Old Dominion shared with fans on social media that “No Hard Feelings” will be “Coming to a radio near yousoon.”
“No Hard Feelings” is one of the 13-tracks on Old Dominion’s Time, Tequila, & Therapy – in fact it’s the song that inspired the album’s title.
Talking about the song, Old Dominion lead singer Matthew Ramsey says, “‘No Hard Feelings’ was a title that I’ve had for probably a year or whatever…just carrying it around. It’s something you hear people say.”
Matthew adds that it’s those kinds of everyday phrases that catch his attention as a songwriter. “Those are typically the ones that catch my ear is, you know, you hear people say it throughout their daily lives…hey ‘no hard feelings’…and I just thought that seems like an interesting idea. I didn’t know where it would go but I knew my friends would help me get there.”
Those friends are fellow bandmates Brad Tursi, Whitt Sellers, Geoff Sprung and Trevor Rosen, who along with Shane McAnally, are all credited as the track’s writers.
“No Hard Feelings” was written, along with all the other songs on Time, Tequila & Therapy during a 3 week working retreat last year to Asheville, North Carolina. During the national quarantine, the 5 guys along with Shane felt the need to get out of Nashville and work on music…not knowing what the result would be.
But as they came together, distraction free from daily life, the music followed and an album started to form.
When it came to “No Hard Feelings” Matthew shares, “So we sat down and, and what we got was, you know, a breakup song about someone trying to move through it. And just, you know, all the stages of grief really, that you have to go through until you get to the point where you truly have no hard feelings, and you could say, ‘I want you to be happy. I love you. I wish it was me. Do I wish it was me? Hell yeah. But it’s not and I’ve got no hard feelings’.”
Check out the music video for “No Hard Feelings” from Old Dominion here…
Tuesday December 7th, Lauren Alaina will be releasing her book, Getting Good At Being You.
Lauren recently stopped by The Talk, and shared that she wish she had this book when she was 16, and hopes that her words can help at least one person out there who is struggling, and for them to know they are not alone.
Lauren says “Writing a book is very different than writing a song, because a song is writing a 3 minute summary of a situation, writing a book is dedication an entire chapter to a situation. It’s really breaking it down, and getting into the details…it’s vulnerable in a completely different way.”
Check out the conversation with Lauren here…
Lauren is also climbing the country music chart with Jon Pardi and their song “Getting Over Him” – which is from her album, Sitting Pretty On Top Of The World…
On this day back 2015 Chris Young was in the middle of a 3-week run at Number-One with “I’m Comin’ Over.”
It was the lead single and title track of his album of the same name.
I’m Comin’ Over was the first time Chris took the reins as producer, along with Corey Crowder.
At the time, Chris said, “It’s just I think the next step for me as far as who I want to be. Another tool in the toolbox, so to speak, of not just being the songwriter and the vocalist but also being the producer and I think there is just more control on starting with that blank sheet of paper going all the way to when people press play on a single.”
“I’m Comin’ Over” was Chris’ 6th chart topper of his career…
Chris is currently at country radio with his single “At The End Of A Bar” with Mitchell Tenpenny.
Photo Credit: Jeff Johnson
Additional Images Courtesy of Chris Young/Sony Music Nashville
Stonewall Jackson passed away Saturday, December 4th 2021, at the age of 89 after a battle with vascular dementia.
Stonewall, know for his 1959 number-one hit “Waterloo” joined the Grand Ole Opry three years earlier in November of 1956.
After news of Stonewall’s passing reached him, fellow Opry legend Bill Anderson shared, “Stonewall Jackson was one of the first Opry stars I met when I started coming to Nashville, and as two ol’ boys with Georgia roots, we became fast friends. We toured the U.S. and Canada together, sharing a lot of laughs and a lot of country music. He was about as ‘genuine’ a person as I’ve ever known. He will certainly be missed.”
Born November 11th, 1932 in North Carolina, Stonewall was named after Civil War General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson as there was believed to be a family connection. But, unlike the General who carried “Stonewall” as a nickname, the country singer had it as his given name.
