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278 Comments on "Good Morning, Gokey Fans! 3/8 Discussion"

  1. Mr.Chandler Bing on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 7:13 am 

    Morning!

    I havent been the first one to say hello to you for a while.Guess there is something wrong with my PC.After trying to post but failed I gave up.Now I am using my roomate’s PC，hopefully it will show.

    So excited to see all the recaps and videos from the concerts.
    Pam’s recap with Megan and Marilyn’s is so touching.Thank all you for sharing.

  2. steph6449
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 7:21 am 

    some more pix from Sat evening posted by Laurie from twitter,can see Deb and Meaghan and Lori, and looks like Laurie met Ivan and Danny’s brother Charles

    http://cmd.shutterfly.com/commands/pictures/slideshow?site=dannygokeyfestturnerhall&page=dannygokeyfestturnerhall&album=26
    .

    from that radio outfit in Michigan that was talking about Danny

    flounderradio: today I’m going to try try try again to get an interview with @dannygokey on the Scrubs in the morning show wish me luck!
    good morning world! log on and listen live 2 the Scrubs in the morning show http://thunder945.com/Article.asp?id=1252620&spid=21496
    about 1 hours ago via web

    US99 in Chicago is also supposed to have Danny on their radio show around or just after 7:30 CST, I think

  3. Mr.Chandler Bing on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 7:31 am 

    Morning！

    Hopefully I will be the first one to post today.So excited to have seen so many recaps and videos from Danny’s concert.He is great in those videos.And I especially like Marilyn’s Recap,I even think it should be filmed under the name “Finding Danny”.Megan’s story is so touching. All the danny’s stories and experiences are just amazing.It’s all about love and faith.I guess that’s exactly what Danny wanna his music to do with people.It’s not all about entertainment but Inspiration.

    Thank you all for sharing all the recaps and videos.You guys are the best.

  4. FanOfGoodSingers on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 7:47 am 

    Hi everyone. :)

    Danny ended up being #32 on the published chart up 51 spins for the week.

  5. FanOfGoodSingers on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 7:48 am 

    Also Danny is now #30 on the 7 Day Rolling Chart up 243 spins for the week. :)

  6. Lizzy on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 7:49 am 

    FOGS,

    I am trying to figure out how Danny’s single jumped to #30 and is up 243 spins on mediabase (Was at #32 up 50+ yesterday). How did that happen overnight? I’m not complaining – I am delighted but a little confused. That surely means MBDAAOM will be in the top 30 on Billboard this week. YAY!!!!!

  7. FanOfGoodSingers on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 8:00 am 

    Lizzy

    I definitely think that the countdown shows helped Danny out a lot. Wasn’t he up like 150 something spins last week after the countdowns shows that aired on Sunday. Maybe this jump is because of the countdown shows and maybe some of the stations were playing his song more yesterday.

  8. MrBing
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 8:00 am 

    Morning！

  9. MrBing
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 8:05 am 

    Now I found out the reason why I cant post,it’s all because of my Email account.

    So I will use my new screen name as MrBing.You know who I am，right?Guess my earlier post will show later.Sorry for all the troubles I and my account has brought.

  10. Lizzy on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 8:17 am 

    Aren’t there more countdown shows for the top 30. Looks like his song could break into top 30 soon.

    Also glad to see his album is holding at #2 on the Itunes overall chart and #1 on the country. His single dropped to the 30’s on the Itunes overall chart but is still #3 on the country songs charts.

    Estimates from HDD on his album sales sould be rolling in later this afternoon although we will only get the top 50% today but that should give us a very good idea where he is going to place on Billboard for album sales.

  11. steph6449
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 8:21 am 

    Danny’s single was on the regular countdown show played here (one Kix Brooks hosts, as #40) yesterday, and also I heard MBD played on the Crook & Chase top 30 show as a bonus with their interview that was posted here last week from their website. If Danny’s single continues to move up, soon maybe he will hold a place on the C&C show due to his ranking :)

    The countdowns should have helped (through Saturday, as DaniP said the reporting is Sunday-Saturday?), but I do hope Danny is also getting more airplay just from the AI and CRS2010 exposure, and as an effect from earning his way into the gradual rise up in the charts.

    Did any songs go recurrent, or does not happen until today? I still see Toby Keith who’s been dropping a fair amount.

    I see Danny has moved ahead of Gretchen and Lee Ann Womack. Danny has some tough competition coming up though, as Miranda Lambert and Jason Aldean have new songs moving up. And Toby has another one in the queue for when his current single falls off the chart.

  12. FanOfGoodSingers on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 8:30 am 

    I am glad that Danny is still holding onto the #2 album spot on Itunes as well. He’s slipped a little on Amazon, now he’s #6 up there and #3 on the country albums chart there.

    And on the Barnes and Noble site, he went from being #4 to being #9, but he still has decent rankings on those site. Plus with the start of the new week and more new releases coming out this week, it makes sense that he wuold start to slip on some of the charts.

  13. MrBing
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 8:32 am 

    Oh,I feel so foolish with all my post coming out.I am just such a idiot when it comes to tech issues

  14. MrBing
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 8:34 am 

    So glad Danny is holding high position on iTunes and Amazon.

  15. steph6449
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 8:43 am 

    hi mr bing

  16. steph6449
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 8:44 am 

    Forgot to tune in US99 for the interview but Danny is on singing IWNSG :)

    And their website says they just played MBD.

    http://player.play.it/player/player.html?v=4.10.47&id=120&onestat=wusn

  17. pjgvet
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 8:47 am 

    Wow! That was the best version of IWNSGB on the radio I have heard.

    Absolutely stunning.

  18. steph6449
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 8:48 am 

    Did anyone hear this?

    Today, March 08, 2010, 48 minutes ago |
    FM1061 (FM106.1)
    Concert reviewer Annie talks Danny Gokey review at 715am
    .

    Brian has his weekly chart up
    http://content.usatoday.com/communities/idolchatter/post/2010/03/idol-airplay-kelly-clarkson-kris-allen-neck-and-neck-at-the-top/1?csp=34

  19. MrBing
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 8:57 am 

    Danny always sing IWNSGB so well.It supposed to be one of the toughest songs on his album,but he never disappoint us.Maybe he just supposed to sing these tough songs.

  20. Latrece
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 8:59 am 

    Hi mrbing!!!

  21. MrBing
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 9:12 am 

    hi steph,Latrece,pam and you all

  22. pjgvet
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 9:25 am 

    Hi Mr. Bing!

    Happy to see you here this am! Glad you are working out your email so we don’t keep missing you.

    But you are a black square on my computer, lol!

    Danny sounds a little hoarse on Life on Ya

  23. MrBing
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 9:33 am 

    Pam,yeah that’s what I have before I delete all cookie and reopen the site.

  24. Betty on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 9:43 am 

    Hi,

    Haven’t been at iheart for most of the past week. It was so busy and there was so much excitement that it became too stressful for me. :(

    I just heard Danny Gokey interviewing and then singing “Life on Ya” on US99.5 Chicago radio station. Who’d of thunk this would happen a week ago before he was added to the playlist last Monday?

    Happy Days! :)

    I’ve been thinking of all you lucky Danny Fans who were able to see him over the weekend. I’m sure all of you had a great time. Will be going through all the news/recaps hopefully this week.

  25. New Cindy
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 9:45 am 

    Good Morning Everyone!! I missed Danny this morning on WUSN :( Had a great weekend in Milw! Danny and his band were just Amazing!! I loved when they performed “Get Away” It was absolutely Awesome! Everything he sang was Awesome. I was so touched along with everyone else, how special Danny made Meghan (DanielJGokeyFan) feel. Everyone was in tears. What an Amazing moment for her!! It was Beautiful!!!! Be back in a bit!! Hugs :)

  26. bosman on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 9:45 am 

    Ladies, Happy Women’s Day!

    They let us early from work today (one of the perks of living in a former communist country), I got on US99 and after the initial commercial could not listen. :(

    Pam, how hoarse was he?

  27. steph6449
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 9:53 am 

    Heading off to work, but just to pass on if I beat FOGS or DaniP with the news — Danny has one new monitored add, from KHKI-FM in Des Moines Iowa. Appears they played MBD 10 times last week :)
    That’s in addition to the four non-monitored stations that added Danny’s song in the prior few days. Those were out of Kentucky, Mississippi, Indiana, and Connecticut.

  28. MrBing
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 9:54 am 

    Hi New Cindy.Seems like “Get Away” is a song that suits live show the most.I have seen lots of you guys who had been the concert posted appreciate comments for this song.
    Hi bosman.Dont think I have met you here.But maybe you should also mention “gentlemen”,lol.

  29. Josie
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 9:55 am 

    Good morning everyone! In addition to the 4 non-monitored adds that were mentioned over the weekend, so far I see 1 monitored station added, KHKI in Des Moines AI.

  30. steph6449
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 10:00 am 

    For the Rockford Illinois concert

    q985online: Q98.5’s Wake Up Crew has tickets 2 see American Idol Danny Gokey at Old Settlers Days to giveaway all this week! Listen in after 5am to win!
    .

