Jelly Roll Opens A Music Studio Inside Nashville Juvenile Detention Facility Where He Was Once Incarcerated

Giving back to his community. Since becoming a massive superstar, Jelly Roll has always done his best to never forget where he came from and give back as much as he can. And a big part of that is supporting youth in juvenile detention facilities - including the one that he was locked up in himself. After first entering the juvenile system at the age of 14, he spent his late teenage years and his early 20s in and out of jail before discovering music and turning his life around, a story that's led him to the stage of the Grand Ole Opry, a CMA Award for Best New Artist, and two Grammy nominations. And after discovering the impact that music can have on someone's life, he's doing his best to help give others who are locked up the same opportunity to turn things around that he had. Back in 2022, Jelly Roll performed a sold-out show at his hometown Bridgestone Arena, and donated all of the proceeds from the show to the Youth Impact Outreach organization, where it would go to help kids who were locked up in the Davidson County Juvenile Detention Center. And part of that money went to fund a music studio in the same facility that Jelly Roll himself was locked up in when he was younger. According to ET, Jelly Roll recently performed at an opening event for the new studio, alongside his friend and frequent collaborator ERNEST and several others in the music community who will be helping out with the new program. "This collaboration, featuring music luminaries Jeffrey Steele and ERNEST, alongside 35 pro/hit songwriters who helped kick off the program launch, embodies the belief in music's role in personal growth and redemption, showcasing the journey from juvenile detention to success." In fact, Jelly Roll even recently missed an awards show because he was busy working with juveniles in the facility: “I’m sorry I wasn’t there. Here’s the truth: I’m actually standing in the juvenile courthouse right now, I just walked out of the juvenile facility. We partnered with the Beat of Life to bring a music program to the kids. This has been on my calendar for a long time. I promised these kids I was coming. I know whenever I was a kid in here I got let down a lot. I didn’t want to be one of the people letting these kids down. I had to honor my word. I hate I wasn’t there, but don’t take me not being there as a sign of anything other than love and respect and me trying to do better for my community, baby. Anyways, these kids wrote some big songs today, man. We’re going to work something out where y’all can start hearing what we’re working on in this juvenile, but the Jelly studio is running.” https://twitter.com/JellyRoll615/status/1759771355329806730?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1759771355329806730%7Ctwgr%5E673ea7bbab284197f88a146d321074d5f6fc1d17%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.whiskeyriff.com%2F2024%2F02%2F19%2Fjelly-roll-missed-the-peoples-choice-awards-because-he-was-visiting-with-juveniles-in-jail%2F And he also spoke with ET about what it means to him to be able to give back to his community: "There's no amount of celebrity or money that will ever mean more than the lady I just saw in the parking lot that's from Antioch, Tennessee, and asking if she takes a picture and just told me her brief piece of her story and what she's overcome in life and how I inspired that. You could throw billions of dollars at me, it'll never have the effect that I get, that feeling, when fans tell me the music helped them." It's great to see Jelly spending time with juveniles who find themselves in the same place he was not that long ago. Before I decided to make a career change, I actually started out as a public defender, and many of my clients were juveniles. I've visited kids in the Davidson County Juvenile Detention Center, and I know the stories of the lives that some of these kids are forced to deal with. These are kids who often come from broken homes with no direction and no role model, and definitely not anybody who's genuinely had their best interests at heart. So for someone like Jelly Roll to not only give his money to open a music studio but also his time to spend with them when they desperately need a good influence in their life is something that's going to have an immeasurable impact on these kids. Regardless of how you feel about his music, Jelly Roll is an artist who's going to have a positive impact on the world for generations to come. You love to see it.

