New Music Friday – Old Crow Medicine Show

Old Crow Medicine Show bring it all together to play songs from some of the earliest traditions of American music – tunes from jug bands and traveling shows, back porches and dance halls, southern Appalachian string music and Memphis blues. Lead vocals are covered by Ketch Secor and Willie Watson, with Watson on guitar and Secor on fiddle and harmonica. Critter Fuqua joins in on vocals and plays banjo and slide guitar. Kevin Hayes plays the guitjo, a six-string banjo that plays like a guitar, once popular in jazz and swing music of the 1920s. Morgan Jahnig beats the doghouse bass.

The quintet met in New York in 1998 and hit the road, traveling city to city in a van and busking in the streets. They eventually settled for a year in North Carolina, where they ran into a bit of good fortune while playing in front of a local pharmacy to an impressed Doc Watson; the folk icon promptly scheduled the band to play at his MerleFest. Relocated from North Carolina, Old Crow made their Grand Ole Opry debut on the Ryman Auditorium stage in 2001, where they received a standing ovation. They made their national television debut on CMT’s ‘Grand Ole Opry Live’ in 2002 and have appeared in several documentaries: PBS’s American Roots Music series; In the Valley Where Time Stands Still, a film about the history of the Renfro Valley Barndance; and Bluegrass Journey, a portrait of the contemporary bluegrass scene. They signed to Nettwerk America in 2003, began crafting their own compositions among the jug band standards and reels that had become the backbone of the group, and went into the studio to make a record with Gillian Welch’s other half, guitarist David Rawlings, at the helm. The self-titled debut, which was recorded in RCA’s legendary Studio B (Elvis Presley, Waylon Jennings) as well as Woodland Sound Studios (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band), arrived the following year. The group’s second album, “Big Iron World” was produced by Rawlings and appeared in August of 2006. The band then switched producers, going with Don Was for 2008′s “Tennessee Pusher.”

Check out their video for their single “Caroline” above.

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Paris Hilton Marries Piers Morgan – Photos

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Paris Hilton has finally decided to walk down the aisle, and the man of her choice is none other than “America’s Got Talent” judge Piers Morgan. While it may come across as a shocking, their marriage to the was done in good non-legal binding fun as just a parody for his upcoming ITV1 show called “Piers Morgan On… Las Vegas.” Hilton wore a white bridal gown and veil during the service which was attended by Elvis Presley and Marilyn Monroe impersonators. Paris was accompanied by her dog that was also dressed in white, while Piers really did slip a diamond encrusted ring on her finger, with the 15-minute spoof wedding taking place at The Little Church of the West in Las Vegas.

Per Daily Mail:

“You can do anything here – it’s crazy! What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas,” says Morgan. “You know what it’s like – you have a few drinks, spend too long on the blackjack table, get overexcited and do something silly. I have to say, Paris scrubbed up to be a beautiful bride. It was magical.”

He also joked that he “wasn’t entirely sure” the wedding was fake since they did in fact go through all of the vows. And yes, the two did really kiss following the ceremony. In reality, Piers is engaged to journalist Celia Walden, while Paris has recently rekindling her flame with Doug Reinhardt. Lets just hope that’s as far as the joke went cause I’d sure hate to see him be the next one prescribed Valtrex!

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Michael Lohan & NeNe Leakes War Of Words

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Another war of words erupted on “The Insider” last night, this time between attention seeker Michael Lohan and “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star NeNe Leakes.

Lohan has been speaking out to the media alot lately, saying that he wants to petition for his daughter’s Lindsay Lohans‘ conservatorship because he believes she is addicted to prescription drugs. Lohan appeared via satellite on the show, and Leakes barely let Lohan have a chance to defend himself for his public actions, though that still didn’t stop him from lashing back at her. She accused him of being a sell-out parent who is trying to make money on his daughter, calling him things like a “toxic parrot” and “manipulator,” but he denied the claims.

Per NY Daily News:

“I believe you’re just trying to make money off of Lindsay,” Leakes said. “You’re always in the press.”

Lohan responded, saying he hasn’t made any money off of his daughter and that he’s the only one trying to help her.

“I’m not going see my daughter die!” he said. “You have Michael Jackson, you had Heath Ledger, Adam Goldstein. You can go back to John Belushi, Anna Nicole Smith, and even Elvis Presley. It was prescription drugs that killed these people. I’m not going watch my daughter die.”

Undeterred, Leakes continued, threatening him physically. “Do not make me come after you,” she warned. “I will eat you alive.”

“Do something worthwhile and promote Nutri-System,” says Lohan. “Give your chair a break and move your fat a** outta there!”

Guess we know now where Lindsay gets her “Oh, well she’s fat” comebacks from. Leakes then takes it another step farther, telling Lohan to ‘go hang out with Jon Gosselin.’ Bah-Zing! Their war of the words ended with Lohan taking off his mic and leaving his chair, abruptly ending the interview. Come on now… we’re all adults here, aren’t we?

It’s been a rough couple of weeks for Daddy Lohan, who is reportedly about to get served with a restraining order by Lindsay. This comes after he made it public knowledge that he hoped stage an intervention for her whose alarming appearance and erratic behavior has left him sure she’s been popping pills and drinking in excess. Lindsay didn’t appreciate her father’s heart-to-heart with the tabloids and obviously Leakes didn’t either! But in the end, its Papa Lohan who looks like the bigger man, as he’s issued an apology to Ms. Leakes.

Per The Insider:

“I apologize to the producers of ["The Insider"], the viewers and even Miss Leakes for coming back at her, for her attack on me, in the inappropriate manner I did. I do however wish I had known she was on the panel because then I would have known what I was in for and I would have handled things differently. To begin with, she may have children, but none in a crisis situation. Second, for her to call me a broke a** when I am not, but she had a house in foreclosure and 2 cars repoed [sic], I would have addressed that as well. This show was about helping my daughter and owning up to my part of her life and why I have taken these measures. Not a personal attack on Lindsay or me. I am sorry for my conduct and I hope Ms. Leakes is for hers.”

Take this with a grain of salt – Knowing him, its just another way to keep his name floating about. Pick up on the cheap shots in his so-called apology? Check out the video above for your LOL’s of the day!

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