Daily Archives: October 7, 2013

 

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TW

Artist

Title

(Label)

TW SPINS

LW SPINS

Weeks on Chart

Spin +/-

Stations

 

1

1

Cody Johnson

Ride With Me

(CJB)

1,353

1,259

10

+94

68

 

3

2

Will Hoge

Strong

(WH)

1,227

1,144

10

+83

73

 

2

3

Josh Abbott Band

She Will Be Free

(Pretty Damn Tough Records)

1,215

1,182

17

+33

72

 

5

4

Green River Ordinance

It Ain’t Love

(GRO)

1,184

1,082

16

+102

69

 

4

5

Kyle Park

Fit For The King

(Indie/Thirty Tigers)

1,150

1,105

11

+45

75

 

7

6

Reckless Kelly

The Last Goodbye

(No Big Deal)

1,044

955

10

+89

72

 

6

7

Mark McKinney

Stolen Cash

(Texas Evolution)

1,028

970

12

+58

69

 

9

8

Wade Bowen

Songs About Trucks

(AMP/Sea Gayle)

951

850

6

+101

61

 

11

9

Bri Bagwell

Hound Dog

(BB)

919

827

13

+92

62

 

8

10

Phil Hamilton

Back of a ’73

(Winding Road)

868

929

18

-61

55

 

13

11

No Justice

Songs On The Radio

(Carved Records)

826

773

14

+53

60

 

17

12

Jason Boland & the Stragglers

Electric Bill

(Proud Souls Ent.)

817

657

4

+160

64

 

16

13

Kevin Fowler

How Country Are Ya?

(Kevin Fowler Records)

813

677

4

+136

66

 

20

14

Randy Rogers Band

Speak Of The Devil

(MCA Nashville)

799

635

5

+164

62

 

14

15

John Slaughter

Hasn’t Everyone

(Winding Road)

783

771

11

+12

55

 

10

16

Josh Ward

Promises

(Buckshot Records)

735

829

16

-94

55

 

18

17

Rich O’Toole

I Love You

(PTO Records)

694

653

11

+41

53

 

25

18

Turnpike Troubadours

If You’re Gonna Play in Texas

(Lightning Rod Records)

678

557

4

+121

57

 

22

19

John David Kent

Until We Turn Around

(Blackland/Roustabout)

640

618

10

+22

52

 

19

20

Bart Crow

Loving You’s a Crime

(Smith Ent.)

640

640

11

—–

51

 

12

21

Aaron Watson

Summertime Girl

(Thirty Tigers)

628

821

18

-193

47

 

30

22

Mario Flores

Let Your Lonesome End With Me

(MF)

570

456

6

+114

46

 

24

23

TJ Broscoff

This is the Moment

(BGM Records)

569

560

9

+9

46

 

21

24

Curtis Grimes

Home to Me

(CG)

567

633

21

-66

40

 

29

25

Six Market Blvd.

Mailbox

(Vision Ent.)

534

490

8

+44

48

 

26

26

Clayton Gardner

Something About You

(CG)

530

504

13

+26

45

 

28

27

Matt Caldwell

I Know Mexico

(MC)

527

493

12

+34

51

 

15

28

Chapter 11 w/Aubrey Lynn England

Whiskey and You

(C11)

502

713

16

-211

47

 

31

29

Granger Smith

Miles and Mud Tires

(GS)

492

438

3

+54

53

 

32

30

The Statesboro Revue

Huck Finn

(Vision Ent./Shalley Records)

491

438

4

+53

45

 

23

31

Zane Williams

Overnight Success

(ZW)

463

599

20

-136

40

 

33

32

Brandon Jenkins

Tattoo Tears

(Smith Ent.)

445

419

10

+26

42

 

34

33

Brandon Rhyder

Pray The Night

(Smith Ent.)

444

418

6

+26

45

 

N

34

Josh Grider

Smallest Town on Earth

(AMP)

418

248

1

+170

40

 

35

35

Shane Smith & The Saints

Coast

(SSS)

406

396

7

+10

43

 

39

36

Rankin Twins

Jezebel

(RT)

400

362

7

+38

47

 

43

37

Deryl Dodd

Loveletters

(Smith Ent.)

