The guys from Old Dominion—Matthew Ramsey, Trevor Rosen, Geoff Sprung, Brad Tursi and Whit Sellers—will try to score their ninth No. 1 single with the release of “Some People Do.”
Penned by Thomas Rhett, Jesse Frasure, Shane McAnally and Old Dominion’s Matthew Ramsey, “Some People Do,” which is featured on OD’s 2019 self-titled album, will impact country radio on March 2.
“It’s a breaking-point song,” says Matthew. “I don’t care who you are, if you’re in this business . . . you wind up hurting people that you love. Whether that be with your travel or maybe you are drinking too much. So, the want to change is there. Inherently we’re all good people and wanna be good people, and it’s about that want to be the best person for the people that you love.”
The Gift of Music charity concert at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium on Jan. 30 will feature a lineup that includes Dolly Parton, Lee Greenwood, Lonestar, Collin Raye, T.G. Sheppard, Drew Baldridge, Abby Anderson, Artimus Pyle Band, Eric Lee Beddingfield, Red Mountain Bluegrass Band, Brad and Maisy Stella, Taylon Hope and Scott Bass.
The Gift of Music concert, which has been hosted by the Dustin J. Wells Foundation since 2008, will benefit the local W.O. Smith Music School and Scott Hamilton CARES Foundation. The Dustin J. Wells Foundation honors the memory of of Dustin Jack Wells, who died in a car accident in 2005.
Tickets for the concert will go on sale on Jan. 24 at 10 a.m. CT.
Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney of Dan + Shay scored their seventh No. 1 single as “10,000 Hours,” which features Justin Bieber, ascended to the top spot on both the Billboard Country Airplay chart and Mediabase chart this week.
Co-penned by Dan, Shay, Justin, Jessie Jo Dillon, Jordan Reynolds and Jason Boyd, “10,000 Hours” features Shay and Justin trading vocals alongside Dan’s production. The tune is the first new music from Dan + Shay since the release of their 2018 self-titled album, which spawned three No. 1 singles: “All to Myself,” “Tequila” and “Speechless.”
The duo thanked fans and country radio via Twitter: “country radio, you are so good to us. thank you for taking #10KHOURS to #1 this week. we appreciate you like crazy. and as always, thank you to our fans for continuing to write this story. please help us say thanks by tagging your local country radio station(s).”
Blake Shelton released a tender new video for his duet with Gwen Stefani, “Nobody But You.”
Penned by Ross Copperman, Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne and Tommy Lee James, “Nobody But You” is one of four new tracks on Blake’s recently released album, Fully Loaded: God’s Country.
“I was at The Voice compound and Shane McAnally is on Songland, so they were there doing some cross-promotion,” says Blake. “Shane came to my trailer and said, ‘Man, I got a song for you.’ I knew he had Gwen’s number from a write, so I told him to send it to her as I was being called to set. I actually got the song twice because my producer Scott Hendricks emailed it to me right after. Then one day I was driving with Gwen and I said, ‘Hey, let’s listen to that song from Shane, because Scott sent it to me too—it must be pretty incredible.’ When I heard it, I was just floored. I realized how important that song was for me and where I am in my life right now. I just think it’s magical. I literally think it’s important of a song as I’ve ever recorded.”
The new single will impact country radio on Jan. 21. Blake and Gwen will perform together at the 62nd Grammy Awards on Jan. 26.
George Strait will be keeping busy in 2020 with a handful of tour dates, including a newly announced stadium performance with Chris Stapleton and Little Big Town.
George will be performing at the U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minn., on Aug. 22 with LBT and Stapleton, followed by two new dates in Las Vegas with Caitlyn Smith as part of his 5-year Strait to Vegas residency.
From nominations and notes to performers and presenters, here’s everything a country music fan needs to know about the 2020 Grammy Awards on Sunday, Jan. 26.
