tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25962878364598048972024-09-10T01:43:27.242-04:00Sandy's Blog<a href="mailto:%20sandy@sandyweavercountry.com">Tell me something GOOD!</a>SandysCountryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13820052680888117173noreply@blogger.comBlogger825125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596287836459804897.post-18721904482285633822012-12-06T03:30:00.000-05:002012-12-06T03:30:03.902-05:00There’s a new charitable event taking place in Austin, Texas next April. The inaugural MJ&M weekend was put together by Jack Ingram, Matthew McConaughey and University of Texas coach Mack Brown. They intend to positively impact the life of kids who are part of the action-packed weekend. You can find out more at the new website for the event, but according to Jack, “We wanted to create a true,SandysCountryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13820052680888117173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596287836459804897.post-67858972566908531582012-12-05T03:30:00.000-05:002012-12-05T03:30:03.886-05:00Tonight is the Grammy Nominations Concert Live!! special on CBS, and Luke Bryan is honored to be part of the fun: “Anytime you’re associated with the Grammys it’s pretty cool. We’re honored to be associated and do the show. So we’re going to get up there and do our stuff and have a good time.” Taylor Swift co-hosts with LL Cool J, and in addition to Luke, Dierks Bentley, Hunter Hayes and The BandSandysCountryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13820052680888117173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596287836459804897.post-73447614505824062922012-12-04T03:30:00.000-05:002012-12-04T03:30:03.261-05:00Carrie Underwood has won the role of Maria Von Trapp on a live production of “The Sound of Music.” The special will air sometime near the holidays in 2013, so we have a long time to wait, and she has a long time to rehearse. This will be the Broadway version of “The Sound of Music,” and NBC honchos are thrilled that Carrie will star in the role Julie Andrews made famous. Did you watch Blake SandysCountryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13820052680888117173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596287836459804897.post-6105037994665797912012-12-03T03:30:00.000-05:002012-12-03T03:30:03.361-05:00People who have too much time on their hands and are too easily offended are on Trace Adkins’ case. When he performed at the Christmas At Rockefeller Center tv special on NBC, his “stars and bars” earpiece was visible. A Twitter storm erupted and now online media is fanning the flames. Trace himself hasn’t commented, but in his autobiography, A Personal Stand, he does state that he’s a member of SandysCountryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13820052680888117173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596287836459804897.post-27507211544687502382012-11-30T03:30:00.000-05:002012-11-30T03:30:01.546-05:00Forbes Magazine is out with their list of “The World’s 25 Highest-Paid Musicians 2012” and country music artists fare pretty well. Taylor Swift is tied with Sir Paul McCartney for the #8 spot on the list, each raking in $57 million for the year. Toby Keith is at #10, tied with Justin Bieber with $55 million in earnings. Kenny Chesney landed at #17, with a $44 million paycheck for 2012. Zac Brown SandysCountryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13820052680888117173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596287836459804897.post-60952488785007249072012-11-29T03:30:00.000-05:002012-11-29T03:30:04.002-05:00Blake Shelton is proving that country artists are a lot more than just a pretty face and a good song: “Nashville – there is a lot of creative people here - and we don’t all fit into a mold. There are a lot of talented people here that can do a lot of different things. I just happen to be one of them. I happen to be one of the guys that happens to be the first to do it on TV. And everybody go, ‘SandysCountryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13820052680888117173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596287836459804897.post-89742705153938468132012-11-28T03:30:00.000-05:002012-11-28T03:30:03.286-05:00How do you have a debut and a #1 in the same week? Jake Owen cracked the code on that last week – his daughter, Olive Pearl, made her debut into the world, and his song “The One That Got Away” topped the country charts. It’s his third #1 song, and Jake’s elated: “It’s been almost eight and a half years. It’s been really cool, everything that’s happened and I’m just very fortunate.” Jake’s on the SandysCountryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13820052680888117173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596287836459804897.post-90156791198451436992012-11-27T03:30:00.000-05:002012-11-27T03:30:00.088-05:00Randy Houser may have another #1 song on his hands, as “How Country Feels” is rocketing up the charts. It’s the first single from his next album, and even though he didn’t write it, he knew it was something special: “The first time I heard it, I heard that you know, ‘Let your hair down! Hair down!’ I went, ‘Aw, man.’ You know, I was hooked. There was no way I was not recording that song.” He’ll SandysCountryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13820052680888117173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596287836459804897.post-43132665140717353882012-11-26T03:30:00.000-05:002012-11-26T03:30:01.081-05:00
