Nominees Taylor Swift, Blake Shelton, Kacey Musgraves, Tim McGraw and Jason Aldean will be featured on the 2014 Grammy Nominees album set for release Jan. 21. “For more than 20 years we have been creating some incredible editions of the Grammy Nominees album, which again represents some of the great songs and talented artists that make up this year’s remarkable nominees,” says The Recording Academy Pres./CEO Neil Portnow. Fans who pre-order a copy by Jan. 20 here could win a trip to the 56th Annual Grammy Awards Jan. 26 in L.A. Fans who buy it in stores could win a trip to next year’s show.

 

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SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) – Before you hear it, sing along with it, hum it or dance to it, someone has to come up with the idea and set it to music. That’s the idea behind an event set for Grammy week – and it will feature performances from artists like Bonnie Raitt and Kris Kristofferson. They will take part in the event “A Star Is Born” – also known as the Grammy Foundation Legacy Concert. Aside from Raitt and Kristofferson, performers will include Jimmy Webb, Steve Cropper and Paul Wilson – as well as current Grammy nominees Sklar Gray and John Rzeznik.

 

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HARRODSBURG, Kentucky (AP) – A Kentucky restaurant run by Eddie Montgomery is being sold off. The auction sale of Eddie Montgomery’s Steakhouse in Harrodsburg is set for January – and the proceeds will go toward wiping out $12.7 million in defaulted loans. Central Bank & Trust of Lexington won a judgment against the eatery, forcing the sell-off. Montgomery is half of the country music duo Montgomery Gentry, which had a string of hits between 1999 and 2008. The restaurant opened in late 2009 but closed in early May.

 

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MOUNT PLEASANT, Texas (AP) – Country Music Hall of Fame member Ray Price has been remembered as both a musical innovator and a gentleman. Hundreds of people packed the service in Mount Pleasant, Texas – a town where Price had lived for 31 years. During the Saturday ceremony, a statement from Willie Nelson was read. In the statement, Nelson wrote: “Without a Ray Price, there wouldn’t have been a Willie Nelson.” Price died from pancreatic cancer a week ago. He was 87 years old. A funeral is set for December 28 in Dallas.

 

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DALLAS (AP) – A memorial service is set for Saturday for country music legend Ray Price. The service is set for 1 p.m. at a church in Mount Pleasant, Texas – about 110 miles northeast of Dallas. Price died Monday at the ranch he owned with his wife near Mount Pleasant. Price was 87 – and is credited with changing the sound of country music as he teamed up with some of the genre’s biggest stars.

 

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GREENVILLE, Texas (AP) – Chris Cagle is facing a drunken driving rap in Texas. The country star was busted early Sunday near Greenville, located about 50 miles northeast of Dallas. The Texas Department of Public Safety says Cagle was pulled over after running a red light – and failed a field sobriety test. He was arrested on a charge of driving while intoxicated. Cagle was released later that day on $3,000 bond. The penalty for Class B misdemeanor DWI can include a fine of up to $2,000 – and up to six months in jail.

 

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Merle Haggard says Ray Price “was probably the first outlaw” in country music. And Haggard says he thinks Willie Nelson will agree – even though they both he and Nelson have reputations as renegades. Haggard says Price “was out there fighting for what he believed and doing it his way.” In the end, Haggard says Price “knew what he was doing.” Price died this week at age 87. Other country musicians offered their thoughts about Price. Willie Nelson says he is “sad beyond words.” And Charlie Daniels says Price had the gift of making any song he did his very own – and that he “was one of a kind.”

 

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DALLAS (AP) – He may not have gotten the credit he deserved for it. But those in country music who know such things say Ray Price will be remembered for changing the sound of country music and setting trends that are still being followed today. Price has died. He passed away yesterday from pancreatic cancer at age 87. Among those remembering him is Ray Benson of Asleep at the Wheel. He says Price was “a giant” in Texas and in country music. Benson says aside from having “one of the greatest voices that ever sang a note,” Price had a career of more than 65 years “in a business where 25 years would be amazing.” Price is best known for his hit “For the Good Times.” He was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1996, long after he had become dissatisfied with Nashville and returned to his home state of Texas.

 

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UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. (AP) – Blake Shelton says he wants to have a Grammy in his home when the awards are given out early next year – and he doesn’t really care whether he or his wife, Miranda Lambert, wins it. Both she and Shelton are up for Grammys this year. And rather than it being a source of competition, Shelton says it just means he has twice the number of chances having another in his house. He says no matter who ends up winning, people who visit their home will see the Grammy on a shelf – and he can let them think he won it, instead of his wife. Lambert already has one Grammy to her name, winning it in 2011. Shelton hasn’t won one yet.

 

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