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Nailing Down A Great Debut

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MCA Nashville’s release I’m About To Come Alive by David Nail garners this year’s third highest new artist debut on the country charts. Alive also sits in the Top 20 on the Top 200, and single “Red Light” is Top 40 on MusicRow’s Country Breakout Chart after only eight weeks.

Nail met country legends George Jones and Gene Watson this week as they shared the stage for a taping of the Crook & Chase television show at the Country Music Hall of Fame. The episode, with interviews and performances, premieres Thursday, Sept. 3 at 7 PM/CT on RFD-TV (Comcast ch. 136 in Nashville, Dish Network ch. 231, DIRECTV ch. 345). Re-airs are scheduled for Sept. 4 at 10 AM/CT and Sept. 5 at 6 PM/CT.

(L to R) "Crook & Chase's" Lorianne Crook, David Nail, Gene Watson, George Jones and "Crook & Chase's" Charlie Chase CREDIT: Sandra Petrucci/Copyright Jim Owens Entertainment

(L to R) "Crook & Chase's" Lorianne Crook, David Nail, Gene Watson, George Jones and "Crook & Chase's" Charlie Chase. Photo Credit: Sandra Petrucci/Jim Owens Entertainment

Chesney Pens ESPN Song, Heads For “Austin City Limits”

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chesneyIt’s widely known that Kenny Chesney is a huge football fan, and now he has put pen to paper and written a song about the game that will be used exclusively by ESPN this fall.

“It was one of those moments of spontaneous inspiration,” he recalls. “We were talking about how much goes into getting on that field, what it means to those guys out there… and Bill Bonnell turns to me and says, ‘You oughta write a song about it… ‘I mean, there we were at Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse with [announcer] Brett Musburger, [sports analyst] Kirk Herbstreit and the head producer of ESPN Saturday Night Football on ABC [Bonnell]—and the next morning I’m gonna do College Game Day—and it just hit me! I asked for a cocktail napkin, and started writing the verses and the chorus.”

“This Is Our Moment” debuts across the ESPN properties, including their ABC network live college telecasts as part of Football Kickoff Weekend on Sept. 3.

Chesney is also set for PBS’s legendary concert show Austin City Limits, debuting Oct. 17. The special will feature stripped down performances of some of his biggest hits such as “Beer In Mexico,” “Summertime” and “Young.” Chesney also reaches into his more contemplative songs with “Anything But Mine” and the never before performed “Somewhere In The Sun.” Joining him are percussionist Drummie Zeb from the Wailers, and singer/songwriter Mac McAnally, who appears on the duet “Down The Road.”

TV Time: Mandrell, Gloriana, Reba, Oaks

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Lorianne Crook, Barbara Mandrell and Charlie Chase

Barbara Mandrell appeared on Crook & Chase as part of the show’s six-week stint of live tapings at the Country Music Hall of Fame. In the interview, she discussed her passion for gardening and the upcoming public dedication of the Nashville Music Garden on Sept. 29. Located at the corner of Fourth Avenue and Demonbreun (in the Hall of Fame Park), the 2,700-square-foot public garden honors those that have made a positive impact on Nashville’s entertainment industry. The garden was conceptualized three years ago when Mandrell gave her namesake rose to friend and avid gardener Pat Bullard, trustee of the LifeWorks Foundation.

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Reba McEntire will perform her new song, “Consider Me Gone” on NBC’s hit summer series America’s Got Talent Wed., Aug. 26 (9-10 p.m. ET). McEntire released her 31st studio album, Keep on Loving You, on Aug. 18. The lead single from her new album, “Strange,” has become her second consecutive Top 10 single of 2009 and her new single, “Consider Me Gone,” is currently rising up the country charts.

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The Oak Ridge Boys’ performance at South By Southwest in Austin was taped for repeated airings on Direct TV and broadcast live from the festival. The SXSW Live premiere is scheduled for Mon., Sept. 7 at 9:00PM ET/PT. The Oak’s set includes their own songs like “The Boys Are Back,” “Tryin’ to Love Two Women,” and “Elvira,” as well as covers such as the White Stripes’ “Seven Nation Army” and Garth Brooks’ “Callin’ Baton Rouge.”

