Carolwood.............. 256 Bucky Covington/I Want My Life Back/Lyric Street............ 283 Ricochet/Feel Like Fallin/mi Records............................... 231 Reba/Strange/Starstruck/Valory..................................... 268 Trace Adkins/All I Ask For Anymore/Capitol..................... 226 Vince Hatfield/Santa Barbara/Blue Moon......................... 217 On Deck—Soon To Be Charting Joey+Rory/Play The Song/Vanguard/Sugar Hill/Nine North 216 Artist/song/label spins Tanya Tucker/Love's Gonna Live Here/Saguaro Road......... 212 Burns & Poe/It's Always A Woman/Evergreen.................. 262 John Anderson/Cold Coffee/ Amanda Henkel/A Million And One/PLC Records............... 261 Country Crossing/Stroudavarious............................... 205 Charlie Allen/Proof/River Run/Big 7................................ 258 Two Week Most Added* artist/song/label ............................................. new adds James Otto/Since You Brought It Up/Warner Bros............... 62 Greatest Spin Gain Luke Bryan/Do I/Capitol................................................. 53 Joe Nichols/Believers/Universal South.............................. 38 Taylor Swift Bucky Covington/I Want My Life Back/Lyric Street.............. 35 "You Belong With Me" Miranda Lambert/Dead Flowers/Capitol............................. 35 Big Machine Records Justin Moore/Small Town USA/Valory................................ 25 Also on a colossal headlining tour of the Taylor Swift/You Belong With Me/Big Machine.................... 23 US, Taylor Swift’s just-released “You Charlie Allen/Proof/River Run/Big 7.................................. 23 Belong With Me” is again our Greatest Due West/I Get That All The Time/Bigger Than Me/9North..... 23 Spin Gain. The song picked up a hefty Trace Adkins/All I Ask For Anymore/Capitol....................... 22 447 spins in the previous week to propel Trent Tomlinson/Henry Cartwright's.../Carolwood............... 20 it to No. 22. Swift also just launched a Lee Ann Womack/Solitary Thinkin’/MCA............................ 20 special Mother’s Day promotion for her song “The Best Day” and she self-produced its accompanying video. *Total Adds rec’d over two weeks Momentum Mover Power Chart Debut Luke Bryan Alex Woodard with "Do I" Sara Watkins Capitol Records Nashville Bryan’s “Do I” still has significant "Reno" momentum, as it shoots to No. 49 in Woodshack Music its second week on the chart. Bryan’s With assistance from fiddler and upcoming sophomore album Doin’ My vocalist Sara Watkins (Nickel Creek), Thing is scheduled for an October 6 Alex Woodard’s “Reno” makes its big release. Recently Eventful.com and debut at No. 71 this week. The San Bryan announced that country fans across Diego-based singer/songwriter’s the nation will have the chance to bring Luke Bryan’s album release independently-released self-titled album is available online, and show to their city and, thanks to Eventful Demand, only the fans will he has dates lined up through summer with a variety of artists know the destination. Bryan will set his sights on whichever city including Shawn Mullins and Tyler Hilton. rallies and delivers the most Demands by the end of the competition. ©2009, MusicRow Communications, LLC—ALL RIGHTS RESERVED [email protected] page 4 Monday, May 11, 2009 In Your Own Words internet. So much for free. The musicians I work with want Jonathan Yudkin to connect with fans who love and Professional Musician appreciate the music they create, not Nashville, TN people who are drawn to the gimmick of the month like bugs to a lantern. Buy None, Get One Free Connecting with fans should focus on A response to the Mike Masnick the quality of the music, not the toy in Leadership Music Digital Summit the cereal box. Keynote We must not give up the fight against piracy and theft. We cannot During the recent Leadership adopt an "if you can't lick em, join em" Music Digital Summit I attended the attitude just because we haven't yet been keynote address from Mike Masnick, a able to stop people from stealing music. technology blogger. Masnick promotes Public awareness and understanding is a number of compelling new ideas for our greatest weapon. Authorities Jonathan Yudkin marketing, but combines them with a cannot easily prosecute violators so we dangerous trend, the essential removal have to deal with this on a societal level. of music from the "music" business. He even goes so far We have nothing to lose by pursuing the fight against as to suggest the end of copyright protection for music in music theft and piracy, and nothing to gain if we don't.