Jimmy Wayne Invites Opry Guest to a Family Style Dinner
Nashville, TN — When Jimmy Wayne played the Opry Tuesday night (July 14), little did the audience suspect that some of them would actually be breaking bread with the singer following the show. Once Wayne hit the stage, the screams from the front row of predominantly female fans erupted, and didn't let up through his three-song performance, which included his current single, "I'll Be That."
Near the end of his set, Wayne said, "Come on and join me for some sweet tea and a baked sweet potato at Santa Fe," referring to a popular restaurant near the Opry House. By the time Wayne arrived at the restaurant, about a dozen fans were waiting in the parking lot and lobby to see if he'd really show up, and within 15 minutes about two dozen total were seated around tables pushed together to accommodate the crowd.
Fans from Georgia, Illinois, Minnesota and other states got to know each other, and share sweet tea with Wayne. At the end of the evening, the artist got his guitar from his car, and invited his fiddle player Jake Clayton to join him in a couple more songs, including his multi week #1 "Do You Believe Me Now," and by special request, "Kerosene Kid," the autobiographical song on Wayne's current CD.
"Getting to meet new people and hang out with them in a casual setting like this is one of the best things about what I do for a living.” Wayne said. "Sure, I could just wave at them from the stage, and pose for a picture. But this really gives me a chance to hear what they think, learn about their lives and enjoy this great opportunity I've been given."
Wayne is currently on tour with Brad Paisley's American Saturday Night Tour. For all tour dates and more information on the artist, please visit jimmywayne.com or his myspace page. And for up to the minute news and just plain funny stuff, sign up to receive Jimmy Wayne's twitter alerts.
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Brazilian Country Artist Rodrigo Haddad Releases New Video, "From Brazil to TN"
Nashville, TN — Brazilian Country music artist Rodrigo Haddad has released a video for the title track to his latest album, From Brazil to TN.
The video, shot at various beach locations near Sao Paulo, Brazil, features Haddad relaxing on a boat and enjoying the laid back atmosphere of his native country.
"The whole world loves the Brazilian way of life," Haddad explains. "I wanted to make a simple video that shows how I enjoy my vacation time there."
Haddad will return to Nashville to play the Billy Block Show at 12th & Porter (Tuesday, July 21, 8 p.m.), as well as Ri'chard's Louisiana Café (Thursday, July 23, 6:15 p.m.) and the Commodore Sports Bar & Grill (Thursday, July 23, 9 p.m.).
The Brazilian singer released his latest album, From Brazil to TN, in 2008. The project was recorded in Nashville at Country Q Studios and took nearly two years to complete. Haddad wrote 11 of the album's 14 tracks.
Haddad was a performer at the very first CMA Global Artist Party prior to the CMA Music Fest in 2004. His first album, Ten Years and More to Come was released in 2005 and he was nominated for the CMA Global Country Artist Award in 2007. He has been performing in Nashville since 1996 and receives extensive radio play across Europe and Latin America.
For more information and to watch Haddad's new video, "From Brazil to TN," visit www.rodrigohaddad.com.
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Eric Church hosts Kasey Kahne and ESPN crew at sold-out show
Nashville, TN — Capitol Records Nashville artist Eric Church was proud to host Kasey Kahne, driver of the #9 Budweiser Dodge in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and ESPN 's lead NASCAR reporter Marty Smith at his sold-out show in Johnson City, TN last night. Church will be part of a feature on Kahne that is slated to air on ESPN’s pre-race show on August 2.
pictured, l to r: Kahne, Church, Smith
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SUPERFAN.COM: New Expressive Social Media Platform Unites Fans Via All The Things They Love In Life
Everyone's a fan of something or someone: a sports team or a movie star, a rock star or an author, a politician or an exotic destination. Just launched, SuperFan.com, is an online community where fans can tell the world what and who they love, be matched with others who share their passions, be introduced to new favorite things, and -- through an innovative social game -- amass Credits to become the world's top SuperFan for just about anything imaginable.
Taking cues from the fun of MySpace, the real-time expressiveness of Twitter and the community and connections of Facebook, SuperFan.com appeals to anyone who's ever cared enough about anything to buy it, watch it, read it, visit it -- or tell the world about it. Besides selecting Faves from a tremendously diverse database; organized into categories like music, celebrities, TV, movies, characters, sports, video games, books, brands, schools and places; SuperFan.com users can put their fandom to the test by creating and taking Trivia Quizzes, and (Red Sox and Yankees fans, take note) can set up head-to-head Battles between them. SuperFan.com even integrates with other social networks to make self-expression seamless, from instant sign up to syndication.
SuperFan.com's San Francisco-based founder is rabid fan Rick Marini, a Harvard MBA whose passions, as shown on his SuperFan.com page (http://superfan.com/rick) include the aforementioned Red Sox plus indie rock and heavy metal musicians, TV shows like Lost and The Office, Guinness Beer and his native New Hampshire. An Internet pioneer, Marini built the Webby-Award-winning, quiz-driven Tickle.com into a global top 20 site with over 200 million registered users, then sold it to Monster Worldwide in 2004 for over $100 million.
A group of innovators and Social Media experts (including key architects of Tickle.com) the entire SuperFan.com team is united by an affinity for music, entertainment, sports, video games, and the plethora of other categories that fulfill SuperFan's mission -- creating a community that puts fans first.
The SuperFan Board of Advisers includes Internet leaders Shawn Fanning (founder of Napster and Rupture), Philip Kaplan (founder of F'd Company and AdBrite), James Currier (founder of WonderHill and Tickle) and Blake Commagere (creator of the Causes, Vampires and Zombies apps on Facebook).
JULY 16-17, 2009 (click on link below for full release)
Jimmy Wayne Invites Opry Guest to a Family Style Dinner
Brazilian Country Artist Rodrigo Haddad Releases New Video, "From Brazil to TN"
Eric Church hosts Kasey Kahne and ESPN crew at sold-out show
SUPERFAN.COM: New Expressive Social Media Platform Unites Fans Via All The Things They Love In Life
