2008 – Page 63 – Country Universe

Chris Cagle, “No Love Songs”

May 1, 2008 Leeann Ward 1

Overall, Chris Cagle’s latest single, “No Love Songs”, is a fun song that has an amusing chorus. Moreover, Cagle seems as though he is enjoying himself. It cannot, however, be overlooked that this song has

Jason Aldean, “Relentless”

May 1, 2008 Leeann Ward 3

Jason Aldean follows up “Laughed Until We Cried” with the mid-tempo title track from his latest album, Relentless. What I can surmise from the somewhat murky lyrics is that the man in this song is

Brooks & Dunn, “Put A Girl In It”

May 1, 2008 Leeann Ward 2

Brooks & Dunn crank up the electric guitars to offer up a song that will surely appeal to their female fan base. Apparently, a cool truck, a fancy house, lots of money, a day on

100 Greatest Women, #66: Paulette Carlson

April 30, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 9

100 Greatest Women #66 Paulette Carlson (Highway 101) Few vocalists better illustrate the transition from the new traditionalist revival of the mid-eighties to the country boom in the early nineties than Paulette Carlson. As the

100 Greatest Women, #67: Bobbie Gentry

April 29, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 71

100 Greatest Women #67 Bobbie Gentry M-I-Double S-I-Double S-I-Double P-I. Bobbie Gentry’s swampy vocals came straight out of the Mississippi Delta where she was born and raised. She was born in Chicksaw County, Mississippi, and

100 Greatest Women, #68: Holly Dunn

April 28, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 4

100 Greatest Women #68 Holly Dunn Opry member Holly Dunn had a solid five year run of hits that made her one of the more popular female country singers of the late eighties. That’s a

100 Greatest Women, #69: Gail Davies

April 27, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 3

100 Greatest Women #69 Gail Davies Some artists simply come along before their time. They lay out a path that other artists will follow, but they don’t reap the benefits of it. Gail Davies was

100 Greatest Women, #70: Sammi Smith

April 26, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 3

100 Greatest Women #70 Sammi Smith She may not have been part of the legendary Outlaws album, but long before the Outlaw movement was a media craze, Smith was the living embodiment of it. Her

Carrie Underwood, “Praying For Time”

April 23, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 11

Last year, the first Idols Give Back special found Carrie Underwood transforming the Pretenders classic “I’ll Stand By You” into an immaculate country ballad. This year, she reinvents the George Michael smash “Praying For Time.”

100 Greatest Women, #71: Norma Jean

April 23, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 0

100 Greatest Women #71 Norma Jean It’s hard to imagine Dolly Parton having trouble filling anybody’s shoes, but when she replaced Norma Jean on The Porter Wagoner Show in 1967, she was stepping into very