May 9, 2018
Little Known Facts: May '18
In his teens, Jason Aldean was dropped by a vocal trainer who told Aldean's parents it was like trying to teach a legless man soccer
The greatest Lynyrd Skynyrd cover band is Lynyrd Skynyrd
The average Rascal Flatts fan is average
Evidently Bebe Rexha is not the subject of an early 90’s animated movie written by Reginald Hudlin
The bootleg Hank Jr. shirts on Facebook are sold by Hank Jr.
Cody Jinks, Whitey Morgan, and Ward Davis tour together so often so they can get the group discount at the beard groomer
Reba McEntire is the first Colonel Sanders to not have a cock, but only because she is allergic to feathers
Turns out, Blake Shelton is the jackass
The previous country fact was brought to you by The NFL Keurig Starbucks Yeti Nordstrom Netflix Oreos Dick's Pepsi TJ Maxx Lou's AR-15 n' Whiskey Shack
I was going to write the 500th fact that points out Shooter Jennings is short but I wanted to bring Farce the Music to new heights
Sam Hunt recently announced a winter 2018 Mexican tour starting on November 1, 2018
Blind item: Texas singer who recently signed with a major label uses full body pillows for his head
Early reports are that Chris Stapleton is the favorite to be named NBA Rookie of the Year
Support of a border wall by Congress has reached an all time high as long as it can be completed by November 2, 2018
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Most of these by Jeremy Harris, but especially *that* one; you know the one.
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Archives: Top 10 Appetizers to be Served at Rascal Flatts' Restaurant
ORIGINALLY POSTED MAY 28, 2013
Top Ten Appetizers to be Served at Rascal Flatts' Restaurant
When Rascal Flatts' Phoenix restaurant opens later this year, it will serve some unique main dishes, as we learned earlier. What appetizers will they be whetting your appetite with?
10. Fried Pickle Wrapped Corndogs
9. "Bless the Broken Bread" Softball Sized Yeast Rolls
8. Basket of Pork Rinds with gravy dipping sauce
7. "Mayberry" Fried Cherry Coke
6. Big-o'-Bowl-o'-Brisket
5. Chicken-fried Philly Cheesesteak Quesadillas
4. Cheddar-stuffed Calamari with ranch dipping sauce
3. "I Won't Let Go" Beer-battered Grilled Cheese Minis
2. Refried Chili-dog Pizza Nachos
1. Gary's "Healthy Choice" Double-fried Bacon-wrapped Cream-cheese-stuffed Green Beans
May 4, 2018
Dwight Yoakam and Brothers Osborne Perform "Fast as You"
There's another guy on the performance as well, but I don't acknowledge his existence anymore (in a positive manner).
Show Review / Delta Rae / Rams Head On Stage, Annapolis
by Scott Colvin
Delta Rae cannot be pigeonholed into a specific genre. They are unapologetically country, gospel and pop and have created a sound all of their own without compromise.
What makes Delta Rae special is the vocal diversity among the principle singers (Liz Hopkins and siblings Brittany, Eric and Ian Hölljes) and their impeccable ability to adhere and advance each other’s preferred style, whether it being Hopkins’ spirited country sensibilities, Brittany’s powerful gospel vocals and the singer/song-writer leanings of Ian and Eric.
Regardless of whose song it is, the close-knit Delta Rae “family” (which includes Mike McKee on drums and Grant Emerson on bass), is a singular unit working together to spread their collective love – Music. And they certainly have a good time spreading that love.
Upon hitting the stage at Annapolis’ Rams Head On Stage (one of the finest under 300-seat listening rooms in the country) they dove right into a groove–laden version of their popular single “Long And Happy Life” featuring Hopkins’ dynamic vocals and the band’s trademarked four-part harmonies; perfectly setting the tone for a night of joyous music.
Throughout the night each singer took their turn to invigorate the sold-out audience. Brittany took the crowd to church with gospel-infused songs such as “Seven Bridges Road,” and “No Dry Eye in the Chapel” (the latter featured fantastic stage interactions between her and Hopkins). On the empowering new song, “Hands Dirty” Brittany channeled her inner Beyonce on a soulful piano-driven tune. The night’s most powerful and poignant moment came when she introduced “All Good People,” inspired by the Charleston, SC church shootings. Before playing the haunting song with a thundering bass drum (played by Emerson) Brittany proclaimed “Raise your voices…it’s not about politics…it’s about right and wrong.” Later in the set Brittany played what she called the “southern gothic folk tale” “Bottom of the River” which employed well-placed call and response vocals, ominous bass drums and theatrical lighting.
Besides the ebullient “Long and Happy Life” Hopkins delivered the goods on the effervescent “I Moved South,” the intense “Chasing Twisters” which found her voice soaring, the high energy “Ain’t Love,” which she explained is about how love is awesome, but pretty scary, and a tremendous version of Chris Stapleton’s “Broken Halos.” The entire vocal contingent surrounded Hopkins on the stunning “No Peace in Quiet” written by Eric who explained that the crushing post break-up song was too hard for him to sing, “So he asked his good friend Liz to sing it” and Liz replied “And I said yes.” You can hear the story behind the song on the music video here.
Before playing their first break-out song “If I Loved You” Brittany asked, “Hey Liz, can you sing us an upbeat breakup song?” And sing it she did. It’s still one of the finest bittersweet, yet, glorious songs.
Not to be outdone, the Hölljes brothers Ian and Eric had their moments in the sun with a new song by Ian, “Only in America,” a spirited and catchy mid-tempo song. Eric’s song of California wanderlust despite knowing North Carolina is home “The Wrong Ocean,” and “Morning Comes” reigned as celebrations of hope. Ian closed out the night and had the appreciative crowd on their feet (typically a no-no at this particular venue, but the rules at Rams Head go often go out the door as the night progresses) with the invigorating “Dance in the Graveyard” which turned into an 80s party as Hopkins danced with crowd members singing Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance With Somebody.”
