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Kenny Chesney’s made quite a career by singing about alcohol and attraction, and his current single, "Out Last Night," blended both in a catchy manner that brought him the 19th No. 1 hit of his career.
Kenny wrote the song with Brett James near the end of last year while visiting the islands, and he recorded it in enough time to make it the only new song on his latest release, Greatest Hits II. Fans sang the chorus back rather loudly to him Sunday at the CMA Music Festival in Nashville less than 24 hours before Kenny found out the song would top the charts. They clearly connect to it — likely to its easy-going melody and certainly to its party-time lyrics.
"Growing up, going out was everything to us," Kenny says. "And as I've gotten older, not much has changed. When I've got friends down in the islands with us, we're heading out, seeing what kind of people we can meet, fun we can have, jokes we can tell. Some things never change. So if I'm gonna have a song on the radio right now, I can't think of a better one for it to be."
Kenny might have one current song on the radio and the charts, but Brett’s got several. In addition to "Out Last Night," he’s a co-writer of Rodney Atkins’ "It’s America" and Rascal Flatts’ "Summer Nights." Among the other Brett James hits that are likely familiar: Sara Evans’ "Cheatin’," Jessica Andrews’ "Who I Am" and Carrie Underwood’s "Jesus, Take The Wheel."
Listen to a sneak peek preview of Sara's new single
Sara Evans Fan Club Members are being offered an exclusive first listen to a clip of her hot new single "Feels Just Like a Love Song" from Sara's new album to be released later this year
< br> Sara Evans’ face fills the frame of the Country Cares for St. Jude Kids® video and her voice rings with sincerity. “Every time I come here to visit,” she says of the hospital, “I just go away thanking God for this place. Because it really is a miracle. It’s a miracle what happens here.” The country music star’s long-standing support of the mission of St. Jude has helped raise the funds and awareness that makes those miracles possible for the hospital. And now she’s taking on an even bigger commitment to help the children of St. Jude. Evans will serve as the national spokesperson for the 2009-2010 St. Jude Dream Home® Giveaway. Dream Home is a national campaign in which generous local partners help with the construction, promotion and giveaway of a new home, with proceeds benefiting St. Jude. Evans brings a popular and recognizable presence to the Dream Home campaign. In her role as spokesperson, she has recorded radio and television promotions and will be included in Dream Home marketing materials. Serving as the national spokesperson is a natural fit for Evans, because many of the radio stations that support St. Jude through Dream Home are also partners in Country Cares for St. Jude Kids, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. Evans has participated for years in Country Cares. In addition to appearing in the 2008 Country Cares seminar highlights video, she has recorded liners for the CDs used in the Country Cares radiothons. “Every day, cancer threatens the lives of kids across the country,” said Evans. “As a mother, I’m thankful to have healthy children, but some kids aren’t so fortunate. Parents find hope at St. Jude.” Evans recently received the 2009 AutoZone Liberty Bowl’s Outstanding Achievement Award. The award is presented each year to an individual or group who has exhibited excellence in their chosen field and service to community. Past recipients include B.B. King, Lou Rawls, Clint Black, Little Richard, Alabama, The Beach Boys, and LeAnn Rimes. She performed at the bowl’s President’s Gala on Jan. 1 and at halftime of the 50th anniversary AutoZone Liberty Bowl game, where she was joined by St. Jude patients. Her career achievements include being named the Academy of Country Music’s Female Vocalist of the Year and winning the Country Music Association’s Video of the Year for “Born to Fly.”
Check out Sara's latest webisode coming to you from the road! Go inside the bus as Sara gets ready for her show and find out what she thinks about long and short hair.
Hey everyone, I am going out of town for two weeks. I will not be updating much while I am gone! I will try my best to do a little bit while I am gone but I am not promising anything! Sorry for the inconvience!
Sara Evans Announces Plans for New Single During Fan Club Party
Sara Evans will release a new single, "Feels Just Like a Love Song," to
country radio in July, with a new album to follow later in the year. She made the announcement Friday afternoon (June 12)
at her fan club party at Rocketown, a performance venue in downtown Nashville. Evans told the audience that a lot her new
material is inspired by her husband, Jay Barker. The couple will celebrate their one-year anniversary on Sunday (June 14).
Barker also made an appearance at the fan club party.
They were serious fans. Many could sing along with almost every
word of every song, and when he hit the chorus of "These Are My
People," the vast majority got animinated in their involvement, some
pointing back at him as if to say "We are your people."
