Wy is shaken, not stirred
Wynonna will release her first Christmas album, Wynonna: A Classic Christmas, Oct. 10, some 20 years after she and her mom released one.
You’ll get the classics, Winter Wonderland, White Christmas, O Holy Night, Santa Claus is Coming to Town and others.
There’s one original, It’s the Messiah, written by Wy collaborator Don Potter, and it’s a reason-for-the-season song about Jesus’ birth.
But the toughest song was Ave Maria, which Wy sang in Latin, thanks to the help of vocal coach Ron Browning.
Wy said Ron had to shake her to get her to relax during the recording.
How many shakings?
“There were a lot,” she said, laughing.
You can see Wy perform the songs live Nov. 24 and 25 at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center. She hopes disco diva/Nashville resident Donna Summer will be a special guest.
“I’m having a dress made. I’m going to be that diva I’ve always wanted to be,” Wy promises.
The BET cable channel has a series called Next Level, and it shows talented folks trying to get to the, well, next level of their careers.
Titans rookie QB Vince Young will be the next subject for the series. He’ll be on six episodes, starting Oct. 4.
And Vince has a decidedly Nashville way to kick off the series. He’ll have a fund-raiser party.
It happens Oct. 3 at trendy Layl’a Rul at 7:00 p.m., and yes, you’ll get a sneak peek at the show. You’ll also see lots of Titans and, based on who’s getting invited, you’ll probably see some non-football superstars there as well.
Get yer $100 tickets at the LP Field ticket office. The money goes to the Vince Young Foundation.
- Congrats to Kenny Chesney, who celebrates 25 million albums sold today. Now he’s just 5 billion behind McDonald’s.
- Phil Vassar plays a free show at Riverfront Park Thursday night. New country group The Lost Trailers open at 6:30 p.m., with Phil on about an hour later. It’s part of several Chevy sponsored shows across the country to promote Farm Aid, being held in New Jersey.
- Rascal Flatts gave Vandy children’s hospital $811,525 from its GEC show last week, which is more than $200,000 over its donation to the hospital from last year’s show. The fellers thank their record label, Lyric Street Records, and their booking agent, William Morris Agency, for helping.
- Mazel tov to Trace Adkins, who saw his new album, Dangerous Man, go gold in just six weeks or so. Trace is celebrating 10 years in the biz. In that time, he has joined the Opry, had 19 top-25 hits and checked out about 16,734 badonkadonks.