In the end, Delta Rae are a celebration of hope, joy and love with brilliant lead vocals, harmonies and music that warms and invigorates the soul. Even the most cynical person cannot deny their music and message. If you never have a chance to see them perform do so and be healed.
(Not Scott's video, but from the show he attended)
May 3, 2018
WWE Country Reaction Gifs 30
When CMT announces a show you might enjoy
When a dude at your backyard barbecue
talks shit about Turnpike Troubadours
When Mean Gene says he prefers pop country
to traditional country
When you thought Dustin Lynch had
some potential to be good but...
Nashville record label execs when they find out
somebody on the staff hired a female artist
What haters think of when you say you like country music
"But Sam Hunt never said he was country,
it's his label who..."
When your best friend's wedding is the same
evening as the Cody Jinks show
Show Review: Austin's Night With The Distillers
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| Photo by Holly Jee |
by Robert Dean
Typically, when people think of punk rock, and its legacy, it’s mostly a male-driven narrative. Women tend to be an afterthought in the annals of the history of the music. Sure, there’s a little slice laid out for Wendy O Williams and the notorious Nancy Spungen, but by and large, women are forgotten in the long game of the music.
When Brody Dalle announced she was getting The Distillers back together, the Internet immediately rejoiced with fans from far and wide hoping the band would make their way through their neck of the woods. But, like all things on the web, how real were all those comments, how much weight was on the bands first tour in over a decade?
Having sold out almost every show of the band’s first run, it’s clear that The Distillers still have a place in the public’s heart, considering most of the ticket buyers are now in their 30’s who’ve aged right along with Brody, as many wear her lyrics as their reality, as a badge of courage all these years later.
What happened tonight (May 1) at the Austin, Texas stop on tour was hopefully a moment for the band to take stock of their legacy to know that what they did, what they now do again - matters. Tonight, as I stood in the back a sold-out Mohawk, I watched a palate of people cry out, rejoice and scream words that were more than just liner notes, they were a personal mantra.
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| Photo by Holly Jee |
Tonight’s Distillers show didn’t belong to the men. We were nothing more than a set decoration, a band of extras in the hundreds sipping our Lonestar tallboys, watching as everyone’s punk rock crush slammed her way through hit after hit of the band’s catalog. No, tonight was about marginalized voices, about women, about queer punks, about punks of color and everyone in between who felt like the change between the car seats.
The mosh pit wasn’t a dude-dominated sweat lodge of bros slamming into one another, but instead as a percolating, roving circle of exorcism lead and owned by the women in the audience. For them, the things they’ve bottled up for so long, the emotions of being female in a world as fucked up like this, everything spilled out.
The band cruised through a greatest hits setlist any fan would love to hear including “The Hunger,” “City of Angels” and “I Am Revenant” to name a few of the fist-pumping crowd pleasers. Despite Brody’s evident agony of losing her voice, she soldiered through and made the show happen, despite relying on the crowd to do their fair share of the singing, which none seemed upset about in the least.
As I stood in the back, I watched gay punks bob and weave, howling along, I saw women scream along, pointing their fists in the air, chanting each word to songs like “Die On A Rope” or “Oh Serena” with a refreshed meaning and purpose all these years later.
May 2, 2018
New Blood: New Orleans' Orifist
by Robert Dean
When most of us think about New Orleans and heavy metal, we know what to expect: Sabbath-worshipping riffs, guttural screams into the void, weed smoke, and pure boozy tunes and couldn’t have been bubbling up from the caldrons of anywhere else. But, hold onto your Saints hats, there’s more just down tuned gothic blues happening in southeastern Louisiana.
Eschewing the blues-tinged grooves, New Orleans’ Orifist goes the complete opposite of the expected and turns the death metal up to 11 with nods to Morbid Angel and Death vs. EyeHateGod or DOWN. The results are a solid debut e.p. and a collection of riffs that pummel vs. make the listener nod their head in between pulls from their Jack and Coke.
Orifist’s Behold The Fortunate is a solid batch of songs that don’t feel rushed nor sloppily constructed. Instead, the effort works within the genre of brutal death metal and lends credence to the buzzwords of the scene: the riffs slap, and the playing is technical and tight. Orifist is not a band comprised of beginners, and it’s apparent thanks to a prominent scene veteran presence.
Because of the technical, nuanced nature of the songs on Behold The Fortunate, Kevin Talley of Dying Fetus fame was enlisted to record the drums, and the results are exactly what you could expect: steady blast beats, elaborate double bass rolls, and precise technique to drive Orfist to a high level.
On tracks like “Unity by Association” or “Satan Tastes Like Purple” genre fans will be delighted in the definite throw back riffs to the 90’s Florida death metal scene with its clear influence of Slayer and Metallica. While there are a lot of points throughout Behold The Fortunate that are very much up to date with today’s bands and their copy and pasting of grind and black metal into the genre. Orifist’s wheelhouse is the large head bobbing groove that Cannibal Corpse was churning out back in the early 00’s circa Gallery of Suicide.
“Basking In The Light of The Dark Lord” might be a brutal few minutes, but there’s no doubt these guys have an affinity for some Master of Puppets and Reign In Blood.
Behold The Fortunate is an excellent debut effort for these dudes down in Louisiana, the release is over on Spotify. Give it a listen, headbang, praise Satan, do all of that other cool metal stuff.
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Behold the Fortunate
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