Many of the faces were already familiar to Rodney. He’d seen
them through the course of the year at other fan-related events — many
at concert meet-and-greets, where the artist provides an extra
proximity that’s not available from the stage.
Rodney’s fan club party was just one of many that were slated
for this week’s CMA Festival. Bucky Covington, Martina McBride, Little
Big Town, Gary Allan, Phil Vassar, Craig Morgan, Sara Evans and Jo Dee
Messina are just some of the other acts who planned special sessions
for their most-ardent devotees.
"You’re takin’ more time, slow down and visit each person a
little bit more," Rodney says, comparing the fan club party to fan
events on the road. "When it comes to meet and greets, you’ll have 70
or 80 people, and you’re havin’ to go pretty quick. ‘Cause when the
doors open at a venue, there’s a time that you have to go onstage and
all that, you’re gonna rush. This, you’re not rushed."
Fans formed a line to get a few moments with Rodney, but they
also got the benefit of an acoustic performance in a much more intimate
setting than they could experience during a standard tour date. Even
the back row of the venue was no more than 15 yards away from the
singer and his three backing musicians, and Rodney gave them seven
songs, delivering them with conviction. He backed up his sincerity by
recalling a time when he rarely found a venue to play. In this
instance, he had a number of followers sitting on the floor when they
ran out of chairs.
The fans got a quick look at his life and relationships,
particularly when he introduced each of his parents, as well as
seven-year-old son Elijah and wife Tammy Jo. On Friday night, tens of
thousands will see Rodney perform during the daily stadium concert at
LP Field. But in this instance, a smaller crowd got more exclusive
access and the opportunity to think of themselves as his people.
"You just slow down and let folks know you appreciate ‘em for
comin’," Rodney says, explaining the relaxed nature of the experience.
"I love it. I love that kind of feeling."
Sara Evans' Summer Tour Sponsored by Soap Opera Channels
Sara Evans' summer tour will be sponsored by ABC Daytime and sister channel
SOAPnet in hopes of promoting new music through soap operas. Evans will also appear on the networks and in ad campaigns for
the programs. In turn, actors will participate in Evans' concerts. Several ABC Daytime actors from All My Children,
One Life to Live and General Hospital are involved in meet-and-greets during the CMA
Music Festival this week in Nashville. In addition, Evans will sing at the ABC All Star Block Party during the festival.
She previously appeared on ABC while she was a contestant on Dancing With the Stars.
Sara Evans and Lionel Richie will be the headliners of ABC Daytime
and sister cable station SOAPnet's new campaign to market music
through soap operas.
For the first time, ABC Daytime and SOAPnet will sponsor a tour, as
they become the headline sponsor of Evans' national trek this
summer; in addition, they'll provide soap talent for appearances at
her shows. In return, Evans will participate in performances on the
networks, as well as on-air interstitial campaigns and online
promotions.
For ABC Daytime and SOAPnet, the benefit is two-fold, according to
Brian Frons, president daytime, Disney ABC Television Group. "I
think that soaps have lasted over 40 years on TV by staying
contemporary and relevant for the time it's being made," he says.
And using artists is a way for soaps to appeal to a younger
demographic — key during summer months when kids are out of school
— and building viewer allegiance to soaps while they're young is an
ideal way to create lifelong viewers.
For musicians, it's another example of the promotional appeal of a
TV audience. "The demographic is a huge lover of country music and
it gives us a way to promote her single throughout the course of
the summer," says Brenner Van Meter, Evans' manager and a partner
at Modern Management. "And in today's times, you've got to give
people willing to come out and spend their money some kind of
synergy. They'll see Sara, and they'll get to meet and greet and
get autographs with daytime television stars."
Evans also gets to build on her relationship with ABC; previously
she was a contestant on the network's highly-rated "Dancing With
the Stars."
Iaddition, the two networks will have a boosted presence at the
CMA Music Festival on June 13, with talent from "All My Children,"
"One Life to Live" and "General Hospital" doing meet-and-greets and
introducing performers. Evans will perform at the festival's "ABC
All Star Block Party."
According to Adam Rockmore, senior vice president ABC Daytime and
SOAPnet marketing, the networks did audience research that showed
25% of their viewers described themselves as country music fans.
"Country music and soaps overlap with their emotional
storytelling," he says. "We want to reach our current fans — and
reach people who might be fans."
But country isn't the only genre that ABC Daytime and SOAPnet want
to push. Richie will appear on an upcoming episode of "One Life to
Live," where he'll perform his new single, "Just Go." His
performance is being taped June 12.
