Zac Brown Band Cancels Dates, and Other News
Saturday June 20, 2009
- CMT is reporting that the Zac Brown Band has canceled four dates they had scheduled in western Canada. Although they released no explanation as to why, a note on the band's Web site indicates they'll be rescheduling those shows at some point in the future. They just played a set at Telluride which, by all accounts, was one of the weekend's highlights. Hopefully the boys are all feeling well and it's just a visa issue, or something.
- In other, completely unrelated news, several upcoming releases have been announced this week. Sugarland has a new live CD/DVD set (recorded in Lexington, KY) releasing to Wal-Mart this August 4, while Uncle Kracker's new disc Happy Hour will hit stores Sep. 15.
- Speaking of new releases, Rounder Books has a biography of the legendary Jimmie Rodgers hitting stands in July (no exact date was specified in the press release), titled Waiting for a Train: Jimmie Rodgers's America. Rodgers has been called the Father of Country Music and his extremely influential blue yodel has been studied and analyzed ad nauseum. According to the press release, "This book grows from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum’s American Music Masters series, which honored Rodgers in a week of events focused on his life and legacy." The biography features contributions from a number of artists and critics, including Dave Alvin, Bob Dylan, Marty Stuart, Tom Russell, Rodney Crowell, and many more.
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