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country music stories: 46 news summaries

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 McGraw: I'm 
 Not Running 
 for Guv. Yet. 

Singer still interested, but not yet

Dec 16, 08 7:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Those of you drooling at the thought of Gov. Tim McGraw will have to wait a little longer. The country star is not running for governor of Tennessee—yet, People reports. A rep for McGraw denied the rumors, sparked by an item in The New Republic earlier this month, but... More »

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politics • celebrity • Tennessee • country music • Tim McGraw • governor

 Duuude, Willie's in Town! 

Singer uses bus for marijuana breaks

Dec 12, 08 10:52 AM CST
(Newser) - It’s as though the '60s (and the '70s, and the '80s) never ended. The scent of marijuana pouring out of a tour bus in Manhattan can be blamed on Willie Nelson, the New York Post reports. Savvy passers-by have realized the bus, parked outside Manny’s Music all week,... More »

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smoking • marijuana • country music • Willie Nelson • singer

 McGraw May Run 
 for Tenn. Guv 

State's Democrats desperate to find challenger for Frist

Dec 11, 08 4:40 PM CST
(Newser) - Gov. Tim McGraw? The country star is “seriously considering” a run for the post in Tennessee in 2010, Clay Risen writes in a New Republic blog post. Risen notes that Democrats are trying to find a high-profile candidate to run against the all-but-certain Republican entry, Bill Frist. A McGraw... More »

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Bill Frist • Tennessee • country music • Faith Hill • Tim McGraw • governor

OPINION

Country Music's Pop Push as Off-Key as GOP's Populism

As Republicans' populists appeal hits dull notes, so does country's pop flirtation

Nov 20, 08 2:18 PM CST
(Newser) - Joe the Plumber is transforming himself into Joe the Country Singer, but he might not want to quit his day job, whatever it was. In the New Republic, David Browne warns that “country is no longer the music of the middle for many Americans.” Instead, Barack Obama's iPod,... More »

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John McCain • GOP • pop music • Republican Party • country music

(AP) - Kenny Chesney took home his third straight entertainer of the year trophy at the CMA Awards tonight. Chesney's win ties him with Garth Brooks for most in that category. Another big winner was George Straight, who took home honors for best single ("I Saw God Today") and best... More »

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country music • Rascal Flatts • Carrie Underwood • Kenny Chesney • Country Music Association Awards

Glossies

Chronicler of Heartbreak
Gets Happy

Lucinda Williams hits high note after giving
up 'bad boy' rockers

Oct 30, 08 2:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Having written more than 20 songs at the end of yet another troubled relationship, Lucinda Williams had doubts when she found love with a former music executive. She worried that her songwriting skills depended on ties to bad boys, but her new disc, Little Honey, proves that fear unfounded, writes... More »

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Hollywood • love • country music • rock and roll • musician • Lucinda Williams • Tom Overby

(Newser) - We already knew he could fix a toilet and stir up a presidential race. Now, Joe the Plumber may be dazzling us with a country album on Inauguration Day, Politico reports. It seems the artist formally known as Joe Wurzelbacher has teamed up with a Nashville PR firm and is... More »

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country music • Election 2008 • Joe Wurzelbacher • Joe the Plumber

(Newser) - Tim McGraw has a message for fans regarding his new greatest hits album: I'm sorry. McGraw issued a statement today ripping into his label, Curb Records, for releasing Greatest Hits 3 only 2 years after Greatest Hits 2, CMT reports. The country star says he had nothing to do with... More »

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music • music industry • country music • Tim McGraw

 You Are Your Music: Study

Study says music reflects our personalities

Sep 6, 08 6:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Our favorite music speaks volumes about who we are, according to a new psychological study. It turns out that Indie fans are miserable, and metal heads act a lot like classical music lovers. The Independent breaks down personalities by genre:  
  • Indie: Low self-esteem and lazy, not to
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music • classical music • list • psychology • country music • rap music • reggae • heavy metal • blues • rock music • survey • dance music • indie rock

(AP) - Jerry Reed, a singer who became a good ol' boy actor in car chase movies like Smokey and the Bandit, has died of complications from emphysema at 71. As a singer in the 1970s and early 1980s, Reed had a string of hits that included "Amos Moses," "... More »

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obituary • country music • actor

 Country Fans to
 Crossover
 Simpson:
 Cross Back 

'No twang' in singer's country tunes

Jul 21, 08 11:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Struggling pop star Jessica Simpson’s country crossover got off to a rocky start Saturday when her debut performance at Wisconsin’s Country Thunder Festival drew a decidedly mixed reaction from the crowd, the Kenosha News reports. "I just don't hear the country in her; I don't hear the... More »