    Sounds like this could be an interesting video ;)
    Today, March 08, 2010, 32 minutes ago |
    LisaandRay (Lisa and Ray US99.5)
    Danny Gokey jamming in Studio,Yeah he’s Bob Marleying up the joint!!! Will get video up @us99.com as soon as this breakfast buffet is eaten

  31. bosman on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 10:00 am 

    Sure Mr. Bing! :)

    I also just watched MKE Get Away. Very, very nice. :)

  32. steph6449
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 10:08 am 

    one more non-monitored add, in Beaumont Texas.

    off to work for real, will leave the rest of the scoopage to everyone else and look forward to reading new developments tonight :)

  33. Maryann on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 10:13 am 

    Wow!Don’t know what more I can say!

    It was a very busy weekend, so I haven’t had a chance to even begin to check in and catch up with everyone.

    Thanks so much for all the wonderful videos! I knew this was going to happen. He has stepped up his game AGAIN! Just when you think he couldn’t possibly get any better, it is like BAM there he is rocking the joint, like he owns it!

    He is going to be so big!

    A late welcome to Carla! Come on in. The more the merrier!

  34. Maryann on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 10:17 am 

    Couple of random thoughts…

    Get Away has become my new favorite song. Hope they release it as a single, because it has those undeniable country elements that will cement his success.

    Where was Def? Didn’t see him on the stage.

    Sophia’s sister (sorry can’t recall her name) must be a lovely women. After all, Def has been beside Danny’s side on the road for a very long time. Have to say, I love to see him rocking it out with Danny on those videos. He surprised me, because to date, he has seemed real sedate. Good for him :-) .

    Danny looks so adorable swiveling around in that chair during his pre-MOA show interview.

    The pants. Enough said. ;-)

  35. Cheryl (upsnodowns)
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 10:17 am 

    Hi everyone. The interview on 99.5 was great! Danny sounded amazing on both songs! His voice is a bit raspy – probably from all the back to back appearances. I felt bad when the radio station played an audio clip of when Danny said he wanted to do a mix of soul with a latin flavor. Danny tried to cut them off, but they insisted. Our Danny pulled a mini tantrum! :) He refused to listen to it and said he was going to take off his headphones!!! I think he should just embrace the fact that he could have chosen any genre based on his vocal abilites, but chose country because it was all around the best fit. He does seem uncomfortable with the idea of people criticizing him for having previously talked about doing soul/latin and then choosing country. But I honestly think he has no reason to shy away from talking about it. He should just talk about how his voice is well suited for a number of genres and his choice of country is based on a number of factors, including the ability to intertwine stories, music, inspiration and a cause.

  36. Maryann on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 10:17 am 

    Oops! *woman

  37. pjgvet
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 10:19 am 

    Bosman; It wasn’t too bad; he sounded a little hoarse on the high notes. But IWNSGB was absolutely superb before that; I have never heard him sound so good on that song.

    My request to Danny would be to drop WHTM from his concert lineup and add Like Thats A Bad Thing.
    WHTM is a cover and he sings it great; but I think one cover is enough (I’d prefer Back At One) and I don’t like too much audience participation; I”m there to hear Danny not fans sing :)
    At Milgokey it was kinda annoying to hear people singing so loudly on other songs too, like MBDAAM. I know they are just having fun.
    Also concerts are high energy and I think Like Thats A Bad Thing would be great.

  38. Maryann on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 10:20 am 

    You said it Cheryl. The man could do any genre.

    Wonder what they hoped to have gained by doing that. Rude.

  39. Maryann on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 10:22 am 

    Hi Pam! So glad you had a super time. You lucky, lucky, lucky girl! Happy to hear you are going to get to see Danny at Summerfest, as well.

    What happened to Def?

  40. pjgvet
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 10:22 am 

    Yeah, Cheryl that was surprising Danny was so sensitive about that; he’s been pretty open about it before- Maybe it was because he was back in the Midwest and he always feels so comfortable here, so they were goofing around. It will be interesting to watch the video footage of that.

  41. FanOfGoodSingers on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 10:25 am 

    Cheryl

    Did Danny seem really upset about what that radio station did? And how did things end up, were the Djs okay with him at the end and did Danny end up handling things okay at the end of that interview?

  42. Cheryl (upsnodowns)
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 10:26 am 

    It is so aggravating not being able to see any of those videos from Turner. I am at work and of courst Youtube is blocked! I wil have to watch and download them from home tonight. I did see at least one of them earlier this morning and they seem to be really good quality. Can’t wait to see all of them.

    Wonder when Danny is going to be on GMA and Elen (fingers still crossed on that one!). It would be great if it was soon because I would think his people would want to continue the momentum!

  43. pjgvet
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 10:27 am 

    Good morning Maryann!

    Def is taking a break because he is moving to Nashville. Maybe other reasons too?

    He did say he would be heading out on Sugarland tour though. I missed him! The new guy is good; but I can only imagine how fun Def is with a full band, rockin it out!

  44. Josie
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 10:28 am 

    They did that to him? I know we’re not supposed to use bad language on here but I am thinking very bad thoughts about that. Ugh.

  45. Maryann on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 10:28 am 

    Guys,
    If you can ’stomach it’, I think a bunch of us should drop a an occasional thank you into our comments at MJs. I am saying this (gulp), because I think her posting of those videos is helping some more casual AI fans to see just how good Danny has become, and is exposing them to his new album, which they otherwise would have never given a chance. In a way (thanks to those of you that are ’spoonfeeding’ her the goods), she and you are responsible to increase Danny’s sales.

  46. MrBing
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 10:30 am 

    Cheryl ,I would like to see the video of that

  47. Maryann on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 10:30 am 

    Thanks Pam. Glad to hear it. I was worried that he had been replaced. Remembered seeing the twitpics of his blistered fingers, so I knew he was going for it. Would have been a darn shame for him not to be on this ride. He really brings something to the shows. Awesome guitarist.

    BTW I don’t know how you all survived the views during that show. Love the tummeh show.

  48. pjgvet
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 10:31 am 

    FOGS, DAnny was fine; he was having a “joking tantrum” and he apologized at the end. The DJs said “No one will give you a hard time for it up here”, and Danny said something like “Oh yes, they will”. So he is acutely aware of the criticism. He handled it fine; although I thought he protested a little too much and should have just let them play it; after all it was only the clip where he said he wanted to do R&B with a latin flavor. They did play it; he just kinda talked loudly over it.
    It was all done in a joking manner though. I think he has to realize he is going to get asked about that!

    But Danny is just Danny; we love that about him. He has his talking points its obvious; but he still just lets fly with what is really on his mind :)

  49. Gokey's Going Platinum on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 10:34 am 

    Good morning!

    Sounds like everyone that went to the Milwaukee show had a blast! It’s awesome reading the posts and seeing the pics!

  50. pjgvet
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 10:35 am 

    Maryann; I was front and center and def. had a few tummeh shows :) since I was second row and right below stage level.

    So dang cute.

    Mr. Bing, nice gravatar!!!!

    Good idea about MJs Maryann. You never know. Just yesterday Steph and I posted some fan videos (the one Bosman had posted of the teen singing MBD) and a non fan said she hadn’t heard the song before and that she liked it.

  51. FanOfGoodSingers on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 10:36 am 

    Thanks for the info, pjgvet. :)

    I am glad that Danny is okay. I think that if he gets asked that he should just be honest and say that he considered doing that style of music, but realized country music was a better fit for him and that he relates to the genre and a lot of artists in the genre. And that he was always drawn to that type of music on idol, and stuff like that.

  52. Gokey's Going Platinum on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 10:37 am 

    We are having a contest.

    Predict the Sales of My Best Days. Five closest predictions (without going over) will win autographed picture of Danny and a Gokey’s Going Platinum bracelet. E-mail your prediction to gokeysgoinplatnm@gmail. DEADLINE IS TUESDAY 3/9 at 8:00 p.m. EST. (Official sales numbers will be Sound Scan sales numbers).

    Also make sure to check out our website, http://www.gokeysgoingplatinum.com to purchase merchandise to support Danny going platinum. A portion of the proceeds from all sales will be donated to Sophia’s Heart Foundation.

    Thanks!

  53. Josie
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 10:40 am 

    If the “R&B with a latin flavor” comes up again, he should say that he IS incorporating elements of that into his music. Then he should ask THEM a question about how they think other genres have influenced country music. When someone tries to put you on the defensive, you just don’t let them do it.

  54. Maryann on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 10:42 am 

    Totally random comment here…

    If I had the opportunity to hear Danny sing any cover, I would love to hear him sing ‘All Summer Long’ by Kid Rock. He probably
    wouldn’t do it, because of the lyrics, but I just love that song. Maybe, it is the Lynyrd Skynyrd influence. I don’t know. Just something wonderful about that song. Danny’s voice would kill it!

  55. MrBing
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 10:42 am 

    The more exposure the better！

    Pam thank you.I like it too

  56. Maryann on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 10:44 am 

    Excellent advice Josie.