Jake and Lacey Owen are now a family of three – their daughter Olive Pearl Owen was born on Thanksgiving Day. Calling her his “little turkey baby,” Jake said, “My grandparents are super excited about being great grandparents. My parents are excited about being grandparents and I’m excited about being a parent. So, there’s a lot of cool feelings going around the Owen household these days.” Ever SandysCountryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13820052680888117173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596287836459804897.post-52470211166063885762012-11-21T03:30:00.000-05:002012-11-21T03:30:00.461-05:00Friday may be Black Friday for most of America, but in Tishomingo, Oklahoma, it’s Pink Friday. That’s the day Miranda Lambert opens her new store, The Pink Pistol, and the grand opening celebration includes Pink-aoke singing and the first annual Pink Pistol Princess Pageant. Judges will be looking for costume creativity, spunk and sass. Miranda says this event will be an annual one at her new SandysCountryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13820052680888117173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596287836459804897.post-10173424644266073772012-11-20T03:30:00.000-05:002012-11-20T03:30:06.421-05:00Taylor Swift is working to top her Speak Now Tour with the Red tour, which kicks off next March. Tickets for some of the dates went on sale last Friday and even the stadium shows sold out in mere minutes. About what she has in store for her fans, Taylor says, “The next tour I really just want it to be even more entertaining than the last one. Which is going to be hard because we had a lot of SandysCountryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13820052680888117173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596287836459804897.post-67579872821630793302012-11-19T03:30:00.000-05:002012-11-19T03:30:04.655-05:00Did you catch Taylor Swift’s performance on the American Music Awards last night? She loves doing that show, because “The AMAs have great production so you can do all kinds of different things.” Tomorrow, Seventeen magazine’s love column will be taken over by Taylor, who dishes out advice on how to steer clear of guys who are bad news, plus how to get a crush’s attention. Wonder if she’ll tell SandysCountryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13820052680888117173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596287836459804897.post-36984516851754461012012-11-16T03:30:00.000-05:002012-11-16T03:30:03.026-05:00Country music is filled with some beautiful people, and even though People Magazine recognized Channing Tatum as tops in their People’s Sexiest Man Alive for 2012 list, Blake Shelton made the list, too. He’ll be featured in the issue that comes out today. Earlier this year, wife Miranda Lambert made People’s 2012 World’s Most Beautiful Women list. Another country artist is now in the running for SandysCountryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13820052680888117173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596287836459804897.post-27250125813891193812012-11-15T03:30:00.000-05:002012-11-15T03:30:03.579-05:00Jake Owen is dreaming of being a father, which will happen some time this month, but he’s a bit worried about how his bulldog, Merle, will handle the new addition: “Yeah, I’m a little…I’m worried that, you know, Merle’s (sighs)…Merle’s gonna get his feelings hurt a little bit. He already looks sad enough ’cause he’s a bulldog, but he also really likes kids. He’s fascinated with kids, and he lovesSandysCountryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13820052680888117173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596287836459804897.post-89953948900639532592012-11-14T03:30:00.000-05:002012-11-14T03:30:03.492-05:00Brad Paisley and The Band Perry are making waves across the Atlantic, selling out shows in Norway, Sweden, and they wowed ‘em in Ireland last night. While Trace Adkins and John Rich are filming “The Celebrity Apprentice” for it’s 2013 season, Kimberly Perry says there’s someone else who should be on the show: “I would have to say Brad Paisley because I feel like even though he’s like a SandysCountryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13820052680888117173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596287836459804897.post-57853883099700379702012-11-13T03:30:00.000-05:002012-11-13T03:30:05.861-05:00Reba is so proud of her friend Blake Shelton, and was very emotional when she handed him the Entertainer of the Year award at the CMAs. “I was...I was bawling. I was so proud to give that to him, to be the one to present it to him. He’s like a brother to me and we’ve had such a great time. I just got to do his Christmas special...his TV Christmas special taping...that’s a hoot!” Blake Shelton’s SandysCountryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13820052680888117173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596287836459804897.post-54297415542450648222012-11-12T04:00:00.000-05:002012-11-12T04:00:03.930-05:00Kenny Chesney is psyched about his 20th anniversary tour – 20 years of touring and he vows to make it the best tour yet for his fans because of the mutual admiration they have: “I’m glad there’s anticipation I’m glad