Before music Stonewall served in the US Navy in the early 1950s. He also owned a Georgia based log-trucking company in the 50s.
In 1958 Stonewall released his first single, “Life To Go” – written by the great George Jones.
Jackson’s second single, and first number-one, “Waterloo” arrived the following year in ’59.
Stonewall would go on to release more that 40 songs to radio, with his only other trip to the top of the Billboard chart came 1964 with “B.J. The D.J.”
Jackson is also credited with making the first “live” album at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville with his 1971 project, Recorded Live At The Grand Ole Opry. Talking about that album Stonewall shared, “We went in and recorded a few new songs, and a few of the hits I already had, kind of like I did my show out on the road. It was a real good seller for me.”
Stonewall Jackson was inducted in the North Carolina Music Hall Of Fame in 2012.
Check out this bio segment created by the NCMHoF in 2013.
NEW YORK, N.Y. – The 13th-ranked Tennessee men’s basketball team heads to New York City for its second straight game away from home, competing in the Jimmy V Classic in Madison Square Garden against Texas Tech on Tuesday at 7 p.m.
Zakai Zeigler – Vols G / Credit: UT Athletics
Fans can catch Tuesday’s game on ESPN and online or on any mobile device through WatchESPN. WatchESPN can be accessed through the ESPN App, or online at espn.com/watch. Dan Shulman (play-by-play) and Jay Bilas (analysis) will have the call.
Fans can also listen live on their local Vol Network affiliate to hear Bob Kesling and Bert Bertelkamp calling the action. The broadcast is also available on channel 81 on Sirius, SiriusXM and the SiriusXM app.
Tennessee enters the Jimmy V Classic coming off of a road win over Colorado on Saturday, 69-54. Freshman Kennedy Chandler led the way for the Vols with 27 points on 13-for-20 shooting in 36 minutes of action. Chandler’s 13 made field goals were the most by a Vol in a single game since Feb. 19, 2013.
Santiago Vescovi (13) and John Fulkerson (10) joined Chandler with double-figure scoring performances. Vescovi shot a perfect 5-for-5 from the field—including 3-for-3 from 3-point range. In his first game back after missing three games due to injury, Josiah-Jordan James logged a team-high +22 in his 26 minutes of action. James scored five points and had team-highs in both rebounds (9) and blocks (4).
Saturday marks Tennessee’s first appearance in Madison Square Garden since winning the 2010 NIT Season Tip-Off. The Vols have competed in New York City on two separate occasions since then, both times in the Barclays Center—home of the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets.
After departing New York, Tennessee will return to action in Thompson-Boling Arena on Saturday against UNC Greensboro. Tip-off is set for 4:30 p.m. ET on SEC Network.
THE SERIES • Tennessee lost its only previous meeting with Texas Tech when the Red Raiders posted an 88-71 win in Knoxville on Dec. 3, 1953. • The Vols own a 15-19 all-time record against current members of the Big XII Conference. • Tennessee head coach Rick Barnes is very familiar with the Red Raiders from his 17 years as the head coach of the Texas Longhorns. Barnes led Texas to a 33-4 record against Texas Tech. • Barnes’s 33 career wins vs. Texas Tech are his most against any opponent. • Tennessee owns an all-time record of 9-18 in the state of New York, dating to Jan. 27, 1937 (a 30-24 loss at Long Island). • In New York City, the Vols are 7-17 overall. • The Vols are 7-8 all-time at the current Madison Square Garden. • Tennessee freshman Zakai Zeigler is from nearby Wyandanch on Long Island.
