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Halloween costumes from Music City! 🎃

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TENNESSEAN DALLAS WINSTON!

I’ll probably make this a series… drawing outsiders characters in Tennessee fashion because I really enjoyed doing this!

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International Country Music Day

International Country Music Day, on September 17, is a day of festivals, concerts, dances, and all kinds of other events that celebrate country music, to honor this distinctly American genre. Today is about the music. It’s popular to joke about country songs being all about losing your dog, your truck, your job, and your girlfriend, but in reality, the breadth and depth of the genre offer something for everyone, from Williams’ ‘Hey Good Lookin’,’ to New Country songs like Toby Keith’s ‘Red Solo Cup.’ On International Country Music Day, dip into the wellspring and take a sip.

History of INTERNATIONAL COUNTRY MUSIC DAY

Though International Country Music Day has only been a worldwide phenomenon since 2003, country music itself evolved during the 1920s in the U.S. The music form is the result of a mix of Delta blues, Appalachian folk, Cajun music, Creole Zydeco, and others. Today, people often think of the genre as “Old Country,” which has been wildly popular since the 1950s.

Artists during this golden period such as Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and of course Hank Williams, gave fans unforgettable stories and glimpses into the struggles of a hardscrabble life. Speaking of Hank Williams, the day chosen for this holiday, September 17, is Williams’ birthday. It’s easy to guess the country music icon left a wealth of quality country songs as his legacy, such as ‘Cold Cold Heart’ and ‘Lost Highway.’

As a matter of fact, all 35 of the singles Williams recorded made the top ten on the Billboard Country & Western Bestsellers chart, with 11 of them reaching the number one spot. Mention the phrase country music, and don’t be surprised if the name Hank Williams is in the first sentence of the response. We believe he’d be honored at the association of his birth date with International Country Music Day.

New country, on the other hand, is a subgenre represented by a similarly talented pool of singers and songwriters, including Dierks Bentley, Miranda Lambert, Keith Urban, and many more, with a younger generation of country musicians taking up the mantle more and more as time goes by. Country music shows no signs of slowing down or going away, so take International Country Music Day as a chance to discover why so many people around the world love country music.

INTERNATIONAL COUNTRY MUSIC DAY timeline

1923

Birth of a legend

Hank Williams is born, eventually to personify country music for millions of fans.

1963

Can you name three other songs by him?

Johnny Cash records “Ring of Fire,” capturing the attention of a huge number of radio listeners who may not have ventured into the world of country music.

2003

Synchronicity

The first official International Country Music Day is kicked off, coordinating hundreds of concerts and festivals worldwide to occur on the same day, September 17.

2017

Hard to knockdown

Sam Hunt’s “Body Like a Back Road” spends 34 weeks at number one on the country charts.

INTERNATIONAL COUNTRY MUSIC DAY FAQs

Is country music popular outside the US?

While the bulk of country listening takes place in the U.S., there has been a 21% increase in the share of country music streaming outside America since 2015.

What does country music represent?

Country music is defined as “a style and genre of largely string-accompanied American popular music having roots in the folk music of the Southeast and cowboy music of the West, usually vocalized, generally simple in form and harmony, and typified by romantic or melancholy ballads accompanied by acoustic or electric.

Outside the States, where is country music the most popular?

Perhaps partly because of the shared language, the U.K, Australia, and Canada boast the largest numbers of faithful country music fans outside the U.S.

INTERNATIONAL COUNTRY MUSIC DAY Activities

Attend a concert or festival: After 2020’s pandemic, you’ll once again be able to join the crowd at a country music performance, have an adult beverage, and give line dancing a shot. If you want to get to the heart of country music and really experience it first-hand, a trip to Nashville, Tennessee — considered the epicenter of country music — wouldn’t be a bad idea.

Pick up a musical instrument: There are many to choose from other than the usual guitar. Decide to learn a new skill and try out the fiddle, the dobro, the steel guitar, the banjo, the harmonica — the list goes on. There’s no better way to show you love country music than to play some yourself.

Listen at homeIf you’re like us, the accessibility of all types of music at a click is one of our favorite reasons to love the internet. On International Country Music Day, go on a surfing journey and listen to the old country standards and the new country hits. If you’re normally a listener of “everything except country,” make an exception. We’ll bet you do find something you like.

5 Amazing Facts About Johnny Cash

Put it on “shuffle”: Asked what albums he’d have with him if stranded on a desert island, Cash listed a roster that includes Emmylou Harris, Beethoven, and Bob Dylan.

Lucky seven?: Despite having been arrested a total of seven times — some of them on drug charges — Cash only ever spent one night behind bars.

An apt alias: Before reaching his fame, Cash only ever went by the first name “J.R.” with the initials remaining ambiguous in terms of what they stood for, and only adopted the name “John” when an Air Force recruiter would not accept initials for a first name.

“You may now kiss …”: In the 1970s, Cash spent two years studying divinity and became an ordained minister in time to preside over his daughter’s marriage.

Not just a songwriter: In 1986, Cash published a novel called “Man In White,” a fictional account of a period in the life of the apostle Paul.

