Kasey Anderson Charged with Wire Fraud; Emmylou Harris Charged with Hit-and-Run; Stream SteelDrivers’ Hammer Down
- Patty Andrews, the last surviving member of the Andrews Sisters, died of natural causes yesterday at the age of 94.
- L.A. prosecutors have charged Emmylou Harris with hit-and-run for “failing to exchange information with a driver whose car she hit on a freeway on Oct. 1.”
- Stream the SteelDrivers’ new record, Hammer Down, at Twang Nation.
- Jim Myers of the Tennessean recapped last night’s Cowboy Jack Clement tribute/benefit concert.
- In celebration of his No. 1 album, Gary Allan is offering an acoustic version of “Every Storm (Runs Out of Rain)” for free download on his website. (warning: autoplay)
- Federal charges have been filed against alt-country singer-songwriter Kasey Anderson following “an investigation into allegations that he bilked investors out of hundreds of thousands of dollars promoting a bogus charity album he said would feature songs from mega-artists like Bruce Springsteen, Pearl Jam and Lady Gaga…In 2009, according to a complaint and a search warrant served in December for Anderson’s email accounts, Anderson convinced two groups totaling about 30 investors, to give him more than $525,000 for the project. No album was produced and nearly $370,000 was lost, according to the charges. The charges allege that Anderson had met some of the investors after they had helped him fund a successful European tour with The Honkies. In his original offering memorandum, he had confirmed participation from Eddie Vedder and Pearl Jam, R.E.M, Tom Waits, Willie Nelson, the Foo Fighters, Johnny Depp and others, according to the charges. The offering said the project would cost a total of $206,000, of which he would come up with half himself and tap investors for the other half. He predicted the album — which would be titled ‘Trapped Like a Ghost’ — would sell 85,000 copies and be downloaded 100,000 times.”
- Here’s an article from mid-December in which Anderson said he’d been diagnosed as Type 1 bipolar, which is “characterized by severe mania, risky behavior, delusions, and ‘spending sprees or unwise financial choices.’” Anderson is also quoted as saying, “I didn’t set out to do this. I abhor the person that I was, and the person that I am. I don’t want to be this person. I don’t want to be a person who is capable of those things, and when I think about it, don’t know how I could be. I’m not that person in my heart.” (h/t Blake Boldt)
- Steve Earle’s next album, The Low Country, drops April 16. Give a listen to a track from that record, “Calico Country,” at Rolling Stone.
- The Trishas taped a segment for an episode of Alternate Root TV.
- Elizabeth “Lady Grantham” McGovern digs Gretchen Peters.
- Steve Baltin of Rolling Stone reviewed the Lady Antebellum-Stevie Nicks CMT Crossroads episode taping and posted the setlist.
- Paste premiered “Ain’t It Your Birthday,” a song from Jonny Fritz’s forthcoming album, Dad Country (out April 16).
- Miranda Lambert helped launch The Pedigree Feeding Project, a “new initiative by the company to supply one pet shelter in a worthy community with a year’s supply of dog food.”
- Alabama Shakes will perform on Saturday Night Live February 16.
- Shovels & Rope were on Letterman last night. Watch their performance here.
- On Tuesday, Kris Kristofferson fielded fan questions for a Sirius XM broadcast. CMT’s Whitney Self recapped the event.
- Out March 5: Luke Bryan’s Spring Break…Here to Party.
- Jason Aldean has been added to the February 26 All for the Hall benefit concert lineup.
- Brad Davis is releasing three albums in 2013.
- Chet Flippo’s new Nashville Skyline column is all about Duane Allman.
- Nic Jones won Folk Singer of the Year honors at yesterday’s BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. The full list of winners can be found here.
- At the Midsouth Emmy Awards held earlier this week, Bluegrass Underground won an award for excellence in lighting design and execution.
- Chuck Dauphin shines Billboard’s spotlight on Austin Webb.
- Jewly Hight interviewed Shemekia Copeland for CMT Edge.
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January 31, 2013 at 1:10 pm
“Kasey Anderson Charged with Wire Fraud; Emmylou Harris Charged with Hit-and-Run…” “I didn’t set out to do this. I abhor the person that I was, and the person that I am…”
This is really too much to deal with and sort out.
How ’bout we just say Emmylou Harris ran over Kasey Anderson for stealing her money and leave it at that.
January 31, 2013 at 1:11 pm
thanks as always.
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