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Mark James, a Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee best known for writing hits for Elvis Presley, Willie Nelson and a long list of other top artists, has died. The BBC reports that James died at his home in Nashville on June 8 at the age of 83. Born Francis Rodney Zambon in Houston, Texas, on Nov. 29. 1940, James took up the violin in his youth before switching to guitar. He launched his music career in Houston, playing the club scene before beginning to record his own songs. He released a string of minor local singles before interrupting his musical career to serve in Vietnam, and after he retur...
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Ladies, no stressing for Father’s Day. Your man might be easier to shop for than you think if he’s anything like country star Dylan Scott. In a recent interview with Taste of Country Mornings with Wood and Nicole, the “My Girl” singer revealed his spicy Father’s Day request to his wife. Wood, cohost of Taste of Country Mornings with Wood and Nicole, asked the country crooner if he had anything on his mind for a Father’s Day gift. Scott said, “I don’t get into all that. My wife (asked when) we were riding down the road the other day. She was like, ‘What do you want for Father’s Day?’ I said, ‘B...
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With Father’s Day rapidly approaching, now is the time to put something together for dear old dad. And while gifts are nice on such a meaningful day, words straight from the heart often times carry a little more weight. But what do you do when you can’t find the words? Like with so many other moments in life, country music is here to give us the words we can’t find ourselves. Music has a way of helping us work through our emotions and it’s not uncommon for a song to say exactly what you are feeling. It’s one of the reasons music can help us through a breakup or give us that added level of cele...
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Jelly Roll‘s new song “I Am Not Okay” sounds like another pulled from his turbulent past, but the full scope of the lyrics stretches into his present and beyond. Fan stories inspired much of the storytelling on his new album. “I Am Not Okay” is Jelly Roll’s first official single from a new album that will be released on BMG in partnership with Republic Records.Talking toTaste of Country Nights host Evan Paul in May, he shared that he wrote over 150 songs for this album: “I’ve never been so inspired.”This week, “Halfway to Hell” became his fourth straight No. 1 hit on country radio.Related: Jel...
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Kane Brown won’t take any disrespect from any unruly fans and has made it clear he has no problem kicking someone out if they cross the line. Brown was performing at State Farm Arena in Atlanta when a fan flipped him the middle finger during his song “I Can Feel It.” The moment was caught on video, showing Brown expertly multitasking as he deals with the disrespectful man without missing a single beat of his song in the process. The singer can be seen gesturing for the man to come up to the stage. “Come here, I wanna show you what flipping me off will do,” the singer says between lyrics. He al...
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Carly Pearce is putting a stake in the ground after several social media users accused her of worshiping the devil. The comments came in after she posted a carousel of photos from her performance at the 2024 CMA Fest. The slides featured photos on stage and with her band, but a few shots in the parking lot brought about chaos in the comments section. One photo shows Pearce standing in a parking spot that looks to be numbered “666” or “668.” A handful of followers were quick to assume the number was the former and not the latter. “Why the 666??” one person writes. “666, we know who you worship,...
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Dolly Parton is voicing her opinion on Jennifer Aniston‘s new reboot of the 1980 film 9 to 5. The country singer is not opposed to a reimagining for the movie and is actually hoping to be a part of it in some way. Speaking at the 2024 CMA Fest, Parton revealed she’s known about Aniston’s idea for years. The “Jolene” singer recounted a story from several years ago when she visited the actress at her home. Aniston had invited her over for lunch and to meet her dog, whom she named Dolly Parton. “She did talk about wanting to do that then with younger newer people,” she explains. “And that possibl...
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Bailey Zimmerman has said many times on record that he is looking for a wife. We got some time with the quickly-rising country star, and tried to help him narrow down his search. Bailey Zimmerman Wants to Get married, Reveals Exactly What He’s Looking for in a Wife In speaking with Zimmerman on Taste of Country Nights, we addressed the whole ‘looking for a wife’ situation. I wanted to know if he has a scenario painted in his head of how this was going to play out. Turns out, he most certainly does, and it’s very detailed. The “Rock and a Hard Place” singer spilled the tea. “Hey, always looking...
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Miranda Lambert changed the entire trajectory of her career and life when she scored her first No. 1 hit on June 12, 2010, but many fans might not be aware that the song wasn’t even meant for her. In fact, it was originally pitched to her ex-husband, Blake Shelton. Tom Douglas and Allen Shamblin wrote “The House That Built Me,” and they worked for a long time to get it right, editing out some lyrics and adding the crucial line,“If I could just come in, I swear I’ll leave / I won’t take nothing but a memory.” They sent it to Shelton, who at that time was Lambert’s boyfriend. She was present whe...
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Ford vs. Chevy, Coke vs. Pepsi, less filling vs. tastes great — there have been many questions debated by fans of NASCAR, but Kevin Harvick may have found one of the tougher questions to ask current drivers. Harvick had the drivers from Joe Gibbs Racing on his podcast Kevin Harvick’s Happy Hour when he asked the guests who was a better driver: Dale Earnhardt Jr. or Chase Elliott? After the drivers got done squirming at the tough question, all four checked in with an answer of Chase Elliott, landing on his Cup Championship as the tie breaker. Denny Hamlin did point out that it was easier to say...
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