SCOUTING REPORT • The Vols’ 18.9 assists per game rank eighth nationally and lead the SEC. Tennessee also owns the best assist/turnover ratio in the SEC (1.63, 12th nationally). • 47 percent of Tennessee’s points this season have been scored by first-year Vols (263 of 561). • UT’s backcourt duo of Kennedy Chandler and Santiago Vescovi is averaging 31.3 points, 7.7 rebounds and 7.7 assists per game while shooting .400 from 3-point range. They average 33.3 ppg away from Knoxville this season. • After missing three games with a left-hand injury Josiah-Jordan James came off the bench at Colorado to log a game-high plus/minus rating of +22. He led the Vols in both blocks (4) and rebounds (9) in the true road win. • Through seven games this season, the Vols have already played in front of more fans (92,630) then they did all of last season (89,467).
LAYUP LINES • The Vols have embarked on a six-day, two-game, 3,909-mile road trip that takes them from Rocky Top to Boulder, Colorado, and then to New York City before returning home. • Tennessee has produced five basketball All-Americans from New York: Ed Wiener (Brooklyn), Ernie Grunfeld (Forest Hills), Bernard King (Brooklyn), Howard Wood (East Hampton) and Tobias Harris (Dix Hills). • Tennessee’s all-time leading scorer and New York Knicks great Allan Houston is expected to attend Tuesday’s game. Houston scored 2,801 points as a Vol.
A WIN WOULD… • Improve Tennessee to 3-1 against major-conference opposition this season.
ABOUT TEXAS TECH • Boasting a 6-1 record, Texas Tech enters Tuesday’s game against Tennessee coming off of its lone loss of the 2021-22 season. The Red Raiders lost at Providence last Wednesday, 72-68. • The Red Raiders are in the midst of their first season under the direction of head coach Mark Adams, who previously served as Texas Tech’s associate head coach from 2016-21 under former TTU head coach Chris Beard. • After finishing sixth in the Big 12 last season and earning a No. 6 seed in the NCAA Tournament, Texas Tech was picked to finish fourth in the Big 12 this season by the league’s head coaches. • Terrence Shannon Jr., a Preseason All-Big 12 team selection, missed the Red Raiders’ first three games due to an eligibility review process but has started all four games since returning to the lineup. Shannon Jr. leads Texas Tech in scoring at 16.5 ppg. • Redshirt junior guard Kevin McCullar is Texas Tech’s second-leading scorer (14.2 ppg) and the team’s leading rebounder (5.8 rpg). McCullar missed two games due to illness, but returned to the TTU lineup against Providence. He has started all five games that he has been available for. • Texas Tech got a boost during the offseason with the addition of highly-rated transfer Kevin Obanor from Oral Roberts. Obanor helped lead the Golden Eagles to the 2021 Sweet 16 and had three straight double-doubles in the NCAA Tournament. A starter in all seven of the Red Raiders’ games this season, Obanor is averaging 10.6 points and 4.4 points per game. • In addition to Obanor, the Red Raiders added six more Division I transfers this past offseason: Adonis Arms (Winthrop), Daniel Batcho (Arizona), Sardaar Calhoun (Florida State), Davion Warren (Hampton), Bryson Williams (UTEP), Mylik Wilson (Louisiana).
VFLs MADE THEIR NAME IN NYC • Three former Vols have figured prominently in the history of the New York Knicks and Madison Square Garden. • Bernard King (native of Brooklyn), Ernie Grunfeld (native of Forest Hills) and Allan Houston each enjoyed years of success for the Knicks in roles as players and in the front office. • Bernard King — Ranks second in Knicks franchise history with a 26.5 career scoring average … Led the Knicks in scoring three times, including a club record 32.9 points per game in 1984-85 … Owns the franchise record for single-season field-goal percentage (57.2 in 1983-84) … On Christmas Day 1984, he scored a Knicks franchise record 60 points against New Jersey … Holds the franchise record for points in a playoff game (46 in back-to-back games against Detroit in 1984) … Two-time All-NBA Team selection (1984 and 1985) while playing for the Knicks … Was one of seven all-time Knicks greats honored on Legends Awards Night at Madison Square Garden on May 27, 2009. • Ernie Grunfeld — Spent 17 seasons with the Knicks as a player (1983-86), coach (1989-90) and broadcaster before eventually settling in as general manager (1991-99), where he built teams that appeared in the NBA Finals in 1995 and 1999 … later served as president and GM of the Washington Wizards. • Allan Houston — Spent nine of his 12 professional seasons with the Knicks, finishing his career as one of the NBA’s best 3-point shooters … Fourth all-time leading scorer in Knicks history with 11,165 career points and is second with 921 3-pointers … Team captain for six seasons (1999-2005) … His running one-hander with 0.8 seconds to play beat top-seeded Miami in game five of the first round of the playoffs and set the Knicks on the path to the 1999 NBA Finals … In 2001, he set a club record with his 90.9 free throw percentage … Now works as the Knicks’ Vice President for Player Leadership & Development.
