Uncle Rock Invades Nashville

Howdy Coal Country! What a week for Ol' Uncle Rock! I had the great pleasure of attending the Tennessee Titans game this past Sunday at LP Field in Nashville TN. I would like to take a moment to thank Chris Sammons, Steve Ray, Virgil Ray and family for their hospitality. They made this country boy feel right at home in Guitar Town. I am glad to tell you that the Titans narrowly defeated the Atlanta Falcons 20-13, also I had the chance to see former Marshall QB, Byron Leftwich in his first game as an Atlanta Falcon. It was a great weekend and I'll give you a run down on the pictures there are three pics from LP Field, one with the 2 Titan Cheerleaders (WOOHOO!!), one with Steve Ray or Steve-O as I called him and one of Ol Hop Along Rock. Last but not least the beautiful young lady is Jewels Hanson, you may remember her from the Nashville Star program on the USA Network (keep your eyes and ears open for this chick, I think she has a bright future in country music). Now to the matter at hand, COUNTRY MUSIC!!! Rascal Flatts blows up the charts this week with the new album "Still Feels Good". Still Feels Good, strides into the top spot on both Billboard's country and all-genre charts. You may recall the album charting at an anemic No. 75 after a few record stores jumped the gun and began selling the album before its street date. In its first week of official availability, Nielsen SoundScan reports that Still Feels Good, sold some 547,000 copies. That's a lot to still feel good about. Brad Paisley must be smiling, too. After a 15-week climb, his "Online" now tops the Billboard's country singles chart, having nudged Rascal Flatts' tenacious "Take Me There" into second place. Four new titles have popped up on the country chart, led by Steve Earle's Washington Square Serenade at No. 10. Bobbing in his wake are Kevin Fowler's Bring It On (No. 14) and Whiskey Falls' self-titled CD (No. 25). Ricky Skaggs and the Whites' Salt of the Earth arrives at No. 45. Returning to the list are Martina McBride's Timeless, back at No. 52, and Dolly Parton's 16 Biggest Hits, resurfacing at No. 61. Making their first-time bow on the song chart are Rascal Flatts' "Still Feels Good" (No. 56), Andy Griggs' "What If It's Me" (No. 59) and Heartland's "Once a Woman Gets a Hold of Your Heart" (No. 60). Re-entering tunes are Parton's "Better Get to Livin'" (No. 52) and Kenny Chesney and George Strait's "Shiftwork" (No. 57). The remaining Top 5 albums, in descending order, are Reba McEntire's Reba Duets, Chesney's Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates, Taylor Swift's self-titled debut and Rascal Flatts' Me and My Gang. Rounding out the Top 5 songs in the same sequence are Toby Keith's "Love Me If You Can," Brooks & Dunn's "Proud of the House We Built" and Chesney's "Don't Blink." My album pick of the week is a tie between Kid Rocks Rock N Roll Jesus and Van Zants newest release My Kind of Country, depending on your taste I'm sure that you will enjoy the albums of the week. The Saturday Night Saloon will be cut this week due to Marshall Thundering Herd football Saturday night at 7pm on WXCC, so keep checking Uncle Rocks Blog for more updates on country music news.

Uncle Rock
--"if you wanna make it, you can't fake it...you gotta LIVE IT!!!"