Dolly Parton Featured On Glen Campbell’s “A Better Place” For ‘GLEN CAMPBELL DUETS – Ghost On The Canvas Sessions’ Album

Here's to the late, great Glen Campbell. Today, the new duets album GLEN CAMPBELL DUETS – Ghost on the Canvas Sessions is out everywhere, which honors the country legend and reimagines his 2011 farewell album with some of the biggest names in music. Campbell’s original vocals have been blended with tons of artists like Eric Church, Elton John, Brian Wilson, Carole King, Hope Sandoval, Linda Perry, Sting and Brian Setzer for the project. Plus, not only are those big names on vocals, but Dave Stewart (Eurythmics), Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins), Chris Issak, Wendy Melvoin (Prince and the Revolution), Rick Neilsen (Cheap Trick), Steve Hunter (Lou Reed), The Dandy Warhols, Chris Chaney, Jason Faulkner Jr., Kim Bullard, Josh Freese (The Foo Fighters), Vinny Caliuta, Marti Rifkin, Dick Dale and Tim Pierce contributed with their musical talents, which is really damn cool. And of course, it wouldn't be a tribute album to Glen Campbell without his friend Dolly Parton, who is featured with him on "A Better Place." The song was originally included on Campbell's 2011, 61st studio album Ghost on the Canvas, which intended as his farewell studio recording following his diagnosis with Alzheimer's disease. Co-written by Campbell and Julian Raymond, Dolly says it's a "great honor" to be included, saying "A Better Place" is one of "the sweetest songs I've heard": "Singing anything with Glen Campbell is a great honor, but the song itself, ‘A Better Place,’ was one of the sweetest songs I've heard. I was proud to be a part of that." It simply doesn't get much better than these two country legends... here's to Glen Campbell and all of his great music. "A Better Place" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45tnJjRbrqY Eric Church on "Hold On Hope": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2613g7m7ukM&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.whiskeyriff.com%2F&source_ve_path=MjM4NTE&feature=emb_title "I’m Not Gonna Miss You" with Elton John: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn1qkf8vVQU GLEN CAMPBELL DUETS – Ghost on the Canvas Sessions Track List: 1. “There’s No Me… Without You (with Carole King)” 2. “Ghost On The Canvas (with Sting)” 3. “Hold On Hope (with Eric Church)” 4. “The Long Walk Home (with Hope Sandoval)” 5. “Nothing But The Whole Wide World (with Eric Clapton)” 6. “In My Arms (with Brian Setzer)” 7. “A Better Place (with Dolly Parton)” 8. “Strong (with Brian Wilson)” 9. “A Thousand Lifetimes (with Linda Perry)” 10. “It’s Your Amazing Grace (with Daryl Hall & Dave Stewart)” 11. “Any Trouble (with X)” 12. “I’m Not Gonna Miss You (with Elton John)”

Yellowstone’s Luke Grimes Releases Live Version of Nirvana’s “All Apologies”

It's been two weeks since the 30th anniversary of Kurt Cobain's passing, and Luke Grimes is paying homage to a rock and roll legend with his latest release. A man of many talents, Grimes is best known for playing the role of Kayce Dutton in Yellowstone, but he's made a name for himself over the past 16 months or so as an impressive country music artist as well. He released his first single "No Horse To Ride" in December 2022, and it quickly became apparent that Grimes' music was no publicity stunt or anything. Luke Grimes is the real deal. Steadily releasing new music since that first release, Grimes' nascent career as a country artist took a large step forward with the release of his 13-track self-titled debut record Luke Grimes in March of this year, providing more than enough proof that he belongs on the scene. Now just over a month later, Grimes is already back releasing new music, this time a cover of Nirvana's "All Apologies" live from a concert he played in Boston in December. Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_o7P19TUWo It's always cool to me when country artists cover songs from other genres, and as a big Nirvana fan myself, Grimes made a great choice here. "All Apologies" was written by the late Kurt Cobain and originally released on Nirvana's third and final studio record In Utero in 1993. If you're not familiar with the original, here is a famous video of Nirvana performing the tune during their iconic MTV Unplugged in New York session in 1994. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWmkuH1k7uA It's clear that Grimes has some pretty amazing music taste, as he also has a cover of Blaze Foley's classic "Clay Pigeons" in his catalog. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wehBlS-HSJk If you haven't gotten the chance to listen to any of his originals yet, though, you need to change that. Here are a couple of must-listens off of Grimes' debut record. "No Horse To Ride" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5XdLlXw0Rg "Hold On" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6u-vlqfTnXI

