NASHVILLE (AP) – George Strait has been added to the entertainment lineup for the Country Music Association Awards. He will perform for the 24th time at the awards show. He’s the reigning Entertainer of the Year and he’s up for that award again. Strait is the most-nominated artist in CMA Awards history, with 83. The CMA Awards are November 5.
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NASHVILLE (AP) – Kenny Chesney and Jason Aldean are merging tours. They will play 10 dates together next year, beginning May 2 in San Francisco. Chesney says there aren’t a lot of guys who put out the effort the way Aldean does. Aldean says he has a real friendship with Chesney but “that doesn’t mean I’m going to make it easy to follow me every night.”
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An authorized documentary about The Grateful Dead will be truckin’ onto screens in conjunction with the jam band’s 50th anniversary.
Martin Scorsese will serve as an executive producer on the as-yet-untitled film, which will be directed by Amir Bar-Lev, whose credits include such critically acclaimed docs as The Tillman Story, My Kid Could Paint That and Fighter.
The movie will feature new interviews with all of The Grateful Dead’s main surviving members — guitarist Bob Weir, bassist Phil Lesh and drummers Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann — as well as with many of the group’s friends, collaborators and musical associates.
The flick also will boast archival conversations with the band, as well as plenty of previously unreleased concert footage and behind-the-scenes clips. The group’s longtime archivist, David Lemieux, will be the movie’s music supervisor, while Justin Kreutzmann, Bill’s son, will be one of the producers.
Weir, Lesh, Hart and Kreutzmann issued a joint statement about the project that reads, “Millions of stories have been told about the Grateful Dead over the years. With our 50th Anniversary coming up, we thought it might just be time to tell one ourselves and Amir is the perfect guy to help us do it.”
The band members continue, “Needless to say, we are humbled to be collaborating with Martin Scorsese. From The Last Waltz to George Harrison: Living in the Material World, from Bob Dylan to The Rolling Stones, he has made some of the greatest music documentaries ever with some of our favorite artists and we are honored to have him involved.”
They add, “The 50th will be another monumental milestone to celebrate with our fans and we cannot wait to share this film with them.”
Scorsese also commented on the film, saying, “The Grateful Dead were more than just a band. They were their own planet, populated by millions of devoted fans. I’m very happy that this picture is being made and proud to be involved.”
The Grateful Dead formed in 1965, and released their self-titled debut album in 1967. No word yet on when the documentary might be released.
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NASHVILLE (AP) – If Ronnie Milsap had listened to his counselors, he never would have made it to the Country Music Hall of Fame. Milsap says they told him he’d never make it as a professional musician. However, Ray Charles told him he would make it. Milsap was inducted on Sunday in a ceremony in Nashville. Bluegrass musician Mac Wiseman and late songwriter Hank Cochran also were inducted.
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The evolution of the movie gunfight is very interesting and would make for a spectacular 30-minute documentary. The oversized, muscle-bound commandos of the 1980s and early ’90s employed the spray and pray methodology of dispensing bad guys — imagine a bored 10-year-old watering a garden and replace the garden hose with a big machine gun.
Inconceivably, these heroes were able to hit their targets and live to grunt the tale. Fast-forward to the 2000s and cinematic heroes abandoned firing their weapons with wild abandon in favor of either unimaginable accuracy or the confounding stalemate, in which neither hero nor villain is capable of hitting anything but televisions and other assorted glass items for minutes on end.
One of the most notable things about “John Wick” is how violently it diverges from either of the previously described paradigms of gunplay. Much like the writing, directing and, to a lesser extent, the acting, the gunplay in “John Wick” is tight, efficient and relentless. There’s little wasted effort here.
The film and reborn action star Keanu Reeves (who is shockingly 50 years old) put on a spectacular show, and they do so with shockingly few lapses in physics or logic for the sake of cinematic flair. Too often in action movies, it’s very easy to want to yell at the screen, “Just shoot him already.”
In the time it would take you to say that, Reeve’s character John Wick would have already shot said nameless henchmen and moved on to bloodier pastures. That directness is refreshing and carries the film above the well-trod muck that is the ex-hitman revenge thriller.
If only “John Wick” could have held to its direct approach for the entirety of the film, I would have been tempted to throw an admittedly undeserved bone in the shape of a 6/6 its way. The film’s greatest flaw is that it folds just when it could have re-envisioned the action movie climax.
“John Wick” is visceral, violent and justifiably vain. This isn’t a movie for the kiddos or the squeamish, but for shoot-em-up fans, it’s a tightly wound coil that is a lot of fun to watch spring into action.
5 of 6 stars
NEW YORK (AP) – Joan Jett’s philosophy for young rock-stars-to-be: count your blessings, welcome challenges, find your passions, honor your parents and be kind – but don’t take any guff from anyone.
Jett was honored as Rocker of the Year at the Little Kids Rock educational fundraiser in New York Thursday.
Jett says parts of her are very confident, but she’s also very shy.
