Clint Black Covers Pop Hits on New EP Wed. February 20.2008 6:03 PM EST Clint Black will release a digital EP on March 4 featuring his new single, a cover of the Hollies' 1972 pop hit, "Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress)." The project also includes Black's recent single, "The Strong One," and a new duet with wife Lisa Hartman Black on "You Still Get to Me." The iTunes version of the EP will also feature a fourth track, a cover of "Everybody's Talkin'," a 1969 pop hit for Harry Nilsson. All of the songs will be featured on Black's next full-length album to be released May 27 on Equity Records, the label he co-founded. The new sessions were co-produced by James Stroud. "Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress)" was written by Harold Clarke, Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway. Cook, a veteran songwriter, is the father of CMT host Katie Cook.
Ricky Skaggs Releasing Bill Monroe Tribute CD Wed. February 20.2008 6:03 PM EST Ricky Skaggs and his band, Kentucky Thunder, will release a tribute album to Bill Monroe on March 25 on Skaggs Family Records. Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass: Tribute to 1946 and 1947 features songs that were recorded by Monroe and what is often referred to as the original bluegrass band -- Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, Chubby Wise and Howard Watts. Among the mix of familiar songs and lesser-known material, Scruggs appears on "Goin' Back to Old Kentucky," and Del McCoury sings on "The Old Crossroad." LeAnn Rimes, Eric Church at CRS Songwriter Showcases Wed. February 20.2008 6:03 PM EST LeAnn Rimes, Eric Church, Jennifer Hanson and Phil Vassar are among the songwriters offering acoustic performances at the upcoming Country Radio Seminar in Nashville. Rimes and Vassar will perform March 5 during an ASCAP showcase that also features Dave Berg, Tony Mullins and Neil Thrasher. Church and Hanson will be joined by Casey Beathard and Dean Dillon at BMI's showcase on March 6. Thrasher, ASCAP's 2004 songwriter of the year, has a list of credits that includes Rascal Flatts' "I Melt" and "Fast Cars and Freedom" and Kenny Chesney's "There Goes My Life." Dillon, a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, is best known for his string of George Strait hits, including "The Chair," "Nobody in His Right Mind Would've Left Her," "It Ain't Cool to Be Crazy About You," "Ocean Front Property," "If I Know Me," "The Best Day" and "She Let Herself Go." Tickets to the performances are available only through registration at CRS, an event aimed at the country radio industry. Kay --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Access the Recipes And More list archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/recipesandmore%40googlegroups.com/ Visit the group home page at: http://groups.google.com/group/RecipesAndMore -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
