Casey James is opening for Sugarland and I'm introducing him to a local DJ

CASEY JAMES OPENING FOR SUGARLAND!!!

This is the best news I've heard in a long long time!!!!!!  He won't be on the whole tour with them.....but only selected dates....but Sugarland???  Omg....thats top of the line!!!  I only know about one show so far that he's at, and that's Little Rock, Ark. on Friday, March, 4th at the Verizon Arena!  Tickets go on sale January 29th at 10:00 am.  They will be available at Ticketmaster or at the Box Office.  If you are local and can listen, the radio station KSSN 96 will be giving away free tickets.....so listen and find out how you can win your way to a free Casey James Show!!

KSSN 96 Arkansas' Country Station

I just realized something else....this is the first banner with Casey James on it as an opening act!  I'm keeping every banner I can find, throughout his whole career.....(I hope I live that long)!!  :D

Yall let me know if you think you can make this show, because I am absolutely positively going!!

Ok, on to more news....not AS exciting, but very important news just the same.
I called up one of our local radio stations KSCS to inquire about where "The Jeremy Show" went and why was Michelle Rodriquez, who works at the Other big radio station in town,now at KSCS??.....  I was confused, but.....Michelle filled me in on what was going on, and so I thought...... ok, while I got her on the phone, lets just see if she knows who Casey James is.  At first she did not, then......I mentioned American Idol and his 3rd place finish and she knew who he was then!  But had NOT heard any of his music!!  OMG!!  So......I just couldn't stand the thought that a DJ of her caliber had not had the pleasure of hearing his music, so she gave me her email and I went right to work on a nice little introduction package of Casey James' awesomeness!!  Here is what I sent her: 



Hey Michelle....It's Glenda, who talked to you on the phone earlier tonight about Casey James!!  I'm going to send you a few things to get you introduced to him and his music!  The first video is one that I captured at his Homecoming in May at the Key's Lounge in Ft. Worth.  It's called "Drowning on Dry Land", and he makes blues sound currant!  Key's is a small place and too many people were packed in there, and although I got close to the stage, it was still very difficult to get a good video with so much moving around....people were pushing and moving me around everywhere sometimes, but you can hear him very good.  You can see him most of the time, but I just hate when my videos are shaky.  But this is his "Blues" and he certainly makes you feel it when he sings and plays.  Oh yea....he plays all his lead on his songs, and if you ask him, he'll tell you he's a musician......and seems very humble about his singing voice, but it is awesome and he sounds like nobody else in country, with a beautiful vibrato (I heard someone call it a "quiver in his purrr"....lol)  that you can hear most of the time.  I will  send you a video or two from the American Idol tour stop this summer in Dallas...... one of his country songs and one of his southern rock songs!  Also I'm including a couple videos by Live Nation, when he did a live show in Malibu right on the ocean!  One's bluesy and one is country.  He's a little bit of many genres all rolled into one beautiful package!!  But believe me.....he fits very well in Country! :) 
Ok, let me know what you think, I would love to hear your feedback!!

Here's a few pictures I also shot in May at the Key's.

"Drowning on Dry Land"
I'm not sure, but I think Buddy Guy was the original artist of this song, I know he sang it, but
he might not have written it.

"Satisfied" w/brother Billy joining him on stage

The original of Satisfied was recorded by Ian Moore. Nice bluesy song.

"Always" Charlie Robison Cover
Casey talks about his motorcycle accident which nearly took his life and his left arm,
which spurred him to learn this very heartfelt and personal song.

I dare you NOT to get chills when Casey sings.....I still do.....his music is just so raw, so real and fresh!!

"Don't" Shania Twain original  This is the country song he did on tour this summer and he was so happy to be back in Texas, the smile on his face says it all!!

"I Got Mine" The Black Keys Original
Now....if you like a little more 'drive' in your music, this song is on the edge of Rock, but I hear it as more Southern Rock and he absolutely WAILS on that guitar and his vocals are so strong!!!  At one point he steps up a couple steps and he and the other lead guitarist in the band do what I call 'guitar wars'.....taking turns doing licks on their guitars and Casey plays with one hand for a few seconds, which I find very cool!!  Who does that???  :)  His music just does something to me that I've not experienced before in my life!! 
Please let me know what you think of Fort Worth's own Casey James!

Thanks for allowing me to take up so much of your time by showing you who Casey is.....

Have a great evening girl....talk to ya soon!!  :)

PS:  I almost forgot to send the link to the site I do for Casey!  It's called Caseymania.....and Casey told me it was a good way to keep the fans in the loop!!  He thanked me and hugged me in Dallas for the support!!  He's just precious and I hope you fall in love with his music like I and many others have!!  You'll be downloading his music soon!!!  I can't wait to hear him on KSCS!!!!  :)

"Caseymania" A Casey James Fan Blog

Ok.....thats the email I sent to her, now lets see what she thinks of our Casey!!  I will post her response as soon as I get one!!  :)

Thanks to lorrena04&Live Nation for their videos

Until next time........