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Channel 19-The Hoss Radio list Eleven Hundred Springs- “Country Jam” in the top 10 for Best Country Albums of 2008. For the complete list click here.

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The 9513’s 1st Annual Country Music Awards list Eleven Hundred Springs as a Nominee for Country Artist of the Year, Texas Artist of the Year, Group of the Year and Best Album Cover of the Year.

Between the CMAs, the ACMs, the Americana Music Association Awards, the International Bluegrass Music Association awards and the Folk Alliance Awards, there’s a lot of hardware being handed out to honor the best music from across the spectrum of musical styles which makes up what we here at The 9513 call country.

But none of the above bring all of those various styles together, under one big “country music” tent where they belong. That’s where we come in.

The CMAs and the ACMs are radio-based awards that honor only mainstream country, while the others exclude quality mainstream music and even quality traditional and neotraditional country.

We cover country music in all of its forms, so it only makes sense that we’ve designed awards that allow the best music from all corners of country to be honored side by side.  For the complete article, click here.

Nominees:

Country Artist of the Year:
Hayes Carll
Eleven Hundred Springs
Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson
Patty Loveless
Willie Nelson

Texas Artist of the Year:
Jason Boland
Hayes Carll
Eleven Hundred Springs
Reckless Kelly
Bruce Robison

Group of the Year:
Dailey & Vincent
Eleven Hundred Springs
Joey + Rory
Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson
Old Crow Medicine Show

Best Album Cover:
Bulletproof, Reckless Kelly
Burn Your Playhouse Down, George Jones
Country Jam, Eleven Hundred Springs
Meet Glen Campbell, Glen Campbell
Trouble in Mind, Hayes Carll

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The Americana Music Association released its list of the Top 100 Albums of 2008, and Palo Duro Records is  proud to have several artists in the lineup. Congratulations to these fantastic artists!

• Eleven Hundred Springs, “Country Jam”
• Darryl Lee Rush, “Live From The River Road Icehouse”
• Walt Wilkins and the Mystiqueros, “Diamonds In The Sun”- (This album is making its 2nd appearance in the Top 100 albums.  It was a top 100 album in 2007)

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Texas Music Chart list Eleven Hundred Springs “Every Time I Get Close to You” in the top 20 of the Top 50 Songs of 2008.

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For those who are as of yet unfamiliar, Eleven Hundred Springs is quite possibly, the finest country music band in the game today and their latest album, Country Jam, finds them operating expertly within a wide variety of country music styles–from honky tonk shuffles, to Waylon-esque Texas country rock, to Rockabilly and more–while always sounding both distinct and original.

The first single from the record, “Every Time I Get Close To You,” compares favorably to songs like Rodney Crowell’s “Ain’t Living Long Like This.” It’s an incredibly engaging number that will perennially satisfy honky tonk crowds as a part of any country band’s live set; its hook is simple, as is its idea, its riff and melody are catchy and its groove is a perfect one to dance the night away.  For more reviews by The 9513, click here.

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The 9513 list Eleven Hundred Springs “Texas Afternoon” in the top 50 of the Best Country Songs of 2008.

Ladies and gentlemen, after weeks of mulling over nearly every country album released last year, we’re proud to present The 9513’s Best Country Songs of 2008.

To be eligible, a song may not have appeared on 2007’s Top 50 list, and all significant covers have been excluded. Also, please note that a song need not be released as a single in order to be eligible (album cuts are allowed). Our final list was compiled based on the votes of The 9513’s editors and writers, who each submitted their Top 75.

27. “Texas Afternoon ” - Eleven Hundred Springs

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One of the tightest bands in all of country music, and definitely one of the most talented, it’s a shame to see The Derailers making hardly any inroads on the charts despite over a decade of some of the finest Bakersfield country since Buck Owens and his Buckaroos ruled the roost. It only proves what real country fans have known for years: real country is not appreciated on country radio or in Nashville. Sure, they’ll trot out some old legend when he’s near death or when a sympathetic story is called for, but when they’re doing fine physically and there’s no need for a story let one of them release a record and it’s nothing but crickets from the powers that be.

If you were a follower of the band in the late ’90’s when they were having their albums released by Sire Records, there has been a major change within the group. Tony Villanueva, their former singer, is no longer with the band and is now a preacher in the Northwest US somewhere. At first, I mourned the loss of Villanueva, as he seemed to really understand what country music was about and was a great singer and songwriter to boot. With Villanueva gone, it was up to guitarist/songwriter/sometime singer Brian Hofeldt to decide whether the band should keep going. Thank God, he decided to keep the Derailers on the rails! Now on his third album as leader of the band, The Derailers are as strong as ever and if you listened to the Sire albums and this one, there would be few differences other than the sound of the singer’s voice. And while the sameness might be a turnoff to some, great country music is real simple stuff, though don’t confuse ’simple’ with ‘easy’. With the limited palette of country music (especially when you narrow it down even further to a traditional Bakersfield sound, say) it takes real talent to come up with something fresh, but these guys have managed to do it every album. It could be Hofeldt’s love of Mersey pop, as little Beatles touches pop up on every Derailers record since Hofeldt has taken over. It’s funny, because The Beatles covered Buck Owens’ songs on their first albums so it’s come full circle in a way. Like the album title suggests, this great hard-country CD by the best country band in the business today is guaranteed to satisfy your musical desires.  Read review here

Review by Scott Homewood

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Twang Nation list Eleven Hundred Springs “Country Jam” as the Best Country Album for 2008.

1) Eleven Hundred Springs - “Country Jam” (Palo Duro Records) - If you want a crash course in the best Texas country music over the last half-century the 2008 release from Dallas’ ESL would be a great place to start. From the hillbilly poetry of Mickey Newbury and Joe Ely to the Western Swing of Bob Wills to the pop and rock of  Doug Sahm and Buddy Holly all the influences are there.  And though the sounds are reflective of the Texas greats  ESL makes it distinctly their own on this superior homage to the Lone Star State.

2) Justin Townes Earle - “The Good Life”  (Bloodshot)
3) O’Death -  “Broken Hymns, Limbs and Skin” (Kemado)
4) Felice Brothers (Team Love)

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The Derailers

“Guarnteed To Satisfy”

Produced by Brian Hofeldt

Street date: August 26, 2008

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Although Live From the River Road Icehouse, Darryl Lee Rush’s sophomore effort, has been out for almost a year, a new video for the song “Lot” premiered last week at Trinity Hall in Mockingbird Station.

“Lot” is one of two studio recordings that appeared on the live album, and it may be the best song Rush has written. An ode to a woman accepting her lot in life while barely making ends meet, the song is just another example of Rush’s lyrical skill.

Rush’s debut, Llano Avenue, came out in 2006 and it is still one of the best collections of traditional country music to come out of Dallas in a decade. The live album seemed to be a holding pattern while Rush worked things out with his label, so let’s hope the video release will get things jump started and we can expect a lot more like “Lot” in the near future.

Review by Darryl Smyers

To view the “Lot” video, go to www.darrylleerush.com.