POWELL FIRING ON THE CATCH • Sophomore wing Justin Powell has given the Vols additional firepower along the perimeter and has proven adept at getting his shot off in a flash. • The Vols’ third-leading scorer (9.5 ppg), Powell has made 21 field goals this season, and more than half of them have been 3-pointers. • Of Powell’s 12 made 3-pointers, seven have come directly off the catch—no dribble.
KC THE PLAYMAKER • In addition to being Tennessee’s leading scorer (16.1 ppg), freshman phenom Kennedy Chandler has a team-high 33 assists (4.7 apg). • Chandler’s assists have led directly to 79 points this season, and junior guard Santiago Vescovi has benefited the most, as he has 21 points off Chandler dimes. • Chandler’s presence has allowed Vescovi to play off the ball this year, a shift from the last two seasons, during which Vescovi served as the Vols’ primary ball-handler. Vescovi is performing at an All-SEC level in his new role.
Raleigh Keegan recently released his debut album Clocks Roll Forward.
Now as he closes out 2021, Raleigh is giving his fans a musical present heading into the holiday season with his cover of “Blue Christmas.”
Raleigh loves this time of year, “Christmas is my favorite holiday every year because I love Christmas music, Christmas desserts, and Christmas beer (Great Lakes Christmas Ale). It is always fun to see family members that I don’t get to see often because of what I do for a living!”
And he also admits that during the holiday season, Santa’s not the only one loving Christmas cookies, “The kids in my family think Santa eats them, but really it’s me and that works out great for everyone but mostly me.”
Check out Raleigh’s take on “Blue Christmas” here…
BLACKSBURG, Va. – No. 11/10 Tennessee pulled off a gritty win in Cassell Coliseum on Sunday, defeating Virginia Tech 64-58 to remain unbeaten and card the finest opening to a season in Kellie Harper‘s 18-year career.
UT overcame a seven-point fourth-quarter deficit with a 14-3 run over the final 5:38 to end the Hokies’ 63-game home win streak against non-conference opponents. It also kept the Lady Vols perfect on the season at 8-0, with the program starting with that record for only the seventh time in the past 20 years.
Jordan Walker – Lady Vols / Credit: UT Athletics
Tennessee was led by graduate guard Jordan Walker, who went four of four from behind the arc to tally 17 points, and freshman guard/forward Sara Puckett, who logged a career-high 15. Junior center Tamari Key turned in her fifth double-double of the season with 11 points and 12 rebounds, adding five blocks to boost her average just above four per contest.
The Hokies fell to 7-2 on the season and were led by guard Aisha Sheppard, who tallied 30 points, and Georgia Amoore, who finished with 12.
Sheppard hit two treys to put VT up 6-2 two minutes into the game, but Walker answered with a three on the other end, and graduate forward Alexus Dye knocked down a jumper on the next possession to give UT its first lead of the game at 7-6 by the 6:21 mark. Walker hit a jumper to add to Tennessee’s tally, but Emily Lytle tied it up with a 3-pointer with 3:26 left in the quarter to set off a 10-0 Hokie run. Walker fired in her second trey of the game with 54 seconds on the clock to end the UT drought and send the game into the second quarter with Tennessee trailing 16-12.
