News Round Up: Re-releases from Waylon Jennings / New Release from Hank Williams
- Country music legend George Jones seems to be popping up on all the TV shows recently to promote his new Cracker Barrel exclusive album, A Collection of My Best Recollection. This Sunday morning the Possum will make another appearance on CBS Sunday Morning this Sunday October 11, 2009. Host and interviewer Bob Schieffer visits George’s Nashville home and stops by Nashville’s legendary Ryman Auditorium late this summer to talk about life, love and a lot of musical history, as well as all that he is up to today. Jones has said that the new release might be his last album and has tour dates through the rest of the year and early next.
- The follow up to last year’s Mother’s Best radio show recordings Hank Williams: Unreleased Recordings will be released November 3rd. Revealed: Unreleased Recordings will feature 50 new tracks including some new songs and dialogue between Hank and the emcee of the show and his band. The release will also include the first public performance of Cold, Cold Heart.
- Collectors’ Choice has chosen six of Waylon Jennings’ RCA albums from 1966-’70 and will release them as three double CDs: Folk Country/Waylon Sings Ol’ Harlan, Love of the Common People/Hangin’ On and Waylon/Singer of Sad Songs. The CDs will be available on November 24. Grammy Award-winning annotator/historian Colin Escott wrote the liner notes.
- Rosanne Cash will premieres her new album, The List, live at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn, NY October 9th and 10th as part of the St. Ann’s Warehouse 30th Anniversary Season.
- Cash also discuses her new release with Chet Flippo at CMT.com’s Nashville Skyline.
- Ranch Twang now has a LastFM group. Join up and help share great music with other folks.
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