Her parents bought her a $30 guitar when she was 13.
Her music teacher thought Jett was strange because she wanted to rock, so she figured out how to play it herself.
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COALGATE, Okla. (AP) – The father of country music star Reba McEntire has died in Oklahoma.
A post on the singer’s verified Twitter account Friday says Clark McEntire passed away Thursday night in Coalgate.
The director of Brown’s Funeral Service in nearby Atoka confirmed the death, saying McEntire had been in declining health since suffering a stroke a few years ago. He was 86.
A post on the country star’s Instagram account says her father was “born and bred a cowboy.” It says she’s thankful he’s no longer suffering.
The post includes a photo of her father on horseback, saying: “He always told us kids never to run your horse to the barn. He was just taking his time to go on home.”
Funeral home director Eddie Brown says a service will be held Wednesday.
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LONDON (AP) – Eric Clapton says Cream singer-bassist Jack Bruce was “a great musician and composer, and a tremendous inspiration.”
Drummer Ginger Baker says he’s very sad to learn of the loss of a fine man.
Bruce died Saturday of liver disease at his home in Suffolk, England, at the age of 71.
Bruce wrote many of Cream’s hits, including “Sunshine of Your Love,” “White Room” and “I Feel Free.” Cream sold 35 million albums in just over two years.
Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi calls Bruce his favorite bass player and greatest influence.
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Paul Stanley of KISS is scheduled to be featured on Sunday’s edition of Oprah: Where Are They Now.
In a preview posted on Youtube, shares his first impression of bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons:
“I didn’t like him,” Stanley confessed. “I thought he was full of himself, opinionated, brash, insulting. ”
“Gene’s first comment to me was, ‘Oh, I hear you write. Play me something,’ so he was a bit smug and arrogant and full of himself…and nothing has changed.”
Oprah: Where Are They Now airs Sunday, Oct. 26th at 8p central on OWN.
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A new vinyl box set featuring all of Cream’s studio and live albums released during the 1960s and early ’70s will hit stores on November 24.
Cream: 1966–1972 includes six albums in all: the British power trio’s 1966 debut, Fresh Cream; 1967’s Disraeli Gears; the 1968 chart-topping double LP, Wheels of Fire; the band’s 1969 swan song, Goodbye; and two archival live discs issued after the group’s breakup, 1970’s Live Cream and 1972’s Live Cream Volume II.
Featuring the impressive lineup of singer/guitarist Eric Clapton, singer/bassist Jack Bruce and drummer Ginger Baker, Cream created a vastly influential body of work during its short life by combining elements of the blues, jazz and rock with experimental psychedelic sounds.
Among the virtuosic supergroup’s many well-known songs are “Strange Brew,” “Sunshine of Your Love,” “Tales of Brave Ulysses,” “White Room” and “Badge,” as well as memorable covers of the classic blues tunes “I’m So Glad,” “Born Under a Bad Sign” and “Crossroads.”
All of the discs featured in the box set are pressed on 180-gram vinyl, and come housed in sleeves exactly replicating the albums’ original artwork.
Cream was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993, and took part in two series of 2005 reunion concerts, at London’s Royal Albert Hall and New York City’s Madison Square Garden.
Here is the track list for the Cream: 1966–1972 box set:
LP 1: Fresh Cream
“N.S.U.”
“Sleepy Time Time”
“Dreaming”
“Sweet Wine”
“Spoonful”
“Cat’s Squirrel”
“Four Until Late”
“Rollin’ and Tumblin'”
“I’m So Glad”
“Toad”
LP 2: Disraeli Gears
“Strange Brew”
“Sunshine of Your Love”
“World of Pain”
“Dance the Night Away”
“Blue Condition”
“Tales of Brave Ulysses”
“SWLABR”
“We’re Going Wrong”
“Outside Woman Blues”
“Take It Back”
“Mother’s Lament”
LP 3: Wheels of Fire
Disc 1
“White Room”
“Sitting on Top of the World”
“Passing the Time”
“As You Said”
“Pressed Rat and Warthog”
“Politician”
“Those Were the Days”
“Born Under a Bad Sign”
“Deserted Cities of the Heart”
Disc 2
“Crossroads” (Live at the Fillmore)
“Spoonful” (Live at the Fillmore)
“Traintime” (Live at the Fillmore)
“Toad” (Live at the Fillmore)
LP 4: Goodbye
“I’m So Glad”
“Politician”
“Sitting on Top of the World”
“Badge”
“Doing That Scrapyard Thing”
“What a Bringdown”
LP 5: Live Cream
“N.S.U.”
“Sleepy Time Time”
“Lawdy Mama”
“Sweet Wine”
“Rollin’ and Tumblin'”
LP 6: Live Cream Volume II
“Deserted Cities of the Heart”
“White Room”
“Politician”
“Tales of Brave Ulysses”
“Sunshine of Your Love
“Steppin’ Out”
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