The Panhandlers: General Store
Looks Can Be Deceiving
Anybody who has ever been in and out of love will want to hear "Crazy Stupid Bitch", which is the Hit Song that has helped make Looks Can Be Deceiving one of the most well received debut album releases in many years. Contrary to what many people may believe, "Crazy Stupid Bitch" is actually a Love Song, and once you hear it, you won't be able to get it out of your head.
Where The Hell Is Johnny Cash?
In 1996, legendary record producer Rick Rubin recorded the Johnny Cash album entitled Unchained at Sound City Recording Studios in Los Angeles, a subsidiary of Sound City Entertainment Group, which is also the parent company of Rainy Day Records. Music legend Carl Perkins performed on this album, and he passed away less than six months after its completion. The album featured an unusual cast of mixed-genre music greats including Tom Petty, Mike Campbell, Howie Epstein, Benmont Tench, Michael "Flea" Balzary, Marty Stuart, Lindsey Buckingham and Mick Fleetwood.
After Country Music Radio refused to give the album any Air-Play, because according to them, it was NOT a Country Music Album; the album went on to win the Grammy Award for "Best Country Album" in 1997, sending Nashville's Music Row into a year of embarrassment. The Grammy win prompted Rick Rubin and Johnny Cash to buy a full page ad in USA Today in which Johnny Cash "thanked Country Music for all of its support" by saluting them with his middle finger. This now famous story and newspaper ad was the inspiration for the song and album entitled Where the Hell is Johnny Cash? If you think Johnny Cash was one of the last of the true music legends, you have to own this album by The Panhandlers.
After Country Music Radio refused to give the album any Air-Play, because according to them, it was NOT a Country Music Album; the album went on to win the Grammy Award for "Best Country Album" in 1997, sending Nashville's Music Row into a year of embarrassment. The Grammy win prompted Rick Rubin and Johnny Cash to buy a full page ad in USA Today in which Johnny Cash "thanked Country Music for all of its support" by saluting them with his middle finger. This now famous story and newspaper ad was the inspiration for the song and album entitled Where the Hell is Johnny Cash? If you think Johnny Cash was one of the last of the true music legends, you have to own this album by The Panhandlers.