395

345

5

+50

39

 

42

38

Mark Allan Atwood

One Horse

(MAA)

392

348

5

+44

36

 

48

39

Charlie Montague

Beautiful Noise

(CM)

385

305

8

+80

42

 

37

40

Taylor Hodak Band

Good Man

(THB)

381

383

9

-2

38

 

41

41

George Ducas

White Lines and Road Signs

(GD)

378

349

4

+29

37

 

38

42

Chris Brazeal Band

Sounds Like Home

(CBB)

369

370

3

-1

35

 

49

43

Jake Kellen

Jesus and Hank

(Horny Toad Records)

358

302

2

+56

45

 

44

44

Cameran Nelson

Reckless in Texas

(CN)

357

331

2

+26

34

 

50

45

Charlie Robison

Brand New Me

(Thirty Tigers/Jetwell, Inc.)

336

261

2

+75

38

 

45

46

The Dusty Smirl Band

Mine For The Mile

(TDSB)

319

310

2

+9

39

 

46

47

LiveWire

Whiskey Sunday

(Way Out West Records)

310

309

6

+1

31

 

36

48

Thieving Birds

In the Summer

(TB)

306

392

15

-86

33

 

R

49

Saints Eleven

Man in the Water

(SE)

306

239

3

+67

26

PHOTO COMING SOON

N

50

Kris Gordon

Triple on the Double

(Frio Records)

263

222

1

+41

33

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Things have not been easy for Chuck Wicks. The artist quickly rose to instant stardom with the release of his debut single, “Stealing Cinderella”, back in 2007. The song peaked at No. 5 on country charts, and the album it was from, “Starting Now”, rose to No. 7 on the Billboard Country chart back in 2008.
Since that fast start back in 2007, Chuck has found only moderate success with the release of singles “All I Ever Wanted,” in 2008, and “Man of the House,” in 2009. He achieved even less success with and “Hold that Thought” and “Old School,” in 2010. All of those singles were from the only studio album he recorded.
Chuck Wicks has recently released his second album. This one is actually an EP (extended play). An EP is a musical recording that contains more than just one single, but it is really too short to qualify as a full studio album. Chuck’s new EP contains just five songs, and is titled “Rough”. When you listen to the songs, they don’t sound like the artist has been going through rough times. Every song sounds like it was written by someone who is very happy with the way things are going in his life. Chuck had a hand in co-writing all of the songs on the new EP. “The music has been a long time coming,” Chuck said. “I believe this EP reflects the steps I’ve taken to grow, not only as an artist but as a writer as well. And now I couldn’t be more excited about the release of this new music, and I hope people enjoy it as much as I do,” he said.
“Salt Life” has a guy on a boat, watching the sunset, putting footprints in the sand, and dropping an anchor for a fun afternoon at sea. “Saturday Afternoon,” says it ‘feels like the whole world shining down me’. It has a nice rhythm and acoustic guitar, and is a fun song.
“Always” was my favorite on this five-track EP. This one is a powerful ballad, with a strong piano influence, and memorable lyrics. More than any of the others, this song definitely lets you hear how strong Chuck’s vocals are.
The five songs you will find on this EP are “Fix Me,” “Whole Damn Thing,”  “Saturday Afternoon,” “Always,” and “Salt Life”. Every one of the songs will remind fans why they like Chuck Wicks, and will probably make them wonder why it has been so long since his last album was released.
Even though he has not been recording, or putting new songs out on the radio, the artist has been keeping busy. In addition to songwriting, he has shows scheduled in Nashville, as well as other parts of the country.
Fans can keep up with Chuck Wicks by visiting his web site, www.chuckwicks.com, and following the artist on Twitter @chuckwicksmusic. He keeps fans up-to-date with posts on facebook at www.facebook.com/chuckwicks. There you can find photos he has added, as well as tour information.
 
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