  57. tonicNY
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 10:44 am 

    Good Morning All! I have to rush to work but today I am do to start work late leave early due to appts so I just want to quickly mention I had a super fantastic time over the weekend.
    I just finished uploading all videos of all songs from the concert on YT search for tonicny go check them out although there are many out there to see. I have not accessed them to view them so I hope they uploaded correctly. I apologize since one song does not have the ending but because I combined some songs together and I was trying to stay under the 10 minute YT limit. On a few songs I did not start from the very beginning I was in the middle of the audience and my hands were not as steady. Please remember to rate and post comments on itunes I just did this AM and had absolutely no problems with rating and posting and there were some 1 star ratings on the front page so keep posting and get those messages out of the front page and raise the rating to 5 star. We have another memorable M&G with Danny that we will share with you all in our recaps. Lets show Danny the power of the ihearts what we can do as his fans, go on itunes, amazon and where ever else you can post and rate MBD and give it a 5 star rating. Jan and I also met Danny’s brother and we talked to him and his wife we did not take pictures of the two of them out of respect for their privacy but very friendly and down to earth just like Danny and I forgot to ask him if there will ever be a duet with him and Danny since I hear Charles is also a very talented singer, wouldn’t that be something to hear? OK I have to leave and rush out to work. Hope to spend some time this evening doing my recap and sending my pictures. I do not have any pictures of Danny on stage since I mainly focused on doing the videos of the songs but after the concert I went upstairs and took lots of pictures of when he was signing autographs from above. Unbelievable that he signed all the autographs and there is also a story on that too in regards to the security at Turner Hall which I will share in my recap.
    Danny if you are lurking here when you start working on your second album it would be super if you did a duet with Charles. Bye for now. Toni

  58. MrBing
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 10:46 am 

    Being a star is tough.You even have to learn some Strategies during interviews

  59. MrBing
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 10:50 am 

    toni sure we will go and rate

  60. Josie
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 10:51 am 

    Great news, WSIX in Nashville just added Danny!

  61. Maryann on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 10:56 am 

    Mr. Bing,

    Make you think, doesn’t it? Life has dramatically changed for Danny in the course of the last two years. I cannot imagine being him. Enduring the stress and nonsense.Always having to be ‘On’ and ‘Looking Good’, watching his back, what he say, where he can go, who he can and cannot be seen with. It must be very hard. Not to mention, the lack of privacy and the evil paparazzi.

    Given the apparent success of his album and his pending tour, things are surely to get rougher for Danny. Soon, he isn’t going to be able to go anywhere without being surrounded by security.

    I hope and pray, this continues to be everything he wanted it to be for him.

  62. Maryann on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 10:57 am 

    Looking forward to your recap Toni! Have a great day!

    Back to RL for now. Catch ya all later.

  63. Josie
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 11:01 am 

    WTNT, a non-monitored station in Tallahassee FL, just added the song.

    Toni, you are so wonderful with your work on the videos. Can’t wait to see your recap!

    Mr. Bing, you are right, there is definitely strategy involved. One Danny’s huge strengths is his sincere and warm persona. I think he disarms most people who interview him who like to take pokes at people, and they would wisely think twice if they don’t want to look like jerks. But of course, there are sometimes jerks to be dealt with.

  64. VickieCarol
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 11:07 am 

    Morning Ihearts,

    Tonic, I didn’t know that Charles could sing too. That would be great to hear the two of the sing together. They grew up singing together so it would probably be so much fun for them.

    Mr. Bing Yes, I’ll bet it is tough doing all of those interviews.

    Danny is great at interviews, but you can never predict when a DJ or reporter will pull something unexpected like that. It sounds like Danny did okay with it. But Danny’s music is soulful and who is to say that Danny won’t record a more latin sounding song in the future.

  65. Meaghan
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 11:17 am 

    Hey guys, I need your help. I’ve said this to some people, but I’m going 2 ask again.:) I’m looking for M and G tickets for Danny’s show on April 30th. Ticketmaster is sold out. The problem is that my aunt and sister want 2 come now because of the video, but if that happens, they’ll have 2 pay some because I can’t afford all that. Would you guys just keep an eye out for me? Thanks. I promise a recap is coming. Sometime today.

  66. Maryann on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 11:18 am 

    SONY-Nash has posted a press release about Josh Turner’s album debuting well. Hope they do the same for Danny. Josh is good, but he is no Danny! http://www.sonymusicnashville.com/

  67. Maryann on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 11:25 am 

    Wonder why they are promoting this Jerrod guy as some hot new thing? Not liking it. What about Danny’s performance?

    Nashville, TN – Hot new recording artist Jerrod Niemann is feeling the love at country radio as his Sea Gayle/Arista Nashville single, “Lover, Lover,” leads the pack as the most-added new song hitting country radio playlists this week.

  68. Maryann on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 11:26 am 

    Really back to RL now.

  69. Cheryl (upsnodowns)
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 11:30 am 

    POGS Pam explained Danny’s “tantrum” correctly. He and the DJ’s laughed about Danny not wanting to hear about what he had said before and they did tell him nobody cares what was said before. That nobody in their 20’s knows exactly what they are going to do etc… so, it was a light moment. But, I suspect Danny is aware of what the haters say about him going country. They imply he couldn’t go anywhere else so he went the country route. Danny knows that’s not true, so he should just comfortably say he had other choices, but chose country!

    I have always got the impression that Danny was open to many genres and it truly was a learning experience for him. I believe he truly was surprised when Randy Travis suggested he could use his soulful voice in country and be accepted. Danny knows how soulful he is and probably never fully knew if country would accept him. He must have been pleased to hear Randy Travis say he could do country.

  70. pjgvet
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 11:33 am 

    Meaghan had a question (the famous Meaghan, lol!) at 11:17; may be in moderation, so everyone check out her question and keep an eye open, thanks!

    To those in the know; it seems like a lot of unmonitored stations have added him lately; does that mean anything?

  71. Cheryl (upsnodowns)
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 11:36 am 

    Still on the Danny country thing —- I do wish that Danny would in the future do collaborations with other musicians from other genres, like rock, pop, latin or soul. I think he should embrace the fact that he likes and respects those types of music and he should leave himself open to the possiblity of doing duets with other artists from other genres. I think Danny in some ways feels he has to defend his choice because it was unexpected and he is always getting asked “why country”. At some point he should be comfortable enough to say he would love to work with other artists from other genres.
    Even Zac Brown during the CMA’s said he would like to do something with someone from hip hop (I forgot who is was that he talked with during the CMA’S).

  72. Dee
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 11:36 am 

    Loving all the pics and reviews. Sounds like you all had such a great time together.

    Remember to VOTE!!

  73. R-squared on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 12:06 pm 

    This is my favorite picture from Saturday, because of Danny’s shirt!

    http://www.jsonline.com/multimedia/photos/galleries/86721717.html?c=y&index=10&page=0

  74. Josie
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 12:16 pm 

    WQMX, a monitored station in Akron OH just added.

    Pam, maybe it seems that way just because there are more non-monitored stations, I’m not sure why there would be a difference otherwise, other than that perhaps the non-monitored stations which are smaller markets may be more influencable by listener requests and more open to new artists. It seems we regularly see complaints that the big stations just pretty much play the same few songs over and over.

  75. VickieCarol
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 12:35 pm 

    Dee,

    Thanks for reminding me to vote. I usually do that right when I get on the iheart site but I had forgotten today.

    Cheryl, I have no doubt that Danny will be doing music with other artists from other genres. Once they hear Danny’s voice, they’ll want to collaborate with him.

    R-squared, I agree, I like that shirt on Danny too. He looks so Kool.

  76. VickieCarol
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 12:38 pm 

    Tonic, I am anticipating your review.

    Meaghan, I hope that you can get the two tickets that you need for your aunt and sister.

    That’s great Josie. Danny will be adding more and more stations. So excited for him.

  77. bosman on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 12:39 pm 

    Pam, thanks for the clarifications.

    Cheryl, you’ve given me some food for thought:

    Well, although I have not followed new country music scene, prior to Danny’s announcement that he will thrust himself into this genre, I new what country sounded like.

    But now with recent migrations in the US, an increasing push inland – into the heartland, from all three coasts and especially from the northeast to mid south east – the country music started to change rapidly.

    I think that what Taylor Swift (castles, boys) started is just the beginning of this great change and that country music will serve as the backbone for the birth of new sub-genres. Country music will be the backbone because it is the most sold – perhaps it is not the most listened to or the most popular but definitely the most sold in recent times. Producers will jump on this new opportunity.

    I suspect that there will be a lot of fusion attempts with country and new sub-genres like country rap and country with “latin” influences, country with techno influences — err… wait… that was tried already and did not take much root – Rednex. :) Or country with some other maybe foreign influences I cannot think of. So this country-latin fusion is exactly the place where Danny could experiment. Not with the whole album, but with a song or two. Or maybe not.

  78. R-squared on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 12:49 pm 

    Yes, VickieCarol, I was hoping to see some shirts ever since he got signed in September! Here’s the comment I posted then:

    http://iheartdannygokey.com/index.php/2009/09/02/gokey-signed-morning-gokey-fans-902-discussion/#comment-38556

    Cheryl, perhaps Danny will try college again some time, and/or get trained as a classical singer. Like many of you, I hope he makes an album of standards.

  79. Josie
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 12:54 pm 

    bosman, I think it would be a great experiment! I’m sure you know the great Johnny Cash song, Ring of Fire. It opens with Mexican mariachi horns – he said he heard it that way in a dream. I also think of the old classic ballad “El Paso”, which features what sounds like Spanish style guitar playing. Both of these songs were massive hits.

    On the topic of the sound of country music, I think you might be interested in the editorial that Matt Bjorke posted this morning. He is talking about the same thing that I was writing about here not too long ago and that you’re talking about in your post, which is that country music is more than just a sound. He didn’t mention Danny specifically, but I talked about Danny in my comment.

    http://www.roughstock.com/blog/editorial-what-makes-a-song-a-country-music-song-/

  80. Betty on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 12:59 pm 

    Danny Gokey live coming up on WGN TV Chicago. Just announced.

