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Jessi Colter & Jamey Johnson Talk Waylon on CMT’s Southern Fried Flicks

Country Girl — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:15:09 +0000

This Saturday, January 7, on CMT’s Southern Fried Flicks, country music matriarch Jessi Colter and modern day outlaw, Jamey Johnson, visit Hazel Smith’s kitchen to talk-the-talk in preparation of the upcoming album, The Music Inside: A Collaboration Dedicated to Waylon Jennings, Volume II.

Over a delicious southern dish, Nashville’s favorite TV hostess Hazel Smith invites Colter and Johnson into her kitchen for a chat about one of country music’s original outlaws, Waylon Jennings. This weekend’s edition of Southern Fried Flicks features the 1984 hit film, Footloose.

The Music Inside: A Collaboration Dedicated to Waylon Jennings, Volume II, the second volume in the three-part musical dedication to the late Waylon Jennings, releases from Average Joe’s Entertainment in early 2012. Stay logged in to waylonjennings.com for more details and the official album release date, to be announced soon.

Tune in:
Saturday, January 7
8:00 PM ET
CMT – Southern Fried Flicks

(Re-air)
Sunday, January 8
4:00 PM ET
CMT – Southern Fried Flicks

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Brett Eldredge, Robin Meade, Oak Ridge Boys Added To ACM Honors

Country Girl — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 20:45:50 +0000

Brett Eldredge, Robin Meade and the Oak Ridge Boys have been added to the lineup for the ACM Honors. They join performers Rodney Atkins, the Gatlin Brothers, Randy Houser, Jack Ingram, Jamey Johnson, Montgomery Gentry, Thompson Square and Lee Ann Womack.

This year’s honorees include Garth Brooks, Taylor Swift, Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers and Reba McEntire. The ceremony will be held Monday in Nashville.

George Jones Celebrates Star-Studded 80th Birthday at Grand Ole Opry

Country Girl — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 19:30:33 +0000

The Grand Ole Opry® presented by Humana® threw an 80th birthday party for one of country music’s all-time most renowned voices, Grand Ole Opry star and Country Music Hall of Famer George Jones, during tonight’s (Sept. 13) sold-out Tuesday Night Opry.

Performances from the show included Jones tributes by several of today’s hottest stars. Alan Jackson performed “He Stopped Loving Her Today” and together with Lee Ann Womack sang “Golden Ring.” Jamey Johnson performed “Whose Gonna Fill Their Shoes,” while The Oak Ridge Boys entertained with “Same Ole Me.”

These amazing performances and more can be seen nationally Oct. 4 at 7 p.m. Central as “Opry Live” returns to GAC (Great American Country) with six new star-packed episodes.

The Grand Ole Opry® is presented by Humana®. Opry performances are held every weekend of the year and on Tuesdays through Dec. 13. To plan an Opry visit, call (800) SEE-OPRY or visit opry.com.

Get Your Country Music Hall Of Fame Calendar with Taylor Swift, Rascal Flatts & More

Country Girl — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 18:15:03 +0000

Taylor Swift has the perfect song to play as you flip through the 2012 calendar from the Country Music Hall of Fame. Try: “Back to December.” Swift is one of 12 stars who are on the calendar. The others are Kenny Chesney, Jamey Johnson, Miranda Lambert, Brad Paisley, Rascal Flatts, Darius Rucker, George Strait, Sugarland, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban and Zac Brown Band. The calendar is available now through the hall of fame.

You Can Now Sit Jamey Johnson on Your Coffee Table

Country Girl — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 13:00:24 +0000

A limited edition coffee table book about Jamey Johnson will go on sale in a couple of weeks to raise money for various charities. “This Ride. In Color. And In Pictures” includes 450 photographs of Johnson and his country-music travels taken from 2008 to 2010. It also includes stories, quotes, and observations by some of Johnson’s friends and mentors.

Details and advance sales are at www.ThisRide.us.

George Jones to Celebrate 80th Birthday at Grand Ole Opry!