Watch Shane Smith & the Saints, Charles Wesley Godwin, & Midnight River Choir Burn Down Red Rocks With Cover Of “Tuesday’s Gone”

You can never go wrong with a Lynyrd Skynyrd cover. Especially when you have an all-star cast of musicians burning it down on stage together. With the release of Norther, their highly anticipated first studio album in nearly five years, Shane Smith & the Saints are one of the hottest acts in music right now. The buzz surrounding the band is palpable, and has been for a while, as the shows keep getting bigger and bigger and the fanbase continues to grow at a rapid pace. All of this will come to a culmination of sorts, at this point in their careers at least, when the Austin, TX based outfit takes the stage before a sold out crowd at the iconic Red Rocks Amphitheater in just a few weeks on May 7. And with Hayes Carll and 49 Winchester opening up the show, it's bound to be one for the ages. This won't be the band's first time headlining the near 10,000 capacity venue outside of Denver, though, and it sure won't be their last. Almost a year ago to the date of the upcoming show, on May 9, 2023, Shane Smith & the Saints brought their high energy country/rock show to Red Rocks with Charles Wesley Godwin and Midnight River Choir in tow, making it a headlining venue debut to remember. In their 23 song set, the band managed to play a healthy mix of their biggest hits and sentimental deep cuts, and they even managed to tease a couple unreleased tunes at the time and drop in a few covers, setting the tone early with Steve Young's "Seven Bridges Road" (popularized by The Eagles) and keeping the energy going with Levon helm's "Hurricane" a few songs later. One of the many highlights of the show, though, came towards the end of the set when they were joined on stage by Godwin and Midnight River Choir for an all-time cover of Lynyrd Skynyrd's classic "Tuesday's Gone" before closing with their most popular song to date "All I See Is You." Originally released on Lynyrd Skynyrd's 1973 debut album Pronounced ‘Lĕh-‘nérd ‘Skin-‘nérd) alongside "Free Bird," "Gimme Three Steps," and five other southern rock standards, "Tuesday's Gone" is a timeless classic that will forever live on immortalized in the lore of American rock and roll. And what better way to pay homage to it than this? With their next Red Rocks headliner quickly approaching, Shane Smith & the Saints posted to YouTube an awesome video of the cover that captures just how special the moment was. Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_P5u-JLFnQ Man, I wish I had been there for this one. If you have somehow missed out on their latest album Norther, here are a couple of my favorites off of the new album to get you started: "Adeline" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ec9JuIeY2SM "Fields of Heather" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xemjdA7Vbls "Hummingbird" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4lC-5STVw0 Shane Smith & the Saints will be back at Red Rocks on May 7 to run it back again, this time with Hayes Carll and 49 Winchester, but if you weren't able to get tickets to this show in particular, you're in luck. These guys are hitting the road hard tand playing the new ones all spring and summer long. And you're not going to want to miss out.

Shane Smith Tour Dates:

