Charlie Daniels Recovers After Pacemaker Surgery

 Posted by at 3:14 pm on March 29, 2013
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Charlie Daniels: Photo Courtesy Webster & Associates

Seventy-six-year-old country star, Charlie Daniels, is recovering after having a pacemaker implanted at a Nashville hospital yesterday.

Daniels was admitted to the hospital on Monday for “a mild case of pneumonia” but tests later revealed that he immediately needed a pacemaker to regulate his heart rate. A spokesperson for the star says he plans to be released today (March 29) followed by two weeks of in-home care.

“I am thankful the doctors found the problem and were able to implant a pacemaker to get my heart rate regulated,” says Daniels. “I am feeling so much better and looking forward to spending Easter with my family.”

Daniels has been an active singer since the early 50s and recently celebrated his fifth anniversary as a member of the Grand Ole Opry.  His hits include Grammy Award winning song “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” and “In America.”

His upcoming performance at MTSU’s Murphy Center in Murfreesboro, TN, has been canceled and other concerts will be rescheduled when his tour resumes on April 11 in Lynchburg, Virginia. See below for a full list of performance dates.

Tour Schedule

April 12-Verona, NY

April 13- Chester, WV

April 18- Opry

April 20- Vidalia, GA

April 25- Wilkesboro, NC

April 26-Florence, SC

April 27- Priceville, AL

April 28-  Indio, CA

Updated: Lady Antebellum Announce New Album!

 Posted by at 9:13 pm on March 27, 2013
Mar 272013
 
photo by Mike Carroll

photo by Mike Carroll

Lady Antebellum announced today that their new album titled Golden will be out on May 7th!  This will be there 4th studio album and it features the lead single, “Downtown.”

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“This album feels to me like one of those that from start to finish could be a good road-trip record and that’s what we wanted,” said Lady A’s Charles Kelley. “It’s one of the reasons why the term ‘golden’ was kind of cool. I think about road trips and driving down the road with those little streaks of sunshine popping through the trees, especially at sunset. ‘Golden’…it just gives you this warm, easy feeling.”

“Writing and recording this record really took us back to when we first met each other,” added Hillary Scott. “When I first met the boys, we spent a lot of time around the piano at the house they lived in at the time. We didn’t really know each other at all, but there was still some magic and then the harmonies – that’s how it all started – that blend of our voices and that blend of our songwriting craft. So, it’s exciting that even on our fourth record, we can still find that.”

“The word ‘golden’ to me conjures up a lot of pictures,” continued Dave Haywood. “In the title track, it depicts driving down the road at sunset but, to me, it also depicts a special time in our career…a ‘golden,’ special time for us. We definitely want to value this time in our careers because it’s such a treasure that we can still sit in a room and write songs together. I personally feel so humbled to still be making records that people are excited to hear.”

GOLDEN Track List:

1. Get To Me
2. Goodbye Town
3. Nothin’ Like The First Time
4. Downtown
5. Better Off Now (That You’re Gone)
6. It Ain’t Pretty
7. Can’t Stand The Rain
8. Golden
9. Long Teenage Goodbye
10. All For Love
11. Better Man
12. Generation Away

Cracker Barrel to Release Special Edition of Brad Paisley’s “Wheelhouse”

 Posted by at 9:09 pm on March 27, 2013
Mar 272013
 

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We already knew that Brad Paisley’s new album, Wheelhouse, would be released on April 9th, and now we’ve learned that Cracker Barrel will be selling a Special Edition version of the album!  The album sold at Cracker Barrel will include 3 exclusive tracks.

Special guests joining Paisley on Wheelhouse – Special Edition include Charlie Daniels, LL COOL J, Eric Idle, Mat Kearney, Dierks Bentley, Hunter Hayes, and the late Roger Miller.  Paisley produced his new album and wrote or co-wrote all 17 of the tracks.

“Three of the tracks on Wheelhouse – Special Edition are exclusive to Cracker Barrel, making an exceptional addition to Brad Paisley’s latest, already outstanding CD,” says Cracker Barrel Marketing Manager Julie Craig. “We’re thrilled to bring our guests a Brad Paisley music experience both in our stores and throughout the country as his Beat This Summer Tour presented by Cracker Barrel Old Country Store® travels to 29 cities in the U.S. and Canada beginning in May.”

Video: “It’s All Good” by Austin Webb

 Posted by at 8:14 pm on March 27, 2013
Mar 272013
 

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Check out newcomer Austin Webb’s debut video, “It’s All Good” and tell us what you think!  The South Carolina native is signed to Streamsound Records and has been on a radio tour introducing himself to Country Radio.

“‘It’s All Good’ really captures good love and good times in a lighthearted and groovy manner,” says Webb.  “It’s about waking up beside a good looking woman and just forgetting the problems of daily life.  It only took about a half a pack of cigarettes to write!”

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