The Notes
Date: Jan. 26 Location: Staples Center in L.A. Time: 8 p.m ET Channel: CBS Live Stream: CBS All Access
Host: Alicia Keys
Non-Televised Awards:Grammy.com at 3:30 p.m. ET with host Imogen Heap and presenters Esperanza Spalding and Jimmy Jam
Red Carpet:Grammy.com at 5 p.m. ET and E! at 6 p.m. ET
Performers
Blake Shelton, Gwen Stefani, Tanya Tucker, Brandi Carlile, Billy Ray Cyrus, Lil Nas X, Mason Ramsey, BTS, Diplo, Bonnie Raitt, Aerosmith, Billie Eilish, Ariana Grande, Lizzo, Demi Lovato, Charlie Wilson, Run-D.M.C., Camila Cabello, H.E.R., Jonas Brothers, Tyler the Creator
Presenters
Keith Urban, Shania Twain, Brandi Carlile, Tanya Tucker, Bebe Rexha, Ozzy Osbourne, Sharon Osbourne, Common, Cynthia Erivo, Dua Lipa, Billy Porter, Jim Gaffigan, Trevor Noah, Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, Ava DuVernay
Nominations (country-centric)
Best Country Solo Performance
“All Your’n” | Tyler Childers
“Girl Goin’ Nowhere” | Ashley McBryde
“Ride Me Back Home” | Willie Nelson
“God’s Country” | Blake Shelton
“Bring My Flowers Now” | Tanya Tucker
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
“Brand New Man” | Brooks & Dunn With Luke Combs
“I Don’t Remember Me (Before You)” | Brothers Osborne
“Speechless” | Dan + Shay
“The Daughters” | Little Big Town
“Common” | Maren Morris feat. Brandi Carlile
Best Country Song (awarded to songwriters)
“Bring My Flowers Now” | Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth, Tim Hanseroth & Tanya Tucker | (Tanya Tucker)
“Call My Name” | Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’donovan & Sara Watkins, Songwriters (I’m With Her)
“Crossing To Jerusalem” | Rosanne Cash & John Leventhal, Songwriters (Rosanne Cash)
“Faraway Look” | Dan Auerbach, Yola Carter & Pat Mclaughlin, Songwriters (Yola)
“I Don’t Wanna Ride The Rails No More” | Vince Gill, Songwriter (Vince Gill)
Best Americana Album
“Years To Burn” | Calexico And Iron & Wine
“Who Are You Now” | Madison Cunningham
“Oklahoma” | Keb’ Mo’
“Tales Of America” | J.S. Ondara
“Walk Through Fire” | Yola
Best Bluegrass Album
“Tall Fiddler” | Michael Cleveland
“Live In Prague, Czech Republic” | Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
“Toil, Tears & Trouble” | The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys
“Royal Traveller” | Missy Raines
“If You Can’t Stand The Heat” | Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen
Best Folk Album
My Finest Work Yet, Andrew Bird
Rearrange My Heart, Che Apalache
Patty Griffin, Patty Griffin
Evening Machines, Gregory Alan Isakov
Front Porch, Joy Williams
photos by AFF-USA.com; Maren Morris, Dan + Shay by Tammie Arroyo; Brandi Carlile, Tanya Tucker by Curtis Hilbun; Blake Shelton, Gwen Stefani by O\’Connor; Thomas Rhett by Scooter
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee men’s basketball team returns to home to Thompson-Boling Arena for a Tuesday night bout with Ole Miss. Tipoff is set for 9 p.m. ET on SEC Network.
Tuesday’s game can be seen on SEC Network, online through WatchESPN and on any mobile device through the ESPN App. Fans can access WatchESPN at espn.com/watch. Tom Hart, Mark Wise and Alyssa Lang will have the call.
Fans can also listen live on their local Vol Network affiliate to hear Bob Kesling and Bert Bertlekamp describing the action.
Last time out, the Vols used a smothering defensive effort and a huge 21-5 second half run to battle past Vanderbilt on Saturday night. Senior Jordan Bowden led the way for UT, pouring in a game-high 21 points, finishing 7-of-11 from the field and 7-of-8 from the foul line. Juniors Yves Pons and John Fulkerson were also incredibly efficient from the field, combining for a mark of 10-of-17 (.588) and tallying 12 points apiece.
The notable stat of the night was Vanderbilt finishing the night with an 0-of-25 mark from 3-point range. This was the first time since the inception of the 3-point shot before the 1986-87 season (a streak spanning 1,080 games) that the Commodores had failed to make at least one 3-point try.
