Comments on: Emmylou Harris Celebrates 20 Years of Opry Membership; Free Music From Missy Raines; Dolly Parton is Hot

By: Rick

Rick — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:36:57 +0000

A music pal in England sent me a link to an album review in The Guardian of something that sounds quite interesting! Its by a new male/female duo named “My Darling Clementine” and the album title is “How Do You Plead?”. Here are the first couple sentences of the review:

“Michael Weston King sounds as if he was born at the wrong time, in the wrong place. The former leader of the British alt-country band the Good Sons, he is now joined by his partner Louise Dalgleish for an album of country duets that sound as if they were written in the 60s or 70s. It’s a finely crafted tribute to the classic country duos such as Johnny Cash and June Carter or George Jones and Tammy Wynette, with all the songs written by King and Dalgleish and several sounding like lost classics.”

Full review: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/nov/10/my-darling-clementine-cd-review

If it’s anywhere near as good as the recent DooWop album “Good Ol’ Fashioned Love” by the Brit band “The Overtones”, I’m in! (lol)

By: Jeremy Dylan

Jeremy Dylan — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 23:02:44 +0000

Linda Ronstadt and Dolly Parton made the Men’s Health 100 Hottest Women of All Time list, coming in at 93 and 92, respectively.

Does this mean Emmylou Harris is not on that list? If so, it is balderdash of the first order and not worth any man’s time.

By: Ben Foster

Ben Foster — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 02:40:35 +0000

Opty alert? Hmmm…

I have got to make it to Emmylou’s Opry Anniversary show. If I don’t attend any other shows throughout the whole of 2012, I at least must be at that one!

By: Rick

Rick — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:58:09 +0000

Lone Star Music has released the list of their 50 best selling albums of 2011 and only two of them are by female artists! Sunny Sweeney’s “Concrete” is at # 20 and the Pistol Annie’s “Hell On Heels” is at # 47 and that’s it! I hate to admit I have anything in common with Red Dirt music fans, but those are my two favorite female artist albums of 2011 as well. Crikey! (lol)

Link: https://www.lonestarmusic.com/index.php?file=staticpage&type=STATIC_43

Opty Alert! Tonight’s Opry will feature Joe Diffie, Steve Wariner, Will Hoge, and Ricky Skaggs. Grade B. Saturday night’s Opry gets a whole lot more interesting and will feature Emmylou Harris, the Civil Wars, Keb Mo, Ella Mae Bowen, The Grascals, and Steve Wariner. Definitely an “E Ticket” Opry on Saturday! Grade A!