Country Girl — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 16:00:47 +0000

The Grand Ole Opry® presented by Humana® will throw an 80th birthday party for one of country music’s all-time most renowned voices, Grand Ole Opry star and Country Music Hall of Famer George Jones, during the Tuesday Night Opry Sept. 13. Among those scheduled to participate in the birthday festivities are Opry members Alan Jackson, Montgomery Gentry, Joe Diffie, Pam Tillis, and Oak Ridge Boys plus special guests Jamey Johnson, Blackberry Smoke, and Eric Lee Beddingfield.

Jones, who will turn 80 on Sept. 12, became a Grand Ole Opry member 55 years ago. His classics have stood the test of time, to say the least, including his first hit in 1955, “Why, Baby, Why,” “White Lightnin’,” “She Thinks I Still Care,” “The Grand Tour,” and “He Stopped Loving Her Today,” just to name a few.

Fans can take part in the birthday celebration by entering the Opry’s Birthday Bash Dessert Contest. To enter, fans visit the Opry on Facebook, submit their best original dessert recipe, and share with friends to get them to vote. The top three recipes will be prepared by a professional chef and judged by Jones on the night of his Opry party. One grand prize winner will receive a trip to the Opry’s Birthday Bash in October and a chance to have their dessert featured on the menu at the new Opry Backstage Grill.

The Grand Ole Opry® is presented by Humana®. Opry performances are held every weekend of the year and on Tuesdays through Dec. 13. To plan an Opry visit, call (800) SEE-OPRY or visit opry.com.

Jamey Johnson to Perform at Farm Aid 2011

Country Girl — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 16:00:25 +0000

Jamey Johnson will perform at Farm Aid 2011 at Livestrong Sporting Park in Kansas City, Kan., on Saturday, Aug. 13, joining his friend and tour mate Willie Nelson and the other Farm Aid founders to support our nation’s family farmers.

Farm Aid is the longest running benefit concert series in America, raising more than $39 million to help family farmers thrive all over the country while inspiring millions of people to learn about the Good Food movement.

“When I was a kid, we had a little bit of land and just about every bit of it was farm,” says Johnson, who also performed at Farm Aid last year. “We would grow peas over here, a little bit of corn over there, and squash and figs. I can’t even name for you everything that we grew from this land. But the fact that we couldn’t make enough money to sustain it meant that we had to eventually move off of it and let it go to someone else.

“When I drive by that property today, there’s not a farm there anymore,” says Johnson, a native of Alabama. “It’s just grass, and that’s a shame. As much love and as much care as we took making sure that these different crops survived and thrived every year, it’s kind of a shame to see it turn into a hayfield. And that goes for everybody who wants to farm. They should be able to make enough money off of the sized land or the sized crops they are doing to sustain that much land, and they can’t.”

Johnson says you don’t have to know a farmer to care about Farm Aid.

“Farm Aid is not just important to me, it’s important to anybody who eats,” he says. “Farm Aid is set up to look after the family farmer, the ones that actually take part in the same crops that they produce for other people. They are not just growing food to send down the line; their family eats the same foods that they sell.”

Johnson is a big believer in Farm Aid’s practice of showcasing HOMEGROWN concessions, featuring local, organic or family farm-sourced ingredients at the event. “It makes no sense to cater in a meal from a frozen food or something like that when you’ve got people right up the road that grow the same product and actually grow a superior product,” he says. “The thing you’ll see at Farm Aid is people who practice what they preach. They want you to see the fruits and vegetables of their labor.

“It doesn’t take you long to realize that these are skilled farmers. For most of these farmers, it’s a trade that has been passed down from generation to generation, and as far back as they can remember, you know everybody in their family did this for a living. So this is a skill; it’s an art.”

Johnson recently completed the Country Throwdown Tour with Willie Nelson and he’s now touring the nation with his own shows. On Sept. 1, Johnson will serve as the first official performer at the Grand Opening of Track 29, Chattanooga, Tenn.’s new premiere entertainment venue.