Posts Tagged ‘Jody Nix’
Tracy Pitcox, president of Heart of Texas Records said “We are on our way back to Texas after a successful run in Scotland. Amber Digby and Leona Williams did an outstanding job during four shows over here. The first day drew just over 850 and last night topped at over 1,000. Traditional Country Music is alive and well in Scotland! David McCormick, owner of the Ernest Tubb Record Shops, travelled with us and the tour was great!”
Catch up on your favorite stars of country music. Published each week or so and all new, this is The Roundup #6, with music news and behind the scenes material from the world of traditional country music. This edition features an international section for the first time.
From the desk of Stephen Dean: Swiss Alp Hall trys to book “Traditional Saturdays” in a historic “traditional” 110 year old dance hall. People like Amber Digby, Kelly Spinks, Jody Nix, Billy Mata, Tim Hall, Weldon Henson, are all booked in upcoming weeks! www.swissalphall.com is the website. Come support it!
Trace Adkins’ tour bus was involved in an accident early Saturday morning around 9:30 am in north Louisiana. The bus was in route to a concert in Bossier City when a pickup truck crossed the center line into the tour bus. The driver and passenger in the pickup truck were killed upon impact. Adkins was not on the bus. Band members were taken to the hospital and will be fine but are pretty banged up. (photo courtesy of WTVF News Channel 5)
The 2nd Annual Canton Western Swing Festival and Valentine Party is February 11, 12 & 13, 2010. The event is held in the Canton Civic Center in First Monday Park, Downtown Canton, Texas.
One nice benefit of writing “The Roundup – Whats Happening in Traditional Country Music” is we get to hear from many of our friends. Let’s turn the spotlight to one of those friends today – Mr. Jody Nix.
The Country Classics Monday roundup brings you up to date with the lastest news. James Hand is preparing from a UK tour, saying he is dressing warmly. Europe is experiencing some of the coldest weather in decades.
Startex Records announced the arrival of Jake Hooker’s latest CD, “Lost Along The Way”. As with Jake’s past CDs, this new CD is 12 of the most traditional, honky-tonk, fiddle and steel songs and is probably Jake’s best to date.
Jody Nix is a great musician from the state of Texas, and today we feature “Play Me Something I Can Swing To” as our featured CD, and Jody Nix is our featured artist. Even if his name isn’t a household name I’ll bet you a six pack of Lone Star beer that you know many of these songs. Jody Nix is well know to fans of real country music, and gets air time in North America on Willie’s Place, XM-13, and that’s where we discovered him.
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