Tennessee is currently riding a four-game win streak against Ole Miss and have won each of the last two meetings inside the friendly confines of Thompson-Boling Arena.
A win would give head coach Rick Barnes his 100th victory on Rocky Top and give the Vols their ninth consecutive victory over teams from the state of Mississippi.
Up next, Tennessee hits the road for a matchup with third-ranked Kansas. The contest is a part of the 2020 Big 12/SEC Challenge and ESPN’s College Gameday will be on site for its weekly show, airing at 11 a.m. ET. Tipoff is slated for 4 p.m. ET on ESPN.
THE SERIES
• Tennessee leads the all-time series with Ole Miss, 74-44, dating to 1924.
• The Volunteers own a 42-12 edge when the series is played in Knoxville.
• Tennessee is riding a four-game win streak in the series, including each of the last two meetings at Thompson-Boling Arena.
• This is the only time these teams are slated to meet during the regular season.
A WIN WOULD…
• Be Rick Barnes‘ 100th victory as Tennessee’s head coach.
• Extend UT’s win streak over Ole Miss to five games.
• Give the Vols nine consecutive wins over teams from the state of Mississippi.
STORYLINES
• Tennessee’s staff will sport Nike footwear Tuesday as part of the NABC’s Coaches vs. Cancer Suits & Sneakers Week.
• The Vols are 16-5 all-time in Suits & Sneakers games, including a 10-2 mark at home.
• Tennessee made history Saturday at Vanderbilt when it held the Commodores without a 3-pointer for the first time since the 3-point line was introduced 34 years ago (snapping a streak of 1,080 games with at least one make).
• After being inactive for the first 15 games of the season, redshirt freshman forward Uroš Plavšic was granted immediate eligibility by the NCAA on Jan. 14. He is averaging 4.5 points in 13.5 minutes off the bench in his first two college games.
LAYUP LINES
• Tennessee leads the SEC in both scoring defense (59.6 ppg, 11th nationally) and field-goal percentage defense (.382, 21st nationally).
• Tennessee ranks seventh among Division I teams in assist percentage, having assisted on 64.6 percent of its field goals this season.
• Junior forward Yves Pons has blocked at least one shot in every game this season and ranks second in the SEC and 20th nationally with 2.6 bpg.
• Pons leads all SEC players with 3.4 bpg during league play.
• Junior John Fulkerson is shooting a team-best .649 from the field while averaging a career-best 11.1 points per game this season.
• Fifth-year senior and preseason All-SEC guard Lamonté Turner announced on Dec. 21 that he will no longer suit up for the Vols due to thoracic outlet syndrome. The Vols are 3-3 without him.
• The Vols could potentially play a lineup that features five different nationalities: American, Finnish, French, Serbian, Uruguayan
ABOUT OLE MISS
• Ole Miss is currently in the midst of a five-game losing skid. Their last time out, the Rebels fell in a four-point nail biter to SEC leader LSU, 80-76, Saturday night in Oxford.
• Ole Miss currently sits at 9-8 overall, but the Rebels have competed with nearly every opponent they’ve played this season, with five of their eight defeats coming by 10 points or fewer.
• Under second-year head coach Kermit Davis, the Rebels look to steady the course and make it back to the NCAA Tournament for the second consecutive year. In his first season at the helm, Davis took a squad who had won just 12 games in 2017-18 to an eight-win improvement, a fifth-place finish in the SEC and a trip to the Big Dance.
• The bright spot for Ole Miss has come from preseason first-team All-SEC selection Breein Tyree. Tyree is the Rebels’ leading scorer and has averaged an eye-popping 29.7 ppg in his three appearances for Ole Miss in SEC play, which leads the SEC during conference action. Against LSU, he poured in a career-high 36 points to lead all scorers.
• Sophomore forward KJ Buffen has also been a big contributor for the Rebels, ranking third on the team in scoring (10.2 ppg), first in rebounding (6.4 rpg) and blocks (0.8 bpg) and second in steals (1.5 spg) while starting all 17 contests.
