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Legacy Recordings Readies Willie Box Set / #1s Compiliation

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Billboard.com reports that Legacy Recordings will celebrate Willie Nelson‘s 75th birthday (April 30) by rolling out a series of special projects. The first is the April 1 release “One Hell of a Ride,” a four-disc, 100-song boxed set.

The set bundles together music from Nelson’s stints with numerous record labels, beginning with tracks recorded in late 1954/early 1955 for KBOP radio in Pleasanton, Texas.

While the track list is still coming together, look for early 1960s takes on “Night Life,” “Funny How Time Slips Away” and “Crazy” plus iconic covers like Fred Neil’s “Everybody’s Talkin’,” Hoagy Carmichael’s “Stardust” and Fred Rose’s “Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain.”

Liner notes were penned by Joe Nick Patoski, whose Nelson biography, “An Epic Life,” will hit bookstores this spring via Little, Brown.

Meanwhile, on April 29, Legacy will issue “#1s,” a single-disc compilation of Nelson’s chart-topping pop and country hits.

And of course Nelson’s new studio album,the Kenny Chesney and Buddy Cannon co-produced “Moment of Forever,” is due Jan. 29 via Lost Highway.

Look for Willie on the road until the end of time.

(via 9513)

February 1: Mescalero, NM – Inn of the Mountain Gods
February 2: Albuquerque, NM – Route 66 Casino
February 3: Glendale, AZ – Super Bowl Tailgate Party
February 5: Sahuarita, AZ – Desert Diamond Casino
February 8: San Luis Obispo, CA – Madonna Inn Expo Center
February 9: Reno, NV – Peppermill Casino
February 10: Monterey, CA – Golden State Theatre
February 11: Santa Rosa, CA – Wells Fargo Center of the Arts
February 13: Los Angeles, CA – Nokia Theatre
February 15: Indio, CA – Fantasy Springs Casino
February 16: Flagstaff, AZ – Ardrey Auditorium
February 17: Farmington, NM – McGee Park Convention Center
March 4: Austin, TX – Travis County Expo Center
March 5: Dallas, TX – Meyerson Symphony Center
March 6: Dallas, TX – Meyerson Symphony Center
March 7: Dodge City, KS – Dodge City Civic Center
March 8: Norman, OK – Riverwind Casino
March 9: Topeka, KS – Kansas ExpoCentre Landon Arena
March 11: Abilene, TX – Abilene Civic Center
March 12: San Angelo, TX – San Angelo Coliseum
March 13: Waco, TX – Heart of Texas Coliseum Waco
March 14: Austin, TX – The Backyard
March 15: Austin, TX – The Backyard
March 18: Richmond, VA – The National
March 19: Norfolk, VA – The NorVa Theatre
March 20: Cherokee, NC – Harrah’s Cherokee Smokey Mount
March 21: Amsterdam, Netherlands – Melkweg
March 23: Esbjerg, Denmark – Musikhuset Esbjerg Centre
March 24: Randers, Denmark – Vaerket
March 25: Aalborg, Denmark – Aalborg Kongres & Kulturcenter
April 27: Malmo, Sweden – Baltiska Hallen
April 28: Stockholm, Sweden – Berns Salonger
April 29: Copenhagen, Denmark – Tivolis Concert Hall
May 1: Oslo, Norway – Oslo Concert Hall
May 2: Hamar, Norway – Hamar Ol Amfi
May 3: Halden, Norway – Halden Place D Armes
May 5: Lyngdal, Norway – Fibo Trespo Concert Hall
May 6: Aberdeen, Scotland – Music Hall
May 7: Dundee, Scotland – Caird Hall
May 8: Glasgow, Scotland – Clyde Auditorium
May 9: Glasgow, Scotland – Clyde Auditorium
May 11: Manchester, England – Manchester Apollo
May 13: London, England – Hammersmith Apollo
May 14: London, England – Hammersmith Apollo
May 15: Antwerp, Belgium – Queen Elizabeth Hall
May 16: Paris, France – Grand Rex Theatre
June 14: St. Louis, MO – Fox Theatre
June 21: Tama, IA – Meskwaki Bingo & Casino
June 22: Wisconsin Dells, WI – Crystal Grand Music Theatre
June 23: Oneida, WI – Oneida Ballroom
June 25: Milwaukee, WI – Northern Lights Theater
June 26: Bayfield, WI – Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua
June 27: Council Bluffs, IA – Harrah’s Casino

RIP Hank Williams

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55 years ago, at 3 am Eastern Standard Time, on a cold road somewhere between Knoxville, Tennessee and Oak Hill, West Virginia, the King of Country music, Hank Williams died in the back of a Cadillac on the way to a New Years Day show in Canton, Ohio. Let’s keep the spirit of Hank Sr. alive and rejoice in the simple beauty of his legacy.

