Shooter Jennings will be holding a video chat Wednesday night, April 11, at 8:00pm (site doesn’t specify time zone). You can submit questions here today. This link also goes to the video chat tomorrow.
If he answers your question, you’ll receive a signed 8×10 from Shooter.
Upcoming Shooter Jennings TV appearances:
3/13: Tonight Show with Jay Leno
4/10: Late Show with David Letterman
4/11: Imus in the Morning
4/12: The View (The View? Seriously? Does this qualify for cries of “sellout”?)
Shooter is also hitting the road for a swing through the midwest this month.
3/17: Magical Misdemeanor Tour kicks off w/ Cody Canada & The Departed
3/18: Longview, TX – The Levee
3/21: Ruston, LA – Rabb’s Steakhouse
3/22: Denton, TX – Rockin Rodeo
3/23: Tulsa, OK – Cains
3/24: Wichita, KS – Cotillion
3/26: St. Louis, MO – Old Rock House
3/28: Minneapolis, MN-The Cabooze
3/30: Chicago, IL -Joe’s
3/31: Dubuque, IA -Miss Moon Bar
Outlaw country is all about doing the best you can with what you were dealt in life. No excuses. No regrets. In that way Hellbound Glory and their self-described “scumbag country” are the archetype of the modern (upper-case) Outlaw movement. Compared to the current crop of Nashville (lower-case) “outlaws”, Hellbound Glory has a look and sound that makes you believe that, even if they may have not personally lived the life in their songs, they very likely have been close to someone who has. They describe the life of those on the lower end of the economic spectrum with intimate detail without resorting to cliches and stereotypes (cough…BrantleyAldean…cough).
From start to finish, the characters in Damaged Goods are people that are easy to relate to. Like many of us, they are trying their best to make the most of their lives, but despite their efforts they seem destined to fail. At times they fight the inevitable to their last breath (“Knocked off That Horse”), other times they accept it and enjoy the ride (“Bastard Child”, “Till the Lights Go Out”). But in the end, they realize that no matter the situation you were born in to, what you do with it is your own choice and within your own control (“You Better Hope You Die Young”).
As with Hellbound Glory’s previous releases, musically they are once again very solid. They let their musicianship shine on the more lighthearted, uptempo romps, but keep it subdued on the ballads. Lyrically, they paint such vivid portraits you can almost smell the stale beer and burnt crack. Not to mention they wrote one of my favorite lines of the year: “If your gone I’ll be a goner/I’m gonna hit the ground like a shot down B-2 bomber” (“Gonna Be a Goner”)
This isn’t the type of country you’re gonna hear on your urban, soccer mom listening, mini van driving, corporate controlled, mega-Clear Cumulus radio station. And that’s a good thing. Listening to country-lite helps keep the masses off the Valium. Keep the real stuff for those of us that can handle it.
Definitely Essential Listening.
Hellbound Glory – Bastard Child
Hellbound Glory – Gonna Be A Goner
Hellbound Glory – Knocked Off The Horse
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I did a little playlist shuffle on January 1st to get a prediction of how 2012 is gonna be. A musical version of Tarot cards, if you will.
2. Bare, Jr. – You Blew Me Off
3. Cross Canadian Ragweed – Burn Like the Sun
(Hmmm, seems like its going to be a rough start in the romance area)
4. REM – Every Day is Yours to Win
5. Big Star – You Get What You Deserve
(Well, there are a couple of rays of hope…although Big Star could go either way. I think I’ll take the positive interpretation.)
6. The Byrds – Glory, Glory
(Maybe I should take this as a sign I need to be going to church. The world is going to end, after all)
7. Drive-By Truckers – Why Henry Drinks
(A warning against even thinking about getting back with ex? Don’t worry…ain’t happening)
8. Hellbound Glory – In the Gutter Again
(Another warning against getting back with the ex, ’cause in the gutter is where I’ll end up)
9. The Smithereens – House We Used to Live In
(All right, I get it. STAY AWAY FROM THE EX! Point made. Can we please move on.)
10. The Flaming Lips – She Don’t Use Jelly
(Much like the song, I don’t know what this is supposed to mean)
(AIV Note: Me neither but it sounds uncomfortable. Like sex in the back of a Volkswagen)
11. Justin Townes Earle – Halfway to Jackson
(Great. More woman trouble.)
12. Material Issue – This Letter
(I’m gonna get all creepy/stalkery on someone? I’m embarrassed to say, it would be history repeating itself.)
13. Georgia Satellites – Six Years Gone
(Are we back on the ex again? Although, it was more like sixTEEN years gone. I guess I have to take what the music spirits have to work with.)
14. Paul Thorn – Tequila is Good for the Heart
(Why, yes…yes it is! Especially with all the woman trouble I’m gonna have.)
15. Drivin’ & Cryin’ – Preapproved, Predenied
(I guess I better not expect any pay raises. A nice warning for an election year.)
Overall, I guess same as last year. Romance is gonna be shaky, stay away from the ex, and don’t even think about getting rich. Could be worse, I guess.
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