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Post by Old Fart In NC on Feb 15, 2014 20:44:59 GMT -5
^When I lived in Huntington, West Virginia (1991--1994) the station I listened to had a similar battle. It was called Showdown With the James Gang. Jesse James was the DJ that hosted the feature (I believe that was a professional name and not his real name); he used the term James Gang to refer to the listeners. Each week started off with two challengers on Monday. He took 25 callers each night, and the song with 13 or more votes moved on to face a new challenger the next night. The song that won on Friday night was the champion for the week. He basically used a seeding process, with songs by fading stars or new, lesser known artists starting earlier in the week and songs by current stars later. Friday's challenger only had to win one showdown to be the week's champion; usually that was a superstar such as Garth. I remember one week one of the Monday challengers was an obscure Gene Watson song called One and One and One. It was released on an independent Canadian label, around three years after his last Top 40 appearance. That song won all five nights to be the week's champion.
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Post by sabre14 on Feb 15, 2014 20:46:22 GMT -5
^ I remember that song. It was about a guy talking about how he was not rich but that he was right for interest, and one day he would give her "The Pearl". I just looked it up to see if this was the song I heard back then and it was. I didn't think any stations were playing that one. Do you know what label he was on?
64% to 36% is really surprising to me as well. Perhaps if it was after "Love Story" it would have been even more lopsided, or maybe "The Pearl" was that good of a song to others. I do miss when my station did those things. Change in personal has made WYRK more predictable and less risk taking in terms of adding certain singles.
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Post by Andy on Feb 15, 2014 21:49:11 GMT -5
^ Andy: For some reason, there are a lot of songs from about 1995-early 1997 that I don't remember that much. For instance, I don't remember "I Know She Still Loves Me" by George Strait, or anything off Reba's Starting Over Again album, and only barely recall Bryan White's "Sittin' on Go", to name just a few examples. I've definitely had the same thing happen to me. Occasionally, I'll be looking at an artist's discography on Wikipedia and notice a single that I have zero recollection of, despite vividly remembering all of the singles before and after it. Like, for Brooks & Dunn, I don't remember "Why Would I Say Goodbye At All", despite it reaching #8 in 1996. And despite "Between the Devil and Me" being one of my favorite Alan Jackson songs and it reaching #2 in 1997, I didn't hear it until 2009. I still have no idea how that happened.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Feb 16, 2014 1:19:03 GMT -5
^ I remember that song. It was about a guy talking about how he was not rich but that he was right for interest, and one day he would give her "The Pearl". I just looked it up to see if this was the song I heard back then and it was. I didn't think any stations were playing that one. Do you know what label he was on? 64% to 36% is really surprising to me as well. Perhaps if it was after "Love Story" it would have been even more lopsided, or maybe "The Pearl" was that good of a song to others. I do miss when my station did those things. Change in personal has made WYRK more predictable and less risk taking in terms of adding certain singles. I just now realized that it somehow fell out of my iTunes library, and wouldn't load properly until I restarted iTunes. Wonder what glitched it out. He was on "Slowroll Productions", which appeared to be his own label. For the record, I actually called in and voted for "The Pearl".
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Post by Old Fart In NC on Feb 16, 2014 1:57:26 GMT -5
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Post by sabre14 on Feb 16, 2014 14:29:47 GMT -5
Random Video Of The Day:
Artist: Chris Cagle Single: "Miss Me Baby" Writers: Chris Cagle, Monty Powell Album: Anywhere But Here Label: Capitol Nashville Video Director: Eric Welch Year Released: June 13, 2005 Radio And Records Peak: #12 Billboard Peak: #12
Chris Cagle is a 45 year old singer who was born in Louisiana, but grew up in Sugar Land, Texas. Chris moved to Nashville in 1994, but it wasn't till 2000 when an agent saw him at the resteraunt he was working at and led him to meeting Scott Hendricks. He was signed to Virgin Records (Capitol Nashville) that year. His debut single was "My Love Goes On And On" (#15). The song was off his debut album Play It Loud. The records second issued single was his first top 10 "Laredo" (#8). But the third would be his only #1 single to date "I Breathe In, I Breathe Out". The final single was the under performing "Country By The Grace Of God" (#33). His next album would be a self-titled one. The first two singles would go top 5 with "What A Beautiful Day" (#4), and "Chicks Dig It" (#5). The last single from the album would be "I'd Be Lying" (#39).