4/26 - Stagecoach - Indio, CA~ 5/4 – Calf Fry – Stillwater, OK~ 5/7 – Red Rocks Amphitheatre – Morrison, CO% 5/14 – DR Koncerthuset Studie 2 – Copenhagen, Denmark! 5/16 – Cloud Nine – Utrecht, Netherlands! 5/17 – Highways 2024 – London, United Kingdom~ 5/18 – Gorilla – Manchester, United Kingdom 5/19 – Oran Mor – Glasgow, Scotland! 5/31 - Basin PBS Main Street Live - Midland, TX 6/1 - Food Truck Championships - Graham, TX^ 6/2 – Gulf Coast Jam – Panama City Beach, FL~ 6/19 – Country Jam – Mack, CO~ 6/20 – Gordy’s HWY 30 Music Festival – Filer, ID~ 7/5 - Greeley Stampede - Greeley, CO 7/9 – Big Sky Events Arena – Big Sky, MT+ 7/19 – Country Jam – Eau Claire, WI~ 7/19-7/21 – Faster Horses – Brooklyn, MI~ 8/10 – Bootheel Rodeo – Sikeston, MO 8/16-8/17 – Wheatstock Music Festival – Helix, OR~ 9/1 – Montana’s Biggest Weekend – Dillon, MT~ 9/19-9/22 – Bourbon & Beyond – Louisville, KY~ 10/4 - Redwest - Salt Lake City, UT~ 10/5 - Ford Wyoming Center - Casper, WY* 10/18-10/20 – Goldensky 2024 – Sacremento, CA~ 12/6 - Dolby Live - Las Vegas, NV= 12/7 - Dolby Live - Las Vegas, NV= ~Festival Date %w/ 49 Winchester, Hayes Carll !w/ Tanner Usrey ^w/ Reckless Kelly +supporting Trampled By Turtles *supporting Ian Munsick =suppporting Cody Jinks And for good measure, here's Lynyrd Skynyrd playing "Tuesday's Gone" in San Francisco back in 1976. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7p2ogicS1U

Golfer Has His Errant Tee Shot Snatched Up By A Squirrel & Social Media Couldn’t Get Enough Of It

FORE LEFT! Anyone that's played golf before knows that every shot doesn't go exactly as planned. Even the best golfers in the world occasionally hit a shot off line, sometimes ending up in hazard areas of the course, or worse, the dreaded out-of-bounds. But not every person who plays the frustrating game of golf can say that they've had their golf ball snatched up by a curious critter à la Caddyshack. The person in this story hit their tee shot into a wooded area left of the fairway, and when they went to look for it, they found it... in the hands of a squirrel. Shane Bacon, a golf announcer and writer, posted this hilarious picture to his social media with the caption: "A buddy just sent me this - hit it left on a par-4 and came up to find his ball being closely monitored by an interested observer. Not sure the ruling here." https://twitter.com/shanebacon/status/1780949303134986500 That golfer may have started the hole with that being his golf ball, but once the squirrel had it tightly grasped between its paws, it was no longer the man's golf ball. There was definitely a non-mutual transfer of property, because it doesn't look like that bushy-tailed rodent was dropping that dimpled sphere anytime soon. Social media loved the picture of the squirrel firmly holding the golf ball with both hands, and replied with a flurry of memes about the incident:

My precious pic.twitter.com/wmY69ObgKz

— Friendly Banter (@friendlybanter_) April 18, 2024

Blind squirrel can see after all!

— radaratlas2 (@radaratlas2) April 18, 2024

[The squirrel] pic.twitter.com/T6jVxH3RWu

— Sean T. Leahy (@seantleahy) April 18, 2024

This validates every time I’ve said “I think a squirrel took it.”

— steegs (@Steegsy) April 18, 2024

Play is as it lies (RIP squirrel)

— Keegs (@keegs_f) April 18, 2024

And you're probably wondering what the ruling would actually be if a squirrel picked up a golf ball while it was in play. Well, lucky for you, one X user (formerly Twitter) explained how that situation should play out in accordance to the rulebook:

According to rule 5.31, you may retrieve the ball, but you must replace it with an acorn in it’s original position (in the hands of the squirrel in this case)

— Kenny Bottoms (@urfavoriteging1) April 18, 2024

With all of the weird rules in golf, that honestly could be buried deep within the golf handbook and actually be enforceable. I'd look further into it, but now all I can think about are my past shots I've hit into the trees that I never could find...