In support of the upcoming OFF THE RECORD high fashion & music charity event to be held in Nashville on November 1st, several stars came together on Wednesday, October 7th at Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee.
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The Stars Come Together In Support Of Off The Record And Second Harvest Food Bank
COUNTRY BAND CHASIN’ CRAZY DEBUTS NEW EPISODIC SERIES CHASIN’ CRAZY ON GREAT AMERICAN COUNTRY (GAC)
Country music’s hot young band Chasing Crazy debuted their new episodic series,Chasin’ Crazy on Great American Country (GAC) on Saturday, October 11th with two episodes, “Crazy Late and Chasing Time, CMA Music Festival” at 1:00 P.M. EDT/12:00 P.M. CST and “Chasing Love and Money, Heading to Seattle”, aired immediately following. The 30-minute, episodic series follows the band’s ‘crazy’ antics from their home in Nashville, where they live together, to their experiences on the road both performing and interacting with their fans. For a sneak peak, preview of the Chasin’ Crazy go to http://youtu.be/hubRO1h0h5Y. Continue Reading →
17 Artists Part of First-of-Its-Kind Morning Concert Series at CMA Music Festival – ‘Great American Country Breakfast Series’ – June 5-8
Popular stars of Great American Country hit original series Junk Gypsies and Farm Kings are set to appear at the 2014 CMA Music Festival June 5-8, in Nashville, to preview all-new upcoming seasons of both series. Junk Gypsies sisters Amie Sikes and Jolie Sikes, and Farm Kingsbrothers Dan King and Pete King will appear throughout the weekend, with stops inside the AT&T U-verse Fan Fair X, and co-hosting theFriday-night concert at LP Field featuring performances by country music artists Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton, Jason Aldean, The Band Perry, Eric Church, and more.
The Farm Kings and Junk Gypsies will also help introduce the Great American Country Breakfast Series. The first-of-its-kind morning concert series, hosted by social media maven and creator of #CMchat Jessica Northey, takes place inside the Music City Center, the home of the AT&T U-verse Fan Fair X venue, and kicks off each day’s festivities inside the popular destination. Daily lineups for the Great American Country Breakfast Series include:
- Thursday, June 5: Canaan Smith, Lauren Alaina, Dustin Lynch, and Neal McCoy
- Friday, June 6: Native Run, Brothers Osborne, Corey Smith, and Scotty McCreery
- Saturday, June 7: Natalie Stovall and The Drive, The Henningsens, Laura Bell Bundy, and RaeLynn
- Sunday, June 8: Rose Falcon, Leah Turner, Jamie O’Neal, and Kristian Bush
In addition, new country boy band Chasin’ Crazy, will appear at the #GreatAmericanBreakfast to premiere its seasonal anthem, “That’s How We Do Summertime,” which will be filmed as part of the band’s recently-green lit Great American Country special chronicling the launch of their country music career.
With daily Great American Country Breakfast series shows capped at only 250 guests per day, the Thursday show is already sold out. Limited ticket quantities remain for the Friday, Saturday and Sunday shows. Tickets are priced $50 each per day, and include:
- All-star performances
- Buffet-style breakfast with assorted beverages
- Autographed photos
- Ticket to a photo meet-and-greet with the daily performers
- Entrance into the CMA Music Festival AT&T U-verse Fan Fair X venue
- Special gifts from Great American Country
Attendees gain early admittance to the Music City Center, with doors opening for the Great American Country Breakfast Series daily at 7:15 a.m., followed by the performance program from 8:00-10:00 a.m., and the photo meet-and-greets immediately thereafter.
For information about Junk Gypsies and Farm Kings, visit www.GACTV.com. For information about the Great American Country Breakfast Series, including details on how to order tickets to these exclusive, intimate events, visit www.GACTV.com/breakfast.
About Great American Country
From Main Street USA to the biggest coastal cities and everywhere in between, Great American Country celebrates the best of American living with original lifestyle entertainment. Distributed in more than 62 million U.S. households, Great American Country honors America with series profiling families, exploring top U.S. destinations, and highlighting country music’s biggest stars and events. Learn more at GACTV.com. Headquartered in Knoxville, Tenn., Great American Country is wholly owned by Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc. (SNI).
About Scripps Networks Interactive
Scripps Networks Interactive (NYSE: SNI) is one of the leading developers of engaging lifestyle content in the home, food and travel categories for television, the Internet and emerging platforms. The company’s lifestyle media portfolio comprises popular television and Internet brands HGTV, DIY Network, Food Network, Cooking Channel, Travel Channel and Great American Country, which collectively reach more than 170 million consumers each month. Companion websites complement on-air programming with video and social media that inform and inspire. The company’s global networks reach millions of consumers across North and South America, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Scripps Networks Interactive is headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee. For more information, please visitscrippsnetworksinteractive.com.
What’s All This Fuss About Blake Shelton And “Old Farts”?
Looks like country artist, Blake Shelton, is in a bit of hot water with classic country fans over some comments he made on a recent GAC interview after the website, Saving Country Music, jumped all over this quote from him:
If I am “Male Vocalist of the Year” that must mean that I’m one of those people now that gets to decide if it moves forward and if it moves on. Country music has to evolve in order to survive. Nobody wants to listen to their grandpa’s music. And I don’t care how many of these old farts around Nashville going, “My God, that ain’t country!” Well that’s because you don’t buy records anymore, jackass. The kids do, and they don’t want to buy the music you were buying.