Chris would spend a while away from the charts till he came back with the lead for his Anywhere But Here album "Miss Me Baby". Though the song was released in June of 2005, it would not peak till early 2006. It reached #12 on both Radio And Records and Billboard. Unfortunately the follow up "Wal-Mart Parking Lot" would only reach a peak of #42. To this day I have no idea why that song was not embraced by country radio. The final single was the title track which only got to #52 (I still think Brice Long's version of "Anywhere But Here" is better). Once again he would be absent from the charts for a year. "What Kinda Gone" would be released in the Summer of 2007, and peak in early 2008 at #3. It would be the only hit off his My Life's Been A Country Song album, as the other two singles under performed ("No Love Songs" #53, and "Never Ever Gone" did not chart). After "Never Ever Gone" peaked Chris exited Capitols roster. He would go two years before releasing another song. This time with Bigger Picture Music Group. "Got My Country On" would get to #12 in 2011 and be the lead for Back In The Saddle. "Let There Be Cowgirls" would peak at #16 on Billboard in early 2013, and the final single "Dance Baby Dance" would somehow not be taken to by radio and peaked at #44. Chris has since exited Bigger Picture.
To me Chris Cagle is at his best, singing songs like "Miss Me Baby", "Wal-Mart Parking Lot", "Laredo", and "What Kinda Gone". This is probably my favorite of his but the for mentioned songs are also very high up there as well. Another song I can relate to unfortunately ;). "Miss Me Baby" had a slow climb up the charts. It seemed to be a song I kept forgetting was still charting when 2006 came around. His personal life many know has been rough throughout his career. Hopefully he can get his life back on track and get at least one more shot at a label because I really have liked almost all of his singles.
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Post by jamesmckee on Feb 16, 2014 14:55:59 GMT -5
Random Video Of The Day:Artist: Chris Cagle Single: "Miss Me Baby" Writers: Chris Cagle, Monty Powell Album: Anywhere But HereLabel: Capitol Nashville Video Director: Eric Welch Year Released: June 13, 2005 Radio And Records Peak: #12 Billboard Peak: #12 Chris Cagle is a 45 year old singer who was born in Louisiana, but grew up in Sugar Land, Texas. Chris moved to Nashville in 1994, but it wasn't till 2000 when an agent saw him at the resteraunt he was working at and led him to meeting Scott Hendricks. He was signed to Virgin Records (Capitol Nashville) that year. His debut single was "My Love Goes On And On" (#15). The song was off his debut album Play It Loud. The records second issued single was his first top 10 "Laredo" (#8). But the third would be his only #1 single to date "I Breathe In, I Breathe Out". The final single was the under performing "Country By The Grace Of God" (#33). His next album would be a self-titled one. The first two singles would go top 5 with "What A Beautiful Day" (#4), and "Chicks Dig It" (#5). The last single from the album would be "I'd Be Lying" (#39). Chris would spend a while away from the charts till he came back with the lead for his Anywhere But Here album "Miss Me Baby". Though the song was released in June of 2005, it would not peak till early 2006. It reached #12 on both Radio And Records and Billboard. Unfortunately the follow up "Wal-Mart Parking Lot" would only reach a peak of #42. To this day I have no idea why that song was not embraced by country radio. The final single was the title track which only got to #52 (I still think Brice Long's version of "Anywhere But Here" is better). Once again he would be absent from the charts for a year. "What Kinda Gone" would be released in the Summer of 2007, and peak in early 2008 at #3. It would be the only hit off his My Life's Been A Country Song album, as the other two singles under performed ("No Love Songs" #53, and "Never Ever Gone" did not chart). After "Never Ever Gone" peaked Chris exited Capitols roster. He would go two years before releasing another song. This time with Bigger Picture Music Group. "Got My Country On" would get to #12 in 2011 and be the lead for Back In The Saddle. "Let There Be Cowgirls" would peak at #16 on Billboard in early 2013, and the final single "Dance Baby Dance" would somehow not be taken to by radio and peaked at #44. Chris has since exited Bigger Picture. To me Chris Cagle is at his best, singing songs like "Miss Me Baby", "Wal-Mart Parking Lot", "Laredo", and "What Kinda Gone". This is probably my favorite of his but the for mentioned songs are also very high up there as well. Another song I can relate to unfortunately ;). "Miss Me Baby" had a slow climb up the charts. It seemed to be a song I kept forgetting was still charting when 2006 came around. His personal life many know has been rough throughout his career. Hopefully he can get his life back on track and get at least one more shot at a label because I really have liked almost all of his singles. I Got My Country On and Let There Be Cowgirls were pretty solid hits for Bigger Picture to have already dismissed him. I didn't realize they had parted ways....I figured he'd be back with a new album after having 2 solid top 20 hits.