Amoore opened the second period with a long jumper to stretch the VT lead to 18-12, but Puckett answered with a bucket on the other end, the first of seven points she would score over the span of three minutes to fuel a 10-0 Lady Vol run. Elizabeth Kitley ended the run with a jumper to push the score to 22-20 by the media timeout, but following the break Key scored on a put-back to move the Lady Vols ahead 24-20 with 3:00 remaining in the half. Walker hit her third trey of the game before halftime, while VT managed five points to cut the Lady Vols’ lead to two, 27-25.
Dye stretched UT’s margin to four to start the second half, but VT reclaimed the lead less than two minutes later, going up 30-29 off a Sheppard three and launching into a 13-4 run to lead 40-33 by 2:26 mark. Graduate forward/center Keyen Green hit a layup with 1:32 left, and the Lady Vols outscored the Hokies 6-2 in the closing seconds to pull within three, starting the final stanza behind, 42-39.
Tennessee forced a turnover to start the fourth quarter, and Puckett turned it into two points on the fast break to pull the Lady Vols within one. Key hit a reverse layup on the next possession to move UT ahead 43-42, but Cayla King responded with a trey to put the Hokies back ahead by two with 8:23 left on the clock. Key tied the game up with another layup before King was fouled on a made 3-pointer and converted on the four-point play to put VT up by four with 7:36 to go.
Walker nailed her fourth trey of the game 40 seconds later to get UT within one, but Sheppard scored six straight points to give the Hokies a 55-48 advantage with just over six minutes to play. The Lady Vols continued to scrap, holding VT scoreless while getting the ball inside to Key and Puckett who combined for eight straight points to put UT up by one with four minutes to go. Jordan Horston followed it up with back-to-back jumpers before Amoore knocked down a three to trim the UT lead to 60-58 at the 1:29 mark. That, however, would be the last bucket Tech would hit, as Tennessee closed out the game with a 6-0 run to claim a 64-58 victory.
UP NEXT: The Lady Vols return to Knoxville for a five-game homestand, beginning with Georgia State on Dec. 12. The game will tip off at 2 p.m. ET and be streamed on SECN+.
HAVE A DAY, JOJO: Jordan Walker dropped a team-high 17 points on six of 10 shooting, including four of four from behind the arc, while also dishing out five assists on the day. It was the highest point total she has posted as a Lady Vol.
SHOT BLOCKING: Junior Tamari Key swatted five shots against the Hokies, moving her career total to 191. She sits at No. 7 all-time, trailing Michelle Snow by three and Mercedes Russell by four.
DOUBLING UP: With Key recording her fifth double-double of the season, Tennessee has nine double-doubles on the season and at least one Lady Vol posting one in every contest.
HARPER COMES FULL CIRCLE: Tennessee leads the all-time series against the Hokies 8-2 but had suffered two straight losses coming into today’s game. Kellie (Jolly) Harper was the point guard of the last Tennessee team to defeat VT, when No. 2/2 UT took a 68-52 win over No. 13/15 Virginia Tech in the Sweet 16 on March 20, 1999.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – After seven victories and establishing one of the nation’s top offenses in Josh Heupel‘s debut season, Tennessee football will culminate 2021 in Nashville as the Volunteers face Purdue in the TransPerfect Music City Bowl on Dec. 30 in Nissan Stadium.
“I’d first like to thank Scott Ramsey and the TransPerfect Music City Bowl for their enthusiasm about hosting Vol Nation,” Tennessee Vice Chancellor/Director of Athletics Danny White said. “There is extraordinary love and support for the Vols in and around Nashville, and it will be incredible to see Big Orange fans from all across the country converge in the midstate to celebrate our football team during bowl week. We’re all incredibly proud of our football student-athletes, coaches and staff for earning this postseason opportunity.”
“We are excited about finishing this first season in our home state in the TransPerfect Music City Bowl,” Heupel said. “It’s a great opportunity for us to put the finishing touches on the positive momentum we have created over our first 11 months. I am especially thrilled for our seniors, who get one more chance to compete. Purdue is an outstanding and well-coached team. I look forward to seeing all of Vol Nation in Nashville, and I know our team has appreciated your support the entire season.”
