• Hearya.com has posted four great live cuts from Justin Townes Earle. The cuts are “Lone Pine Hill,” “Who Am I To Say,”
  “Your Biscuits Are Big Enough For Me” and “Turn Out My Lights.” The session was recorded along with his live show
  accompaniment and friend Cory Younts.
• Tickets for the July 5, 2008 Hootenanny in Orange County CA are on sale now.Some of the artists scheduled to appear are Mike Ness,BR549’s Chuck Mead,Royal Crown Revue, Cadillac Tramps, Grant Lee Phillips, Big Sandy, James Intveld, Guana Batz, Throw Rag, Blood on the Saddle, Roger Allen Wade, Russel Scott, Powerflex 5, Chris Schiflet, Dusty Rhodes, Rickey Warwick, Sh*tkickers, Hellbound Hayride and Wil Ridge
• Aquarium Drunkard has a great post on a two-volume Dirty Laundry compilation that rounds up a collection of black country-soul cuts from the sixties and seventies. Samples offered are James Brown doing Hank Williams’ “Your Cheating Heart” and Bettye Swann doing  “Just Because You Can’t Be Mine.”
• CMT’s Unplugged at Studio 330 has Shooter Jennings playing some cuts off his latest release The Wolf.”

Charlie Daniels has invited Shooter Jennings to open a series of Daniels’ Volunteer Jam concerts this year. April 11-12 in Harris, Mich. the bill also features .38 Special (which includes Donnie Van Zant, of the country duo Van Zant.)

The origial Volunteer Jam took place in 1972 was suppose to a one-off showcase of Daniel’s friend’s which just happed to be the best Southern Rock bands of the time which including the Allman Brothers Band and the Marshall Tucker Band.

Great stuff coming up soon:

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit / The Whigs / The Felice Brothers - Bowery Ballroom - 10/10

Shooter Jennings - Bowery Ballroom - 10/23

Drive By Truckers / Ryan Bingham / The Dead Horses - Bowery Ballroom - 10/26

Lucero / Bobby Bare Jr. / Whiskey & Co.  - Bowery Ballroom - 11/4

Laura Cantrell - Mercury Lounge - 11/10

Buck 65 / Bernard Dolan - Bowery Ballroom - 11/18

Th’ Legendary Shack Shakers / The Pine Hill Haints - Mercury Lounge 11/18

Some upcoming New York shows foe all you city Hillbillys and Betties.

Bowery Ballroom

Fri 09/14/07 Pieta Brown
Fri 09/14/07 Teddy Thompson

Sat 09/29/07 Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers
Sat 09/29/07 The Alternate Routes

Wed 10/10/07 Jason Isbell
Wed 10/10/07 The Whigs

Tue 10/23/07 Shooter Jennings

Fri 10/26/07 Drive-By Truckers
Fri 10/26/07 Ryan Bingham

The Mercury Lounge

Sat 11/10/07 David Kilgour
Sat 11/10/07 Euros Childs
Sat 11/10/07 Laura Cantrell

Town Hall

Wed 09/26/07 Allison Moorer
Wed 09/26/07 Steve Earle

Tue 10/02/07 Fionn Regan
Tue 10/02/07 Lucinda Williams
Wed 10/03/07 Fionn Regan
Wed 10/03/07 Lucinda Williams
Thu 10/04/07 Fionn Regan
Thu 10/04/07 Lucinda Williams

Sat 10/27/07 Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
Sat 10/27/07 Jack Cooke
Sat 10/27/07 Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys

Singer/songwriter and heir to the outlaw tradition Shooter Jennings will introduce the lead single from his third studio album, The Wolf (9/17), a cover of the Dire Straits cut “Walk of Life.”

Now I like Dire Straits, especially “Sultans of Swing”, but “Walk of Life” always seemed pretty lightweight and silly to me.

Jennings says “I’ve loved this song since I was a kid, but when I actually read the lyrics, I was fascinated by the line ‘he do the song about the sweet lovin‘ woman, he do the song about the knife,’ because it’s a struggle that I can relate to as a musician,” explains Jennings. “Hopefully this song will make people let their guards down, and it will open the door to the rest of the album. Then the more personal songs I wrote will speak for themselves.”

Okay I’ll hold all judgement until I hear it for myself.

Jennings also wrote nine of the 13 tracks for The Wolf, produced by Dave Cobb, including the autobiographical country blues tinged title cut, as well as “Slow Train” featuring guest vocals by iconic country music group The Oak Ridge Boys and the tribute to best friends everywhere, “Old Friend.”

Jennigs says “Dave and I were able to live out some of our musical fantasies with this album, which includes horn sections, and some of the Grand Ole Opry background singers,” added Jennings “It’s a country album that shows my influences from guys like Hank Jr. and my dad, and a lot of the country from the 70’s and 80’s. We also got a cool drum sound for the whole record that almost has a disco sound to it, as strange as that may sound. I think my fans are really going to dig it.”

Singer/songwriter and heir to the outlaw tradition Shooter Jennings continues to mark his territory (sorry, had to do it)
in country music with the release of his third studio disc - The Wolf - on October 23, 2007.