Why We Love INTERNATIONAL COUNTRY MUSIC DAY

Lots of country songs are fun and funny: Stories are indeed at the heart of country songs, but not all of them are about heartbreak. Take a look at the song “Ticks” by Brad Paisley. “I’d like to see you out in the moonlight / I’d like to kiss you way back in the sticks / I’d like to walk you through a field of wildflowers / And I’d like to check you for ticks.” And that’s just one example. Listened to with an open mind, country music can often make you smile.

There’s nothing like a live concert: You can be the owner of an artist’s entire discography and have a dozen songs memorized to sing along with, but to truly experience a country musician’s personality and heart, at least one live concert is de rigueur. We love to feel that electric charge in the air!

It’s truly American: The U.S. may have the right to claim that rock and roll originated within its borders, but country & western, also quintessentially American, predates rock by some twenty years. To celebrate country music is to celebrate American history.

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On this day, May 9, in Type O Negative history:

The video for "Christian Woman" receives airplay on the Remote Generation (Austin, TX) TV cable access program. The video for "Black No. 1" receives airplay on the Raw Shorts (Bloomington, IN) program (1994)

Type O Negative play the McNichols Sports Arena with Queensryche in Denver, CO (1995)

Type O Negative play the 328 Performance Hall with Life of Agony in Nashville, TN (1996)

Type O Negative play The Garage with Entombed in Glasgow, Scotland (1997)

Type O Negative play The Palladium in Worcester, MA (2008)

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Come see five of my photographs up at Frist Art Museum! Click HERE for more information and to read more.

Now until August 20th 2023

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feeling like Broadway on a Monday afternoon, cosmos, lots of margaritas and live music.

taken by me 📸

Nashville, TN

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Valentines Day trip with @existential-dread01 starts now 😁🖤

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Made it back from Music City, Nashville. It was cloudy so my flight was turbulent the whole way through and all I could think of was if we were to go down, I would have been satisfied I made the world a better place the time I existed… but also the conundrum of there having so much left to do! Fortunately that was all in my head and I made it home ❤️❤️❤️❤️ I love my life and you in it!

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Bedlam's "Music City" Country Musical Makes Me Smile Like the Sun

#frontmezzjunkies reviews: #Bedlam's #MusicCityMusical #JTHarding #PeterZinn dir: #EricTucker w/ #StephenMichaelSpencer #JonathanJudgeRusso #CaseyShuler #LeenyaRideout #AndrewRothenberg #GraceBernardo @bedlambedlambedlam at #WestEndTheatre

Stephen Michael Spencer and Casey Shuler in Bedlam’s Music City. Photo by Ashley Garrett. The Off-Broadway Theatre Review: Bedlam’s Music City By Ross The stage at the West End Theatre UWS, NYC is being warmed up with some surprisingly strong singers participating in an open mic that I originally thought might be a bit more like sitting through a Kareoki night out with some friends who should…

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"Welcome to the Theatre": Diary of a Broadway Baby

Music City

January 11, 2025 | Off-Broadway| Bedlam | Matinee | Musical | Original | 2H 15M

I'll start by saying that I was one of nine people in the audience for a Saturday matinee. The show had a great reception when it first opened, and it extended to March, but it's now January and the holiday rush is over. So.

But the actors put on a high energy show that had some great components. The design and the way they transformed the former church venue into some seedy music joint down south is to be applauded. The acting was pretty strong, and the music was fine. I'm not interested in country and the lyrics that the characters were all going crazy over seemed pretty underwhelming to me, but hey, different genres have different rules. The book is...not as great, which made the show feel like a drag. It's long and plodding, and takes a rose-tinted view at the music industry. There are these nobody kids in a dive town who write some songs that an agent likes for her massive star singer, but the kid doesn't want to license his work because they're "his song" and he wants to make it big. And because it's a musical, he does. And along the way, he meets a girl, she's got a druggie mother, he sells crack to pay for studio time, he enlists in the national guard to get the meth maker to not kill him for bailing on his deliveries. Then he gets stationed overseas and no one knows if he's alive or dead. It's all a lot and it's so convoluted. Could have cut a good forty minutes out of this by shaving off all the unnecessary and awkward dialogue. There's also these two ensemble members who do extreme choreography (flips, twists, you name it) while everyone else does basic two-step sways. I don't know why, and they're totally out-of-place and unnecessary.

Standouts for me were the singing voice of the lead actress, and the middle-aged woman in the cast (she gets the dual fun job of being the hardass bitch talent agent and the druggie mother, because what else are women over fifty doing in shows these days?) Leenya Rideout played the mother, as well as at least four different instruments, including viola and I'm a sucker for a lady fiddler. I'd seen her in a Sondheim cabaret several months back and she had me then, so it was good to see her again.

It's not a great story, and the music was pretty average, but hey, support experimental pieces. Maybe it would be more high-energy and fun with a full house and not nine of us.

Verdict: Enjoyable, But Left No Lasting Impression

A Note on Ratings

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Hey!! If you’re near Lebanon, TN this weekend, come say hi to me at Music City Multi Con!! Show’s open from Nov. 8-10!