The Oaks will also appear on Feed The Children’s “Americans Feeding Americans” television special.

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Gloriana is back in New York City this week opening for Taylor Swift on her Fearless 2009 Tour at Madison Square Garden on Aug. 27. While in town the group will have their first national television performances live on Good Morning America Fri., Aug. 28 and the Today Show, which will air on Friday as well. The band is promoting its self-titled album (Emblem Music Group/Warner Bros. Records), which debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard Country Album Chart and No. 3 on Billboard’s Top 200. The album had the best first week sales of any new country artist with a debut album in 2009. Their single “Wild At Heart” is the best selling song by a new country act in 2009 having sold 300,000 copies to date.

Rucker And Team Toast Platinum Album

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Photo 2: (Top Row L-R) Charles Vegara, (McGhee Entertainment), Jason Hauser (McGhee Entertainment), Melanie Wetherbee (McGhee Entertainment), Doc McGhee (McGhee Entertainment), Mike Dungan (President/CEO Capitol Records Nashville) & Cindy Mabe (SVP Marketing Capitol Records Nashville) (Bottom Row L-R): Steve Hodges (SVP Promotion Capitol Records Nashville), Scott McGhee (McGhee Entertainment), Rucker, Frank Rand (McGhee Entertainment), & Frank Rogers (Learn to Live Producer).

(Top row L-R) Charles Vegara, (McGhee Entertainment), Jason Hauser (McGhee), Melanie Wetherbee (McGhee), Doc McGhee (McGhee), Mike Dungan (President/CEO Capitol Records Nashville) & Cindy Mabe (SVP Marketing Capitol). (Bottom row L-R): Steve Hodges (SVP Promotion Capitol), Scott McGhee (McGhee), Rucker, Frank Rand (McGhee), & Frank Rogers ("Learn to Live" Producer).

Capitol Records Nashville threw a party for Darius Rucker last week to celebrate the success of his country debut album Learn To Live which was just certified Platinum by the RIAA for shipments of over one million copies.

Rucker will continue the celebration tomorrow (8/25) at his No. 1 party for his latest song “Alright.” All three of Rucker’s singles (“Don’t Think I Don’t Think About It,” “It Won’t Be Like This For Long,” and “Alright”) have shot to the top of the Country Singles charts.

After his No. 1 party, Rucker will head to the Grand Ole Opry House to perform a free show for Samsung AT&T’s 3rd Annual Summer Krush series. A portion of the performance will air on Jimmy Kimmel Live this Thurs., Aug. 27. He will also be one of the artists featured Aug. 31 on ABC’s CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock, as well as upcoming Unstoppable Tour dates with Rascal Flatts.

Block Party Cancelled, Currington On Letterman, Early Reba Sales

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davidDue to severe storms predicted for this evening, the St. Jude folks have had to cancel tonight’s (8/20) 20th Anniversary Country Cares block party. They are hoping to reschedule, but don’t yet have a date.
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“Absolute perfection,” is what David Letterman said of Billy Currington’s hit “People Are Crazy,” when the singer played the Late Show last night. See the video of Letterman and the performance here. The song was written by Bobby Braddock and Troy Jones. Read a recent Bobby Braddock interview here.

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Reba McEntire released her first solo studio album in 6 years Tuesday (8/18) and it became the most-downloaded country album on iTunes in a matter of hours. By noon CT that day, Keep On Loving You, had also risen to the No. 3 most-downloaded album across all genres.

She stars in a new installment of Invitation Only, premiering tomorrow (8/21) at 8 PM/CT on CMT. The concert shows her performing before a small studio audience at the Grand Ole Opry House’s Studio A, taking questions from fans and revealing candid answers.

