FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 2023

Sunday’s “CMT Music Awards” doing an all-star tribute to Lynyrd Skynyrd that will feature Cody Johnson and Paul Rodgers handling the vocals, Billy Gibbons, Slash, and Warren Haynes on guitar . . . and LeAnn Rimes and Wynonna Judd joining in as The Honkettes.

Matthew Ramsey and his fractured pelvis are still in a world of pain.  He did a Twitter post that starts with Old Dominion’s “No Hard Feelings” video. It shows him playing guitar and singing the line, “Am I all the way over the pain?” . . . and that’s when it CUTS to present-day Matthew in a walker, shaking his head, and saying, “Not yet.”

Miranda Lambert seems like a perfect fit to be a character on “Yellowstone”.  But in an interview she said acting is “not her favorite thing.”  She doesn’t totally rule it out though. “I’ve done one thing [and] I’m not saying I won’t ever do it again.  But if I can play myself, that’s a little bit easier on me.”

There’s a new Darius Rucker song out today -“Fires Don’t Start Themselves”.  It EVERYTHING to do with the sparks that fly between you and your partner. Here’s how he describes it.  Quote, “It’s about that time when you’re sitting at home with your significant other [and] you know it’s time.  It’s time to get down to business.  That’s what that song’s all about.”

Ty Herndon’s Concert for Love and Acceptance is back, and for the first time since 2019, it’ll be in person.  It’ll be held June 7th in Nashville.  The first round of performers were announced and include Maddie & Tae, Terri Clark, and Pam Tillis.

Al Gore is 75.

Rhea Perlman is 75.  Carla on “Cheers”.  Mrs. Danny DeVito in real life.

Gabe Kaplan is 78.  Mr. Kotter on “Welcome Back Kotter”. 

Christopher Walken is 80. 

Shirley Jones is 89.  “The Partridge Family”.

Richard Chamberlain is 89. 

William Daniels is 96.  Mr. Feeny on “Boy Meets World” . . . the voice of K.I.T.T. on the original “Knight Rider” . . . and Dustin Hoffman’s dad in “The Graduate”.

Blogs

WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2024

Breaking into the country music industry is just not the same as it used to be.  Oliver Anthony blew up on social media and routinely says no to all the record labels. Here are some country music stars whose music careers started on TikTok: 2.  Ashley Cooke.  She has 1.3 million followers.  One of her…

TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2024

Shooter Jennings has a wild story.  At one point the famous motorcycle group the Hells Angels started coming to all of Waylon’s shows.  So much so, that they even babysat for Shooter, who was still young at the time. Shooter said, “I was literally being babysat by Hells Angels . . . they were very…