idol's done gone country again!

you may remember me swooning over josh turner a month ago. well lo and behold, look what i dug up to celebrate the best thing to happen to american idol since carrie underwood!


can we talk about scotty mcreery's audition skills for a minute? first of all, he is just as cute and clean as can be--not distracting the judges with an overly trendy mallrat outfit like his female counterparts all too often do, or hitting them over the head with a gimmicky cowboy hat. he immediately grabs the judges' attention with his post-puberty voice, signaling star potential right off the bat (you can see j lo's money-making wheels start turning as she perks up a bit in her seat). and then what does he do with this markedly low voice? channel hunky josh turner! WELL DONE scotty-wotty!

in fact, in the final episodes where the finalists return to their respective hometowns, josh turner (also a fellow north carolina boy) surprised scotty with an onstage duet. adorable! let's see what happens with this one, guys. after all, country music definitely knows how to take care of its own.

{photo thanks to justlife4me.com}

STAGECOACH ITINERARY: Day 2.

alright kiddies, onto round two. here are my picks for day 2 of the stagecoach music festival.
SUNDAY MAY 1st.
2 pm: TRIPLE CHICKEN FOOT. this band has a really laid back sound, especially "satan your kingdom must come down." perfect music to enjoy some barbecue chicken or an ice cream cone to.
3:10 pm: JUNIOR BROWN. known for his "guit-steel," which is a double neck hybrid of electric guitar and lap steel guitar. quite the claim to fame!
4:20 pm: WANDA JACKSON. wanda is known as the queen of rockabilly, and was one of the first big female rockabilly singers in the 50s. she was quite the darling back then. can't wait to hear her now.
4:45 pm: EASTON CORBIN. i will have you know easton corbin was responsible for my first ever country-related facebook status. it was after i heard "a little more country than that" on the radio. go ahead and fall in love. you're welcome.

6 pm: JOSH TURNER. wow, i'm having a swoon-fest as i'm writing this post. just as i thought to myself, "easton corbin may be the cutest country boy i've ever seen," i'm reminded of josh turner. josh is known for his CRAZY low voice. in fact, just listen to the first few velvety rich notes of "why don't we just dance" while peering into those even velvetier blue eyes. holy crap, i'm UNCOMFORTABLY jealous of all the women that will be in his audience tomorrow night.

7:30 pm: CARRIE UNDERWOOD. it may be a blessing in disguise that i'm missing stagecoach. the accumulation of excitement from 4:45 pm on would undoubtedly cause some small-scale yet sufficiently embarrassing fainting-girl-at-a-michael jackson-concert reaction in me that would probably be unpleasant for all parties involved. i would also note that carrie's "mama" video even made my friend laura (quite the country music skeptic) tear up.
LATE DINNER BREAK.
9:15 pm: RASCAL FLATTS. i interviewed for a summer position at disney's legal department awhile ago, and my interviewer was pretty distracted and rude when i arrived at the office. she apologized and explained that disney's country record label, lyric street (former home of rascal flatts and shedaisy), had officially gone under THAT MORNING. oh timing, how i have mastered thee. but fear not. rascal flatts are on big machine records now and doing better than ever!