His appearance comes on the heels of other artists, including the
Pussycat Dolls, Mary J. Blige and Snoop Dogg, being worked into the
show's storylines. "I don't want to have somebody on just because,
'Oh, aren't they fun?'" says "One Life To Live's" executive
producer Frank Valentini. "I want people with a record to promote.
It helps the record label, and it helps us with increased ratings
and as milestones in the history of the show that people still talk
about."
And the networks aren't just targeting fans glued to the tube; both
ABC Daytime and SOAPnet also are sponsoring this month's Country
Fest in Cadott, Wisc., which is headlined by Taylor Swift. This
comes on the heels of their sponsorship of the Stagecoach 2009
Music Festival in April. (SOAPnet's new show, "Southern Belles:
Louisville" was promoted at Stagecoach, and went on to garner
459,000 viewers in its debut, the second-highest debut ever on the
network, according to Nielsen Media Research.)
In addition, ABC Daytime and SOAPnet's ongoing Soap Nation Tour,
which is a series of fan-based events, is targeting music fans,
including Rock The Soap and Broadway Cares Equity Fights
AIDS.
"We're doing a couple of different legs of the marketing stool
through on-air and off-air marketing campaigns and events,"
Rockmore says. "Our whole goal is to be approachable, and be
relevant."
An independant panel of judges has chosen the 3 finalists in the Sara-oke challenge. The 3 finalists below will all be given tickets to Sara's Fan Club Party and their videos will be shown at the event this coming Friday. An independent panel of judges at the party, along with crowd response will choose the winner who will then join Sara on stage to sing with her. Thank you to everyone who participated! You all did an amazing job!
June 9, 2009 — Sara Evans has been making albums for a dozen years, but she’s a newbie when it comes to writing novels. Her first one, The Sweet By And By, is due in August, and she looks like a promising author, according to the book industry trade Publishers Weekly.
A review of the book calls it a "heartwarming collaborative
debut" from Sara and co-writer Rachel Hauck. The piece goes on to lay
out the characters: a Southern antique dealer set to marry an attorney,
though she’s never quite gotten an annulment for a teen wedding. It is,
the review suggests, "comforting in that Southern way and inspirational
without being too saccharine." As a team, Sara and Rachel, the critic
says, "show promise."
The book will not be top of mind for Sara on Saturday. She and
Sarah Buxton are set to perform during an ABC Block Party in Nashville
during the CMA Music Festival.
The event will feature music from a number of daytime stars from the
soap operas "All My Children," "One Life To Live" and "General
Hospital."
Sara Evans Fan Club Members are being offered pre-sale tickets for her shows listed below. To get your tickets log into the Sara Evans Fan Club at the date and time listed below for each show.
Sale Ends-9/05/09 Atlantic City, NJ -The Concert Venue at Harrah's Resort 6/9 @ 10AM EST 6/12 @ 4:00 PM EST
Hey everyone, I got back real late last night. I just looked for updates right now but could find any so I apologize for that but anyway continue to come here for you Sara Evans news!
Tomorrow I am leaving to go out of town for 4 days. I will be unable to
update since I will not be around a computer. So there will be no
updates until Monday morning. I apologize for the inconvenience.
VOTE for Sara in the CMT.com Red Carpet Fashion Poll
Vote for Sara in CMT.com's Red Carpet Fashion Poll. (Hover over
the Fashion Poll box). Get as many votes as possible in by June 9th
and check back into CMT.com for the results.
Nashville is the next stop for ABC Daytime and SOAPnet’s Soap Nation
Tour where actors from all three soaps, “All My Children” (AMC), “One
Life to Live” (OLTL) and “General Hospital” (GH), will be integrated
into the “ABC All Star Block Party” festivities at the CMA Music
Festival June 12 and 13. Soap Nation is an ongoing initiative to bring
the stars to more fans in more cities more often.
ABC Daytime talent confirmed to attend the “ABC All Star Block Party,”
hosted by “All My Children’s” Cameron Mathison, includes Bobbie Eakes
and Thorsten Kaye also from “All My Children,” Kathy Brier, Kassie
DePaiva and Bree Williamson from “One Life to Live,” and Bradford
Anderson, Brandon Barash, Rebecca Herbst, Kimberly McCullough, Greg
Vaughan and Laura Wright from “General Hospital.” The talent will sign
autographs, participate in Q&A sessions, introduce musical
performances and mingle with the fans. Talent is subject to change.