You know what I like most about Blake Shelton? It’s how he is real and just says things “off the cuff”. I think his remarks have been taken out of context, coming across harsher than he meant since these are taken from a tv interview (you can’t actually tell how actually stated), and he’s not disrespecting the genre in any way. He’s simply stating his opinion. In my opinion, he is absolutely right. No genre of music is ever going to stay the same. If it did, it would soon become obsolete; just like anything else in life. All must evolve or cease to exist. Who wants to hear the same music done over and over again? Seems country is the only genre where you get the remarks that it’s “not country enough” and hear complaints that it’s changed so much from the classic days of country. Well, guess what? It’s going to change with the times and I’m thankful for it. Because, honestly, if country was the same as when my dad was so into it back in the 70s and 80s, I wouldn’t be writing about it now and that’s the truth. Also, I can tell you if pop music was the exact same as back then, I wouldn’t be listening to it now, either. It would be stale and tiresome.
Just my thoughts on the whole subject that has been blown way out of proportion.
TV Alert: Tune In Thursday, Nov. 22nd For Blake Shelton Backstory On GAC
Blake Shelton will be featured on GAC’s Backstory: Blake Shelton at 4:00pm CT.
The Band Perry Featured on GAC TV’s Noteworthy at The Opry
“NOTEWORTHY at The Opry” Will Spotlight The Band Perry This Weekend On GAC
Republic Nashville sibling trio The Band Perry will be featured this weekend on “NOTEWORTHY at The Opry,” which will air on Saturday (11/17) at 8:00 p.m. CST.
The series captures live performances on The Opry stage and gives fans an in-depth look into the lives and music of some of Country’s biggest, most revered artists. This weekend’s episode will feature The Band Perry’s performances of “You Lie” and “Independence,” as well as an intimate interview with the band on upcoming music, life on the road and more. Continue Reading →
“Origins: Craig Morgan” On GAC Tonight
Career, Success and Home Life Happiness Go Hand In Hand
“I tell people all the time ‘I’m not a redneck, I’m not a hillbilly and I’m not a cowboy. And I don’t pretend to be,” says Craig Morgan in Origins: Craig Morgan premiering Wednesday, November 14, 10:00 p.m./EST on GAC. “What I am is a country boy.”
Morgan is a native Tennessean who’s raised his family on a five-acre spread in Dickson, TN., west of Nashville. Those who know him best – his wife, his father, his manager, even his Army commander – help tell Morgan’s story of two successful careers, one as a chart-topping country star and one as a respected military man. In fact, he’s the first to admit that he nearly chose to make the Army his career. “When I was in the Army, I caught myself playing guitar and writing songs. I’d come home on a four-day weekend and go to Nashville and do a writer’s night but I was still in the Army fulltime,” Morgan says. “I had a family so I didn’t want to jump out of the Army and go to something that wasn’t going to happen.”
“The Journey Home: A Soldier’s Story” To Debut Nov. 7 on Great American Country
d corlew films’ GAC special narrated by Country legend Charlie Daniels
d corlew films’ “The Journey Home: A Soldier’s Story” is set to make its national television premiere on Wednesday, Nov. 7, on Great American Country (GAC).
The compelling documentary follows the lives of several U.S. Army and Marine veterans as they return home from the combat zones of Iraq and Afghanistan to find a new set of challenges awaiting them: rehabilitation from lasting physical and emotional injuries and re-integration into civilian life as they search for a new future. Watch a trailer for the program here.
Directed and produced by David Corlew, the veteran filmmaker enlisted writer/co-producer Tim Weeks and editor/director of photography Nathan Shuppert to help bring the patriotic documentary to life. Country music legend Charlie Daniels hosts and narrates the program, which includes exclusive interviews with friends and family of the returning veterans. The film also features also a special appearance by Major General Terry “Max” Haston, Adjutant General of the Tennessee National Guard.
Trace Adkins Hosts Emotional New GAC Series “Great American Heroes” To Salute Inspiring Individuals
Trace Adkins helps a little girl learn to use a fire hose while visiting with the organizers of the Burn Foundation in Bakersfield, CA.
Country music superstar Trace Adkins knows a thing or two about heroes, and this fall he’s bringing their stories to life in the new series Great American Heroes on GAC. Great American Heroes follows Adkins on his nationwide Songs & Stories tour as he takes time away from the stage to pay tribute to ordinary people doing extraordinary things in their local communities. Great American Heroes premieres Wednesday, Aug. 22 at 8 p.m. ET. Episodes will re-air on Sundays at 8 p.m. ET.
In each episode, Adkins visits with three hometown heroes to learn about and acknowledge their efforts, and surprise them with something special to help them continue their good work. As a bonus, Adkins hosts the local heroes as special guests at his concert in their hometown.
Overcoming his own life-changing experiences, Adkins has emerged a tireless supporter of U.S. troops and many other worthy causes. It was his desire to spotlight the good works of others that led him to GAC with his concept for the new series.
Storme Warren, You’ve Been GHERMed!
Having fun with GAC’s Storme Warren at the Christmas4Kids Celebrity Golf Scramble! 🙂
A little GAC-style GHERMing with host, Storme Warren!
Definition of a GHERM:
Someone who slavishly follows and sucks up to a celebrity. A fan to excessive degree. Usually applied to one who makes people uncomfortable by their adoration.
“That guy is such a gherm. He buys every piece of merchandise related to that singer and attends every show.”
A person not affiliated with the music industry but who has connections that can get them backstage concert access. They then get backstage and totally get in the way of those who are supposed to be there working. Term originated at Starwood Amphitheater in Antioch, TN during the summer of 1990.
“Wow, this load-out would be a breeze but the gherms at this Jimmy Buffet show are totally getting in the way!”
