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Classic Country News Archives for 2020-05

Ray Wylie Hubbard Drops Video for Ashley McBryde Duet "Outlaw Blood"

Ray Wylie Hubbard has shared another track off his forthcoming LP, Co-Starring, and true to the album's name, this one co-stars Ashley McBryde.

 

The two team up on vocals for the new song "Outlaw Blood," although as Rolling Stone notes, they shot its official visual from their separate homes to follow social distancing guidelines.

 

Co-Starring, which arrives on July 10 via Big Machine, will also feature guest appearances by Ringo Starr, Don Was, Chris Robinson, and Joe Walsh. All four of those artists appeared on Hubbard's previously released song off the project, “Bad Trick.”

 

Waylon Jennings Got Fired From a Radio DJ Gig for Playing Little Richard Too Often

Back before he became a country-music icon, Waylon Jennings was a teenage disc jockey at KVOW-AM in his hometown of Littlefield, Texas.

 

In his autobiography, Jennings recalled, "Every time I played a Little Richard record, the owner would come all the way back to the station from home. He wouldn't even call. He'd just cuss me, until one night I played two of them in a row and he fired me."

 

Saving Country Music notes that Jennings recorded Richard's "Lucille" as "Lucille (Why Won't You Do Your Daddy's Will)," which went to #1 in 1983.

 

Should Country Fans Be Upset About Gwen Stefani Playing the Grand Ole Opry?

On May 9, the Grand Ole Opry will continue its coronavirus-altered concert series with featured performances by Dustin Lynch, Trace Adkins and Blake Shelton.

 

While the former two artists will perform together on the Opry stage, Shelton will play "Nobody But You," his hit duet with romantic partner Gwen Stefani, from his ranch in Oklahoma.

 

Some purists are upset over a pop star's inclusion in the sacred telecast, but Saving Country Music notes that nobody voiced similar objections when Vince Gill performed with Christian-pop artist Amy Grant.

 

"Despite what some may think about Gwen Stefani, she will undoubtedly draw many eyeballs and attention to a good cause," writes SCM. "Let’s bite our tongues for a more appropriate moment to rage against the incursion of pop into country, and see the bigger picture during this unprecedented time--because the Grand Ole Opry is ultimately for everyone."