  81. VickieCarol
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 1:00 pm 

    R-squared,

    Okay, Yes, and now we can see all the incredible clothes that his stylist picked out for him. Is that stylist hired by Sony for Danny, I wonder. She has great taste.

    At first, when reading your comment, I thought that you might be referring to the comments from last night. We were discussing having some Iheart shirts made for us ihearts so when we attend the concerts Danny will recognize us. Ellen sent an email to Amy and she said that it would be okay if we all wanted to do that. I wondered if Amy already had a logo or if one of our talented people here could design something.

  82. VickieCarol
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 1:03 pm 

    Bosman,

    Well said, and our Danny could be the one to break ground on that new collaboration/intertwining of music genres.

  83. Josie
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 1:04 pm 

    WBWN, a non-monitored station in Bloomington IL just added.

    btw I am happy to hear that the interaction at the radio station this morning was more lighthearted than I thought initially. I don’t want to hear any more Michael Slezak style “got ya’s”. Which, reminds me, I wonder if Howard Benson has congratulated Danny on his album? ;)

  84. VickieCarol
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 1:06 pm 

    Thanks for the heads up, Betty.

  85. VickieCarol
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 1:14 pm 

    Wow, the WGN News station just announced that Danny will perform MBD in their studio in just a minute. Yahhhhhhh

  86. Betty on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 1:14 pm 

    Announced Danny still coming up.

  87. Josie
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 1:15 pm 

    Here is the link.

    http://www.wgntv.com/news/livestreaming/

  88. VickieCarol
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 1:19 pm 

    Thank goodness I get the Chicago news on my TV Cable.

  89. VickieCarol
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 1:26 pm 

    Man, Danny looks so good. He’s singing Crazy Not to. But what!!! They went to a commercial right after Danny started singing. That’s ridiculous. I nt

  90. VickieCarol
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 1:27 pm 

    What happened? Why did they cut him off right after he had started to sing?

  91. Betty on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 1:28 pm 

    VC, what happened? Short interview, started song (Crazy Not To?) and then it ended.

  92. Meaghan
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 1:28 pm 

    I haven’t gotten any tickets yet, not even for me. We’ll see how it goes.:) Poor Danny, I wish these haters would stop and let him feel comfortable. This is crazy!

  93. VickieCarol
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 1:30 pm 

    Betty, I am so angry right now. That’s not right!!!! We should call and complain. I don’t curse but WTH!!!!1

  94. VickieCarol
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 1:32 pm 

    I’m confused. Why would they even have him on if they weren’t going to let him finish the song? All that setting up and getting there to the studio and then they cut him off like that.

  95. Josie
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 1:33 pm 

    Oh, that was painful that they cut it off, I love that song! Well, I think everyone who was listening heard enough to get intrigued with it.

  96. Betty on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 1:35 pm 

    I called WGN and was told that was just an intro and that he would be back on at 12:56. We’ll see.

  97. VickieCarol
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 1:36 pm 

    Meaghan, I thought you had your ticket already. I hope you can get those tickets. I loved the video with Danny singing to you. You and Danny sure made me tear up. I was so happy for you.

  98. VickieCarol
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 1:40 pm 

    Ohhhhh, Thanks Betty. I was blowing my top, because I was so upset about that.

  99. VickieCarol
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 1:42 pm 

    Josie, Betty, and whoever else is here and watching WGN, didn’t Danny look scrumptious?

  100. VickieCarol
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 1:45 pm 

    R-squared, If you are watching the WGN News, did you see what Danny was wearing. He is looking better and better all the time.

  101. Meaghan
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 1:48 pm 

    I’m doing a twitlonger about my whole weekend, but I want 2 brag a little bit on some people. I first of all want to thank Nancy for picking me up at the airport. Bless her heart, she got a parking ticket while we were eating. 60 dollars! I want to thank Pam, Val, and Karen for being such amazing company Friday night. I’m sorry ladies if I came across as sort of grumpy. I was exhausted!:) I want 2 brag on Pam a bit. She was so awesome! She had no issues with Whitney going in her car which was awesome! You don’t know how frustrating it can be when someone doesn’t want 2 take u somewhere because you have a dog. Pam also drove Deb and I home from the concert and took us for muchly needed ice cream! I also want to thank Kristy (she’s on twitter, but I can’t remember how 2 spell her username) for driving us to faith builders. It was an awesome service. She even drove us 2 the airport and walked me in. This weekend was amazing! I felt so loved and everybody was so very nice. I was amazed! Everyone just accepted me and loved me and Whitney. It was so awesome! Thank you guys. I should say thank you to more specific people, but I don’t want 2 leave anyone out. Everybody I met was awesome, and I’m so glad I had the chance to meet you guys, and I want 2 come back soon! Thank you guys so much for all you did!:)If I’ve left anyone out, I’m sorry. I could go on and on forever about you guys. I had such a good time. Having Danny sing 2 me was just the icing on the cake. The cake was meeting so many awesome fans, and I’m so glad that I was given the chance to do that.I’m going to post a twitlonger sometime today. I’ve got about 4 pages. I’m writing about the entire trip. This was Whitney’s and my first trip together by ourselves so it was a big deal anyway, so if u read it, I’m warning u now it’ll be long!

  102. Betty on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 1:48 pm 

    Showed Danny again, said still coming up. Danny does look scrumptious. :)

  103. Cheryl (upsnodowns)
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 1:53 pm 

    Darn I missed Danny on WGN! I see they have videos from all their previous Music Lounge appearances and Danny’s name is there, but they haven’t posted the video yet. Can’t wait to see it!

  104. FanOfGoodSingers on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 1:55 pm 

    Hey guys, HDD has some numbers up for Danny and other artists so far, right now 36% of the report is in:

    26 1 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 81,461
    LADY ANTEBELLUM
    2 2 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 81,461
    NEED YOU NOW
    – 3 BLAKE SHELTON WARNER BROS. NASHVILLE 43,229
    HILLBILLY BONE
    1 4 SADE EPIC 37,032
    SOLDIER OF LOVE
    4 5 BLACK EYED PEAS INTERSCOPE 31,247
    E.N.D. (ENERGY NEVER DIES)
    5 6 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 29,830
    FAME
    – 7 EASTON CORBIN MERCURY 25,756
    EASTON CORBIN
    – 8 DANNY GOKEY 19/RCA NASHVILLE 19,601
    MY BEST DAYS
    11 9 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJMG 19,446
    MY WORLD
    7 10 KE$HA KEMOSABE/RCA/RMG 17,333
    ANIMAL
    12 11 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 17,239
    FAME MONSTER (EP)
    9 12 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 17,219
    FEARLESS
    18 13 JOSH TURNER MCA NASHVILLE 16,970
    HAYWIRE
    14 14 ZAC BROWN BAND ATLANTIC 16,603
    FOUNDATION
    15 15 JAHEIM ATLANTIC 15,485
    ANOTHER ROUND
    6 16 LIL WAYNE CASH MONEY/UNIV MOTOWN 15,284
    REBIRTH
    – 17 RAHEEM DEVAUGHN JIVE/JLG 14,540
    LOVE & WAR
    8 18 SUSAN BOYLE COLUMBIA 14,067
    I DREAMED A DREAM
    16 19 ALICIA KEYS J RECORDS/RMG 13,234
    ELEMENT OF FREEDOM
    13 20 RIHANNA DEF JAM/IDJ 13,179
    RATED R
    17 21 MARY J. BLIGE GEFFEN 12,068
    STRONGER WITH EACH TEAR
    – 22 JASON DERULO BELUGA HGTS/WARNER BROS. 11,361
    JASON DERULO
    – 23 LIFEHOUSE GEFFEN 11,011
    SMOKE & MIRRORS
    33 24 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 9,874
    WIDE OPEN
    3 25 JOHNNY CASH AMERICAN/LOST HIGHWAY 9,106
    AMERICAN VI: AIN’T NO GRAVE
    22 26 CARRIE UNDERWOOD 19/ARISTA NASHVILLE 9,069
    PLAY ON
    – 27 DJ KHALED E1 ENTERTAINMENT 8,922
    VICTROY
    41 28 NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL MUSIC SONY MUSIC 8,850
    NOW 32
    – 29 ALMOST ALICE BUENA VISTA 8,650
    VARIOUS ARTISTS
    23 30 ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS RHINO 8,431
    THE SQUEAKQUEL
    20 31 MICHAEL BUBLE REPRISE 7,368
    CRAZY LOVE
    24 32 MELANIE FIONA SRC/UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 7,122
    THE BRIDGE
    44 33 NICKELBACK ROADRUNNER

  105. VickieCarol
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 1:57 pm 

    Meaghan,

    That sounds so sweet. I’m wishing that I could get a chance to meet all these wonderful ihearts too, after reading that. I was wondering, where was Whitney when you were watching the concert? Whitney is beautiful. I saw pictures of her. Tell her that she has some fans now because she is famous. I absolutely adore and cherish dogs, and Whitney is an extremely special one, isn’t she?

  106. FanOfGoodSingers on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 1:57 pm 

    So far we know that Danny has sold around 19,601 albums.

  107. Betty on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 1:58 pm 

    Danny’s on now singing IWNSG. They introduced it as MBD. Dummies.