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Post by sabre14 on Feb 16, 2014 15:07:45 GMT -5
^ He is no longer on Bigger Picture's website. Wikipedia also says he is a former artist, and Jamie has his name highlighted in green on the Labels/Rosters thread which means it's uncertain if he is still there or not. I think it's pretty safe to assume he is no longer on Bigger Picture.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Feb 16, 2014 17:18:25 GMT -5
CMT and mirrors thereof are the only thing I see listing his label as Diamondstruck. I found a hit for a "Slowroll Productions" owned by a "Jeremy Michael Boczulak".
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Post by Todd on Feb 16, 2014 19:01:52 GMT -5
This is one of the early hits of Little Big Town.
Artist: Little Big Town Single: "Bring It On Home" Writers: Wayne Kirkpatrick, Greg Bieck, Tyler Hayes Bieck Album: The Road To Here Label: Equity Music Group Video Director: Kristin Barlowe Year Released: 2006 Billboard Peak: #4
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Post by sabre14 on Feb 17, 2014 15:34:32 GMT -5
Random Video Of The Day:
Artist: Tim McGraw Single: "Refried Dreams" Writers: Jim Foster, Mark Peterson Album: Not A Moment Too Soon Label: Curb Video Director: Sherman Halsey Year Released: February 20, 1995 Billboard Peak: #5
Samuel Tim McGraw was born May 1, 1967 in Delhi, Louisiana. His father is the former Major League Baseball pitcher Tug McGraw. With the help of his father he was able to get a demo tape to Curb Records, and later after playing for the executives he was signed to their roster. Tim's first album almost ended his career before it began as it produced zero top 40 singles. The highest being "Welcome To The Club" (#47). Tim felt he had little control over the album and convinced Curb to give him more freedom for his second album. With perhaps his career hanging in the balance he came through with "Indian Outlaw" (#8) in 1994. Though the song stirred up controversy for it's native american lyrics it still managed to go top 10 and set up his second single and still one of his biggest hits "Don't Take The Girl" (#1). "Down On The Farm", "Not A Moment Too Soon", and "Refried Dreams" would be the other singles from his Not A Moment Too Soon album. Tim would never look back as he had quite the impressive streak of 31 straight top 10 singles with all but one going top 5 (Some Things Never Change" #7). Some of those hits included "I Like It, I Love It" (#1), "All I Want Is A Life" (#5), "She Never Lets It Go To Her Heart" (#1), "Just To See You Smile" (#1), "Where The Green Grass Grows" (#1), "Something Like That" (#1), "Angry All The Time" (#1), "Unbroken" (#1), "She's My Kind Of Rain" (#2), and "Live Like You Were Dying" (#1) to name but a few.
