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Shoulda Been a Hit: Chely Wright's "She Went Out for Cigarettes" [Video]

Chadwick Benefield — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 03:00:26 +0000

Did you know that Chely Wright only had one top ten hit in her career? It's true. She reached #1 in 1999 with the huge smash "Single White Female," but didn't have another song to break the Top Ten on the Billboard charts. I suppose, because of that fact, I could easily have written about "Shut Up and Drive" in this week's Should Been a Hit column. After all, that's one of my favorite country songs . . . EVER. But, instead, I'm choosing "She Went Out for Cigarettes." And here's why . . .

Grand Ole Opry, Here We Come!

Dave Spencer — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 04:00:08 +0000

A few weeks ago, Chad says to me, "How would you like to do your show from the Grand Ole Opry June 7th?" The answer was a simple, "Uh, yeah!" Twist my arm, right? Can't wait to see everybody who makes the trip down this week for the CMA Music Fest, the festival formerly known as Fan Fair. And, wow! It just now hit that it will mark kind of an anniversary for me.

Kristofferson The Movie Star

egrant — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 02:32:07 +0000

Kris Kristofferson has done it all. He grew up in a military family, he was a Gold Gloves boxer, studied writing, he’s a legendary songwriter (“Sunday Morning Coming Down”, “Me and Bobby McGee”, “Help Me Make it Through the Night”), and he’s a terrific actor. In fact, he earned a Golden Globe for Best [...]