  108. Betty on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 2:00 pm 

    He sounded great!

  109. VickieCarol
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 2:01 pm 

    OMG, Danny was so amazing!!!!! He sang IWNSG and he blew me away. I’m so excited. He was unbelievable!!!!!

  110. Cheryl (upsnodowns)
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 2:01 pm 

    Yay! I saw him sing I Will Not Say Goodby! He looked gorgeous! OMG, He had that nice shirt that he was wearing in the pics form Milgokey! Yum! Yum!

  111. Cheryl (upsnodowns)
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 2:02 pm 

    I hope this helps him pick up some more fans in Chicagoland! Lots of people watch that show – hope they were watching today!

  112. R-squared on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 2:02 pm 

    Thanks, VickieCarol: I caught the last song. Danny’s wearing THAT SHIRT: yeah! It fits very well.

  113. VickieCarol
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 2:03 pm 

    My heart was pounding out of my chest because he was so amazing. I loved seeing him on my television again. He is even more awesome in High Definition and on a big screen t.v. It looked like I could reach out and touch him.

  114. Meaghan
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 2:04 pm 

    You would not believe it, but Whitney was amazing! She just laid there on the floor, and it was awesome. I was so proud of her. Oh boy! This twitlonger is turning into a novel. LOL, Erica talked about posting it as my recap, but I’m not sure if u guys would like 2 read it. It’s so long because there’s so much detail that I wanted to share. UG! It was 2 firsts for me. Whitney’s and I first trip and the first time I met Danny. Whoo what a combo!!

  115. bosman on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 2:04 pm 

    Wow. This was the best, the best IWNSG I’ve ever heard from him. Just when you’d think he could not sing any better. I am fainting…

  116. VickieCarol
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 2:07 pm 

    My son comes in while Danny is on and starting to say something. I said, “Danny is singing IWNSG”, I was so excited, he said Oh, okay I’ll tell you later. Then my husband came in and was saying something. He saw Danny on the TV and turned and walked back outside. They know not to interrupt me while I’m engrossed in Danny and all of his glory.

  117. Cheryl (upsnodowns)
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 2:07 pm 

    FOGS Are those the same as the numbers Brian Mansfield was talking about are they? If they are they would be well below the 75,000 to 100,000 he was predicting. If 36% of the numbers are in does that mean each of the artists is missing 64% of their numbers? If that is the case that would put Danny around 50,000 right? Or am I reading that wrong?

  118. VickieCarol
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 2:08 pm 

    Bosman, I’m right there with ya. I think that was an amazing performance. I’m sure he has gained more fans after that performance.

  119. Cheryl (upsnodowns)
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 2:10 pm 

    Hui Meaghan We would love to read your story no matter how long it is! There is no such thing as too much when it comes to anything related to Danny!

  120. Josie
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 2:10 pm 

    Hi Meaghan, I would love to read your recap. I am a dog crazy person and I have already fallen in love with your beautiful Whitney.

    VickieCarol, yes, he always does.

    bosman, isn’t it amazing how he does that consistently? Especially with the schedule he has had lately. I need to start drinking whatever tea it is that he drinks!

  121. Cheryl (upsnodowns)
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 2:12 pm 

    Sorry for all my typos! I’m at working trying to type fast between phones calls and projects.

    that was supposed to be “Hi Meaghan”

    the previous post to fogs was ” Are those the same numbers Brian was talking about?”

  122. VickieCarol
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 2:13 pm 

    Meaghan, Whitney was right there with you lying on the floor? I hope she didn’t get stepped on. She sounds so sweet and special.

  123. FanOfGoodSingers on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 2:13 pm 

    Cheryl

    I believe that it’s 36% of the reports from different places that sell Danny’s CD are in, not 36% of the sales. Right now Lifehouse who is predicted to sell around the same amount as Danny are #22 on the list with 11,011 albums that have reported to be sold so far.

    If this was 36% of sales, then they would have only sold 33,000 albums, but I believe they will sell more albums than that. The 36.20% is the percentage of stores that have reported these artists sales.

    I do think that Danny will sell less than 75,000 but I do think that he has a good chance selling in the 45,000-50,000 range that HDD predicted for him.

  124. Ellen B. on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 2:16 pm 

    I’m going to apologize in advance if I offend anybody here, but . . .

    I have no idea what happened in that Chicago interview, but Danny does need to realize that he won’t always be able to stay on script. In fact, on the talk shows, he should throw the script away and be confident that he will be able to convey the gist of what he wants to say anyway.

    I heard the interview in which Danny said he wanted to do soul with a Latin flavor. And I always cringe when I hear the Randy Travis story, because the conversation with Randy took place BEFORE that interview.

    My guess is that Randy Travis (and Danny’s song selection on AI) planted the seed. I will speculate that when Danny looked into doing soul/Latin, he may have discovered that it wouldn’t be such a good fit in ways other than vocally. On AI, they do covers, and they can do some of the all-time great songs. But starting a music career in the here and now is different. Danny may have investigated contemporary soul/Latin, and found that he was not comfortable with the songs or his peers.

    I think Danny needs to be more candid about how he decided on country. Vocally, Danny really could do a variety of genres. I think the question was where he would fit as a performer and where he would feel most comfortable (that would be country). My guess is that Danny is still concerned (rightfully, I think) about whether he will be accepted in country music. But I think he can and should be honest about how he decided on country. I don’t think it’s a negative (given the array of really competent performances Danny gave on AI in various genres) if country wasn’t the first thing that jumped out at him. I suspect that the evolution to country music was a gradual process.

    But the interviews (I’m pretty sure there was more than one) in which Danny said that he intended to go in a musical direction other than country are out there. And the hate-tards and skeptics are going to continue to bring that up. I think that may even be why some hate-tards keep claiming that Danny dissed country music. They may be remembering Danny’s soul/Latin interviews and confusing them with the interview in which Michael Sarver said pretty explicitly that he wasn’t interested in doing country, which may be why they are convinced that Danny said he didn’t want to do country.

    DANNY, where is your PR person? You can be honest without offending the country community.

  125. Cheryl (upsnodowns)
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 2:17 pm 

    FOGS thanks for the explanation! I sure hope Danny does close to 50,000. I did think that 75,000 – 100,000 was too hopeful and almost wish Brian Mansfield had not speculated that it was possible. 40,000-50,000 is an amazing number!

  126. FanOfGoodSingers on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 2:18 pm 

    Here is a link to HDD’s website where they have what Danny and other artists sales numbers are so far, anyone can click on sale from time to time to see if they update these totals. They normally don’t update more than like 53% of the reported sales on Mondays. We should have Danny’s full sales total tomorrow afternoon:

    http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/sales/salescht.cgi

  127. Ellen B. on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 2:22 pm 

    TONI — Why in the world are you apologizing? We are so lucky to have you in the fold and are appreciative of everything you do. And take your time — we can wait! :-D

  128. Josie
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 2:32 pm 

    Ellen, I am not offended by what you said. But I do think that the things he has said have been honest, in that he was influenced by country music when he was young and he was influenced by Randy Travis. I think he has gotten across that it was kind of a journey for him to figure out what to do next.

    But there is something that he only touches on that I wish he would expand on further. He says things like “I can be who I am in country music”. I think he needs to talk more about WHY that is. It goes to the discussion I was talking about earlier, about how country music is about both a sound and a set of values. I think he could talk more about how his sound might be on the cutting edge of country music, but his background and values are bedrock country, even though as I said on Matt Bjorke’s blog this morning, it all happened north of the Mason-Dixon line and without a southern accent. I want him to reinforce this more to help country listeners see him as “one of us”.

    I like it that he is honest about going into AI not really knowing what he wanted to do next. I think he generally handles this issue pretty well, but I agree it would be helpful to expand on the key talking points.

  129. Claudia
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 2:38 pm 

    Good afternoon ihearties! :)
    There are so many news since yesterday(night for me lol) gotta go catch up

  130. Josie
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 2:40 pm 

    Some more adds came in. 2 monitored KDRK in Spokane WA and WCOS in Columbia SC, non-monitored KYKR in Beaumont TX.

    Don’t worry Erika, I will do a list for you at the end of the day.

    I’m not sure if I already mentioned WXTU, monitored in Philadelphia. So many today so far! 13, of which 6 are monitored. And about 1/3 of stations still need to report in.

  131. Josie
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 2:46 pm 

    Another monitored station, WCKT in Fort Myers FL. Another non-monitored, KSUX in Souix City IA.

    15 now. You think these folks noticed that Danny came out with a great album last week? ;)

  132. Cheryl (upsnodowns)
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 2:46 pm 

    Ellen You and I are on the exact same page about the country vs other genres of music issue. I recall that when the press release came out about Danny doing country, Joe Galante said “what matters is the record you put out not what you said before”. So I suspect that his record company is fully aware of what Danny was saying and probably coached him to not talk about what was said in the past. I thing he SHOULD talk about it and tell everyone how he ended up in country without trying to defend the decision. There is absolutely nothing to defend. We all know that instinctually Danny is a soulful singer and he has said his father listened to Motown, Country and Gospel. Danny does not need to deny those influences. I think the best artists are versatile and Danny should be able to talk freely about his experience of being soulful and discovering that country is a genre that allows him to keep that soulful sound without compromising the country sound.