Tim's streak of top 10 singles would be broken in the spring of 2005 with "Drugs Or Jesus" (#11 on Radio And Records and #14 on Billboard). He rebounded nicely though with two more top 5 hits from his Live Like You Were Dying album "Do You Want Fries With That" (#4 on Radio And Records), and "My Old Friend" (#5 also on R&R). After the early succss of his Let It Go album, the latter singles would disappoint with "Suspicions" (#12), and "Kristofferson" (#14). Even though "Let It Go" got to #2 and "Nothin' To Die For" got to #5, many including myself thought that the single choices were questionable at best and that the album went on too long. Tim voiced his frustration with the label's decision to release another Greatest hits in late 2008 and delayed his Southern Voice album. It was perhaps this time that the relationship between him and Curb could not be mended. After the release of his single "Better Than I Used To Be" (#5) and his Emotional Traffic album, Tim finally was rid of Curb after legal battles and contract disputes.
He hooked on with Scott Borchetta and Big Machine in 2012. His first single for the label was "Truck Yeah" (#10 on Mediabase). Though Curb also tried a single at radio with "Right Back Atcha Babe" (#59) at the same time but was largely ignored by country radio. His other singles from his Two Lanes Of Freedom album were "One Of Those Nights", "Highway Don't Care", and "Southern Girl". All of which went #1. "Looking For That Girl" is the lead for his unnamed second studio album for Big Machine due out sometime in 2014.
Tim's career has spanned my entire life and really has been one of the very few artist that has been there from start to finish for me. I think everyone is aware of his fractured relationship with Curb over the years, along with the horrible single selections the past decade. To this day one of my life's goals will be to ask the heads of Curb as to why on earth "Blank Sheet Of Paper" was not a single. I also believe "Suspicions" might be the worst single choice in country music history. In fact the entirety of the Let It Go album was butchered. I disagreed with every single choice and every order they released them. That's not to put down McGraw in general though. He has had many songs I did like; "She Never Lets It Goes To Her Heart", "I Like It I Love It", "Unbroken", "Back When", and "One Of Those Nights being among my favorites. And yes I have two HUGE guilty pleasures of his with "Do You Want Fries With That", and "Last Dollar". Hopefully he can see at some point how ridiculous he looks with his atrocious new single and get back to his Let It Go, Live Like You Were Dying, and Set This Circus Down days.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2014 20:33:20 GMT -5
A random video of the day from me! :)
Artist: Little Texas Single: "Amy's Back In Austin" Writers: Brady Seals, Stephen Allen Davis Album: Kick A Little Label: Warner Bros. Nashville Video Director: D.J. Webster Year Released: January 1995 Billboard Peak: #4
From Wikipedia:
Little Texas was a country music band formed in Nashville in 1988 by Tim Rushlow (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Brady Seals (lead vocals, background vocals, keyboards), Del Gray (drums), Porter Howell (lead guitar, background vocals), Dwayne O'Brien (rhythm guitar, background vocals), and Duane Propes (bass guitar, background vocals). The band signed with Warner Bros. in 1991 and released their debut album First Time For Everything that year.
Seals departed in late 1994 for a solo career, with Jeff Huskins succeeding him on keyboards. After a gold-certified Greatest Hits package and an unsuccessful self-titled fourth studio album, the group disbanded in 1997 and Rushlow also became a solo singer (and then he formed a 6-piece band known as Rushlow, and after that a duo known as Rushlow Harris). By 2004, the four remaining original members — Gray, Howell, O'Brien, and Propes, along with new lead vocalist Steven Troy — re-established the group, although Howell took over on lead vocals after Troy's departure. Under the four-piece lineup of Gray, Howell, O'Brien and Propes, the band has recorded two albums for Montage Music Group: The Very Best of Little Texas: Live and Loud and Missing Years. Both projects for Montage were released in 2007.
"Amy's Back In Austin" was the second single from the band's third album, Kick A Little, which was released in September 1994. The song hit radio in January 1995 and went on to peak at #4. The group's discography includes 7 other top 10 hits: debut single "Some Guys Have All The Love" (#8 peak in 1991), "You And Forever And Me" (#5, 1992), "What Might Have Been" (#2, 1993), "God Blessed Texas" (#4, 1993), "My Love" (their only #1, released in 1994), "Kick A Little" (#5, 1994), and "Life Goes On" (#5, 1995). The original group released 4 more singles after the #5 hit "Life Goes On" but all 4 songs missed the top 40.