there’s a certain energy there. To be honest with you, the idea of that energy drives me to be even better. I think any entertainer will tell you this, because I do wear my feelings SandysCountryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13820052680888117173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596287836459804897.post-18998711337143859752012-11-09T09:03:00.000-05:002012-11-09T09:03:09.057-05:00Brad Paisley is gallivanting around in Europe this week, playing shows in Sweden, Norway and Ireland. But as he says in the song “Southern Comfort Zone,” there’s no place like home: “There’s this circle of wood at the Opry, and it’s back here in Tennessee where everything is as I remember it. And everything is…it’s just…it’s the Shire in Lord of the Rings, it’s the place that’s this beautiful, SandysCountryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13820052680888117173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596287836459804897.post-74131761117015991902012-11-08T06:18:00.000-05:002012-11-08T06:18:02.733-05:00Blake Shelton understands that his work on The Voice helped him win the CMA Entertainer of the Year award, but he’s still a bit star-struck to have won: “It’s just making me go, ‘Oh my gosh, I’m starting to become one of those guys that I’ve read about, I’ve studied and I’ve understood and worshiped. What do I do with this?’ And it’s very important to me with what I do with this. That’s why a SandysCountryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13820052680888117173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596287836459804897.post-29621365547322120732012-11-07T03:30:00.000-05:002012-11-07T03:30:03.844-05:00If you’ve been inside a Walgreens store lately, you probably noticed a Taylor Swift display, selling her new album, “Red.” How did that happen? Taylor’s dad had the idea: “He comes in and he’s like, ‘Walgreens has like 8,000 stores. That’s more than anything out there. Do you think they would sell music?’ And we’ve been working on it ever since. We’ve been working on it for ages partnering with SandysCountryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13820052680888117173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596287836459804897.post-31126921350086646092012-11-06T07:23:00.000-05:002012-11-06T07:23:05.711-05:00Oh, to have been in this Nashville bar – Tim McGraw played a show in Nashville before the CMA Awards last week, warming up his band and working out some of his new songs. How did it feel? According to Tim, “Anytime you get to play new music, it energizes you. And playing new stuff, and knowing I’ve got an album coming and knowing it’s sort of a new day in my career, I was really energized.” SandysCountryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13820052680888117173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596287836459804897.post-46215073876522222832012-11-05T03:30:00.000-05:002012-11-05T03:30:00.594-05:00Jason Aldean sold out two more stadium shows on Friday, after selling out Fenway Park in Boston in a record 7 minutes. The second Fenway Park show and the show at Athens, GA’s Sanford Stadium were both sell-outs in under an hour on Friday. Jason says it’s a testament to how hard his band and crew work, plus the loyalty and passion of country music fans. The post-CMA parties in Nashville have SandysCountryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13820052680888117173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596287836459804897.post-84704269424145115242012-11-02T09:35:00.001-04:002012-11-02T09:35:55.491-04:00Here's a complete list of CMA Award winners from last night's show:Entertainer of the YearBlake SheltonFemale Vocalist of the Year|Miranda LambertMale Vocalist of the YearBlake SheltonVocal Group of the YearLittle Big Town Vocal Duo of the YearThompson Square Musical Event of the Year“Feel Like a Rock Star” – Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw New Artist of the YearHunter Hayes Single of the Year“Pontoon”SandysCountryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13820052680888117173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596287836459804897.post-5719485983173686222012-11-02T03:30:00.000-04:002012-11-02T03:30:04.072-04:00There was magic on stage last night at the CMA Awards. No, it wasn’t the performances, and no, it wasn’t the acceptance speeches – it was the interplay between Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood as they co-hosted the show for the fifth year in a row. “[Carrie] He’s just a great guy. He’s like the big brother I never had and we really do get along very well. We have kind of the same type of humor. SandysCountryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13820052680888117173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596287836459804897.post-65726074484512727712012-11-01T03:30:00.000-04:002012-11-01T03:30:05.449-04:00As you try to keep your hands out of the Halloween candy stash from last night, country stars share some of their favorite Halloween memories. Lady Antebellum’s Dave Haywood remembers his best costume as a kid – half of a pair of dice: “I was a die for Halloween. I had a big cardboard box that I had painted white and had the polka dots and stuff. And I remember I was walking up this hill to go toSandysCountryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13820052680888117173noreply@blogger.com