There will be plenty of music too, courtesy of the Divas of Daytime:
Kathy Brier, Kassie DePaiva and Bobbie Eakes, who are performing
country and southern rock favorites at the “ABC All Star Block Party”
on Friday and Saturday. In addition, multi-platinum country music
superstar Sara Evans will headline the evening with a performance from
4 to 5pm at the “ABC All Star Block Party’s” Main Stage on June 13.
Annually producing over 1000 hours of original programming, ABC Daytime
consists of “The View,” “All My Children,” “One Life to Live” and
“General Hospital,” and consistently ranks as one of the top lineups
among the key demographic of Women 18-49. In addition, “General
Hospital” holds the record of 10 Daytime Emmys for Outstanding Drama.
SOAPnet owns the world of character-driven soapy drama, from daytime
and primetime soaps, to reality shows and movies. The network features
same-day episodes of popular daytime dramas including "All My
Children," "Days of our Lives," "One Life to Live," "General Hospital"
and "The Young and the Restless"; favorite primetime series "The O.C.,"
"One Tree Hill" and "Beverly Hills 90210"; and original programs
including "Greg Behrendt’s Wake Up Call," "Being Erica," "MVP" and
"General Hospital: Night Shift." Wrapped in a 24-hour environment,
SOAPnet is the one destination for stories focused on real emotions and
revealing truths about intriguing yet flawed characters.
Sara added this new picture to her ilike.com profile.
I just would like to point out, that I have had this picture in my gallery for a while so if you ever want to check out pictures, our gallery is chalk full of them!
Sara's Fan Club Party is set for Friday, June 12th in Nashville, TN and she's ready to shake it up a little bit. Everyone who's coming to the party can warm up their voices and record a video of them singing one of of Sara's songs listed below. We'll choose 3 finalists and show those videos at the party for everyone to vote on. The winner will be invited on stage to sing that song with Sara! The karaoke versions of the songs below can be downloaded through iTunes (click each song to visit the iTunes store and buy your selected son). Choose your song and start singing! Once you've recorded your awesome rendition of Sara's hit song visit her Fan Club YouTube channel here and submit your video as a response to Sara's contest video.
I was looking on SaraEvans.com today for news and I noticed a wedding video that is 7 minutes long on the top of SaraEvans.com. Is it new or I am just seeing it now?
Sara Evans, Kenny Chesney: Stars Earmark Mother’s Day
May 8, 2009 — Mother’s Day weekend is one of the busiest periods of the year for florists and phone companies, and some of
country music’s biggest stars — including Kenny Chesney, Sara Evans and
Martina McBride — will be joining the rest of the nation in remembering
their moms.
What they’re saying:
• Kenny Chesney: "I think one of the most
important lessons that I’ve from my mom is just, no matter what life
throws at you, is just to take a step back and a deep breath and still
take life as it comes. She’s been through a lot in her life. And she’s
handled it. And she’s come through it, I believe, with a lot of grace
and a lot of style. And I’ve learned a lot from that."
• Sara Evans: "My mom instilled in me a sense
of humor. And a low-key approach to life. I mean, all she wanted was a
farmhouse, a great big farm, and lots of kids. Just a very simple life,
you know? And there’s just something so special about that country farm
life that you just cannot get anywhere else."
• Miranda Lambert: "My mom is a riot. She’s
like, such a party animal. She loves to be on the road with me. She
comes out probably once a month. And my family is just great
— they’re really cool. They get it, you know? They know when I need my
space, but they also know when I need support. So it’s really great to
have a family like that."
• Stokes Nielson, of the Lost Trailers: "My mother
was a kindergarten piano music teacher. So my earliest memories of
school was with my mom teaching my whole class music in kindergarten.
And just from the get-go, I connected music with a very warm feeling, a
creative feeling. And I always tell my mom she ruined us when she
started doin’ kindergarten music because we were just hooked on it!"
• Jake Owen: "If she comes to a show, I may
say somethin’ onstage and she says, ‘I don’t know if you should say
that anymore on stage. It puts you in a bad light, and I didn’t raise
you to be that kind of boy. So I know you’re not like that, you’re just
maybe caught in the moment.’ She’s right, and thankfully I have a mom
that’s there to correct me."
• Jimmy Wayne: "My mom was a single parent our
whole lives. She took care of my sister and I the best way she knew
how. My sister and I spent many years in and out of foster care. As an
adult, unlike the hostile boy I was then, I can understand better now
why it was the way it was. It also makes me appreciate my mom a whole
lot more by knowing now and understanding the circumstances that were
surrounding her and within her at the time. Regardless of anything,
she's my mom and the one that brought me into this world. I love her
dearly, and I know that she loves me."