• Notable Ole Miss alumni include James Meredith, the university’s first African American student. Meredith, following the inaugural address of then-president John F. Kennedy, chose to exercise his constitutional right to an equal education. He is most noted for his work during the civil rights movement, with his planned solo march known as the March Against Fear, and his work with the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
LAST TIME VS. OLE MISS
• A runner with three seconds left by consensus All-American Grant Williams lifted No. 7 Tennessee to a 73-71 victory over Ole Miss at The Pavilion on Feb. 27, 2019.
• Ole Miss had an opportunity to respond, but All-SEC wing Admiral Schofield stepped up and took a charge to give Tennessee possession with one second left. The Vols inbounded the ball to run the clock out and clinch a double-bye for the SEC Tournament.
• Williams led all scorers with 21 points on 7-of-13 shooting to go along with six rebounds, four assists, three steals and two blocks. Lamonté Turner helped spark Tennessee’s offense in the second half, scoring 13 of his 17 points in the period on 6-of-7 shooting.
• It was UT’s defense that ended up being the difference in the game, holding the Rebels without a field goal during the final 2:40 in the game. Ole Miss was just 2-of-9 shooting from the field in the last nine minutes.
• UM’s high scoring duo of Terence Davis and Breein Tyree both dropped 16 points to lead the Rebels.
• After Ole Miss hit the first shot of the second half, Tennessee responded with a 14-0 run to regain the lead at 48-41. Turner led the charge by scoring nine straight points.
• During the final 11 minutes, neither team pulled ahead by more than one possession. With 2:40 left, Tyree drilled a 3-pointer to give the Rebels a 69-67 lead. With less than a minute remaining, Tennessee played tight defense and forced a last-second shot that bounced off the rim, but Ole Miss got the offensive rebound and made the Vols foul.
• Blake Hinson knocked down both free throws to make it a 3-point game with 33 seconds left. UT responded with a jumper by Jordan Bowden to cut it to one. After a foul and a missed free throw, Williams drove to the lane and knocked down a jumper with three seconds left on the clock.
MEMORABLE VOL PERFORMANCES AGAINST OLE MISS
• Brandon Wharton scored 20 points, Rashard Lee added 17 and 10 rebounds, Isiah Victor poured in 16 points and C.J. Black totaled 15 and 13 rebounds as UT upset the 11th-ranked Rebels 77-67 in Knoxville on Jan. 17, 1998.
• Gene Tormohlen grabbed 31 rebounds at Ole Miss on Feb. 11, 1957, to lift UT to a 98-88 win in Oxford. The 31 boards still stand as the second-best single-game effort in school history.
• Carlus Groves went 11-for-12 (.917) from the floor, the fourth-best single-game average in UT annals, against the Rebels to lift Tennessee to a 98-86 win in Knoxville on Feb. 19, 1992.
• Jeronne Maymon grabbed an incredible 10 offensive rebounds as part of an 11-point, 17-rebound effort against Ole Miss in the 2012 SEC Tournament in Nashville. Despite 21 points from Trae Golden and 15 from Skylar McBee, the Vols fell in overtime, 77-72.
MISSISSIPPI LETTERMEN UNCOMMON
• Incredibly, Tennessee has had just one all-time letterman from the state of Mississippi. Sardis, Mississippi, native Torrey Harris played for the Vols from 1995-99.
TENACIOUS D
• Even when the Vols have struggled to produce offense, their smothering defense has kept them afloat.
• Tennessee has allowed only three of its first 17 opponents to score 70 points (Cincinnati, LSU and Georgia), and the Vols rank among the top 25 nationally in both scoring defense (11th, 59.6 ppg) and field-goal percentage defense (21st, .382).
• The Vols also rank 12th nationally—and second in the SEC—with 5.9 blocks per game.
DIPLOMA CULTURE
• Having graduated last May, senior Lamontè Turner is taking graduate-level courses this season.
• Junior guard Jalen Johnson graduated Dec. 13, while fellow juniors Jacob Fleschman and John Fulkerson project to complete their degrees in May.
SEVEN EARN VOLSCHOLAR STATUS
• Seven members of Tennessee’s roster are wearing the VOLScholar patch on their jersey this semester: Jacob Fleschman, John Fulkerson, Davonte Gaines, Brock Jancek, Kofi Maze, Drew Pember and Uroš Plavšic .
