Comments on: Luke Bryan Wins Nine American Country Awards; Ronnie Fauss Releases Free Christmas MP3; New Album Releases

By: Rick

Rick — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 00:45:05 +0000

I take it Buddy Miller is not a fan of Barbershop Quartet music either. That 4th part must really drive him buggy… In the mid-1950′s SUN label’s The Miller Sisters (actually sisters in law) had fantastic female two part harmony singing. If only they had been allowed by their “manager” (the brother of one gal and husband to the other) to be managed by Col. Tom Parker when he made the offer at an Elvis concert in 1955. Oh well…

Jon W. with a column at the Bluegrass Situation! Crikey, not even Los Angeles is safe from that guy! (lol) Speaking of the sage of Engine145 (or is it gadfly? Hmmm), Jon will be doing a solo performance on the February 6th Bluegrass Edition of Music City Roots. I kind of wish I could be there in the audience…(to boo at Jon that is) (lol)

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 17:37:21 +0000

And, by the way, as much as I respect Buddy Miller, I think he’s all wet about harmony. He needs to listen to more bluegrass – there’s a million great trios therein.

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 17:35:30 +0000

MH, that’s not “revisionist history,” that’s merely the latest in an ongoing string of changes in chart methodology that was already old by the time Ms. Smith debuted. Ms. Smith’s accomplishment wasn’t directly comparable to earlier ones, either, so where’s the beef?

By: MH

MH — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 16:10:57 +0000

Jon,

Connie Smith did not have the luxury of streaming, iTunes downloads, and the Billboard Hot 100 chart as part of the formula to determine a #1 song on the Billboard Country Song chart.

By: Arlene

Arlene — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:41:36 +0000

That Buddy Miller quote about harmony singing is interesting but I’m glad he added the qualifier “most.” I don’t think of the McCrary Sisters’ harmony vocals on their record he produced as “too sweet” and as for the comparison between male and female duets, I can’t think of any duets that have more “meat” than the ones by Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard.

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 17:29:16 +0000

Revisionist how?

By: MH

MH — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 17:03:50 +0000

“Swift’s “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” is in its ninth straight week atop the Billboard Country Songs chart. Writes Sarah Skates for MusicRow.com, This sets a record for the most weeks at No. 1 on that chart by a female solo artist, surpassing Connie Smith’s eight-week run with “Once A Day” in 1964. “Never Ever” has sold more than 2.6 million downloads in the U.S.”

Gotta love revisionist history.