Comments on: News Roundup for July 14, 2011

By: Jeremy Dylan

Jeremy Dylan — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:33:30 +0000

It’s a bit like when Springsteen was being hailed as the new Dylan (Bob, obviously, not me). Thirty-odd years later, the old one is still doing pretty good.

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 02:22:24 +0000

What I want to know is, what’s wrong with the old Alan Jackson and the old George Strait? I’m not writing them off just yet! Especially not with that new song Strait just came out with.

By: Jeremy Dylan

Jeremy Dylan — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 23:58:39 +0000

Easton Corbin is the new George Strait! Now all we need is a new Alan Jackson…

Rick, I draw your attention to Craig Campbell.

By: Matt Bjorke

Matt Bjorke — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:43:29 +0000

I’m A Little More Late Than That…Oh the comedy with that title. Could even write a parody of “I’m A Little More Country Than That” and get all trailer park redneck-y with it (if somebody hasn’t written it yet).

By: Leeann Ward

Leeann Ward — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:06:44 +0000

Easton Corbin is no replacement for George Strait yet. He’s got more work to do. Then again, our Retro Single Reviews at CU remind me that Strait didn’t exactly knock it out of the park with his debut album/first few singles either.

By: Juli Thanki

Juli Thanki — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:40:04 +0000

And Corbin’s “Roll With It” hit #1 in late October of 2010. For some reason I thought it was a little more late than that.

By: CMW

CMW — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:37:28 +0000

Wikipedia says that although “What’s It to You” and “Live Until I Die” were both released in 1993, the latter didn’t hit #1 until late January of 1994. So that explains where they’re getting the 17.

By: Juli Thanki

Juli Thanki — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:18:31 +0000

I believe you’re correct, Michael. “What’s It To You” and “Live Until I Die” were Walker’s first singles and consecutive #1s. It was in ’93, so either this press release is wrong or there was some other dude in ’94. I’m guessing the former.

By: Michael A.

Michael A. — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:01:46 +0000

Just out of curiousity since I’m a chart trivia geek… who was that solo male artist to have his first two singles hit #1 17 years ago? I’m thinking Clay Walker. Didn’t Darius Rucker do the same thing a couple of years ago though? Maybe it doesn’t “count” since he has a history on the pop charts.

By: Rick

Rick — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:20:09 +0000

Easton Corbin is the new George Strait! Now all we need is a new Alan Jackson…

The entire AirHead Country modern music scene jumped the shark years ago. Unfortunately the Top 40 corporate program director types are proud of what they’ve accomplished and want to do it even moreso! Quality, “real” country music on AirHead Country radio is about as rare as hen’s teeth these days.

I’ve developed an allergy to songs with “Honeybee” in the title. Too bad Pokey.