Alabama was forced to cancel two dates on their 50th Anniversary Tour as frontman Randy Owen deals with vertigo and migraines.
The Hall of Fame group of Randy Owen, Teddy Gentry and Jeff Cook cancelled their shows at TD Place Stadium in Ottawa, ON, on July 19 and at the Big Sky Music Festival in Oro-Medonte, ON, on July 20.
Alabama is celebrating a half-century of making music with their current 50th Anniversary Tour. The cross-country trek kicked off in January with an announced run of more than 50 shows through November, featuring an array of openers, including Charlie Daniels Band, The Marshall Tucker Band, The Beach Boys, John Anderson, Restless Heart, Exile, John Michael Montgomery, Scotty McCreery and more.
Alabama 50th Anniversary Tour
July 26 | Columbus Civic Center | Columbus, GA (w/ John Michael Montgomery)
July 27 | Thunder Valley Amphitheatre | Bristol, TN (w/ John Michael Montgomery)
Aug. 16 | State Fair of West Virginia | Lewisburg, WV
Aug. 17 | PNG Bank Arts Center | Holmdel, NJ (w/ Scotty McCreery)
Aug. 23 | Van Andel Arena | Grand Rapids, MI (w/ Restless Heart)
Aug. 24 | The Country Fest’s Neon Nights | North Lawrence, OH
Aug. 29 | Mohegan Sun Arena | Wilkes|Barre, PA (w/ The Charlie Daniels Band)
Aug. 31 | Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion | Gilford, NH (w/ The Charlie Daniels Band)
Sept. 1 | Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion | Bangor, ME (w/ The Charlie Daniels Band)
Sept. 13 | Fox Theatre | Detroit, MI (w/ Exile)
Sept. 14 | Tailgates N’ Tallboys | Peoria, IL
Sept. 27 | Martin Luther King Jr. Arena | Savannah, GA
Sept. 28 | Hertz Arena | Estero, FL
Oct. 3 | Colonial Life Arena | Columbia, SC (w/ The Charlie Daniels Band)
Oct. 4 | Legacy Arena at the BJCC | Birmingham, AL (w/ The Charlie Daniels Band)
Oct. 10 | Donald L. Tucker Civic Center | Tallahassee, FL (w/ The Charlie Daniels Band)
Oct. 11 | Spectrum Center | Charlotte, NC (w/ The Charlie Daniels Band)
Nov. 1 | WinStar World Casino & Resort | Thackerville, OK
Nov. 8 | Veterans Memorial Coliseum at the Alliant Energy Center | Madison, WI (w/ The Charlie Daniels Band)
Nov. 9 | Bankers Life Fieldhouse | Indianapolis, IN (w/ Restless Heart)
Nov. 20 | Bridgestone Arena | Nashville, TN (w/ The Charlie Daniels Band)
Billy Currington will return to country radio on Aug. 5 with the release of his new single, “Details.” The easygoing jam revolves around a man who is focused on the little “details” that make his girlfriend special.
Penned by Mark Trussell, Nicolle Galyon and Stephen Lee Olsen, “Details” will most likely be featured on Billy’s upcoming seventh studio album, although no official announcement has been made. The new single follows Billy’s most recent single, “Bring It On Over,” which was released in 2018 and cracked the Top 30 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart.
Billy’s most recent album, Summer Forever, which was released in 2015, spawned No. 1 hits “Don’t It,” “It Don’t Hurt Like It Used To” and “Do I Make You Wanna.”
Kane Brown joined forces with electronic music producer/DJ Marshmello for a new single, “One Thing Right.”
Penned by Kane, Marshmello, Jesse Frasure, Josh Hoge and Matthew McGinn, “One Thing Right” is Marshmello’s first collaboration with a country artist. The tune was initially slated for Kane’s 2018 sophomore album, Experiment, but Kane decided to send it to Marshmello after meeting him at the 2018 American Music Awards.
“Marshmello had reached out to say congratulations while I was at the AMAs,” says Kane. “I sent him the song and he ended up being really passionate about it, and said he wanted to even make it a single, so we ended up working on it together. I am a huge Marshmello fan and think he is an incredible artist in his space, so I am thrilled to be able to get to collaborate with him on this. It’s amazing seeing a song you wrote come to life like that.”
Kane and Marshmello dropped a high-speed new video for the tune, which you can watch below.
The Highwomen—Brandi Carlile, Amanda Shires, Maren Morris and Natalie Hemby—released their first single, “Redesigning Women,” from their upcoming self-titled album, which is slated to drop on Sept. 6.