"Amy's Back In Austin" brings back a lot of memories for me. I remember listening to it when I was a little kid, and not knowing who it was. I just loved how it sounded. I always associate the song with hot summers and camping and dirt-track racing, because that's what was going on in my life the first time I heard the song :)
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Post by sabre14 on Feb 17, 2014 21:05:52 GMT -5
^ I love Little Texas. Great bands back then like Little Texas, Blackhawk, Restless Heart, and Diamond Rio (You know real country bands).
The only song I can't stand from them was "God Blessed Texas", and that's only because of over kill. My faves are still "Kick A Little", "What Might Have Been", and First Time For Everything". I think Tim Rushlow and Brady Seals were a great match of songwriting and vocals. I also loved the bands they both put together in the 2000's (Rushlow, and Hot Apple Pie). Tim's last chart entry I believe was my favorite release in 2006 with his cousin "Bagpipes Cryin'".
Great choice Jamie! Glad to see others posting these. I know they aren't the quickest things in the world to do.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Feb 17, 2014 21:26:15 GMT -5
^ I keep forgetting how great a song "Bring It On Home" was. They were really channeling Restless Heart on that one IMO.
"Refried Dreams" is proof of how good Tim McGraw was with the goofy songs early on. Not quite as enjoyably silly as "I Like It, I Love It" or "Indian Outlaw", but I like the fun of his early stuff.
Also liked Little Texas a lot. Their songs were never particularly deep, and they were really more indebted to slick polished 80s rock than country, but they were very enjoyable in what they did. Hot Apple Pie's only album was just as fun to listen to ("Hillbillies" especially), and Tim Rushlow's post LT stuff had a lot of high points. Shame that the labels kept jacking him around.
By the way, three of the guys in Rushlow are now in Jason Aldean's road band/New Voice Entertainment, and another is now in Jake Owen's.
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Post by Andy on Feb 17, 2014 21:36:51 GMT -5
Nice pick, Todd. I tend to think of "Boondocks" when I think of early LBT, but "Bring It On Home" is an equally great song I'm always forgetting about. Good selection, sabre14. Tim McGraw (along with Garth and Alan) was my favorite artist growing up, and while I no longer hold him in quite as high regard, his music will always have a special place in my heart, with Everywhere, A Place in the Sun, and Set This Circus Down being my favorite Tim albums. In fact, I like most everything he put out through Southern Voice.Great choice as well, jhomes87. "Amy's Back in Austin" has always been my favorite Little Texas song, but I like all of their singles I can recall hearing. I only have their Greatest Hits, anyone know if their studio albums are worth listening to? I'm kind of feeling lazy tonight, but I'll probably join in on this before long.
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Post by sabre14 on Feb 18, 2014 13:42:34 GMT -5
Random Video Of The Day:
Artist: Megan Mullins Single: "Ain't What It Used To Be" Writers: Mark Nesler, Tony Martin Album: Megan Mullins (Unreleased) Label: Broken Bow Records Video Director: Kristin Barlowe Year Released: March, 2006 Radio And Records Peak: #29 Billboard Peak: #32
Megan Mullins is a 27 year old singer/songwriter from Fort Wayne, Indiana. She is also a multi-instrument player including her most well known the fiddle. She has been performing since she was just three years old when she won the Indiana state fair fiddle championship. Her brother Marcus is also a multi-instrument musician. She performed with her brother when she was a kid, and they were known as The Little Fiddlers. She was the fiddle player for the house band on the television show Nashville Star for several years as well. She was signed to Broken Bow's roster in 2005 and released her debut single in early 2006 entitled "Ain't What It Used To Be". The song was originally recorded by Billy Currington for his self-titled debut album. But Billy never released it as a single. "Ain't What It Used To Be" was able to peak at #29 on Radio And Records, but not high enough to warrant the release of her self-titled debut album. Her next single "Cryin' Days" failed to chart, and Mullins went back in the studio for further work on her project.
It would be over two years before she released another single. This time on Stoney Creek Records (Sister label of Broken Bow) for which she had been switched. Her single "Long Past Gone" peaked at #48 in 2009. Her final single for Stoney Creek was "Tradin' My Halo For Horns", but that single like her second for Broken Bow failed to chart. In 2010 she was dropped from Stoney Creek's roster.
