> Jon's right about the difference in the labels Derailers have been on and
> BR5-49's Arista deal. Also, factor in that BR5-49 was fortunate enough to
> get itself incorported into the Nashville/Gaylord Corp borg...
I wonder if there's any way that the former could have something to do with
the latter <g>. Another case in point: Alison Moorer, who I have no doubt
is getting more support than she would on <indie-of-your-choice>.
Personally, I'm very excited about Heather Myles' appearing on the televised
Opry segment next week; it's a very good sign (whereas her reception at
country radio - non-reception is more like it - is a bad sign).
Anyhow, I mostly wanted to point out that, for all of its many, many, many
faults, Gaylord's stuff is rather different from - and noticeably better
than - other parts of the country music mainstream media. BR5-49 turns up
there a lot more than on country radio, that's for sure.
BTW, Gaylord's Country dot com covers a surprisingly broad range of country
and country-related material - not just the radio favorites and the Opry
stars, but bluegrass, swing, and a fair amount of P2-friendly stuff; for
instance, this week's CD reviews are of Ricky Skaggs' Ancient Tones, the new
Charlie Poole reissue on County, Jon Randall's Cold Coffee Morning (geekster
Kenny Vaughn's on it, BTW) and folkmeister Don Yates' latest fave (next to
Dar Williams, of course) David Olney. Past reviews have covered stuff like
Deke Dickerson, Rambler's Choice, the Freight Hoppers, Paul Burch and a lot
more. The staff there is excellent, and includes people quite familiar with
the alt.country scene, bluegrass (the excellent Chris Skinker), etc. It
reminds me, to some extent, of the pan-country approach the late, lamented
New Country magazine took. Of course, *they* made the fatal mistake of
running stuff by Neal "that long break Vince Gill took in the middle of his
show was on 'One More Last Chance'" Weiss, a sure recipe for disaster. I
miss that magazine...
Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/