Photo attached features (from l-to-r): Jay Frank- Senior Vice President, Music Strategy, CMT; Brian Philips – President, CMT; McEntire; Scott Borchetta - President and CEO of Big Machine Records and The Valory Music Co.; and John Hamlin - Senior Vice President, Production and Development, CMT Photo credit: Rick Diamond

Pictured at the taping of "CMT Invitation Only" (L-R): Jay Frank- Senior Vice President, Music Strategy, CMT; Brian Philips – President, CMT; McEntire; Scott Borchetta - President and CEO of Big Machine Records and The Valory Music Co.; and John Hamlin - Senior Vice President, Production and Development, CMT Photo credit: Rick Diamond

TV Shuffle: Reba, Billy, Shania, Brad, Love & Theft

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Photo credit: Kristi Boyd

Reba McEntire will be on this week’s CMT Top 20 Countdown, chatting with host Lance Smith about her new album, and her installment of CMT’s Invitation Only which premieres this Friday, August 21 at 8:00 PM/CT.

Tomorrow, (8/19) from 2:45-3:15 PM/CT, Reba will conduct a live Web chat from New York City in partnership with USTREAM and Facebook. Click here or go to www.facebook.com/reba for more information.

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Billy Currington will perform tonight, Tues., Aug. 18 on CBS’s The Late Show With David Letterman.

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Shania Twain will be a guest judge when the American Idol auditions hit Chicago Aug. 30-31, according to People.com. Among the other guests on the panel this season will be Victoria Beckham and Mary J. Blige. They are filling in for Paula Abdul who will not return this season.

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paisleyBrad Paisley’s new video for his current single, “Welcome to the Future,” is available online at bradpaisley.com, youtube.com/bradpaisley and cmt.com, as well as on CMT and GAC. The video is directed by Jim Shea, who also worked on Paisley’s award winning videos “Waitin’ On A Woman,” “Start A Band,” “Online” and “When I Get Where I’m Going.” It was filmed in New York City; Washington, DC; Los Angeles; Tokyo and Kumamoto Japan.

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Carolwood Records trio Love And Theft will make their first-ever national TV appearance this Friday, August 21 when they perform on NBC’s Today Show. Love And Theft will chat with the Today Show’s Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb and play their hit single “Runaway” during the 10 AM broadcast.

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Miley Cyrus will close out the Today show’s summer concert on Aug. 28 at Rockefeller Center. She is replacing Mariah Carey who was originally scheduled for that date.

Benefits, Video Golf, TV Appearances and More

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Jack Ingram

Jack Ingram will be featured on the Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader game show for charity this week to support his new philanthropic partner Friends of TOMS, the non-profit partner of TOMS Shoes. He will also make his Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien debut on Fri., Aug. 14., where he will perform “Barefoot & Crazy,”  the lead single off his forthcoming Big Machine Records album Big Dreams & High Hopes, out Aug. 25.

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“One in Every Crowd,” the hit Montgomery Gentry song co-written by Ira Dean, will be featured on Golden Tee Golf’s newest release, Golden Tee 2010. The popular video golf game can be found in bars across the US. A trailer for the game, featuring Ira Dean Band, can be found here.

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A benefit for Mel McDaniel will be held today (8/13) at the Nashville Palace at 6 p.m. There will be over thirty entertainers, and more than 70 items available in a silent auction. $10 donation at the door. Additional donations: checks payable to Mel McDaniel; mail to Two Rivers Campground c/o Cathy Rust 2616 Music Valley Drive,  Nashville, TN 37214.

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Emily West

Emily West

Capitol Records Nashville recording artist Emily West recently appeared on TNT network’s Wedding Day show. She sang the self-penned song “If I Get Married” for the featured couple’s first dance. Also coming, West will tape an episode of Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader with Jeff Foxworthy, and sing the national anthem at LP Field for the Tennessee Titans’ pre-season game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

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The Lost Trailers broke an attendance record Tuesday night at the Alpena County Fairgrounds in Alpena, Michigan, by packing over 5,000 country fans into the grandstands.  This stop was one of many during the band’s busy summer tour, which also includes shows with Tim McGraw and Montgomery Gentry, among others.

