Exclusive CD fulfills a promise Barnett made to legendary
singer/songwriter Don Gibson
LEBANON, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store® and Mandy Barnett announce the release
of I Can't Stop Loving You: The Songs of Don Gibson, Barnett's
newest CD, which will be available on November 11 at all Cracker Barrel
Old Country Store® locations, online at crackerbarrel.com and select
digital retailers. The release, produced by Barnett, features 12 songs
written by Country Music Hall of Fame inductee Don Gibson. The album's
debut coincides with the 10th anniversary of Gibson's death
on November 17, 2003, and fulfills a promise that Barnett made to the
legendary singer/songwriter.
"Don, his wife Bobbi, and I became good friends a few years before he
passed away," said Barnett. "He asked me to consider recording an album
of his songs, and of course I said yes. He wrote some of the most-loved
songs in country music -- who wouldn't want to record a Don Gibson song?
Well, it may have taken more than a decade, but thanks to Cracker Barrel
Old Country Store®, I have fulfilled my promise to Don and I could not
be more excited. I had a great experience with Cracker Barrel Old
Country Store® when they released my Winter Wonderland album in
2010, and I'm happy to be working with them again."
The 12 songs featured on I Can't Stop Loving You: The Songs of Don
Gibson (all written by Gibson) are:
1) (Yes) I'm Hurting
2) Too Soon To Know
3) Look Who's Blue
4) Sweet Dreams
5) Just One Time
6) Blue Blue Day*
7) Oh Lonesome Me
8) Oh Such a Stranger
9) Far Far Away
10) I Can't Stop Loving You
11) Lonesome Number One
12) Legend in My Time
*Features harmony vocals by Alison Krauss
"Mandy Barnett is an amazing vocalist," said Cracker Barrel Old Country
Store Marketing Manager Julie Craig. "Pairing her talent with the songs
of the legendary Don Gibson has created an album that we hope will
become a classic."
Gibson, who was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in
1973 and the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001, was a very popular and
highly influential country music singer/songwriter in the 1950s and
1960s. As an artist, he charted more than 20 Top 10 hits and released
nearly 40 albums between 1958 and 1978 and was a member of the Grand Ole
Opry. As a songwriter, he wrote songs that have become timeless classics
and have been recorded by a multitude of artists in a variety of music
genres. Gibson considered himself a songwriter who sang, rather than a
singer who wrote songs.
The title track of Barnett's album is among Gibson's best known songs. I
Can't Stop Loving You was a No. 7 hit on the Billboard Hot
Country Singles Chart for Gibson in 1958, a No. 3 hit for Kitty Wells in
1958, and a No. 1 hit for Conway Twitty in 1972. It also became a huge
crossover hit when Ray Charles took it to No. 1 on the Billboard
Hot 100, R&B Singles, and Adult Contemporary charts in 1962. Other
iconic Gibson-penned compositions on Barnett's album include Sweet
Dreams and Oh Lonesome Me.
Recorded in Nashville, I Can't Stop Loving You: The Songs of Don
Gibson features legendary musicians and Country Music Hall of Fame
members Harold Bradley, Hargus "Pig" Robbins, and Charlie McCoy, who
also played on some of Don Gibson's original recordings of these songs.
Crossville, Tenn.-native Barnett has been singing since she was five
years old. She possesses a full-bodied voice and vocal style reminiscent
of the iconic classic country and pop singers. As a teenager, she
starred as Patsy Cline in the stage show "Always….Patsy Cline" at the
historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville and has reprised the role at
various times. Barnett released her self-titled debut album on Asylum
Records, which received rave reviews from critics, including praise from Time
Magazine. Her second album was the Sire Records release I've Got
a Right to Cry, produced by the legendary Owen Bradley, which also
garnered critical acclaim. Rolling Stone named it the Top Country
Album of 1999. She released a Christmas album in 2010, Winter
Wonderland, with Cracker Barrel Old Country Store® and Rounder
Records. Her rendition of "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" from
that album was prominently featured in the 2012 USA Network television
series "Political Animals." In 2011, she released Sweet Dreams, a
collection of songs made famous by Cline, on the Opry Music label. In
addition, Barnett has recorded songs for several motion picture
soundtrack albums. Barnett tours regularly and is a frequent guest on
the Grand Ole Opry. She has appeared on "The Tonight Show with Jay
Leno," "The Late Show with David Letterman," "CBS Sunday Morning," PBS's
"Sessions at West 54th," and numerous other television broadcasts. To
learn more, visit www.MandyBarnett.com,
follow her on Facebook at www.facebook.com/mandybarnettmusic
and on Twitter @mandybarnettcom.
About the Cracker Barrel Old Country Store®
Exclusive Music Program
Mandy Barnett's I Can't Stop Loving You: The Songs of Don Gibson
is the latest CD release in the Cracker Barrel Old Country Store®
exclusive music program. Since 2005, Cracker Barrel has released CDs
with a wide variety of artists, some of which have debuted in the top
three spots on a range of Billboard's charts including Top DVD
Music Videos, Top Country Albums, Top Contemporary Christian Albums and
Top Bluegrass Albums. The Cracker Barrel Old Country Store® exclusive
music program includes CDs with Alabama, Rodney Atkins, Clint Black,
Jason Michael Carroll, Steven Curtis Chapman, Dailey & Vincent, The
Charlie Daniels Band, Ronnie Dunn, Edens Edge, Sara Evans, Bill Gaither,
Montgomery Gentry, Amy Grant, The Grascals, Merle Haggard, Alan Jackson,
George Jones, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme
Out , Craig Morgan, The Oak Ridge Boys, Brad Paisley, Dolly Parton,
Smokey Robinson, Kenny Rogers, Ricky Skaggs, Aaron Tippin, Randy Travis,
Josh Turner, Wynonna, and the Zac Brown Band. For details, visit
crackerbarrel.com.
About Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. provides a friendly
home-away-from-home in its old country stores and restaurants. Guests
are cared for like family while relaxing and enjoying real home-style
food and shopping that's surprisingly unique, genuinely fun and
reminiscent of America's country heritage…all at a fair price.
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. (Nasdaq:CBRL) was established in
1969 in Lebanon, Tenn. and operates 625 company-owned locations in 42
states. For more information, visit crackerbarrel.com.
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