This is yet another song that was completely ignored by WYRK. Even though it reached top 30 on Mediabase, they never added it. In fact it wasn't even featured on their New Country Battle they had most of that year. Some of the songs they featured on the New Country Battle was "Deep" by Mark McGuinn (Never Charted), "Easy Does It" by Hot Apple Pie (#48), "Good To Go" by John Corbett (#46), and "One Second Chance" by Jeff Bates (#47) (All Radio And Record Peaks) just to name a few. But Megan's song along with "Never Mind Me" by Big & Rich, "I Don't Know What She Said" by Blaine Larsen and "On Again Tonight" by Trent Willmon were not played once. Funny how pick and choosy they were that year. Anyway "Ain't What It Used To Be" I have memories listing to that year, though it was never available on Itunes, so I had to rely on the internet. I actually did not listen to Billy Currington's version until after I heard Megan's version. Both of then are done well IMO.
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Post by Andy on Feb 18, 2014 20:03:23 GMT -5
Ah, yes, I definitely remember that one. Great song. I can't believe it wasn't a bigger hit. SMH, country radio. (And has it really been eight years since it came out? My does time fly.)
I had no idea Billy Currington also recorded it - learn something new every day.
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Post by Todd on Feb 18, 2014 20:35:17 GMT -5
I like Amy's Back In Austin too, but didn't know it had a video. Don't know how that one slipped by me.
Every time I hear it, I can never quite make out what the name of the cafe is. I looked it up and it's Zona La Rosa Cafe, which appears to be a real cafe in Austin.
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Post by kw9461 on Feb 18, 2014 22:36:13 GMT -5
Wow, some great ones the last few days. Catching up...
Love the Megan Mullins song, never understood why they didn't push that one harder (it made T40 and they never even released it to iTunes - it took me a long time to track down a way to download the song).
I actually just listened to Amy's Back In Austin this afternoon. Probably my favorite Little Texas song, and they had some really good ones (What Might've Been, Kick A Little, Life Goes On...)
I like Refried Dreams quite a bit, but man does Tim's twang sound exaggerated on that one. Listen to that next to any recent Tim song and you wouldn't even know it's the same guy (and I'm not just talking about his current monstrosity). I wish they would've released Just Like A Dream instead. To this day that's still among my very favorite McGraw songs.
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Post by Andy on Feb 18, 2014 23:02:23 GMT -5
Wow, some great ones the last few days. Catching up... Love the Megan Mullins song, never understood why they didn't push that one harder (it made T40 and they never even released it to iTunes - it took me a long time to track down a way to download the song). I actually just listened to Amy's Back In Austin this afternoon. Probably my favorite Little Texas song, and they had some really good ones (What Might've Been, Kick A Little, Life Goes On...) I like Refried Dreams quite a bit, but man does Tim's twang sound exaggerated on that one. Listen to that next to any recent Tim song and you wouldn't even know it's the same guy (and I'm not just talking about his current monstrosity). I wish they would've released Just Like A Dream instead. To this day that's still among my very favorite McGraw songs.Yes! Glad I'm not the only one who loves "Ain't That Just Like a Dream" and consider it to be one of Tim's finest. In fact, that's probably my favorite song on Not a Moment Too Soon (I confess that most of the singles have worn thin on me a bit over the years, especially "Don't Take the Girl").