    To me Danny should take control of those conversations and be who he is, a guy influenced mostly by Gospel with exposure to Motown and Country searching for a good fit for his voice and goal of mixing message with music; then finally finding it in country when people like Randy Travis, the record company, producers made him aware that he would be able to be successful in country even though he may not have been fully aware of how good the fit could be.

  133. Claudia
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 2:48 pm 

    Oh Steph
    thank you so much! It took me a while to come back to normal after the booklet photos :D no need to say how sexy the first pic is right? lol the second one he looks like an angel to me his angelic face looking down…3rd pic, ohh that looks like he is looking directly at you, sigh 4th pic oh how beautiful and cute he looks in this pic, love those glasses! This pic and the last one could be a Gokey Glasses’ comercial lol ;)
    The paragraph where he says that dedicates the album to the love of his life Sophia Gokey the sentence after that gave me shills and brought tears to my eyes, i read it like 6 times until i be able to look away from these words …moving!
    Once again thank you so much Steph :)

    *catching up the news*

  134. bosman on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 2:57 pm 

    Wow. That was quick, I think at least 500 people sent their emails.

  135. Josie
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 3:00 pm 

    Added monitored stations WWYZ in Hartford CN and WPKX in Springfield MA.

  136. Grandmaster on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 3:01 pm 

    Hi Everyone

    We have been gone about 3 weeks, and without a computer!!! I did get a chance to watch Danny on Idol, and thought he did great… Things just seem to get better and better. I have to tell you though, I have yet to hear his song on the Duluth station, and there were 5 copies of My Best Days at Wal Mart.

    I see that Mighty is back and wondering if that could be the person calling themself Carla?

    I come back to the same question about the Danny haters? Other than trying to destroy a guys reputation, and his stardom, why do the haters continue to listen to, tune into, and continue to follow Danny? I know if I do not like someone or there music, that is the last place I would go. Really sad to admit what some of the world has come to isn’t it?

  137. Josie
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 3:03 pm 

    Non-monitored KXDD in Yakima WA. Up to 18 total now!

  138. Ellen B. on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 3:14 pm 

    I should clarify that I don’t think Danny has been dishonest, but I do think he could be more candid about the process by which he came to choose country. The interviews in which Danny said something other than country are out there. His fans know that as well as the naysayers. Why not just say (as I suspect was the case) that the decision was a gradual process, starting with the childhood influences of Wynnona Judd (sp?), his song choice on AI, Randy Travis, etc.?

    I hadn’t seen the posts from FOGS at 10:36 am and Josie at 10:40 am before I wrote my post. I agree with them, as well as Cheryl’s later post.

  139. VickieCarol
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 3:20 pm 

    Grandmaster,

    Glad you’re back. I totally agree with you. If they are not fans then why would they waste their time trying to spread hate instead of spreading love and appreciation for the artists they do like. I think that they are incapable of spreading love and appreciation, that’s why they just spread hate and criticism.

  140. Cheryl (upsnodowns)
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 3:22 pm 

    Bosman I’m with you on the mixing of genres. I do think all genres of music are being more and more influenced by other genres. There has always been crossover, but it seems more. I’m not so sure that the purists of any genre are going to be the ones to win out anymore. Your example of Taylor Swift is a good one. She definately has appeal to both country and pop and I think 10-15 years ago this would not have been accepted as readily by country, nor by pop. Look at Lady Antebellum. They are not afraid to do crossover music and I think because of that, the other songs on their album that are more country will be listened to and bought by non-country folks.

    I really hope Danny embraces the crossover appeal he has. He has always said he did not want to limit his music, so I think it can only help that he has crossover appeal. I don’t want him to feel that in order to make country purists happy he has to ignore his appeal to other fans.

  141. Josie
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 3:30 pm 

    All the stations have reported so here is the final list for today. There are 9 monitored and 9 non-monitored.

    Monitored:
    KDRK Spokane WA
    KHKI Des Moines, IA (auto add)
    WCKT Ft. Myers, FL
    WCOS Columbia, SC
    WPKX Springfield, MA
    WQMX Akron, OH
    WSIX Nashville, TN
    WWYZ Hartford, CN
    WXTU Philadelphia (this was the biggest, with mkt rank of 8)

    Non-Monitored:
    KSUX Sioux City, IA
    KXDD Yakima, WA
    KYKR Beaumont, TX
    WBWN Bloomington, IL
    WCTY New London, CT
    WTCR Huntington WV- Ashland KY
    WTHI Terre Haute, IN
    WTNT Tallahassee, FL
    WZKX Biloxi, MS

  142. FanOfGoodSingers on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 3:35 pm 

    I had read that the first update that HDD gave were of sales from Wal-mart.

  143. Josie
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 3:41 pm 

    Good grief, I just looked at my post above, and Philadelphia has a market rank of a smiley with sunglasses, I see. Hmmm! It should be the number 8. Eight.

    FOGS, that’s interesting, I was wondering if it had iTunes in it.

  144. VickieCarol
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 3:55 pm 

    Did anyone just read Deb’s tweet? She said that Danny just DMed her and told her to tell @iheartdannygokey that the stores just reordered another 127,000 copies of his CDs.

  145. bosman on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 3:56 pm 

    I just want to say that WGN news (Chicago, IL) also on their website have the second video – which is IWNSG. As I said in my 2:04 post. This is THE BEST IWNSG LIVE I’VE EVER HEARD.

    Now that I listened again, I am so delirious…

  146. Cheryl (upsnodowns)
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 4:01 pm 

    Grandmaster As far as I’m concerned, the million dollar question is why do the haters listen to Danny’s music and talk about him so much? I have no interest in certain artists so I have no interest in listening to their music much less talk about their music or about them as people (especially hateful stuff). I may see one of these artists by pure accident on some tv program, and then perhaps I might say if I liked the song/performance. But, I have no interest in seeking out information about some artist I claim not to like. I just don’t get it!

    If I were to constantly seek out information about an artist I claim to dislike, or go to blogs to write about them I would start questioning my own sanity. Or at least I would re-examine my true feelings about the artist and probably come to the conclusion that I really LIKE the artist and am only fooling myself and others!

  147. pjgvet
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 4:02 pm 

    You know, I would almost rather not know the updates until the final! Because I am a worrier. I see Danny 8th on the list after hearing he would be 5th and Brian saying he would sell 75000 and I start to worry.
    But I should stop worrying about Danny.

    Ellen; perhaps Sony has told Danny to just stick to his talking points and avoid talking about his original desire to do the soul/latin thing.
    I agree though; he shouldn’t be embarrassed about the way he decided on country. Especially since th does it fabulously.
    Josie, wow, did you see that reply after yours on the Matt Bjorke blog? Some people are so unhappy! My work personae replied :)

  148. Josie
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 4:09 pm 

    Pam, yes, I just saw that. I wondered if the person who responded to him was someone I knew! I will have to go back over later and add another comment. It is an interesting topic.

    I don’t know what to expect about the numbers, I’m happy that it’s shaping up to be a strong debut and looking forward to finding out.

  149. VickieCarol
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 4:15 pm 

    Bosman, I agree. Will you post the direct link to the video of IWNSG on the WGN site?

  150. FanOfGoodSingers on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 4:17 pm 

    Lol Josie at the smiley face.

    I wonder what places are included in each update and if there is an update that includes both Amazon and Itunes together or if they are included differently. I also wonder if the sales from his official site will be included in the total.

    I hope they will be. And I wonder when sales from places like Best Buy and Barnes and Noble will be included.

  151. pjgvet
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 4:18 pm 

    Funny how some (non fans) at MJs are saying how Sony should submit MBD to christian radio.

    They sure want to put Danny in a box.

  152. pjgvet
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 4:20 pm 

    FOGS, at MJs Windmills said that that 19,000 was from Wal Mart alone (don’t know how they knew that) and said that Danny would pass Easton because AI purchasers purchase more from other places and country buyers purchase more from Walmart.

  153. FanOfGoodSingers on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 4:29 pm 

    pjgvet

    I think that over 19,000 albums sold from Wal-mart is good especially considering that some Danny fans had trouble finding that many CDs of his in Wal-mart. I defintitely am interested/excited in seeing what the rest of his updates are. Hopefully he will at least sell 45,000 albums like HDD predicted that he would.

  154. R-squared on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 4:36 pm 

    VickieCarol, here’s a link to the video:

    http://www.wgntv.com/videobeta/cb2bbb6b-d3c3-44bc-a742-63bb8d66dd5d/News/Music-Lounge-Danny-Gokey-Part-2

    For those who missed it, here’s where I first saw THE SHIRT:

    http://iheartdannygokey.com/index.php/2010/03/02/video-danny-gokey-interview-with-yahoo-music/

  155. bosman on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 4:41 pm 

    Vickie Carol,

    The second video is in the right-hand column.

    http://www.wgntv.com/news/liveperformances/wgntv-music-lounge-danny-gokey,0,1504455.story

    Josie, Pam, I cannot believe that poser on Bjorke’s blog. Danny has no soul?! LOL! The best is to just leave him/her bitter and soulless. There is no sane argument with that persona.

  156. bosman on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 4:42 pm 

    R-squared, you’re so much faster and with a better link than me. :)

  157. FanOfGoodSingers on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 4:45 pm 

    VickieCarol

    That is interesting that Danny told Deb that. I wonder if this is all the stores that each had a portion of Danny’s CD intitially. That is a pretty big number of CDs that are being ordered.

