Episode 3007.2 | Kids to the Country | Tennessee Crossroads
In Middle Tennessee if you mention The Farm most folks think of the Hippie Farm near Summertown, TN. Steven Gaskin and a bus caravan of his followers left San Francisco and moved to Tennessee to pursue a life style of communal living. Tennessee Crossroads' Gretchen Bates spent a day there learning about Kids To The Country. Watch this and more episode segments of Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads.
Twangout with @CowboyTroy & @TheRealBigSmo #HickHoptober #CMchat
Defining Hick hop/Country Rap, I'd say it's a sub-genre of country music, that just as it sounds, blends Country Music and hip hop style rapping. USA Today recently ran a story explaining the context, country narratives that add rap's heavy bass and aggression to storylines about pickup-driving, beer-swillin', chicken-and-biscuit-eating good ol' boys.
After looking around for some back stories and Google'n it, I found all sorts of accounts of how it began, even tracing Hick Hop back to Folk Music Legend Woody Gutherie (This Land is Your Land.) No where that I looked, did I NOT find something crediting Cowboy Troy in some way, as an innovator of the style.
I am excited to welcome Cowboy Troy as well as his Warner Nashville Labelmate Big Smo via a Google plus Video #CMchat Twangout to talk Hick Hop & Country Rap. Join us Thursday October 10, 6pPT/9pET right here on Twangout.com making this a #HickHoptober to remember!
ABOUT BIG SMO
You can tell when something's real, says the man known simply as Big Smo. You can tell when it's true. And I think what's made us successful and gotten us this far is that we're just real people, down-home country folk who really love to make music, and people see that.
That success has been as hard won as it is impressive. What began as two friends—Smo and Orig the DJ—experimenting with samples, beats and lyrics in a makeshift home studio has turned into four independent CDs and hundreds of tour stops before over-the-top crowds from mud parks in Florida to night clubs in Vegas. He and his band—Orig, vocalists Alexander King and Haden Carpenter, guitarist Travis Tidwell, bassist Eric Flores and drummer Ryan Peel—have opened for Brantley Gilbert, appeared at 2012′s Bamajam on a bill with Kid Rock and Jamey Johnson, and rocked the crowd at 2013′s CMA Music Fest in Nashville. Perhaps most impressive, though, has been the phenomenal success of their breakthrough indy hit, Kickin' It In Tennessee. Its video, a slice of real life shot on a shoestring at Big Smo's 32-acre Middle Tennessee farm, has earned well over five million YouTube hits.
Now, with the release of his major-label debut, Kuntry Livin', the man known as the Boss of the Sticks is poised to take it all up a very big notch.
ABOUT COWBOY TROY
A six-foot five-inch, hick-hop artist is going to get a response, and Cowboy Troy is okay with the strong reactions and endless questions. I have crazy intentions, he says with a grin. But anyone who thinks that the Cowboy Troy experience ends there, doubts his country credentials, or is inclined to dismiss him as a novelty, is in for quite a surprise. People have different paths, Troy says. I'm not going to apologize for my music, because this is who I am. I didn't just wake up one morning, put on a cowboy hat, and get a gig rapping on a country album. You don't do something for 15 years on a lark.
Cowboy Troy rapped his way into the country mainstream on the first cut of Big & Rich's 2004 debut Horse Of A Different Color. And while his admonition to let go of all your preconceived notions certainly wasn't the first time elements of rap had been incorporated into country, it was the boldest statement yet. Explaining the journey that placed Troy Coleman at this unlikely intersection is as complicated as explaining the evolution of American culture. At the same time it's as simple as the story of a kid from Texas who did what all kids do--he soaked up the world around him.
