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Post by Meems Wide Awake on Jun 8, 2011 2:00:21 GMT -5
LOL! now , MusicRow picked up the birthday party thing too : goo.gl/fb/tUFnM
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Post by Meems Wide Awake on Jun 8, 2011 11:40:21 GMT -5
From USAtoday | IdolChatter : Where are they now? 'American Idol' Season 9's Casey James
"Yeah, it's been really fast-paced," says Casey James in a slow Southern drawl. The Texan opened for pop-country superstars Sugarland in March, is recording an album that will be out later this year and is booked to appear at the CMA Music Fest June 9-12.
"My intention was always to go into country music, not traditional country but doing what I do. It's a good fit," says Casey, 29, who wooed American Idol audiences with his long blond hair and guitar skills. And the popular Sugarland is the perfect place to see country in action: "Nobody's dishing out advice, more just chilling and hanging out, vibing. Watching their shows is like getting advice. You learn all you can from every situation."
Since last summer's American Idols Live tour, Casey signed with Sony Nashville, moved to Music City, has been collecting and writing songs for his album, has held auditions for a band, has done radio visits and played shows. "It's been crazy," he says.
He's writing most of the songs on the album and plans to play guitar on every song. "I'm going to be myself, do acoustic music and slow ballads but also rock out with the guitar and do bluesy stuff, all wrapped into one."
The seasoned musician (USA TODAY's Brian Mansfield called him "the best guitar player the show has seen") communicates with fans while touring and via Twitter. He reads an excerpt of a fan letter: "'There's a lot of beautiful people in the world but you have a beautiful soul.' Stuff like that is always great to read, just fans being really, really nice."
Casey says his personal life is quiet. "Nope, no girlfriend," he says. "When I'm not doing this craziness I just kind of relax at the house with my dogs (basset hounds Daisy May and Buster Douglas), and I like to read -- I haven't gotten to do a lot of relaxing and reading, really -- but I pretty much take it easy." Also : Casey James Media Mentions
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Post by Meems Wide Awake on Jun 15, 2011 12:43:15 GMT -5
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Post by bigmjfan on Jun 22, 2011 17:32:48 GMT -5
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Post by BurnThis on Jun 22, 2011 17:37:46 GMT -5
Casey was mentioned briefly, and some people thought snarkily, in this blurb about the upcoming concert with Casey, Crystal Bowersox and Blake Shelton. www.azcentral.com/thingstodo/music/articles/2011/06/20/20110620blake-shelton-crystal-bowersox-casey-james-phoenix.htmlRather than post a comment, since so many others had already, I wrote to the author directly--a nice letter updating him on what Casey's been up to since AI. He wrote me back immediately, said he actually liked Casey during Season 9, and never meant to be mean. He said he'd like to do an interview with Casey and asked me for the contact info, which I gave him. So, kudos to the fans for flooding him with comments!
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Post by bigmjfan on Jun 22, 2011 17:45:28 GMT -5
That is awesome. I was cracking up at the comments because Casey fans were educating him on what Casey is doing then almost everyone one said thank you or the event sounded fun. Kill him with kindness. Matybe we will get an interview out of it.
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Post by waternymf on Jun 22, 2011 19:53:32 GMT -5
Casey was mentioned briefly, and some people thought snarkily, in this blurb about the upcoming concert with Casey, Crystal Bowersox and Blake Shelton. www.azcentral.com/thingstodo/music/articles/2011/06/20/20110620blake-shelton-crystal-bowersox-casey-james-phoenix.htmlRather than post a comment, since so many others had already, I wrote to the author directly--a nice letter updating him on what Casey's been up to since AI. He wrote me back immediately, said he actually liked Casey during Season 9, and never meant to be mean. He said he'd like to do an interview with Casey and asked me for the contact info, which I gave him. So, kudos to the fans for flooding him with comments! Good thinking going straight to the source and look what came of it!
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Post by Meems Wide Awake on Jun 23, 2011 5:48:36 GMT -5
That's fantastic! thanx Shari hopefully we'll get a good interview ! LOL! that author got what Casey is really doing after AI . such a lazy author , maybe he thought that Casey faded to bosecurity like other idols !!
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Post by bigmjfan on Jun 28, 2011 6:50:18 GMT -5
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Post by dabogirl on Jun 28, 2011 8:31:15 GMT -5
Link doesn't work BMJF
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Post by bigmjfan on Jun 28, 2011 9:03:29 GMT -5
HMM It still wont work. I wonder why
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Post by bigmjfan on Jun 28, 2011 21:01:06 GMT -5
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Post by boudica on Jun 28, 2011 22:00:16 GMT -5
^^^ That is a great article, a lot of insight and information!
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Post by waternymf on Jun 29, 2011 0:31:25 GMT -5
^^^Agree! Just about the time we think we've heard it all, someone proves us wrong - pleasantly so!
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Post by boudica on Jun 29, 2011 22:28:40 GMT -5
Apart from everything else what I found interesting about the idol comments, was that someone actually confirmed what I have thought all along. That songs were changed at the last minute, I would almost bet my house that one of those nights was on the top 3 night.
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