Willie Nelson accepted the Maverick Award from
the Maui Film Festival on June 19. Willie
appears in a new film about solutions to global
problems, One Piece at a Time, which had
its world premiere at the festival. He was
honored for "having the courage of his
convictions, a willingness to speak his mind and
the backbone to withstand the heat from those
who take issue with his vigorous expression of
our collective constitutional right to the
freedom of artistic and political expression."
In related news, Willie has released a new
album, American Classic. Norah Jones and
Diana Krall also appear on the album, which
features Willie’s versions of standards such as
"Fly Me to the Moon," "The Nearness of You" and
"Since I Don't Have You."
NEW JACK CD
Jack Ingram’s new CD is almost done! He went
back into the studio recently with producer Jay
Joyce to add a couple last minute tracks to his
new CD Big Dreams & High Hopes. Jack’s
already recorded with Radney Foster and Jeremy
Stover, as well as a duet with singer-songwriter
Patty Griffin.
With an August 25th release date on
the books, Big Dreams & High Hopes marks
the culmination of Ingram’s journey. Or as Jack
says, “It’s taken me my whole life to get here,
and I want to make sure that what I give the
fans is a complete picture of who I am. Good or
bad, however you take it, this is me…and it’s a
lot of different pieces, but that’s a lot of how
I got here.”
MORE JACK NEWS: He is giving fans the chance to
spend the day with him on a deep-sea fishing
excursion with a new “Barefoot And Fishing”
sweepstakes. The sweeps, sponsored by Hatteras
& Bayliner Boats, can be accessed
here.
Wanna see Jack’s recent shopping trip for a very
important item? Then watch this video!
MARK’S ON A
ROLL
This is cool news from Mark McKinney: He played
in his hometown of Big Spring last week and sold
out the show! People were getting turned away
at the door. With the success on the Texas
Music Chart and the momentum of the video
exposure the guys are really starting to see a
big reaction! If you guys could, please log on
to GAC and vote for Mark’s video! Here’s the
link:
http://www.gactv.com/gac/pac_ctnt/text/0,,GAC_26058_47219,00.html
You can vote once a day.
THANKS YA’LL
We just wanted to say thanks to all our friends
who helped us reach a major milestone by
visiting our web site. Last Monday, we hit an
all time high hit count on the TMC site --
101,344. Page views were 3,190, which I think
is also the highest yet. Sunday numbers were
big, too – 83,368 hits. We couldn’t do what we
do with ya’ll!
NO JUSTICE TO
ROCK HILL’S CAFÉ
This Wednesday night at Hill’s Café in Austin at
KVET’S Free Music Series, it’s those OTHER boys
from Oklahoma - No Justice!
Remember all ages are welcome and it’s FREE!
Doors open at 6:00 pm.
Music will continue every Wednesday through the
end of September. Check out the entire lineup
at www.texasmusicseries.com.
If you attend you could win an autographed
guitar by this week’s KVET Texas Music Series
artist! Get the code at the front gate at
Hill’s Café, then log onto texasmusicseries.com,
enter the code to win! Your chances are really
good!
SEEIN’ OLD
FRIENDS
Cool to see
Ryan James on the back cover of Disc Makers
current catalog! They used to use Ryan’s
Back to the Wind project as one of their
case studies and we missed seeing him for
awhile.
COOL NEW BOOT
LINE
The Justin Boot Company® has
announced the launch of a boot collection that
combines a fashion-forward western authenticity
with a flair for the edgy alternative-country
style. It’s called Bent Rail and it focuses on
the fans and future fans of the alternative
country scene and bands
Randy Rogers Band,
Wade Bowen, and the Casey Donahew Band.
They hope these boots will hit retail locations
in August. I can’t wait to see them!
SOMETIMES THE
SONG WRITES YOU
Guy Clark will release a new album, Sometimes
the Song Writes You, on Sept. 22 on Dualtone
Music Group. It's his first release since 2006's
Workbench Songs. Clark collaborated with
numerous songwriters for the album, including
Shawn Camp, Rodney Crowell, Joe Leathers, Gary
Nicholson, as well as younger songwriters
Patrick Davis, Jedd Hughes and Ashley Monroe.
He also covers "If I Needed You," written by his
late friend, Townes Van Zandt.
SAD NEWS
Our friends, the band Doo Wah Riders in
California, are mourning the loss of lead singer
Ken Liebenson’s wife, Sylvia. She lost her
battle with metastatic melanoma. Ken emailed
me, “Sylvia is the strongest, bravest, most
loving person I've ever known. I felt that way
before the cancer and I'm even more convinced
now. She made this world a better place for
anyone who really got to know her.”
Our thoughts and prayers are most definitely
with Ken and his family and friends.
DEAN’S STOKED
I talked to Dean Seltzer last
week and he was way excited about the cool
review they got in Country Weekly. His new CD
Lady Luck received the only four star review
in the magazine’s last three issues! Congrats
guys!
Big news for Houston radio! There’s a cool new weekly
radio show airing Sunday evenings from 5 to 7 pm
called Texas Time. It’s hosted by Michael Berry
and it focuses on all things Texas including a
Texas music segment each week. He’s recently
inter Willy Braun of Reckless Kelly, Paula
Nelson and Stephen Chadwick. You’ll hear me on
there too talking about the music scene in
Texas. Tune into 740 AM KTRH Sundays from 5 to
7 pm.
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