  158. VickieCarol
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 5:04 pm 

    Thanks R-squared. I think I will bookmark that link. I loved it.

  159. R-squared on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 5:11 pm 

    Well, bosman, I just wanted to see the shirt again! I love clothes as much as I love music.

    VickieCarol, here’s a link to the first part, in case you want to bookmark it, too:

    http://www.wgntv.com/videobeta/858760ca-4d99-485b-aec0-7d1042562afb/News/Music-Lounge-Danny-Gokey

  160. VickieCarol
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 5:14 pm 

    Yes, that is a huge amount that was ordered, that’s great!

    I was in the Wal-mart in Pensacola the other day and there wasn’t any, and I couldn’t even see any sign of them there either, no label, nothing. The Wal-mart closest to my house didn’t have any either. My son went to buy me one the day it had been released. The guy didn’t think that they had even gotten any in. He said probably just a select few Wal-mart stores probably got them. I haven’t been back to that store to check again, but I will. It sounds like they should have some now. I hope so anyway. I want at least one more for my cousin.

  161. VickieCarol
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 5:19 pm 

    Thanks R-squared

  162. steph6449
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 5:20 pm 

    Just checking in fast before running some errands.
    - Wow, 18 adds!!! including Philadelphia, Maryann must be happy
    - #30 on mediabase today
    - And another 120,000+ copies of Danny’s CD on order, yay.

    Seems like he is having a great week already. (eat that, windmills & niall! lol. sorry)

    Claudia, glad you enjoyed that. I thought it was pretty nice also ;)

    Will be interested to check out any media from US99 on the mini-temper tantrum and WGN. I don’t think Danny has particularly hidden anything about his not initially thinking of country music. Have seen at least one interview where an interviewer was giving him a softball question that assumed that Danny had country in mind all along, and Danny pretty clearly contradicted them.
    That’s different though than elaborating on whether Danny ever seriously pursued R&B or some other genre, or how early his contacts came with country labels. As far as I can remember, no one has ever really asked him that in a serious interview. Whether he’d answer, I dunno.
    Somewhere here quite a long time ago had posted about being in LA for some reason and having conversations around the time of the AI finale or top 3 week, and hearing back that early that Sony was pursuing Danny. And Joe Galante said in some quote recently that they had their eye on Danny believing he would be a good fit for country, but that there was a question whether they could interest Danny in it.
    I do remember pretty early on Danny talking about the “modern soul country” publicly, at least in June if not late May. And it was only a week or two in May that I remember hearing much about the R&B / Latin. That just got a lot more notoriety as it came in his exit interviews which were all over when he first left the shows, and the other interviews where he started to talk about soul country were less well-circulated.

  163. steph6449
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 5:22 pm 

    How sweet is that doctor in Alaska? She should get credit for some % of Danny’s sales.

    Today, March 08, 2010, 1 hour ago
    dannygokey: Send the rest of the contestants my way, to sdljroller@msn.com & I’ll gift them. Have them send their US iTunes email addy (via @iaamfmspid)

    off to errands…

  164. Josie
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 5:34 pm 

    boasman and Pam, I have responded to Mr. Hammer, in case you are interested. I think it is actually an interesting discussion.

  165. pjgvet
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 5:34 pm 

    Steph; what contestants? S9 wanting Danny’s CD? Or……..

    Meaghan-

    Please post your recap in full! We want ALL the details. You are a celebrity here, lol :)

  166. Danip on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 5:38 pm 

    Just got home and checked the HDD chart and it does look like the last update was Walmart. I gauge this on the number of albums each of the top Country ats show. When you walked in to the music dept at Walmart they had Blake,LA and Eastons’ CDs in several places throughout the dept, at least at my store.

    I don’t believe Itunes has shown yet due to the lower rankings of the Pop/R&B albums including Almost Alice.

  167. Claudia
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 5:57 pm 

    Pam, i think the “contest” they were talking about on that tweet was the contest Danny was making.

    Check Danny’s tweets:

    Ok everyone I have 3 of my digital albums Im giving away (via iTunes) to the first 3 people who dont have it & send me their email address!
    about 3 hours ago via web

    Congrats 2 the winners~We actually gave 4 away-The response 2 the album has beenAMAZING-Go pick up the album 2day & let me know what u think
    about 3 hours ago via web

    Ok everyone. Doing another album give-away I’m going to Tweet the info. Follow the directions carefully to get your free copy of the album

    Send the rest of the contestants my way, to sdljroller@msn.com & I’ll gift them. Have them send their US iTunes email addy (via @iaamfmspid)

  168. pjgvet
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 6:03 pm 

    Thank you Claudia! I have been at work, so haven’t been watching Twitter. Now it makes sense :)

    So that is what someone’s comment about 500 emails was too.

  169. Betty on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 6:11 pm 

    Did anyone notice that in the first WGN interview Danny said “My wife and I” instead of “me and my wife.” It’s one of the easiest grammatical mistakes to correct.

  170. Lizzy on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 6:13 pm 

    Danip,

    I have been watching the HDD numbers since early afternoon but couldn’t post since I was at work (shouldn’t even been following the numbers but I couldn’t resist lol). Anyway, I do hope that Danny sells more than Easton Corbin because I want Danny to be the best selling new country male artist and I think RCA is hoping for that too to put in their press release. If these first numbers are from Walmart, then hopefully Danny will have sold more at Best Buy, Barnes and Noble, Amazon, Itunes, etc. I am hoping he is over 50,000 and comes in #3 in country and in the top 10 overall. Keeping fingers crossed that happens.

    Can someone tell me what is going on with ordering more CD’s. I gathered that Danny DM’s someone about more CD’s coming.

    I also would like to know who reports the CD’s sold from Danny’s official site and who provided the CD’s that were sold for admission at Danny’s concert. If it is RCA, do they provide sales numbers to Neilsen soundscan to count towards his first week sales. Anybody know???

  171. Claudia
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 6:14 pm 

    Pam, you’re welcome! And yes the 500 emails was related to that ;) have a good day at work.

    Just finish watching the videos a couple of minutes ago, they’re great thank you guys for sharing those :D
    I wanted to be here longer but my eyes are closing, i’m tired so i need to sleep. Have a good rest of day everyone Bye.

  172. Danip on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 6:16 pm 

    Re: this what he said before vs what he is doing now discussion :

    I think we need not worry about these kind if things. There are no rules about who can sing what genre of music no matter what the have done before. The market sorts out where the successes and failures come in, so no matter what Danny may have thoought before he was signed changes not one iota what My best Days is as an album and everyone who purchased did so because they liked what they heard not the label that was put on it.

    I like Danny Gokey no matter what he sings!

  173. pjgvet
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 6:30 pm 

    Betty; I wouldn’t count on Danny being grammatically correct!

    He grew up in inner city Milwaukee public school and you may have noticed has a definite urban slang at times.

    I actually find it unique and endearing. He is almost perfect to me in every way so I like his little imperfections.

    And the country genre is probably one where they aren’t too hung up on being grammatically correct.

  174. Carla on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 6:33 pm 

    I just got home from work and catching up on comments…

    Cindy, Billie & MaryAnn, thank you for your words of welcome to this site.

    Pjgvet, in answer to your question, no I wasn’t able to actually talk to Joel Friday night. By the time I figured out who he was, he had moved to the first floor to stand by his wife & children – just to the right of the stage. I only got to chat briefly with his mother-in-law, who was very warm and friendly.

    Grandmaster, I was very taken aback by your comment at 3:01 pm – that you think I could be that hater, Mighty. You mentioned you just got back from vacation so maybe you didn’t see my first post on Sunday. I’ve been a lurker at iheart since last May and have enjoyed it so much; just never had the courage to post publicly until now.

    As I mentioned earlier, I live in the Twin Cities and got to go hear Danny sing at the Mall of America Friday night. It was my first time to see and hear him live and I was so excited I wanted to come on this site and share it with all of you.

    Rest assured, I am a very loyal fan and have the utmost respect for Danny in how he’s handled everything in the last year. He’s one of a kind and it’s beyond my imagination how anyone could not love him or be drawn to him. It’s not everyday we can say that it’s truly a joy to be someone’s fan…but it is with him!

  175. Josie
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 6:34 pm 

    I have been looking at this iTunes thing and maybe everyone else already knew this, but it caught my attention that the first page of reviews when I pull it up are actually several days old, and I realized that they must rank them by reviews that are rated “most helpful” rather than chronologically. I never really noticed that before.

    Each review has the question “Was this review helpful?” . So I think it would help to go through them and click “Yes” for the really good ones and “No” for the bad ones.

  176. steph6449
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 6:35 pm 

    awww…

    Today, March 08, 2010, 1 hour ago
    dannygokey: Let ur followers who emailed me know that I’ll get them all gifted but there’s been an overwhelming response so B patient (via @iaamfmspid)

  177. bosman on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 6:41 pm 

    Betty, My wife and I is the refection of RESPECT, me and my wife is the reflection of soulless, correct and yet quite disrespectful grammar. But that’s about sociolinguistics and we should not really get into that. (Sorry, I do not want to be preachy or anything, just presenting what I know)

    One of reasons why I really like Danny so much is because of his train of thought, this open scream of consciousness that reverberates from deep within. That’s why he is able to sing with such an emotion.