The new track, which was penned by Natalie and Rodney Clawson, was produced by Dave Cobb.
“‘Redesigning Women’ is the life most women are living today,” says Natalie. “We juggle so much in 24 hours and I wanted to write a song that reflected the goodness, the madness and the hilarity of it all.”
The supergroup’s name is a play on The Highwaymen—a supergroup that featured Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings.
On their upcoming debut album, The Highwomen are joined by several guest musicians, vocalists and songwriters. The project features Sheryl Crow (background vocals, bass), Yola (vocals, background vocals), Cobb (acoustic/electric guitar), Jason Isbell (acoustic/electric guitar), Phil Hanseroth (bass, background vocals), Tim Hanseroth (guitar, background vocals), Chris Powell (drums) and Peter Levin (piano and keyboards) with songs written by Carlile, Hemby, Morris, Shires, Isbell, the Hanseroth twins, Rodney Clawson, Lori McKenna, Miranda Lambert and Ray LaMontagne among many others.
Watch the new video below, which features appearances from Lauren Alaina, Kassi Ashton, Cam, Lilly Hiatt, Wynonna Judd, Catie Offerman, Cassadee Pope, Erin Rae, Raelynn, Natalie Stovall, Tanya Tucker, Anna Vaus and Hailey Whitters.
“Redesigning Women”
Full time livin’ on a half-time schedule
Always tryin’ to make everybody feel special
Learning when to brake and when to hit the pedal
Working hard to look good ’til we die
A critical reason there’s a population
Raising our brows in a new generation
Rosie the Riveter with renovations
And always gets better with wine
Redesigning women
Running the world while we’re cleaning up the kitchen
Making bank, shaking hands, driving 80
Trying to get home just to feed the baby
Skipping the bread for the butter
Changing our minds like we change our hair color
Ever since the beginnin’ we been redesigning women
Pullin’ up the floors and changing out the curtains
Some of us are saints and some of us are surgeons
Made in God’s image, just a better version
And breaking every Jell-O mold
And when we love someone we take ’em to heaven
And if the shoe fits we’re gonna buy 11
How we get it done we like to keep ’em guessing
But secretly we all know
Redesigning women
Running the world while we’re cleaning up the kitchen
Making bank, shaking hands, driving 80
Trying to get home just to feed the baby
Skipping the bread for the butter
Changing our minds like we change our hair color
Ever since the beginnin’ we been redesigning women
How do we do it?
How do we do it?
Making it up as we go along
How do we do it?
How do we do it?
Half way right and half way wrong
Redesigning women
Running the world while we’re cleaning up the kitchen
Making bank, shaking hands, driving 80
Trying to get home just to feed the baby
Skipping the bread for the butter
Changing our minds like we change our hair color
Ever since the beginnin’ we been redesigning women
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee football quarterbacks coach Chris Weinke added another honor to his legendary career this week when he was announced as one of 11 inductees for the 2019 Florida Sports Hall of Fame class.
Weinke, who won a national championship in 1999 and a Heisman Trophy in 2000 as a player at Florida State, is entering his second year on the Volunteers’ staff after coaching running backs in 2018.
The 2019 Florida Sports HOF enshrinement ceremony will take place on Nov. 12 at the Amway Center in Orlando.
Before coming to Rocky Top in 2018, Weinke was the quarterbacks coach for the Los Angeles Rams for two seasons and spent five years as the program director at IMG Academy, where he worked with some of the nation’s top high school football recruits and trained several NFL players.
He also worked as an offensive analyst at Alabama in 2017, helping lead the Crimson Tide to the College Football Playoff National Championship.
Weinke enjoyed a seven-year NFL career from 2001-07, playing with the Carolina Panthers (2001-06) and the San Francisco 49ers (2007). The Panthers drafted Weinke in the fourth round of the 2001 NFL Draft with the 106th overall pick.
The St. Paul, Minnesota, native is perhaps best known for his remarkable career at Florida State, playing for the legendary Bobby Bowden from 1997-2000. Weinke owns the Seminoles’ career records for passing yards (9,839), completions (650) and touchdown passes (79) and his 14 games with 300 or more passing yards are tied for the most in FSU history. He played in 36 games and his 32 wins as a starting quarterback are the most in Florida State history. He was inducted into the FSU Hall of Fame in 2011 and has his jersey retired by the school.
