Album Review: Brad Paisley – ‘American Saturday Night’

First of all a disclaimer: I have never really been a Brad Paisley fan until today, when I listened to this album. Sure I like “Whiskey Lullaby”, “When I Get Where I’m Going” and “Letter To Me”, but I never really thought “Man, I need to hear some Brad Paisley right now.” He just wasn’t [...]

CD Giveaway: Tanya Tucker – ‘My Turn’

We have our winners!  The following individuals will be receiving a copy of Tanya’s latest CD My Turn:
Patrice, Chad, Karlie, Plain_Jo,  and Dale Schmucker.
We’ll be in touch shortly to get your mailing addresses.  Thanks to all who participated.

We hope that you’re enjoying our coverage of this month’s spotlight artist, Tanya Tucker. Now that [...]

Single Review: Sara Evans – ‘Feels Just Like A Love Song’

In 2006, Sara Evans was riding high.  She was the reigning female vocalist for the Academy of Country Music and had ridden the hits from her 2005 release Real Fine Place to the upper reaches of the chart.  She was also appearing that fall on ABC’s Dancing With the Stars and was about as high-profile [...]

Classic Rewind: George Jones & Tammy Wynette – ‘Milwaukee, Here I Come’

George Jones released this song as a single in 1968. The record reached #12 on the Billboard country singles chart; however, this is a record that suffered from timing. It would have been a much better recording if it had been done a few years earlier — or a few years later. [...]

Week ending 6/27/09: #1 this week in country music

1949: One Kiss Too Many — Eddy Arnold (RCA)
1959: The Battle of New Orleans — Johnny Horton (Columbia)
1969: Running Bear — Sonny James (Capitol)
1979: Amanda – Waylon Jennings (RCA)
1989: I Don’t Want To Spoil The Party — Rosanne Cash (Columbia)
1999: Write This Down — George Strait (MCA)
2009: Out Last Night — Kenny Chesney (BNA)

Album Review: Tanya Tucker – ‘Complicated’

Rainy walks, a midnight talk, dance me on your feet
Hold me close, don’t let go, all I’ll ever need
Is a single rose, a kiss hello, that smile upon your face
The tender way, you say my name takes my breath away
Little things
The first single released from Tanya Tucker’s 1997 album, Complicated, was the romantic ‘Little Things’ [...]

Classic Rewind: Patty Loveless – ‘If My Heart Had Windows’

This clip is from the night Patty was inducted as a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1988:

Album Review: Tanya Tucker – ‘Soon’

Continuing with our Tanya Tucker coverage, this review was written by a guest contributor, Michael, who is also a frequent commenter here at My Kind of Country.
When I was a boy, my mom and I scored front row seats to a Tanya Tucker concert but she cancelled the show.  My mother never forgave her, and [...]

Classic Rewind: George Jones – ‘She Thinks I Still Care’

Download ‘Love’s Gonna Live Here’ for free

Amazon MP3 is offering Tanya Tucker’s latest single “Love’s Gonna Live Here” as a free digital download.
The song is the first single from Tanya’s upcoming My Turn CD and features Jim Lauderdale as a guest vocalist on this remake of the Buck Owens classic.  Read our review of the song.

Classic Rewind: Loretta Lynn – ‘One’s On The Way’

Album Review: Tanya Tucker – ‘What Do I Do With Me’

Had she chosen to retire from the music business around 1990, Tanya Tucker could have done so knowing that she’d secured her musical legacy. By then she had been a presence on the country charts for nearly two decades, had released 20 studio albums, and secured 30 top 10 hits, including ten #1’s. [...]

Classic Rewind: Charley Pride – ‘Just Between You and Me’

Recommendation: Songs about saying goodbye

Today an album that I’ve been anticipating for a while came out, namely Far by Regina Spektor- a very unique artist indeed. Listening to the album’s lead-off single, “Laughing With” (See the music video here), a line hit me kind of hard:
No one laughs at God on the day they realize
that the last sight they’ll [...]

Classic Rewind: Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton – ‘We’ve Got Tonight’

Kenny Rogers originally recorded this song with pop star Sheena Easton.  The pair took it to the top of the country charts and to the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 (as well as several other charts) in 1983.  However, I always preferred this live version with Dolly to the original.  The ending is [...]

Album Review: Tanya Tucker – ‘My Turn’

After seven long years, Tanya Tucker is finally back with My Turn , a collection of covers of classic country songs, recorded as a tribute to her late father and mentor, Beau Tucker. This album is different from anything Tanya has done in the past. We’ve never heard her sound so “retro” [...]

Week ending 6/20/09: #1 this week in country music history

1949: One Kiss Too Many — Eddy Arnold (RCA)
1959: The Battle of New Orleans — Johnny Horton (Columbia)
1969: Running Bear — Sonny James (Capitol)
1979: Nobody Likes Sad Songs — Ronnie Milsap (RCA)
1989: Love Out Loud — Earl Thomas Conley (RCA)
1999: Write This Down — George Strait (MCA)
2009: Then — Brad Paisley (Arista)

Album Review: Tanya Tucker – ‘Tennessee Woman’

Released in March 1990, Tennessee Woman was another consistent album which sustained Tanya’s run at the top, marrying together commercial radio-friendly appeal with artistic merit. Jerry Crutchfield was at the helm once more for another good selection of sassy pop-country and sensitive ballads.
The energetic mid-tempo first single, ‘Walkin’ Shoes’, written by Emmylou Harris’s ex-husband [...]

Classic Rewind: Dwight Yoakam & Patty Loveless – ‘Send A Message To My Heart’

Album Review: Tanya Tucker – ‘Strong Enough To Bend’

Tanya’s third release for Capitol, in 1988, showed no signs of a creative or commercial slowdown, even though she finally admitted that year that she had alcohol and cocaine addictions, and went into rehab.
Strong Enough To Bend is one of my favorite Tanya Tucker albums. Produced as before by Jerry Crutchfield, it features some very [...]