• To be eligible to wear the patch, UT student-athletes must achieve a 3.0 GPA in either of the two previous semesters, or they must own a cumulative 3.0 GPA.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The Southeastern Conference’s ninth-annual observance of “We Back Pat” Week is under way and runs through Monday, Jan. 27. The week-long initiative is focused on bringing awareness and recognition to The Pat Summitt Foundation and its fight against Alzheimer’s disease.
Tennessee’s designated “We Back Pat” game will be held on Sunday, Jan. 26, as LSU comes to Thompson-Boling Arena for a 1 p.m. ET contest. The Tigers are coached by Nikki (Caldwell) Fargas. She, like first-year Lady Vol coach Kellie Harper, played for Summitt, the winner of 1,098 games and eight NCAA titles during her hall of fame career. Fargas also coached alongside Summitt as a graduate assistant (1998-99/Harper’s senior season) and as an assistant (2002-08) for the Big Orange.
Prior to Sunday’s game, the Big Orange women will be Hartford, Conn., on Thursday night, as UConn hosts the first meeting in the two-game Basketball Hall of Fame Revival Series at the XL Center. Tipoff is at 7 p.m. for a “We Back Pat” contest that will benefit the Pat Summitt Foundation, Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Fans are encouraged to wear a “We Back Pat” shirt to the Tennessee-LSU game on Sunday. “We Back Pat” shirts will be available for sale through the Shop at PatSummitt.org (http://patsummitt.shgstores.com/).
Orange and purple shakers, courtesy of the Pat Summitt Foundation, will be available for fans while supplies last.
Entries for the second annual “We Back Pat” kids’ coloring contest will be on display at the Fan HQ table at section 129. To pick-up a coloring contest sheet, kids 12 and younger can visit the Fan HQ table during Monday’s contest against Alabama.
There will be check presentations from various events and organizations to the Pat Summitt Foundation prior to the LSU game and one from the Pat Summitt Foundation to the Pat Summitt Clinic at UT Medical Center during the first quarter of the contest.
“We Back Pat” Week is celebrated by all 14 teams in the SEC, and many other basketball programs around the world take time to observe the occasion as well. The initiative, which utilizes promotional public address announcements, video endorsements and television exposure to share a very important message, focuses on raising awareness of Alzheimer’s disease and The Pat Summitt Foundation’s role in fighting it.
The outpouring of support across the conference and around the country has been incredible. The visibility that the SEC brings with the annual week gives the Foundation and its mission national attention to help eradicate Alzheimer’s, which prematurely ended the career and life of the greatest coach in women’s basketball.
“The SEC, its 14 member institutions and fans across the country have helped with the growth of The Pat Summitt Foundation,” foundation director of community relations Adam Waller said. “‘We Back Pat'” Week provides The Pat Summitt Foundation an opportunity to express our appreciation and to celebrate what we are accomplishing together in honor of Pat.”
The Pat Summitt Clinic, located at the University of Tennessee Medical Center, is ground zero in the fight against this disease. The clinic is a state-of-the-art facility with a serene environment designed from top to bottom with the unique needs of Alzheimer’s patients as the focal point.
The multidisciplinary team approach of the clinic is a unique and major strength of the entity with regard to providing the absolute best care possible for patients and families. The clinic employs neurologists, neuropsychiatrists, nurses, social workers and other health care professionals involved in the care of Alzheimer’s disease patients and caregivers.
So, when a patient and caregiver come to the clinic, they will get all their needs met in one place as opposed to having to see all of these various health care professionals at different facilities and at different times. Additionally, this team of heath care practitioners works together collaboratively to design a comprehensive plan for each patient and caregiver.
The medical director is Dr. Roberto Fernandez, a neurologist with many years of experience in providing care for patients and families. He is also passionate about clinical research and is building up the research program at the clinic with the goal of discovering treatments and prevention.