As a senior in 2000, Weinke won the Heisman Trophy, Johnny Unitas Award and the Davey O’Brien Award after leading Florida State to the ACC title and an 11-2 record. He threw for an FSU record 4,167 yards and a then-record 33 touchdowns, while completing 61.7 percent of his passes in 2000. At 28, Weinke became the oldest player ever to win the Heisman Trophy.
As a junior in 1999, Weinke led Florida State to a perfect 12-0 record, capping the year with a 46-29 win over Virginia Tech in the Sugar Bowl to give the Seminoles the BCS National Championship. He threw for 3,103 yards and 25 touchdowns and completed 61.5 percent of his passes during Florida State’s championship run.
Weinke was a 1989 Parade magazine and USA Today first-team high school All-American at Cretin-Derham Hall High School in St. Paul. He was also an all-state baseball player and in 1990 he was drafted in the second round of the Major League Baseball First-Year Player draft (No. 62 overall) by the Toronto Blue Jays.
He signed a professional contract with Toronto and played in the minor leagues before leaving baseball in 1996.
The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) summer trade show (July 18–20) kicked off in Nashville at the Wildhorse Saloon on July 18 with the Gibson Summer NAMM Jam.
The showcase featured a lineup of legends, stars and emerging acts—all strumming Gibson guitars—including Jason Isbell, Nathaniel Rateliff, Chris Isaak, Lee Roy Parnell, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Parmalee, Aaron Lee Tasjan, Cassadee Pope, Travis Denning, Temecula Road, Honey County, Alanis Sophia and Jayden Tatatiscore.
Here’s my recap of the 2019 SEC Football Media Days in Hoover, AL, as well as a look at our coverage on 99.1 The Sports Animal, which included interviews with four SEC head football coaches on SportsTalk including Jeremy Pruitt and three others live on radio row.
Get every interview from The Sports Animal covering the 2019 SEC Media Days in Hoover, Ala. here.
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After Luke Combs was officially inducted into the Grand Ole Opry on July 16, he and fiancée Nicole Hocking got some “practice” for their upcoming wedding reception.
The couple was tasked with cutting Luke’s celebratory cake at the Opry’s post-show party.
“We’ve got to practice,” said Luke, before he and Nicole cut the first slice together.
Luke and Nicole, who have been dating for three years, got engaged in November 2018. No wedding date has been made public yet, but at least the couple now has some cake-cutting experience for their big day.
HOOVER, Ala. — The general consensus of media experts is that Tennessee’s offense will go as far as the offensive line takes it.
The O-line has been a cause for concern since former quarterback Josh Dobbs masked its weakness with his bambi-like running skills.
Last season, Tennessee ranked last in the SEC in rushing yards per game (129.1), last in yards per carry (3.7) and next-to-last in rushing touchdowns (15).
That’s a primary reason the Vols were 13th in the league in scoring last season.
Help is on the way along the offensive line, as well as bulk. Don’t be surprised if Tennessee starts two true freshmen at tackle – Wanya Morris and Darnell Wright. Center Brandon Kennedy, injured after starting the season opener, is also back.
Ryan Johnson, Jahmir Johnson, K’Rojhn Calbert, Jerome Carvin, Nathan Niehaus and Riley Locklear will likely battle to start at the guard spots.
Head coach Jeremy Pruittt also said the Vols had just two offensive linemen last year that weighed 300 pounds – although last year’s media guide weights listed nine – and now 15 offensive linemen weight at least 300.
One major concern: The health of Trey Smith. He missed the last five games last year due to recurring blood clots around his lungs. His status for this season appears to be doubtful, although Pruitt said Smith is doing everything he can to return.
Will Tennessee’s offensive line be a lot better than last season?
“Absolutely,’’ Pruitt said.
Why?
“Experience,’’ Pruitt said.
Most of the returners have some playing experience and will be in their second season under offensive line coach Will Friend. Perhaps more importantly, they’re into their second season under strength coach Craig Fitzgerald.
Still, you have to wonder how efficient the offensive line will be if it starts two freshmen tackles against the likes of Florida, Georgia, Alabama and other flesh-eating defensive lines in the SEC.
“It’s probably a blessing and a course,’’ Pruitt said. “So you possibly have two guys that have the ability to play as freshmen, but then you know you also may have to play them.
“I don’t see that as the case. I think we’ve got some really good guys up front that have worked really hard. There’s going to be lots of competition and whoever the best guys are will play.’’
The best possible option to start at tackle that isn’t a true freshman is redshirt junior Marcus Tatum.
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The couple was tasked with cutting Luke’s celebratory cake at the Opry’s post-show party.