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
10/7 #CMchat with Steve Wariner 6pPT
10/10 **TWANGOUT with Cowboy Troy & Big Smo
10/14 #CMchat with Colt Ford 6pPT
10/17 **TWANGOUT with Moonshine Bandits
10/21 #CMchat with Lee Brice 6pPT
10/28 #CMchat with Chase Rice 6pPT
For a complete schedule go to cmchatlive.com/upcoming
#CMchat Twitterviews are Mondays from 6-7pPT on Twitter
Google+ Twangout's are as booked TBA
How to Speak Tennessee
Interview with my new Nashville friend Robin Moore, native-born Tennessean who loves to show her Tennessee pride; offering some tips on how to sound like you're from here, as well as some pointers for visitors to Tennessee's capital.
Fun Tour of American Accents | Amy Walker
A Fun tour of American Accents. How To Do an American Accent - Bonus! You Did It! Well done. :-)
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US tour 2014 #1
tips, donations, CD orders, accommodation will be greatly appreciated as my budget is pretty much limited one!
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I will be traveling US starting
June 11. The dates that are
nearly fixed so far are as follow.
I will be driving all the way so I
can stop by any city or town
along the way. Please contact
me if you are living somewhere
along the route I am using and
interested in me performing at
your living room or any place
convenient for you. It will be
good for me too, since I don't
want to be just driving all the
time. I would be very glad if I
could stop by in Oregon State
along Interstate 5 on afternoon
or evening of June 15.
June 11
arrive Seattle
June 15
leave Seattle and
head to San Francisco
June 16
arrive San Francisco
June 18
private gig at San Francisco
June 19
leave San Francisco and
head to Los Angeles
June 20
open gig at Coffee Cartel in Redondo Beach
June 21
private gig at Los Angeles
June 22
leave Los Angeles and
head to Tucson
June 23
leave Tucson and
head to Albuquerque
June 24
leave Albuquerque and
head to Denver
June 25
arrive Denver
June 27
leave Denver and
head to Oklahoma City
June 28
leave Oklahoma City and
head to Dallas or Austin
June 29
leave Dallas or Austin and
head to Houston
July 4
leave Houston and
head to New Orleans
July 5
leave New Orleans and
head to Memphis
July 6
leave Memphis and
head to St.Louis
July 7
leave St.Louis and
head to Nashville
July 9-12
CAAS at Nashville
July 14
leave Nashville and
head to Atlanta
July 15
leave Atlanta and
head to Tampa
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I will probably stay in Florida for
a several days and then head to
North Carolina and stay there
for a several days. After I leave
North Carolina, I will be moving
all the way up to Boston and
then head to Seattle
stopping by as many cities and
towns as I can and even cross
the border to Canada on the
way if possible.
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June 20
Venue: Coffee Cartel
Starts from around 7PM
1820 S Catalina Ave Suite 101-102
Redondo Beach, CA 90277
(310) 316-6554
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Contact Information
guitarman@sketch3.jp
facebook: peacejoytown
skype: granpahiro
BIG SMO - Kickin' It In Tennessee
BIG SMO The BOSS Of The STIX Knows How To Hold It Down For TENNESSEE!
Moonshine Sippin In The Backyard To Kickin' It Out On The Farm , I Got This!
Produced by: Jon Conner for Big Boyz Beatz, Inc.
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Henry Cho - What's That Clickin' Noise? (Video)
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What's That Clickin' Noise? (Video)
Every parent at Disney
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The Southern Accent (North Carolina)
The southern accent of the Appalachian Mountains.
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Awards - music highlights - 2006 part 1 of 2
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Southern Accent Tip | Amy Walker
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Country music
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Sweet Home Alabama
This delightfully entertaining romantic comedy stars Reese Witherspoon as sophisticated Melanie Carmichael, a rising New York clothing designer who suddenly finds herself engaged to the city's most eligible bachelor. But this is no fairy tale romance for Melanie. She has skeletons in her fashion-filled closet that include Jake -- the backwoods husband she married in high school who refuses to divorce her. Determined to end their marriage and sever all ties with her past once and for all, Melanie returns to Alabama. But home starts to tug at her heartstrings, and what she thought she wanted may not be what she wants at all.