Country-Fried YouTube Cover of the Week

A couple of months ago, I was fiddling around on YouTube and came across a young singer/songwriter named Emma Rowley.  In fact, I featured her version of "Call Me Maybe" as one of my "Country-Fried YouTube Covers of the Week."  I thought she was awesome and lots of you did too!  Well, now, Emma needs our help!  She is one of five finalists in a contest sponsored by Digital Rodeo and Eventful.com.  If she wins, she gets to spend a week in Nashville, cut three songs in a Nashville recording studio and attend the CMA Music Awards as a V.I.P. guest.  Here's her video that got her in the running.  Check it out!

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Here's a first.  For the second week in a row, my "Country-Fried" YouTube Cover of the Week is a cover of an Adele song.  In fact, it's the exact same song.  Last week, I featured Wyatt Turner's version of "Someone Like You" and, right after posting it, came across another version that a friend of mine posted on Facebook.  And this is incredible!  Ya'll know I am huge fan of David Nail's voice.  And I am huge fan of Adele's music.  Put the two together and you have THIS!  My "Country-Fried" YouTube Cover of the Week.  INCREDIBLE!

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Singer/songwriter Adele has become an international sensation.  Her CD, 21, which was essentially a "break-up" album, has sold ridiculous amounts of copies because folks everywhere are connecting to and relating to her lyrics.  Last week, video from Dierks Bentley's CMT Unplugged show surfaced and included his version of Adele's hit song "Set Fire to the Rain."  So, that inspired me to scope out YouTube for some more country takes on the Brit's songbook.  And I quickly found this!  It's Wyatt Turner's version of Adele's gut-wrenching ballad "Someone Like You."  This, without question and hesitation, is my "Country-Fried" YouTube Cover of the Week. 

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