The Volunteers (7-5, 4-4 SEC) and Boilermakers (8-4, 6-3 Big Ten) will square off for the second time and first since the 1979 Bluebonnet Bowl. Purdue won that contest by a score of 27-22 in Johnny Majors’ third season.
Led by senior quarterback Hendon Hooker, the Vols’ fast-paced offense finished in the top 25 nationally in total offense (459.0 – 16th), scoring offense (38.8 – ninth), rushing offense (212.0 – 19th), first down offense (23.8 – 19th) and third down efficiency (46.2 – 13th). Heupel’s impact led UT to its second-highest point per game total in modern school history, behind only the 1993 squad (42.8 ppg).
Defensively, the Vols stood out under Broyles Award candidate and defensive coordinator Tim Banks. The unit finished with 94 tackles for loss, which ranked second in school history and top 10 nationally. The Vols’ three defensive touchdowns ranked second in the SEC and 12th nationally.
Heupel becomes the fifth Vol coach in the past 70 years to lead the Vols to a bowl berth in his debut season.
It will be Tennessee’s 54th all-time bowl appearance, which ranks fifth nationally. It will also be the Vols’ third Music City Bowl appearance. UT topped Nebraska, 38-24, in the 2016 edition of the game. The Vols dropped a 30-27 double overtime game to North Carolina in the 2010 Music City Bowl.
BOULDER, Colo. – Freshman Kennedy Chandler scored a career-high 27 points and No. 13 Tennessee defeated Colorado on the road Saturday, 69-54.
Chandler shot 13-for-20 from the field in 36 minutes of action, leading the Vols in both scoring and minutes played.
Santiago Vescovi was Tennessee’s second-leading scorer, totaling 13 points on a perfect 5-for-5 shooting from the field, including 3-for-3 from 3-point range. John Fulkerson joined Chandler and Vescovi in double figures with 10 points, also adding six rebounds.
In his first game back after missing two games due to injury, Josiah-Jordan James logged a team-high +22 in his 26 minutes of action. James scored five points and had team-highs in both rebounds (9) and blocks (4).
After going into halftime trailing by 10, Colorado cut Tennessee’s lead to five on four separate occasions in the second half but was never able to draw closer.
Vols G Kennedy Chandler / Credit: UT Athletics
When the Buffaloes cut the Vols’ lead to five for the final time at 50-45 with 8:34 remaining, James answered with a deep 3-pointer from the left wing that kickstarted a 10-2 Tennessee run. From that point, Colorado never cut its deficit to fewer than nine points.
In the first half, Tennessee shot 48 percent from the field—aided by 16 points from Chandler—and took a 34-24 lead into halftime.
Colorado was hot out of the gates, racing out to an 8-0 lead in the opening two minutes. Tennessee, however, quickly answered with an 11-2 run to take an 11-10 lead.
The Vols and Buffs went back and forth until a Chandler driving layup spurred a 14-5 Tennessee run to end the half. Chandler scored 12 of Tennessee’s points during the run. He finished the first half with 16 points on 8-for-11 shooting.
UP NEXT: Tennessee returns east for the Jimmy V Classic against Texas Tech on Tuesday in Madison Square Garden. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. ET on ESPN.
CHANDLER TAKES OVER: Bob Cousy Award candidate Kennedy Chandler’s 13 made field goals were the most by a Vol in a single game since Feb. 19, 2013.
In comparison to Chandler’s 13-for-20 shooting performance, Colorado’s five starters were a combined 13-for-40 from the field.
DEFENSE TRAVELS: Tennessee held Colorado to 19-for-55 (.345) shooting on Saturday—the Buffaloes’ lowest field-goal percentage at home since Dec. 12, 2017.
SANTI SCORING FROM ALL OVER: In 27 games last season, Santiago Vescovi scored 18 total 2-point baskets. Through seven games this season, he has made 16 2-point shots. ¡Vamos!
