Wow, no one is getting drunk, fighting, pregnant or divorced in country music today.  I guess everyone sang a country song backwards!  (that is a Rascal Flatts song….RF fans got it). 

Anyways, bad joke – I know.  Since there isn’t much going on I thought I would just report what everyone else is reporting…..

Charlie Daniels Featured in Esquire Magazine – Charlie appears in the magazine’s “What I’ve Learned” column, where remarkable people are featured offering wisdom and advice. For the January 2009 issue, a month in which America will inaugurate a new president, Esquire highlights 50 “What I’ve Learned” interviews — one person representing each state. Published interviews include Clint Eastwood (who is on the cover), Jeb Bush, Quincy Jones, Larry Bird, Paris Hilton as well as a few from ordinary Americans who are fascinating in their own right — a lobsterman from Maine, a toll collector, and the caretaker of Mount Rushmore. All together, the feature is a monumental collection of wit, wisdom and advice from a diverse group of people.

Jamey Johnson – well accomplished in 2008.  The stats don’t lie!

ITUNES
#1 country album of 2008  
#7 album in ALL genres

#1 country song “In Color”
#8 song in ALL genres

Top 100 singles of 2008
#38 Jamey Johnson “High Cost of Living”

Top 50 albums of 2008
#32 Jamey Johnson “The Lonesome Song”  (1 of only 2 country albums in Top 50)

SPIN MAGAZINE
Best Songs of 2008
#10  Jamey Johnson “High Cost of Living”

2009 GRAMMY NOMINATIONS
Best Country Song – “In Color”
Best Country Album – “That Lonesome Song”
Best Male Country Vocal Performance – “In Color”

Randy Houser’s debut album, Anything Goes, is on sale digitally at Amazon for only $1.99!  This is an amazing deal and will only be up for a couple days. Click Here to Order  before it goes away!

One of my favorite new male country artists is singing Christmas – like everyone else this season.  Is there ANYONE that DIDN’T release at least one Christmas song this year?

Country Music Video: Darius Rucker, “Winter Wonderland”