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Bloodshot Records Signs Justin Townes Earle – Debut Release “The Good Life” out in Spring 2008

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Chicago-based alt.country stalwart Bloodshot Records has signed Justin Townes Earle to a multi-album, world-wide deal. His debut full-length album, The Good Life is slated to hit stores in Spring 2008. Justin will make appearances at SXSW and tour with The Felice Brothers in March and April. Justin’s previously self-released EP “Yuma” will become available to wide release through Bloodshot soon.

The Good Life is produced by RS Field, who has made his mark on critically acclaimed albums by Billy Joe Shaver, Sonny Landreth, Webb Wilder and Buddy Guy. Recording is underway at House of David studios, the legendary room that has hosted sessions with George Jones, Yo La Tengo, Elvis Presley, Neil Young and countless others. Joining Earle in the studio are a cast of all-star players including longtime cohort Cory Yountes (Bobby Bare, Jr) on banjo and mandolin, pedal steel player master Pete Finney (Dixie Chicks, Patty Lovelace), bassist Bryn Davies (Patty Griffin, Guy Clark), drummer Bryan Owings (Buddy Miller, Shelby Lynne), keyboardist Skylar Wilson and fiddle player Josh Hedley.

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Steve Earle Speaks on Music and Activism

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Texas expat and roots rock legend will take time from promoting his latest album, Washington Square Serenade (9/25) and shooting HBO’s The Wire, where he stretched and portrays an ex-junkie, and heads uptown from his Greenwich Village residence (near where Bob Dylan’s Freewheeling cover photo was taken) to drop into the 92nd Street Y (1395 Lexington Avenue @ 92nd Street New York, NY) on October 9th and take a spin class….er I mean talk with music journalist Anthony DeCurtis about, what else, music and activism (tickets).

Earle joins a roster of politically active artists who have appeared at the Y including Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Tony Kushner and Alec Baldwin(!).The event probably won’t be as interesting (or contentious) as it might be if he held it in Lubbock Texas, but whether you agree with him or revile him, Steve Earle is anything but uninformed

Earle will also appear in concert at Town Hall on September 26 and also hosts a weekly radio show, Hardcore Troubadour Radio, on Sirius Satellite Radio.

Hank III Interview at KNAC.COM

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Hank Williams III took time from the road to talk to KNAC.COM about his new CD, “Damn Right and Rebel Proud” (Curb – early 2008 release) his early inspirations, his country royalty legacyand the sorry state of Nashville.

KNAC.COM: Don’t you think there are still plenty of people out there who don’t have the two-story house and the car payment and botoxed wife? I mean, there are still people who live on the edge, don’t you think? Day to day with a lot of obstacles who just do what they do to get by?

HANK III: Yep. Right. The lawyers outsmarted all the musicians in Nashville, and that’s when it totally changed. We just do what we do. I’m going through the same fuckin’ bullshit on the new record that I just turned in. “There’s no country song for radio on here.” Well, it’s not my fuckin’ fault that I’m too country for radio or that my topics aren’t pristine or picture perfect. I just stick to my guns. “This is my record. These are my songs. If it’s not good enough for radio, that’s your problem—not mine. Our fans will still be here and we’ll still be doin’ what we’re doin’ with or without you, man.

KNAC.COM: This will be your fourth record though. At this point why would they expect that you had changed at all? I mean, you aren’t Rascal Flatts.

HANK III: I guess it’s just like the same reason Creative Artist Agency let me go eight months ago. They were like, “Are you gonna take the next step and go to the next level?” I’m like, “I’m gonna keep playing the bars—they’ve been supporting me since day one. If you have a couple of big shows, I’ll open for a band if the situation is right, but I’m not gonna say “Fuck y’all, see ya later!” to the bars that have kept us alive.” They fired me. I guess it’s the same mentality at the record label that I have to deal with now. Maybe they figure, “Hank’s getting older now—maybe he’s got this rebellious bullshit out of his system and do it our way.” Thank God that I’ve got a good manager and a good lawyer who believes in what I do.

Hank Williams III – Dick In Dixie

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Pop Matter DVD Review – Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, His Music

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Popmatters.com has an excellent review of Robert Elfstrom’s documentary Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, and His Music (1969). The film highlights Cash at his career pinnacle and looks back at his upbringing in rural

Arkansas.From the review: More than that, he was content to dwell in contradiction; he didn’t try to resolve all his warring selves. He was equally the outsider rockabilly and the establishment patriot, the social protestor and the Billy Graham crusader. He gave us a model of cultural ambivalence that we could all identify with. He didn’t solve America’s identity problems, he showed us how to live with them.Â