RE: Country Weekly magazine?
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Roy Kasten Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 1999 7:35 PM To: passenger side Subject: RE: Country Weekly magazine? Neil wants to know Country Weekly is to People Magazine what People Magazine is to National Enquirer. Actually, if I am not mistaken, Country Weekly is owned by the Enquirer. Joyce
RE: Country Weekly magazine?
Neil wants to know Country Weekly is to People Magazine what People Magazine is to National Enquirer. Does that makes sense? Actually, you can find up-to-date chart info in it, but the quality of writing and the musicians focused on aren't exactly P2 friendly You can check it out online at http://www.countryweekly.com/ or at your favorite supermarket checkout aisle, which is the only place I've ever seen it Roy Kasten [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Country Weekly magazine?
Neal Weiss writes: And another thought. Who can tell me what about Country Weekly? Good? Fluffalicious? I suspect it's been raked over the P2 coals in the past, but I wasn't listening then, dammit. And now I need to know. My life depends on it. I don't see it very often on the newstands around Boston but picked it up fairly regularly when I was living up in New Hampshire. It's mostly fluff, but occasionally surprising in what they cover. They do better than you'd expect in terms of giving old-timers a decent amount of coverage and can even occasionally find the space to cover, say, a new Robbie Fulks album during an otherwise slow week. I'd grade the writing as "workmanlike." --Jon Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wollaston, Massachusetts
RE: Country Weekly magazine?
Neal's right, there was a little talk about Country Weekly a little while
ago. I'd say Jon has it about right in terms of the oldtimers and alt. The
April 20 issue has gossip notes on everyone from Faith Hill, Brooks Dunn
and Lila McCann to Ricky Skaggs, Kitty Wells and George Jones. There are
stories on Mark Wills' new bus and LeAnn Rimes' new house (nice picture of
LeAnn with , but there's also a feature about Waylon Jennings and his first
#1 ("This Time"), a quote from Steve Earle ("I believe in being steeped in
tradition. I believe you have to learn all the rules - then you can start
breaking them."), a feature on Dwight Yoakam - there's a great Nashville
quote in there I'm gonna post one of these days - a fun-filled page of facts
on Mary Chapin Carpenter, and news of a new Moe Joe album. You could do a
lot worse, though when Jon calls the writing "workmanlike," he's cutting
them a bit of slack g.
The LeAnn Rimes story, BTW, has a tidbit I haven't heard mentioned before:
"I just recorded a country classics album. We did 17 songs, including hits
from Patsy Cline, Hank Williams Sr. and Kris KristoffersonI feel honored
to be able to record songs by the people who made country music greatI'm
anxious to bring the legendary country songs we recorded to a young
audience, because there are kids who haven't heard them. And I hope the
more contemporary songs capture an older audience as well." She co-produces
on the album. Theres a nice pic of LeAnn and one of those red, white and
blue guitars of Buck Owens, presented to her by Buck, with an inscription on
its brass pickguard (dated 9/16/98, BTW).
