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Country-rocker Ricky Lynn Gregg has recorded three studio albums: two on Liberty Records (1993's Ricky Lynn Gregg and 1994's Get a Little Closer) and one on Row Music Group (2001's Careful What You Wish For). His first two albums produced three hit singles on the Billboard country music charts, including the No. 36-peaking "If I Had a Cheatin' Heart." In 1993, Billboard ranked him at No. 4 on its list of Top New Country Artists of the Year. There is no doubt Gregg is a mainstay artist in country music. I had the opportunity to meet RLG and visit about some of his past, talk about the present and discuss what he has planned for the future.
Bev: Thank you so much for taking the time to visit. Can you give me an update on what you’ve been doing?
RLG: I released my last single in 2003, which was released to European media. European media is like R&R and goes between New Zealand and Russia. I had a No. 1, “I Just Want To Be Loved By You,” which was on the charts for five weeks. It was very rewarding. I just came back from Switzerland this last March and had a great tour. In June, I got together for a rock ‘n’ roll reunion with Savvy, a band out of Texas. My (former) band (Head East) and I played a festival in front of 10,000-plus fans. It was great to have all hometown boys there.
Since then, we have our own show at Bally’s in Tunica, doing two shows a night every weekend. They have a “sister” casino called The Resort, which we also play at. Both places allow me to play my music and let me be Ricky Lynn Gregg, which is very satisfying because I can play a lot of genres of music.
Darius Rucker and co-writer Frank Rogers recently took a little time out to visit with media during the #1 celebration for "Alright", Rucker’s third straight #1 hit song off of his current project. Members of the media were invited to a private Q & A session prior to the awards presentation at ASCAP on August 25th.Q. I would like to know a little more about the hospitalization stories that revolve around this song.
DR: [laughs] We started to write the song, the first verse, and I wasn’t feeling good and went to the hospital to find out I had an infection that started in my knee. Then with the second verse we had my neighbor’s and their kids over. We have this big fish tank and I was in the other room and I heard a loud crash. My neighbor’s kid had pulled the fish tank over and it landed on her face. It’s crazy that every time we get together some disaster happens. This song took two disasters for us to write it.
The Bellamy Brothers, well known country duo for their hit song “Let Your Love Flow” have teamed up with the Bacon Brothers (Kevin who alone is a well established movie actor and Michael an accomplished film and TV composer, and together have had a band for 15 years.) with a new single titled “Guilty of the Crime” as well as a new video. The video was filmed at a prison in Memphis, TN and features the Beverly Hills 90210 star Shannen Doherty.
The two sets of brothers were in Nashville on Tuesday September 1st and invited media to join them for a private invitation meet and greet and interview prior to their performance on the Grand Ole Opry.
Madi Lynn Makes Trek From the Great White North and Visits Tennessee!
Written by David W Edwards
Recently I caught Madi Lynn, age 10, from Quebec, Ontario in the middle of her visit to Tennessee. My first impression of Madi, I could see that she had a glow about her and it didn’t take long to realize that she was a very special young lady. She has a face for modeling and from the moment you begin to talk to her you realize she could be a great actress too. But music is Madi’s first love! Her voice is very powerful coming from such a small little package. Madi began singing at the tender age of 6 years old, but in her short career has honed her skills at working the crowd when she is on stage. She has a very polite and outgoing personality that makes her seem much older than what she really is.