The friendly feud between Blake Shelton and Luke Bryan is alive and well. The latest started when Luke released his new song “Word on the Street”. In the chorus, Luke sings about being, “B.S. free in B.F.E.” And of course, Blake said, “I was driving along and heard my initials on this song and so I turned the radio up and I realized it’s Luke Bryan’s new song.” “B.S. free” means “Blake Shelton free.”
Country rock is a genre that’s always been hard to define. It’s not full-on Southern rock, but it’s not straight country either. According to “Ultimate Classic Rock”, here are some of the top Country Rock Songs:
“The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” by The Band
“Heard It in a Love Song” by The Marshall Tucker Band
“Desperado” by the Eagles
“Take It Easy” by the Eagles
“Heart of Gold” by Neil Young
“Lyin’ Eyes” by the Eagles
“Midnight Rider” by The Allman Brothers Band
It might seem like artists crossing into country music is a new trend. But The Beatles first did it over 60 years ago. In 1965, they recorded a cover of Buck Owens’ country hit “Act Naturally”. The song appeared on their album Help! which also doubled as the soundtrack to their hit movie. Buck first released “Act Naturally” in 1963, and it quickly climbed to #1 on the country charts. The song helped launch Buck into one of the biggest country stars of the decade. But when The Beatles recorded their version, Ringo Starr handled the lead vocals. It was only the fifth time he had sung lead on a Beatles track at that point. And then in 1989, Ringo and Buck recorded a duet version of “Act Naturally”, which brought the song full circle.
Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, and other stars of Rob Reiner’s films will be on hand to honor him at the Oscars on March 15th. And Barbra Streisand is in talks to honor Robert Redford.
ABC had renewed “Abbott Elementary” for a sixth season.
TV Tonight: The second season premiere of “Ted”.
Gabby Barrett is 26. Country singer. “I Hope”.
Jake Lloyd is 37. Anakin Skywalker in “Star Wars: The Phantom Menace”.
Eva Mendes is 52.
Penn Jillette is 71. 6-foot-6 magician of Penn & Teller. He’s the one who talks.
Marsha Warfield is 72. Roz the hard as nails bailiff on the original “Night Court”.