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music industry • Wisconsin • celebrity • country music • Tony Romo • Jessica Simpson • music review

 Tim McGraw's His Own Bouncer 

Country singer grabs rowdy fan himself and boots him

Jun 25, 08 8:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tim McGraw took matters into his own hands when a rowdy fan got violent in the front row, TMZ reports. When McGraw saw the beefy man strike a woman during a concert in Washington state Tuesday night, he called for security while in mid-song, then reached down from the stage,... More »

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music • country music • Tim McGraw • concert

 Healing Shania Thanks Fans 

'Overwhelming support' helped singer through rough time after split

Jun 6, 08 11:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Shania Twain, nursing a broken heart after a split from her husband of 14 years, has posted a heartfelt message thanking her fans for their support on her website. The Canadian country singer promises to return stronger than ever. Twain's marriage fell apart after her husband had an affair with... More »

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divorce • affair • country music • singer • celebrity divorces • Shania Twain

 Shania, Hubbie Split 

Country star and producer call it quits after 14 years

May 15, 08 10:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Country crooner Shania Twain and her husband of 14 years are separating, her rep tells People. The 42-year-old singer married music producer Robert “Mutt” Lange, 59, six months after they met. In 2002, she told the magazine, “Our love has always been based on friendship and compatibility,”... More »

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country music • celebrity divorces • Shania Twain • Robert "Mutt" Lange

 Underwood Joins
 Grand Ole Opry 

Emotional 'Idol' enters country's elite club

May 11, 08 11:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - "American Idol" winner Carrie Underwood ratcheted up her country cred last night, reports the AP, and can now call herself a Grand Ole Opry cast member. Underwood joined the longest-running radio show, fighting back tears as Garth Brooks handled her induction. "This really seems like a great family... More »

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music • radio • American Idol • awards • country music • Grand Ole Opry • Carrie Underwood

Obituary

 Country's
 Eddy Arnold Dies at 89 

The 'Tennessee Plowboy' sold 85M records, brought music to the masses

May 8, 08 1:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Eddy Arnold, the “Tennessee Plowboy,” died this morning at the age of 89, the Tennessean reports. Ranked as Billboard’s most popular country musician of all time, Arnold sold more than 85 million records and had 37 singles on the pop charts. Besides being remembered as a caring... More »

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obituary • pop music • country music • record sales • Billboard charts • Nashville • Eddy Arnold

Book Review

Willie Bio an Epic of
Whiskey, Weed, and Women

Joe Nick Patoski's biography of Nelson a 'sprawling masterpiece,' says Radar

May 4, 08 3:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Joe Nick Patoski hopped aboard Willie Nelson's tour bus more than 35 years ago, and despite the ever-present haze of marijuana smoke, appears to have emerged clear-eyed to write Willie Nelson: An Epic Life. The work is a "sprawling masterpiece" of the Texas hippie, John Clarke Jr. writes in... More »

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music • marijuana • country music • Willie Nelson • book reviews

Dolly Parton Releases Album on Own Label

Backwoods Barbie
hits No. 2, gives an iconic career new life

Mar 23, 08 3:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - More than a decade after Nashville spurned her for a crop of up-and-comers, Dolly Parton is releasing a new album on her own label--and having the last laugh, as Backwoods Barbie hit Billboard's No. 2 on Billboard in its second week. That's thanks to new technologies that are creating end-run... More »

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music • music industry • country music • album release • record industry • Dolly Parton • Billboard charts • Nashville • Backwoods Barbie • record contract

Singing Marine Sounds Off at Dixie Chicks

Iraq vet takes war at home to the studio
with hawkish hit

Mar 20, 08 12:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Marine back from Iraq and Afghanistan has fired a musical rebuke at the Dixie Chicks for their anti-war hit, "Not Ready to Make Nice."  Cpl. David Thibodeaux's "Not Ready to End the Fight" is hitting America's country dials—including some that shunned the Nashville trio's... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • country music • singer • Nashville • Marine • Iraq war • Dixie Chicks • Not Ready to Make Nice

US Music
Drunk on Booze and Drugs

Study finds lyrics filled with references, but censoring 'not feasible'

Feb 7, 08 7:27 PM CST
(Newser) - Turns out 2005's A-one songs aren't so AA-friendly. A study of the top 279 tunes of that year in the US found 30% of the lyrics referenced illicit substances, mostly positively, reports Reuters. The average 16-year-old racks up 2.4 listening hours a day, which funnels 30,000 alcohol- and... More »

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drugs • alcohol • alcohol abuse • marijuana • country music • rapper

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