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Joe Nichols has signed on to be part of "The Super Jam" in Phoenix next Saturday for Super Bowl weekend. Nichols will join Cowboy Troy and a host of rock stars including Johnny Gunn of Eddie Money, Paul Rodgers of Bad Company and Queen, Tommy Miller of Gregg Allman & Friends, and Donny Baldwin of Jefferson Starship. The event is being sponsored by Dymtro Development, LLC, an Arizona Green Developer. It will be held at the Hotel Scottsdale.
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Joe Nichols is starting out his 2005 Summer Fair/Festival tour with a new twist. After his usual capacity-filled grandstand shows, he heads on over to the free music stage, which normally features local talent playing dance sets, and continues his show by sitting in with the local band for a few songs. ”It gives me the chance to meet people who don’t get up to the front row at our bigger shows; let’s them see I’m just a regular guy who got a break…” Fair managers across the country are pretty amazed by it all, commenting that “It gives our local patrons a little extra bang for the buck”. Joe isn’t the first to do this though; in the 90’s, Garth Brooks was fond of booking him and his band into small clubs under a fictitious name, taking a break from his stadium outings. Tim McGraw and Brooks & Dunn ... followed suit with their own variation of the concept.
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Joe Nichols finally had a big hit with his 2005 album III, released nearly a decade after his first independent records. III found Nichols loosening up a bit, delivering the very funny "Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off" which was ... a strong song outside its quips, strong enough to become a genuine [P]op Top 40 hit after it topped the country charts. Such success can be hard to follow, and for his 2007 follow-up Real Things, Nichols does beat a bit of retreat, deciding not to expand upon that slyly rowdy hit but instead returning to the ballads that served him well for his first two records. He still kicks up the tempo on occasion -- most notably on "Let's Get Drunk and Fight," a sequel to "Tequila" that's nearly as laugh-out-loud funny, but also on the speedy "Comin' Back in a Cadillac," a tune that's more traditionally country-rockin' yet also on the anthemic "It Ain't No Crime" -- but by and large Real Things is a gentler affair, reminiscent of his second album, Revelation. However, there is a difference here: that record often seemed to cruise by on Music City gloss where Real Things digs deep, sounding deeply felt no matter how smooth it gets. Or no matter how sappy it gets, either, since there are several songs that flirt with being just a bit too emotional, whether it's the nostalgia of the title track or the autobiography of "Ain't Nobody Gonna Take That from Me." What saves these songs is the warmth of the production and, above all, the richness of Nichols' singing.
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Revelation may well be, in part, a class A tribute to a few of the country music icons who Joe Nichols has often acknowledged as his inspiration. Covering Gene Watson's memorable 1979 hit, "Farewell Party" and the inclusion of the title cut, "Revelation," previously recorded by the immortal Waylon Jennings, may ... be indicative of Nichols' confidence level -- obviously high -- and rightfully so. After all, the dictionary defines [R]evelation as a surprise, eye-opener, breakthrough and/or shock. "Man With A Memory," Nichols debut album for Universal South, was probably the biggest revelation in Nashville in a decade.
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In less than 18 months Joe Nichols went from playing for dozens of people on the cramped stage of a local eatery to performing for tens of thousands in a massive outdoor stadium. Amidst this notable ascension Nichols became the debut artist for a new record label, Universal South. His first two singles, "The Impossible" and "Brokenheartsville," became multi-week No. 1 hits. And his album, Man With A Memory, was certified Gold for sales in excess of 500,000 units. The journey is even more remarkable for its twice-over defiance of convention. First, Nichols has built this success upon an unfettered allegiance to country tradition that's as direct as his chiseled baritone.
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Joe Nichols says there is one song that helped him get through his recent stay in rehab -- Merle Haggard's "If I Could Only Fly." Nichols recorded the song with Lee Ann Womack on his current album "Real Things." He says he can identify with the tune. Nichols says that at times he couldn't think of anything to write or anything to play, but the Haggard track, quote, "kept repeating over and over in my mind." Joe talks candidly about his addiction and how it affected his life on Saturday's "CMT Insider." He ... discusses his new album, which has been getting rave reviews.
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