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Lionel Richie's Album of Country Duets [img:$uid]http://i.imgur.com/xk8Zm.jpg?6980[/img:$uid]
October 26, 2011
Lionel Richie will releaseTuskegee, a new album of country duets, in March.
"I was born and raised in Tuskegee, Alabama. I am a country boy and proud of it. To do this project just felt natural," says Richie in his announcement. "What began as a collaboration of talented people ended up being a great group of friends getting together to make great music."
But first, he has just announced that he''ll debut songs on The 45th Annual CMA Awards, airing live Nov. 9 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC, with Little Big Town, Darius Rucker and Rascal Flatts.
Richie is no stranger to the CMA Awards stage. But it has been awhile. In 1984, Richie performed Lady with Kenny Rogers and in 1986, he performed Deep River Woman with Alabama.
And this year's CMA Awards will feature several duets, including Kenny Chesney and Grace Potter singing You and Tequila, Rascal Flatts and Natasha Bedingfield singing their current hit duet Easy, and co-hosts Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood in their first live televised performance of their No. 1 song Remind Me.
On Tuskegee, Richie performs 13 duets - with stars including Tim McGraw, Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles, Blake Shelton, Shania Twain, Kenny Rogers, Willie Nelson and Jimmy Buffett.
Track Listing:
"You Are" with Blake Shelton "Say You, Say Me" with Jason Aldean "Stuck On You" with Darius Rucker "Deep River Woman" with Little Big Town "My Love" with Kenny Chesney "Dancing On The Ceiling" with Rascal Flatts "Hello" with Jennifer Nettles "Sail On" with Tim McGraw "Endless Love" with Shania Twain "Just For You" with Billy Currington "Lady" with Kenny Rogers "Easy" with Willie Nelson "All Night Long" with Jimmy Buffett
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Lionel's long had country influences in his music. "Sail On" had a semi-country vibe to it. Especially the way he sang it. | |
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True,and I could tolerate those songs.But for some reason,I'm not too excited about this new project. | |
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I'm not either. | |
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Not mad at Lionel at all for this... Make that $$$ Lionel. Nick Ashford was someone I greatly admired, had the honor of knowing, and was the real-life inspiration for Cowboy Curtis' hair. RIP Nick. - Pee Wee Herman | |
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That's the whole deal. Why not try this? He gambled fucking around with Akon on his last project and lost. He has nothing to lose by trying but i'm not a country music fan to begin with so i can't see myself having any interest. Don't laugh at my funk
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I'm not excited about Lionel...period. I will forever love and miss you...my sweet Prince. | |
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This one has "sucks" written all over it. | |
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yes,it does | |
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Sucking air and blowing chunks. | |
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"Dancing On The Ceiling" is an awful song to begin with Any kind of remake would be twice as 'sucky'. | |
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The video was equally terrible. Lionel might as well tapped danced in black face in the vid. I will forever love and miss you...my sweet Prince. | |
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that video makes me cringe.I was embarassed for him. | |
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I think that's why I felt sort of relieved when Brenda beat his ass...not just because he cheated, but because he had started to smell himself a bit too much. I will forever love and miss you...my sweet Prince. | |
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He lost his songwriting finesse on solo album # 3, Dancing on The Ceiling. I remember buying the album and screaming bloody murder over its astounding banality. | |
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I'm used to Lionel selling-out musically. But doing a track with Akon was an all-time low point in his life, never mind career. | |
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All things considered,I'm glad that the Commodores reunion never happened.The Lionel from those days is long gone.There's no way to make him "funky" ever again.We;ll just have to play those old records and enjoy the memories | |
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Oh dear lord... | |
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The Commodores with JD Nicholas are not exactly funky either. You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton | |
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Me either. I've never owned a single one of his albums in my life, nor have I ever liked a single one of his songs. WAY too corny for MY tastes. I WILL, however, give him props for helping to coax Shania Twain out of her shell again after she claimed she "lost" her voice. It takes a special person to do something like that, so kudos for him in THAT regard. Hungry? Just look in the mirror and get fed up. | |
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You have to remember that most of The Commdores' funk tracks has Walter Orange on lead vocals, NOT Lionel Richie. Walter was on lead for most of the funk & disco tracks, while Lionel was on lead for all of the slow romamtic tracks.
With the Commodores, Lionel was on lead only for Sail On, Zoom, Three Times A Lady, Easy, Still, Oh No, Lady (You Bring Me Up), & Why You Wanna Try Me. | |
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The only real funky song I think he was on was "Slippery When It's Wet". | |
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Lionel sang lead vocals on the oh so funky "Fancy Dancer" . | |
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Got bless JD but i never thought he was a good fit. It would have been just as well letting Sweet Clyde sing all the vocals. JD was a good fit for Heatwave during his tenure there particularly since half the band was from England. Don't laugh at my funk
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No, that was Walter. | |
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That's not entirely true but i get your drift. Lionel didn't start drifting away from the funk grooves until later on in the years during the Heroes album. He sang lead on Fancy Dancer, Come Inside, Slippery When Wet , Hold On, Look What You Done To Me and probably one of the band's funkiest underrated jams Gimme My Mule. Don't laugh at my funk
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No it's Lionel bro. Don't laugh at my funk
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I need to see the live version from the 1970's to be sure of that. | |
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That's Lionel too dude. I can easily distinguish between the two. Lionel had that classic funky southern yeoww wail in the 70's. Sweet Clyde never did the yeoww wail and his voice was a little heavier than Lionel's. Don't laugh at my funk
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