NEWS IN BRIEF
Hank Williams Jr. Nominated for Songwriters Hall
Mon. August 27.2007 7:01 PM EDT
Hank Williams Jr. is one of the nominees up for induction into the Nashville
Songwriters Hall of Fame in the songwriter-artist category. Additionally,
10 others are nominated for induction in the songwriter division. Also
nominated in the songwriter-artist field are J.J. Cale, Lester Flatt & Earl
Scruggs,
Amy Grant and Tony Joe White. The songwriter nominees are Paul Craft ("Hank
Williams, You Wrote My Life"), Bob DiPiero ("American Made"), Kye Fleming ("I
Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool"), Larry Henley ("The Wind Beneath My
Wings"), Mac McAnally ("Old Flame"), Earl "Peanut" Montgomery ("We're Gonna
Hold On"), Bob Morrison ("You Decorated My Life"), Thom Schuyler ("16th
Avenue"), L.E. White ("After the Fire Is Gone") and Lawton Williams
("Fraulein").
Two from the songwriter category and one from the songwriter-artist category
will be inducted during ceremonies on Oct. 14 in Nashville.
Ray Price, Merle Haggard Added to Farm Aid
Mon. August 27.2007 7:01 PM EDT
Ray Price, Merle Haggard, Billy Joe Shaver and polka king Jimmy Sturr have been
added to the list of performers at Farm Aid 2007 taking place Sept. 9 at
Randall's Island in New York City. Price and Haggard have been working with
Farm Aid founder Nelson this year during their Last of the Breed tour. As
previously
announced, this year's Farm Aid will also feature Montgomery Gentry, the Allman
Brothers Band and Farm Aid board members Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Dave
Matthews and Nelson. Also just added to the concert are Nelson's daughter,
blues singer Paula Nelson, and singer-songwriters Danielle Evin, Jesse Lenat
and Pauline Reese. While in New York, Willie Nelson will perform at the Hard
Rock International's Ambassadors of Rock event at the Hard Rock Cafe in Times
Square on Sept. 10 to promote the use of biodiesel fuel.
Lucinda Williams Offers Live CDs at Special Concerts
Mon. August 27.2007 7:01 PM EDT
Those attending Lucinda Williams' upcoming concerts in Los Angeles and New York
will be able to purchase CD copies of each performance and leave with it
that same evening. Williams previously announced plans to perform five of her
previously-released albums in their entirety, one album per night, in the
two cities. She begins in Los Angeles in early September at the El Rey Theater
before traveling to New York for two shows in late September at Irving Plaza
and three additional concerts in early October at Town Hall. The albums she has
chosen to perform include her self-titled project from 1988 and Sweet Old
World, Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, Essence and World Without Tears. The CDs
will apparently be a limited edition, and no plans are underway to make the
recordings available elsewhere. Williams' record label, Lost Highway, is not
involved in the recording or distribution of the discs.
Kay
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