{"id":1314060,"date":"2019-08-28T11:15:41","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T17:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1811192"},"modified":"2019-08-28T11:15:41","modified_gmt":"2019-08-28T17:15:41","slug":"man-i-feel-like-a-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/man-i-feel-like-a-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Man! I Feel Like a Birthday!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:ao:image:cmt.com:337474?width=1200&amp;height=675&amp;.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"byline\">by <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/morrise\/\" title=\"Posts by Edward Morris\" rel=\"author\">Edward Morris<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\">28m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>Today is a real candle burner! It\u2019s Shania Twain\u2019s 54th, LeAnn Rimes\u2019 37th and Jake Owen\u2019s 38th birthday.<\/p>\n<p>In honor of this cosmic convergence, let us conjure up a \u201cTwilight Zone\u201d situation in which all three are celebrating together. Let\u2019s imagine that tornadoes are rolling across the plains today, splintering houses and tossing 18-wheelers around like empty plastic milk jugs. Imagine further that Twain\u2019s, Rimes\u2019 and Owen\u2019s tour buses have all pulled into the same truck stop in search of shelter. What stories might the three artists share as they relax together to wait out the storm?<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZJL4UGSbeFg?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZJL4UGSbeFg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>There will be, of course, tale-swapping about promoters who didn\u2019t pay, disc jockeys who couldn\u2019t keep their hands to themselves, record executives plagued by tin ears, and pranks played on and by fellow performers. Since all three artists have gone through divorces, there might even be allusions to those dark times \u2014 but probably not. Surely, though, they\u2019ll be talking about the early days when success hung on the outcome of that first single or album.<\/p>\n<p>Twain will probably recall the cross-country tour that launched her career. That was back in 1993, the year after her label, Mercury Records, had blown the doors off country music with Billy Ray Cyrus\u2019 \u201cAchy Breaky Heart.\u201d Brimming with confidence and seed money, Mercury announced to the media that it was going to introduce three new artists via a \u201cTriple Play Tour.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/plpZhxk3z-Y?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/plpZhxk3z-Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>The artists were Twain, Toby Keith and Jon Brannen. All three were put on a \u201cTriple Play\u201d emblazoned bus laden with \u201cTriple Play\u201d freebies and sent out with a common backup band to visit radio and TV stations and play shows in which they performed both individually and as a trio. Keith scored first with \u201cShould\u2019ve Been a Cowboy,\u201d which went No. 1.<\/p>\n<p>Although her \u201cWhat Made You Say That\u201d was released the same month as \u201cCowboy,\u201d Twain didn\u2019t match that height until her fourth single, \u201cAny Man of Mine,\u201d two years later. But she made up for her tardiness by eventually becoming the bestselling woman in country music history. Brannen, alas, never charted.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GozdIQx1Wow?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GozdIQx1Wow?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>When it comes her turn, Rimes will relive being a child star in Texas and how another local singer \u2014 Janet McBride \u2014 enabled her to put that distinctive yodel break in her debut hit, \u201cBlue.\u201d But being celebrated at such a young age, she\u2019ll note, brought with it immense emotional burdens, some of which she much later worked out in writing and performing the song <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/308370714\">\u201cDestructive.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In it, she yells, \u201cI want to be destructive, trash everything in sight\/beat the devil at his game, abuse myself all night\/I want to bitch the world out, one long aching scream\/Don\u2019t want anybody wanting anything from me.\u201d She unveiled the song, which never charted as a single, when she did <em>Live From Abbey Road<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MUFasKZcH_c?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MUFasKZcH_c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>Naturally, Owen will relate how a sports injury sidelined him long enough for him to learn to play guitar, which, in turn, led him to a gig performing in a local bar. Then there was the venturing to Nashville and five years later the thrill of finally landing his first No. 1, \u201cBarefoot Blue Jean Night.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And talk about pranks and screw-ups, he\u2019s had plenty touring with the likes of Florida Georgia Line, Chris Janson, Dan + Shay and the Cadillac Three. He may also get around to telling how his people talked John Mellencamp\u2019s people into letting him release \u201cI Was Jack (You Were Diane)\u201d and giving him another No. 1.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oTOm8VkHGh4?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oTOm8VkHGh4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>Modesty prevents Twain from talking about her five Grammy awards or Rimes her two. But Owen feels free to inquire if the experience is as cool as it looks. Having racked up a lot of movie and TV roles, it\u2019s not at all surprising or untoward that some of them seep into Rimes\u2019 conversation.<\/p>\n<p>Where else may their weather-enforced intimacy lead them? Twain has a Las Vegas residency coming up in December that will run into June 2020. Rimes will headline her You and Me and Christmas Tour that stretches from Nov. 30 to Dec. 15. And, apart from touring, Owen keeps busy with his Good Company With Jake podcast. Lots to chat about there.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aRh-vBOS-dU?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aRh-vBOS-dU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>The sky is clearing, the winds have died down and to wrap up this fantasy get-together, here comes the waitress with a decorated Honey Bun for each of the vagabond celebrants. Then it\u2019s back to the buses and away.<\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n<div class=\"description\">Edward Morris is a veteran of country music journalism. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee, and is a frequent contributor to CMT.com.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1811192\/man-i-feel-like-a-birthday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Edward Morris 28m ago Today is a real candle burner! It\u2019s Shania Twain\u2019s 54th, LeAnn Rimes\u2019 37th and Jake Owen\u2019s 38th birthday. In honor of this cosmic convergence, let us conjure up a \u201cTwilight Zone\u201d situation in which all three are celebrating together. 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