Comments on: Eric Church’s Chief Goes Platinum; How Listeners Shape Music Evolution; Chatham County Line Video Premiere

By: luckyoldsun

luckyoldsun — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 14:54:01 +0000

The line is a quote from the article.
Maybe Peter Cooper’s writing got garbled in the editing. Or maybe he was being “ironic”–to use a word that’s popular in this thread.

By: Jon

Jon — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 14:43:04 +0000

A small town that’s evidently on a different planet than the one luckyoldsun lives on.

By: luckyoldsun

luckyoldsun — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 05:41:32 +0000

(and Garth still sings back-up on the new Don Williams, btw)

Not only that, but he sings in a high, soaring female voice.

By: Barry Mazor

Barry Mazor — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 00:36:14 +0000

Yes; Garth Fundis was working with Reynolds–at first, as a back-up singer (and Garth still sings back-up on the new Don Williams, btw) –and that’s also where his production work and experience began.. The musical side of Nashville is a small town in many ways..

By: bll

bll — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 00:11:35 +0000

Do tell, Barry, I love finding out about people; I knew Allan worked with Cowboy Jack (hence Jack’s Tracks)but I’m unaware of the connection with Garth Fundis. This site is a fount of information!

By: Barry Mazor

Barry Mazor — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 00:04:38 +0000

That becomes less “ironic,” BLL, if you follow back where Garth Fundis came from, too..and the role Alan Reynolds–protege of Cowboy Jack Clement –played in that story..

By: bll

bll — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 00:00:13 +0000

How ironic that Don Williams started with Garth Brooks’ producer and is now with Trisha Yearwood-Brooks’ producer.

By: luckyoldsun

luckyoldsun — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 01:15:40 +0000

“… a recently-published paper about how listeners shape the evolution of music: The research supports the theory that culture and art are shaped by processes similar to those in biological evolution…”

One of my favorite country music anecdotes is about a hotshot label or publishing executive who was telling a colleague that he’s looking for only contemporary, upscale sounding material, and “none of that country bumpkin stuff.” The conversation was overheard by a songwriter named Wayne who was incensed at the attitude and based on that snippet of conversation was inspired to write a song called “Country Bumpkin”–and it became Number 1 hit career record for Cal Smith and the CMA/ACM song of the year.

In essence, the song was written precisely because its subject matter was thought to be out of fashion–and it turned out to be bigger than any of the in-fashion material that the executive bought that year.

Maybe someone else who knows the story better than I do will correct me if I got parts of it wrong or provide additonal info.

By: Rick

Rick — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 19:57:39 +0000

Opry Alert! Tonight’s show will feature what’s left of Love & Theft, what’s left of The Derailers, Mark Wills, and Big and Rich. Ummm, that’s what I call slim pickens. Grade: B-
Schedule: http://www.opry.com/shows/ThisWeek.html

Oh great, as if Eric Church wasn’t conceited enough already…

Thanks for the Corb Lund and Chatham County Line links. That’s good stuff, eh?