Jennings wrote nine of the 13 tracks for this third project showing a more personal side of songwriting and giving
fans a more introspective look at the singer’s personal struggles and triumphs.

Several standout tracks on The Wolf, which was produced by Dave Cobb, include the autobiographical country blues tinged
title cut, as well as “Slow Train” featuring guest vocals by iconic country
music group The Oak Ridge Boys and a tribute to best friends everywhere, “Old Friend.”

Fans can get a sneak peak of what’s to come from the new album out on the road, where Jennings and his band the
357’s will give a taste of things to come.

Upcoming tour dates:

8/8/2007 : I Love NY Food Festival
TIME:  6:00pm
WITH:  Dickey Betts and Great Southern
LOCATION:  Albany, NY

8/9/2007 : Beachland Ballroom
TIME:  8:00pm
WITH:  The No So Good Ol’ Boys support
LOCATION:  Cleveland, OH

8/10/2007 : Wisconsin State Fair
LOCATION:  West Allis, WI

8/17/2007 : Watertown Fairgrounds Arena
TIME:  7:00pm

8/18/2007 : Allen County Fair
TIME:  8:00pm
WITH:  Montgomerey Gentry
LOCATION:  Lima, OH

8/22/2007 : The Library
TIME:  9:00pm
LOCATION:  Oxford, MS
8/23/2007 : Shooter’s
TIME:  8:00pm
LOCATION:  Texarkana, AR

8/24/2007 : Heritage Hall
TIME:  8:00pm
WITH:  Charlie Robison supports
LOCATION:  Ardmore, OK

8/25/2007 : Black River Coliseum
TIME:  8:00pm
WITH:  Montgomerey Gentry
LOCATION:  Poplar Bluff, MO

8/30/2007 : Southgate House
TIME:  7:00pm
WITH:  Stoll Vaughn supports
LOCATION:  Newport, KY

8/31/2007 : Columbia Music Hall
TIME:  8:00pm
LOCATION:  Portsmouth, OH

9/1/2007 : Ribfest
TIME:  3:00pm
WITH:  Cowboy mouth, Bodeans..
LOCATION:  Indianapolis, IN

9/6/2007 : Voodoo Lounge
TIME:  8:00pm
LOCATION:  Maryland Heights, MO

9/7/2007 : Uncle Ron’s
TIME:  8:00pm
LOCATION:  Lincoln, NE

9/8/2007 : Celebration on the High Plains
TIME:  7:00pm
WITH:  Eli Young band supports
LOCATION:  Colby, KS

9/12/2007 : Aggie Theatre
TIME:  8:00pm
WITH:  Earl Greyhound supports
LOCATION:  Ft. Colllins, CO

9/13/2007 : Boulder Theatre
TIME:  8:00pm
WITH:  Very special guests
LOCATION:  Boulder, CO

From Harp.com - SIRIUS satellite radio has just announced that country-rock legend Steve Earle will host a weekly show on the Outlaw Country station, channel 63.

The Steve Earle Show: Hard Core Troubadour Radio will be a one hour program featuring Earle’s personal music selections as well as on-air interviews with special guests. In more than thirty years of music-making, Earle has been nominated 11 times for a Grammy award, and has one win for The Revolution Starts Now in 2005. Earle has recently been in the studio recording his upcoming album on New West Records, with producer John King of The Dust Brothers, and also had a weekly show on Air America which he is leaving for his new gig at SIRIUS.

Outlaw Country was created by Little Steven Van Zandt and is home to the equally maverick likes of Shooter Jennings and Cowboy Jack Clement. Earle’s program will be broadcast Saturdays at 8pm ET and can also be heard Sundays at 1am and 9am and Monday nights at midnight.

I wonder if Sirius will give Earle the long leash that Air America did when he goes off on the powers that be. They will if they’re smart. Steve Earle’s politics are as much a part of what results in his extraordinary talent as his heroin use and obnoxious attitude. Let Earle be Earle. Let him rant and rave about the carpetbagger boy-king W and play some of the best music ever to travel the galaxy.

Speaking of great Summer concerts - Lone Star 92.5 presents a Lone Star Fandango with ZZ Top, David Allan Coe, Hank Williams III (not on his tour itinerary below), Shooter Jennings, Old 97s, Drive By Truckers and the Drams at the Smirnoff Music Centre, Dallas, TX on Sunday, July 15, 2007 01:00 PM

It’s that time again. Time for bbq, fireworks, sunburns and Willie’s picnic. This 4th of July, get yourself to the Fort Worth Stockyards in Fort Worth, Texas. Advance tickets will be available for $30; otherwise, they’ll cost $35 at the door.

So far, the following artists are on board: Willie Nelson & Family, Kris Kristofferson, Stoney Larue, Shooter Jennings, Del Castillo, Pauline Reese, Noel Haggard, Titty Bingo, James Hand, Jimmy Lee Jones, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Johnny Bush, The Geezinslaw Brothers, Ray Price, No Justice, Randy Rogers Band, Billy Joe Shaver, The Mother Truckers, Mike Graham, Leon Russell, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, David Allan Coe, Freddy Powers, Bonnie Bishop, Bill McDavid, and Heather Myles.