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Post by tim on Feb 19, 2014 0:16:03 GMT -5
^ I love Little Texas. Great bands back then like Little Texas, Blackhawk, Restless Heart, and Diamond Rio (You know real country bands). The only song I can't stand from them was "God Blessed Texas", and that's only because of over kill. My faves are still "Kick A Little", "What Might Have Been", and First Time For Everything". I think Tim Rushlow and Brady Seals were a great match of songwriting and vocals. I also loved the bands they both put together in the 2000's (Rushlow, and Hot Apple Pie). Tim's last chart entry I believe was my favorite release in 2006 with his cousin "Bagpipes Cryin'". Great song choice there jhomes87. Since I have the pleasure of living in Austin I can go times when I hear this song on the radio daily. I've seen Little Texas three times I believe, once while on tour with Trisha Yearwood and Travis Tritt, second time as a stand alone headlining act at our local county fair (they killed it that day), and lastly as the headlining act with Blackhawk and Tim McGraw opening (needless to say Tim stole the show). Also have to agree here with sabre14..."God Blessed Texas" is probably one of my least favorite songs by them. I never really liked it then and still don't. I'm not one for state anthems such as those, but I would say it helped propel them to another level at the time. Does anyone remember them releasing a self titled album in 1997? I'm not sure if I'm one of the few that bought it haha. I always liked the song "Bad For Us," but unfortunately they didn't see any chart success with that album.
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Post by sabre14 on Feb 19, 2014 13:08:40 GMT -5
Random Video Of The Day:
Artist: Mila Mason Single: "Dark Horse" Writers: Amanda Marshall, David Tyson, Dean McTaggart Album: That's Enough Of That Label: Atlantic Records Video Director: Jim Shea Year Released: February, 1997 Billboard Peak: #21
Mila Mason is a 50 year old country singer from Dawson Springs, Kentucky. Mila moved to Nashville when she was just 17 years old. She wanted to pursue songwriting, and would soon find herself a job as a demo singer. Patience would be needed though to live her dream of a record deal as it would not be till 13 years later she was discovered by Blake Mevis who was a Nashville record producer. He sent her demo tapes to Atlantic records, and soon Mila would have a meeting with the label. She would later sign with the label and in 1996 she was able to release her debut single "That's Enough Of That". The song would peak at #18 on Billboard and set the release of her album of the same name. "Dark Horse" was her second single off the record in early 1997. The song was actually a remake of an Amanda Marshall song. Amanda took the song to #1 on Canadian Adult Contemporary chart in 1995. Mila's version would actually peak at #12 on the Canadian country chart as well. Her final single from the album would be the under performing "That's The Kind Of Love" (That I'm Talking About)" (#59).
"Closer To Heaven" would be the lead from her second album for the label. It only peaked at #31 though, and the only other charting single from the album was the title track "The Strong One" (#57). The final single would be "This Heart", but it failed to chart and Mila parted ways with Atlantic Records. She has since made one other album via Twinbeat Records entitled Stained Glass Windows. It featured a song that she co-wrote for the late Mindy McCready called "Maybe, Maybe Not". She currently is in charge of Faverett Music Group in Nashville.
This song was a request via PM, and I was gladly happy to do it :). I had actually never heard this song and was surprised it got so high. Usually I know of most songs that from the mid to late 90's that got this high up on the singles chart. Good song and beautiful video and I'm always happy to discover long lost songs from the past I never heard before. Hope most enjoy this video.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Feb 19, 2014 14:48:10 GMT -5
Dark Horse is fabulous. It sounds like a mid 80s pop song, not a 1997 country song. I only barely remember it. I remember "That's Enough of That" more because "enough of this overreact" really grated on me as bad grammar as a kid. I also have a memory of hearing that one and "What Will You Do with M-E?" by Western Flyer back to back when sitting in the WKJC studio waiting for a prize that we'd won. About 11 years ago, she found Western Flyer's second album at a local dollar store.
My mom always found it funny that Little Texas released "Amy's Back in Austin" about a year after John & Audrey Wiggins released "Has Anybody Seen Amy". Always loved the haunting feel of that song.
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Post by jaseboyhyde on Feb 19, 2014 15:02:36 GMT -5
I remember "That's Enough of That" more because "enough of this overreact" really grated on me as bad grammar as a kid. I'm glad I'm not the only one that thinks about that stuff. Taylor's song "White Horse" always bothers me because she says, "Now it's too late for you and your white horse, to catch me, now". There's no need to say "Now", twice.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Feb 19, 2014 15:16:07 GMT -5
^ Ones that bother me are "20 years have came and went" in Tim McGraw's "Angry All the Time", "They laugh and they cry me" in Tim's "My Old Friend", and "That you, an angel lovely, could somehow fall for me" in Blake Shelton's "God Gave Me You".
