Artist Mergers

John Macy · Post by **John Macy** » 24 Apr 2000 9:21 am

From publishers to radio to labels, consolidation has touched almost every segment of the music industry. Songplugger Sherril Blackman, always with his ear to the street, has tipped Music Row Magazine that many artists could be seeking their own competitive advantage. A sampling:

Danni Leigh + The Kinleys = The Kinleighs

Travis Tritt + Randy Travis = Randy Travis Tritt

Garth Brooks and Dunn

Joe Diffie and the Dixie Chicks = The Diffie Chicks

John Michael Montgomery Gentry

Hank Wiliiams Jr. Brown

Clint Blackhawk

SheDaisy + Brad Paisley = ShePaisley

Kenny Chesney + Mark Chestnut = Kenny Chestnutt

Neil Diamond Rio

Clay Davidson + Jars of Clay = Jars of Clay Davidson

Deana Carter + Martina McBride + Jo Dee Messina = Deana Martina Messina

Biggest proposed merger:

Mac McAnnaly + Shane McAnally + Lila McCann + Del McCoury + Mindy McCready + Ronnie McDowell + Reba McEntire + Tim McGraw = The McSingers

(from Music Row Magazine--probably belongs on the humour page, but I figured this page could use a little)

Earnest Bovine · Post by **Earnest Bovine** » 24 Apr 2000 11:32 am

Steve Sax + Orel Hershiser

Rich Paton · Post by **Rich Paton** » 24 Apr 2000 11:40 am

JOHNNY CASH my PAYCHECK

Dan Tyack · Post by **Dan Tyack** » 24 Apr 2000 9:54 pm

If Wanda Jackson had married Harold Hughes, then married Henry Kissinger, she'd be Wanda Hughes Kissinger now.

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Jim Cohen · Post by **Jim Cohen** » 25 Apr 2000 4:37 am

If Jeannie Seymour married Jim Cohen, she'd be Jeannie Cohen, and that's no joke.

Ron Page · Post by **Ron Page** » 25 Apr 2000 6:27 am

Here's a high tech merger

Web Pierce + Ron Page

I'm not into that sort of thing. Not that there's anything wrong ...

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Jim Bob Sedgwick · Post by **Jim Bob Sedgwick** » 30 Apr 2000 6:53 pm

Horace Height and Webb Pierce = Horace Pierce

Jim Cohen · Post by **Jim Cohen** » 30 Apr 2000 7:25 pm

Hey, Earnest:
What's up with "Steve Hershiser"? I don't get it.

David Weaver · Post by **David Weaver** » 1 May 2000 8:35 am

Been goin' on for a long time.
Example:

Little Jimmy Dickens and Red Foley =

Little Red Dickens.

Rich Paton · Post by **Rich Paton** » 1 May 2000 1:18 pm

Rusty Young & Restless Heart

"The Young and The Restless"

Chris Bauer · Post by **Chris Bauer** » 2 May 2000 1:32 pm

Mac McAnally + Leanne Womack = Leanne WomacAnally ('Course they could go the threesome route with Ally McBeal and go forward in life as Leanne WomacAnally McBeal...)

Ken Lang · Post by **Ken Lang** » 2 May 2000 5:30 pm

Dan: Now that is GOOD.

Chris Bauer · Post by **Chris Bauer** » 2 May 2000 6:12 pm

Ok, ok... I'll be the first to admit that I'm a bit worried about what this thread has led me to start thinking about.

If we look at the bigger picture for instance, we could begin to do things like fuse artistic styles. For example, we could have a trio with two VERY different types of singers but with a great steel player (Darryl Singletary Bethel Merman)or - with apologies to Russ Hicks - even fuse country rock and contemporary country with an artform as obscure as the 60s musings of Richard Brautigan (Barefoot Jerry Kilgore Trout).

Of course all that's small potatos (or is it potatoes???)in the modern world of AOL/Time-Warner mergers in which one company can own every available type of media under the same corporate roof. As an antidote, I suggest we think about a merger that will forever bind country music with both classic cinema and great modern writers. To that end, I propose a merger known as Gary Allan Jacksonny James Dean Dillon Thomas Pynchon.

Heresy though it may be, however, I've actually mostly found myself wondering if the world is yet ready for, er,um, RuPaul Overstreet...

Chris Bauer · Post by **Chris Bauer** » 3 May 2000 12:46 pm

Well, another day - another merger... Since history has given us a number of steel players who are equally capable of playing country and jazz, perhaps we could use one (Vance Terry) to help create yet another trio. This time it could be with a female country singer, Vance on steel and a jazz horn player. They would (of course) be Vance Terry Clark Terry.

Jerry Erickson · Post by **Jerry Erickson** » 5 May 2000 6:06 am

How about the John Michael Martin Murphy Montgomery Alabama Jubilee ?

Steve B · Post by **Steve B** » 5 May 2000 8:53 am

How about Tori Amos Moses Malone

Joel Glassman · Post by **Joel Glassman** » 5 May 2000 10:06 am

What if Dewey Groom married Martina McBride?

Chris Bauer · Post by **Chris Bauer** » 5 May 2000 5:46 pm

'Course let's not forget Tori Amos Moses Malonestar either...

Chris Bauer · Post by **Chris Bauer** » 6 May 2000 7:51 pm

70s rock and country meet the 90s with the dubious merging of Southside Johnny LeeAnn Rimes. (Or, of course, Southside Johhny Leanne WomacAnally McBeal - but you knew that already.)

I really did promise myself that I'd make through one full day without stumblimg onto another one of these but, obviously, I've failed that particular challenge so far...