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On September 13, Keith Urban will release the debut single “Put You In A Song”, from his forthcoming November 16 CD Get
Closer. The single was co-written by Urban, Sarah Buxton and Jedd Hughes and co-produced by Dann Huff and Urban. “On my
way to write with Jedd (Hughes) and Sarah (Buxton)", Urban says, "I stopped by this music shop and bought a bouzouki. I got it out of
the case, we got a great groove going on the drum machine, I started playing the opening riff and the song just took off.” (The bouzouki
is a member of the "long neck lute" family, similar to a mandolin.) Get Closer follows Urban‘s Billboard Top 200 Album Chart #1
Defying Gravity, which produced two #1 singles including "Only You Can Love Me This Way" and “Sweet Thing”, for which Urban
won his third Grammy Award (Best Male Country Vocal Performance).
Toby Keith's 15th full-length studio album Bullets In The Gun will also be available as a 14-track Deluxe Edition upon its Oct. 5 release,
adding four live tracks to the standard album. Recorded during his "Incognito Bandito" show at The Fillmore in Manhattan,
the four songs feature Keith on lead vocals backed by an A-list band of session players assembled exclusively for the rare club performance.
Johnny Paycheck's "11 Months And 29 Days", Waylon Jennings' "I've Been A Long Time Leaving (But I'll Be A
Long Time Gone)", Roger Miller's "Chug-A-Lug", and Gordon Lightfoot's "Sundown" are the additions. Keith produced the
album, joined by Mills Logan and Kenny Greenberg for the live session. He wrote or co-wrote all 10 new songs, six with Bobby
Pinson, one with Scotty Emerick and Dean Dillon and the title track with Rivers Rutherford. Toby wrote two , including the lead
single "Trailerhood," which is moving up the charts. As the new single and album attest, Toby Keith may be the longest-tenured selfcontained
hit machine in country music history.
NEWS BRIEFS: Musician’s Hall of Fame member, pedal steel guitarist, producer, and recording artist Pete Drake will be inducted
into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame during the 32nd Annual Georgia Music Hall of Fame Awards Show on September 11. Held at
the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in North Atlanta, the ceremony will be televised live at 8:30 PM on Georgia Public Television.
Drake‘s wife and business partner, Rose Drake, will attend the ceremony and accept the award in his honor. ••• Award-winning
artists Jerry Douglas and Cheryl & Sharon White of The Whites will co-host the 21th annual International Bluegrass Music
Awards on Thursday, September 30, at Nashville‘s historic Ryman Auditorium. ••• The second leg of Brad Paisley‘s 2010 H2O
World Tour has added thirteen dates to the previously announced 45 stops–winding-up in Tulsa, OK November 20. ••• Chris Young
has signed an exclusive management deal with Marion Kraft’s ShopKeeper Management. ••• Joe Tinoco and his show are now
appearing at The SuperStars Live Theater in Branson, Missouri. ••• Eddie Montgomery (of Montgomery Gentry) will open his
Eddie Montgomery Steakhouse September 14 in Harrodsburg, KY.
Composed, the newly published memoir from acclaimed singer and songwriter Rosanne Cash, debuted on The New York Times
Book Review hardcover, nonfiction bestseller list at No. 20 on August 29. In the book she shares recollections of growing up as
Johnny Cash’s eldest daughter and coming into her own as a performer, daughter, and mother. The book has earned rave reviews
from media outlets across the country. Her Cash's book tour includes a Nashville stop on September 10, signing at the Americana
Music Festival.
Hide!!! by Jeff Foxworthy, a New York Times bestselling author and one of the most successful comedians in American history, will
be released in October. Widely known for his redneck jokes, his act goes well beyond that to explore the humor in everyday family
interactions and human nature, a style that has been compared to that of Mark Twain. Foxworthy is the highest selling comedyrecording
artist in history, a multiple Grammy Award nominee, and best-selling author of more than twenty-six books. He is currently
hosting the hit show, Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader, in syndication, and on the judging panel on the popular ABC businessreality
series Shark Tank.
LifeNotes: Bill Phillips died Aug. 23 at age 72. "Put It Off Until Tomorrow" was his first Top 10 hit, and launched Dolly Parton’s
career. Phillips‘ career did not ascend to Parton‘s heights, but he scored three more Top 10 hits, the last being 1969‘s “Little Boy
Sad.” He toured with Kitty Wells and Johnny Wright’s show from 1969 through 1984, and appeared on their syndicated television
program
EVENTS Calendar 2010:
• Sept. 14 - ASCAP Country Awards - Nashville, TN
• Oct. 2 - Farm Aid 25: Growing Hope In America - Milwaukee, WI
• Oct. 3-5 - IEBA Conference - Nashville, TN
• Oct. 3-5 - ICMA Awards, Hendersonville, TN
• Nov. 6 - National Radio Hall of Fame Inducuction - Chicago, IL
• Nov. 10 - CMA Awards - Nashville, TN
• Nov. 22 - Charlie Daniels' Christmas For Kids Concert - Nashville, TN
These events and more are listed on our LINKS page! www.ifco.org/
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