But the big one is "If I could grant you one wish / I wish you could see the way you kiss" in Faith Hill's "The Way You Love Me". Um, I'm pretty sure wishes don't work that way.
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Post by Andy on Feb 19, 2014 16:28:11 GMT -5
Random Video Of The Day:Artist: Mila Mason Single: "Dark Horse" Writers: Amanda Marshall, David Tyson, Dean McTaggart Album: That's Enough Of ThatLabel: Atlantic Records Video Director: Jim Shea Year Released: February, 1997 Billboard Peak: #21 Never heard of this song or artist before - not bad at all. ^ Ones that bother me are "20 years have came and went" in Tim McGraw's "Angry All the Time", "They laugh and they cry me" in Tim's "My Old Friend", and "That you, an angel lovely, could somehow fall for me" in Blake Shelton's "God Gave Me You". But the big one is "If I could grant you one wish / I wish you could see the way you kiss" in Faith Hill's "The Way You Love Me". Um, I'm pretty sure wishes don't work that way. Dang, now that you've pointed that out, I'm never going to be able to un-notice it. Curse you! "They laugh me and they cry me" in "My Old Friend" is pretty bad. It doesn't really impede my enjoyment of the song, but it's definitely WTF-worthy.
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Post by tim on Feb 20, 2014 1:21:09 GMT -5
Thanks to sabre14 for the video of the day! "Dark Horse" is one of those songs that I loved from the first beat. Glad some of you got to hear it for the first time here.
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Post by Andy on Feb 20, 2014 21:38:08 GMT -5
Good song. The only Blue County songs I remember are "That's Cool" and "Nothin' but Cowboy Boots." I'm definitely going to have to look into them more.
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Post by sabre14 on Feb 21, 2014 15:14:31 GMT -5
Random Video Of The Day:
Artist: Matt Kennon Single: "The Call" Writers: Matt Kennon, Noah Gordon, Jeremy Campbell Album: Matt Kennon Label: BamaJam/Stroudavarious Video Director: Trey Fanjoy Year Released: October 12, 2009 Mediabase Peak: #32 Billboard Peak: #33
My computer crashed right when I was almost done with this, so I had to re-due it all >:(. Matt Kennon is a singer/songwriter from Conyers, Georgia. Interesting story about Matt's upbringing. He was adopted by two parents who tragically lost three of their four biological children to a house fire. When Matt moved to Nashville he was able to meet Gary Falcon. Falcon had previously been Travis Tritt's manager. Because of meeting Falcon, he was able to land a publishing deal with Kyle Lehning's help. Lehning was Randy Travis' producer and Randy actually cut one of Kennon's songs entitled "Turn It Around". From there Matt met James Stroud who after hearing his songs he decided to sign him to BamaJam Records in 2009.
Matt Kennon's debut single "The Call" was released in October of 2009. The song was deemed an underdog single due to the label he was associated with along with his rough voice. The song would gain some traction after the new year and was able to peak at #32 on Mediabase and reach 74 monitored stations. Matt would release his debut self-titled album in May of 2010. It would be the only record for James Stroud, as he exited the label after "You Can Still Wear White", and "Too Loud" failed to chart. He has since released two more records on Rowddawg Records entitled 77 and Makin' Music That Matters.
The thing that struck me the first time I heard this song was his gravely voice. So I didn't catch the lyrics on first listen. But when I heard it again, I really paid attention to the story and it really hit me hard. Yeah, his voice is certainly rough, but the song itself is clever and thoughtful. Everyone seems to say if another artist, especially a bigger artist cut this song it would have been a hit, and I agree. I always love to hear new ideas to be incorporated into songs and I just loved the way the the two stories come together in this song with the hook line. It's a shame it only got to #32 but considering his voice and label maybe I should be thankful it got some exposure, cause' it is a good country song. By the way thanks to Markus who mentioned this song in the favorite singles that didn't chart high thread :).
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Post by Markus Meyer on Feb 21, 2014 16:02:36 GMT -5
I adore "The Call". He also released an iTunes only EP last year called 'Four On The Floor'. It was quite good.
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