BRETT’S COUNTRY MUSIC NEWS:
TODAY IN COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY:
1959: THE MAVERICKS drummer and founding member Paul Dekin was born in Miami, Florida.
1982: WILLIE NELSON’s Always On My Mind album hit number one on the Country Albums chart.
1996: CLINT BLACK released Like The Rain as the first single from his Greatest Hits album. It would become his tenth number one hit.
2003: ALAN JACKSON and Jimmy Buffett hit number one with It’s Five O’clock Somewhere, which spent eight weeks at the top spot.
IN THE NEWS:
CMA SUMMER JAM AIRS TONIGHT:
ABC will air the three-hour special, CMA Summer Jam tonight with performances from some of the top stars in country music, including LUKE BRYAN, LUKE COMBS, MIRANDA LAMBERT, BLAKE SHELTON, FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE and CARRIE UNDERWOOD. The show takes the place of the CMA Music Festival show that typically airs around this same time of year, but because of the pandemic, the festival has been canceled the last two years.
CMT ARTISTS OF THE YEAR RETURNS IN OCTOBER:
After changing things up last year because of Covid, the CMT Artists of the Year event will return on October 13, honoring five of the top acts in country music over the past 12 months. Performers and more details about the show, which will take place live from Nashville’s Shermerhorn Symphony Center, will be revealed in the coming weeks.
JOSH TURNER’S KING SIZE CHRISTMAS ALBUM:
On October 8, JOSH TURNER will release his first Christmas album, King Size Manger. The 11-track album will contain four originals and Josh’s take on seven Christmas classics. His wife, Jennifer and their four boys join him on Have Yourself a Merry Christmas while bluegrass and country artist RHONDA VINCENT joins him for a track as well.
ANOTHER CARRIE COLLABORATION:
If you thought CARRIE UNDERWOOD’s duet with JASON ALDEAN on If I Didn’t Love You was her only collaboration, think again. The American Idol alum has partnered with DAN + SHAY to record Only Us for the soundtrack to the movie Dear Evan Hansen. The movie will hit theaters on September 24 and the tune will be available starting tomorrow (Friday).
ERIC CHURCH’S WORST JOB:
When ERIC CHURCH first moved to Nashville, he worked the night shift at the Shop At Home network and says it was horrible, because people would call in to buy 200 knives at 3 a.m. But, instead of jumping on the sale, Eric would talk them out of buying the product, which wound up getting him fired. Fortunately, he’s much better at selling music than knives.