About The Pat Summitt Foundation
The Pat Summitt Foundation, a fund of East Tennessee Foundation, was established by Pat and Tyler Summitt in November 2011. Its mission is to award grants to nonprofit organizations that advance research for treatment and a cure, provide care and support for patients and caregivers, and educate the public about Alzheimer’s disease. To learn more please visit www.patsummitt.org, like the foundation on facebook.com/webackpat, and follow it on Twitter and Instagram @webackpat.
Singer/songwriter David Olney, 71, died onstage during the 30-A Songwriters Festival in Santa Rosa Beach, Fla., on Jan. 18.
David collapsed onstage after an “apparent heart attack” during a showcase alongside Amy Rigby and Scott Miller.
Amy shared details of the tragedy via Facebook, saying: “David Olney, a beautiful man, a legend, a songwriting poet died last night. I was sitting next to him in the round, had been so honored and looking forward to getting to trade songs with him and Scott Miller. Olney was in the middle of his third song when he stopped, apologized and shut his eyes. He was very still, sitting upright with his guitar on, wearing the coolest hat and a beautiful rust suede jacket we laughed about because it was raining like hell outside the boathouse where we were playing- I just want the picture to be as graceful and dignified as it was, because it at first looked like he was just taking a moment. Scott Miller had the presence of mind to say we needed to revive him. Doctors in the audience and 30A folks were all working so hard to get him to come to. It’s hard to post about this because I can’t really believe he’s gone. I am so sorry for his wife and family and friends and all the people who loved him and his music. Even those who never heard of him. We all lost someone important last night.”
In addition to releasing more than 20 solo albums, David’s songs were recorded by Emmylou Harris, Del McCoury, Linda Ronstadt, Steve Young and more. He is survived by wife Regine, daughter Lillian and son Redding.
David’s official website noted the following: “Olney moved to Nashville [in 1973] after briefly studying English at the University of North Carolina. He quickly fell in with a group of like-minded songwriters that included [Guy] Clark, [Townes] Van Zandt, Rodney Crowell, and Richard Dobson. In the early 1980s, he formed The X-Rays, a jagged rock band that secured a contract with Rounder Records. In 1986, he embarked on a solo recording career that produced more than 20 albums and allowed him to travel the world making music.”
During Jeremy Pruitt’s tenure as an Alabama assistant, the Crimson Tide won national titles mainly with pocket passers in a pro-style offense.
But in December, Tennessee signed a mobile quarterback in Jimmy Holiday, who has run an electronically timed 4.38 seconds in the 40 and who has the ability to play multiple positions.
Holiday, who had been committed to TCU, is a bit different from the other scholarship quarterbacks on the Tennessee roster. The 6-foot, 190-pounder rushed for more than 1,400 yards as a senior at Madison, Miss.
Does that represent a change in philosophy for Pruitt?
“We’ve never had a shift in philosophy,’’ Pruitt said during a recent interview on The Sports Animal WNML Radio. “Our number one thing is to be able to recruit a guy that can throw the ball to win games, but at the same time, combine the athleticism that gives you the opportunity to create quarterback runs, to have a guy that can extend plays, that can put pressure on the opponent.’’
That sounds like a Joe Burrow or a Trevor Lawrence or a Justin Fields or a Jalen Hurts.
Those four quarterbacks engineered their teams into this season’s College Football Playoffs.
And when you look at the NFL playoffs, seven of the eight teams in the divisional round had a mobile quarterback, Kurt Cousins of Minnesota being the exception. And Cousins isn’t exactly a statue.
While Pruitt values a quarterback who can run, he also feels it’s important to have an accurate thrower.
“If you’re going to be able to win a championship,’’ Pruitt said, “you obviously almost have to win every game. So to do that, there’s going to be a time when you might not be able to get the running game going. So the quarterback’s going to have to make throws.
“So you’ve got to … have a quarterback that can make all the throws and have the consistency to be able to do that.’’
Whether Holiday can make all the throws at the SEC level remains to be seen.
Even if he can’t, he could be an asset to the offense this year, perhaps running out of the wildcat package or lining up in the slot, or at running back. There’s no reason UT can’t find a way to get Holiday on the field for five to 10 plays a game – depending on the situation.
And if Holiday proves to be an accurate passer, he could be the type quarterback that gives defenses fits – and takes Tennessee to the next level.