RFD Planning New Show “Larry’s Country Diner”

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Whisperin’ Bill Anderson will be the first musical guest on a new show being created in Nashville at RFD-TV called Larry’s Country Diner, scheduled to debut on Sept. 3.

Taped in a typical diner setting, the show is hosted by broadcast personality/producer Larry Black, who is joined by regular cast members, along with announcer Keith Bilbrey.

Anderson will perform on the first show and artists already booked for future shows include Larry Gatlin, The Whites, Jim Ed Brown, Gene Watson, Jeannie Seely, T. Graham Brown, and Bobby Bare.

Larry’s Country Diner is a 60-minute show, which is scheduled to air on RFD-TV every Thursday night at 6:00pm/Eastern and will re-broadcast every Saturday night at 11:00pm/Eastern.bill-anderson

Appearances: Adkins, Worley & Bacon Brothers

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Adkins and Simmons

Trace Adkins will appear on this week’s episode of A&E’s reality show, Gene Simmons Family Jewels, set to air Aug. 9 at 8:30 CT. In the episode, titled “Rootin’ Tootin’ Gene,” Simmons travels to Nashville as a favor to KISS’ manager and takes a country band under his wing. Adkins stops by the studio to surprise his former Celebrity Apprentice co-star and friend. Also in the episode, Simmons visits the Loveless Cafe along with Jypsi and Drew Davis Band.

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The Bacon Brothers will make their Opry debut Tues., Sept. 1 when they appear alongside the Bellamy Brothers to perform the Bellamy’s current single, “Guilty of the Crime,” on which both sets of brothers appear. This marks the first public appearance for the Bacons and the Bellamys together. The song is the first single from The Bellamy Brothers’ newest album The Anthology, Vol. 1 available digitally now and in stores Sept. 29.

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Darryl Worley will perform at the Wilson County Fair in Lebanon, TN on Mon., Aug. 24 at 7 PM. For more information, visit www.wilsoncountyfair.net.

Big Green Ringtones, IBMA, and More

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aldeaNJason Aldean’s “Big Green Tractor” is in its fourth consecutive week at the top of iTunes’ all-genre ringtone chart. Additionally, among Verizon’s 84 million subscribers, it is this week’s No. 1 most downloaded ringtone, in front of such megastars as The Black Eyes Peas, Mariah Carey and the late Michael Jackson. Aldean’s “Big Green Tractor” is consistently more than doubling any other country song on the Ringscan chart.

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Del McCoury and Alan O’Bryant will announce the final nominees for the 20th Annual International Bluegrass Music Awards at a press conference on Thurs., Aug. 13 at the Country Music Hall of Fame’s Ford Theater. IBMA Hall of Fame inductees and Distinguished Achievement Award honorees will also be announced.  The awards show will take place on Thurs., Oct. 1, at the Ryman Auditorium. An all-star collaboration of reigning and former IBMA Award recipients, including Dailey & Vincent, Dale Ann Bradley, Adam Steffey, Stuart Duncan, Scott Vestal, Phil Leadbetter, Josh Williams and Mike Bub, will perform at the press conference.

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Clear Channel will start selling ads for Pandora, with its ad sales rep firm Katz Media Group handling the placements. This is significant because online radio station Pandora is expanding its inventory beyond simple display advertising into in-stream audio advertising, a growing market. The free radio service credits the addition of in-stream audio inventory for its ongoing sales growth.

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JB Rocket and Steel Magnolia are the last duos remaining on CMT’s Can You Duet. After weeks of  auditions and performances in front of a live audience, the winning duo will be announced on Sat., Aug. 8 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT on CMT. Hosted by CMT’s Lance Smith, Can You Duet’s panel of celebrity and expert judge/mentors includes Naomi Judd, Big Kenny, and Big Machine Records’ President Scott Borchetta. JB Rocket were paired by the judges. The winning duo will record an album to be released by Big Machine Records.

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Sugarland: Live on the Inside airs tonight, (8/3) from 7-8 PM/CT on ABC. Tomorrow, the Grammy winning duo will release their CD/DVD set, entitled Live On The Inside, exclusively at Walmart.