    Listening to that radio interview, I think that Danny was/is extremely frustrated because many stores are out of his CD. Everything points that the stores are grossly understocked. Danny was also ticked when the male host said “when the first week’s out I think they put 8 CDs in every store.”

    This has put an awful dent in his first week’s sales. All that advantage built by the AI performance is lost because of understocked stores. Now I know why HDD did not change their prediction after his AI performance. It seems that there were not that many CDs out there available to be sold in the first place!

    I can only hope I am wrong…

  178. bosman on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 6:44 pm 

    correction: stream of consciousness. Sorry for other typos – its late here.

  179. Josie
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 6:50 pm 

    Well that doesn’t seem to be it either, maybe it is oldest first. I think I must have burnt out my brain cells today on Mr. Hammer. ;) I am still rating the reviews, just in case that is helpful.

  180. steph6449
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 6:56 pm 

    Danny going back to the Bay area of California for a concert

    Danny Gokey to perform @expression on March 19th! Full details: http://ow.ly/1fMyf
    about 2 hours ago via HootSuite .
    Name Expression College
    Location Emeryville, CA
    Bio animation sound recording game design motion graphic college
    .

    @dannygokey HEY! Did you see where MTL (Christian music magazine) posted an article plugging your CD? Pretty cool!! I love it!! <3
    about 3 hours ago via web in reply to dannygokey
    .

    is this someone talking about this week's Billboard chart?

    DANNY GOKEY's "My Best Days Are Ahead Of Me" marches 31-29 on Hot Country Songs.
    about 4 hours ago via web

  181. Josie
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 7:02 pm 

    Just ran across one that said “Danny should have won on American Idol, not Adam!!!!”. Ha!

    Well, I’m about halfway through the reviews, and I would say that most people with two brain cells to rub together will recognize the hateful ones for what they are. They seem to appear in clumps, and the writing is very juvenile.

  182. Josie
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 7:08 pm 

    Seriously you guys would not believe some of the stupid things they say. I’m not going to call them out because I know we have some unfriendly lurkers and it’s best that they remain as clueless as they already are. But I guess I feel better. It’s horrible that people give bad reviews out of jealousy, but if you’re going to have to get that, at least it’s good if they show themselves for what they are.

  183. steph6449
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 7:29 pm 

    Josie, sounds like you’re on the case, but where is the Mr. Hammer you’re talking about?
    .

    off-topic a little, but appears Kris Allen does indeed have a handful of dates where Keith Urban is appearing. I’m not sure I’d consider him to be “opening” for Keith per so though, isn’t Danny also appearing one day when Keith comes on later? and I suspect Danny would get a much bigger response from a country festival crowd than Kris.

    http://mjsbigblog.com/kris-allen-will-open-for-daughtry-keith-urban-on-selected-tour-dates.htm

    funny to see all the State Fair dates for Kris. I don’t think there is anything wrong with that, some of those events are very big and a lot of top performers do them. But I can remember some kradison-oriented haters placing bets on how fast Danny would be singing at state fairs. lol.

  184. Sharon on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 7:31 pm 

    good evening ihearties sure enjoyed watching the concert in Milwaukee Sat eve. Everyone was having a great time especially Danny and the band. Been away for two days and there sure is a lot to get caught up on with Danny and about the CD’s. Very good news they are selling so good. Has there been an updated count yet?

    Well off to vote.

  185. Danip on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 7:35 pm 

    Bringing this over from MJs

    Former Idol contestant Danny Gokey’s first album will debut Top 5 this week. Keep checking back for updated totals http://tinyurl.com/rl79
    19 minutes ago via web

  186. VickieCarol
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 7:36 pm 

    Carla,

    Glad to see you back. I know that you are a loyal Danny fan. I can see it in your words and your loving tone when talking about Danny. You are so lucky to have seen Danny at the MOA. That was a huge crowd at MOA.

  187. Danip on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 7:36 pm 

    oops hit it to early that was from HDD twitter account

  188. Josie
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 7:36 pm 

    Hi steph, I was talking about a Roughstock/Matt Bjorke blog from today that was kind of interesting. No drama really, but it’s an interesting topic.

    http://www.roughstock.com/blog/editorial-what-makes-a-song-a-country-music-song-/

  189. Carole 1955 on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 7:42 pm 

    Well, third time lucky? Lost 2 posts-very strange-and at midnight, my old, broken mobile phone, with no screen, suddenly lit up and played MBD- Spooky? Anyway, thanks to all for the videos, what a night that was at Turner Hall? Meaghan, once again, want to say how happy I am for you, an experience you will never forget,that will make you smile when you may be feeling a bit down-and Whitney, what a star- I love dogs and she is just amazing- Please let us have a LONG recap!! Don`t know how Danny`s voice is still sounding so good! At the risk of offending, there was something about the drums at the Concert, don`t know what, but seemed to be a bit overpowering at times-I guess we aren`t used to hearing percussion at Danny`s concerts-it`s totally different on a CD when it has been well produced- I haven`t heard all the songs in full, I am holding on until I get my CD, very soon! I am so happy with the sales figures – Glad the stores seem to be getting more copies on shelves- Tomorrow we will know! Just to remind anyone who doesn`t know, that there will be an article on Danny in a UK Country Music magazine, not sure when, but will let you know-This came as a complete surprise, I emailed them a long time ago-so, 5 radio stations and now a Magazine,and, hopefully, interviews-when he gets some spare time! The sky`s the limit now!

  190. Lizzy on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 7:42 pm 

    From Hits Daily Double twitter:

    Former Idol contestant Danny Gokey’s first album will debut Top 5 this week. Keep checking back for updated totals http://tinyurl.com/rl79
    26

    http://twitter.com/hitsdd

  191. Carla on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 7:43 pm 

    Thanks, VickieCarol. I was able to go to my Wal-mart at lunch today and couldn’t find any of Danny’s cd’s so asked a clerk. He said they sold out the 1st day (good news!) and they were expecting a new shipment any day. He was very positive about Danny and asked if I had seen him at the Mall of America. When I replied yes, he said many customers coming in since Friday had all been to the concert and were looking for his cd.

  192. Lizzy on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 7:44 pm 

    Sorry Danip – didn’t see you had already posted the tweet from Hits Daily Double – THAT IS AWESOME NEWS

  193. rowansmom2010
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 7:47 pm 

    I just watched Danny’s breathtaking and heartbreaking performance of IWNSGB at WGN today and am stunned speechless. Bosman said it best–how that man does not fall apart completely while he sings from the depths of his heart like that is a mystery to me.

    Lurking at the S8 thread at davidcookofficial.com. Danny was never a favorite over there (although not as hated as Adam), but he’s been getting a lot of love there and the discussion at the moment is centering on him and how well he is doing.

    The following was posted by a David C/Kris fan, who doesn’t hate Danny but never seemed to care much about him before:

    “Count me as one who would not be surprised if Danny Gokey turns out to be the biggest seller coming out of AI8—not his first week, but in the long haul. He is positioned in an area of country that I don’t personally enjoy—but that sells tons. And it sounds like his management is being very smart. He’s been doing a lot of work in the trenches at radio stations, and when the stations weren’t crazy about his first single, they quietly pulled it and put out a different one. And the pairing with Sugarland on tour is a strong one, not only because Sugarland sells tons of concert tix (although there is that) but also because Sugarland pulls in a lot of nontraditional country fans, which is the group least likely to be bothered by the fact that Danny does not come from a country background.

    While Danny’s single is growing in strength on the country chart, there’s no guarantee that he’ll have the longer term radio success that he needs to make gold or better. And we’ll see what AL and Kris have up their sleeves for their follow-up singles. And maybe some folks will get on board the Allison Iraheta train. [I bought her CD as part of the itunes sale, and it really is a solid, enjoyable record.] But based on watching the rollouts and results to date, and knowing what I do about the country market, I think that Danny has a definite shot at being the top seller of this crew.”

    The fact that so many people who are not Danny fans are predicting his great success now is extremely encouraging.

  194. pjgvet
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 7:53 pm 

    Josie, I hate those hater, immature reviews on the first page too. We should have gotten there first. But iTunes is odd; sometimes my reviews show up in the middle and not the last page right after I post them; strange.

    Bosman, I’m with ya. I always liked the sound of “My husband and I ” more than “Me and my husband”, it sounds more polite.

    I too, hope that the shortage of CDs hasn’t really affected sales. Now that Brian Mansfield has my hopes up about 75k; I will feel disappointed if he doesn’t sell at least 60k! Did he post articles like that for the others

  195. Josie
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 8:02 pm 

    When I pull up iTunes now, all the reviews on the first page are favorable. I see now that you can choose how they are sorted, it can be by Most Helpful/Favorable/Critical/Recent. The default must be Most Helpful, because I have never touched that. So I think that my suggestion earlier to go through and answer yes or no to the “Was this review helpful” question is in fact a useful thing to do. Assuming that most people leave it on the default Most Helpful, it will push down the nasty ones. Just adding a new review won’t, for the default anyway.

  196. Danip on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 8:02 pm 

    Lizzy no prob!! Good News should be osted more than once !!

  197. Lizzy on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 8:03 pm 

    I feel better now that HDD has gone on record predicting Danny’s album will be in the top 5. I now believe he will at least hit 50,000.

  198. VickieCarol
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 8:10 pm 

    Carla,

    That’s excellent news.

  199. pjgvet
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 8:11 pm 

    I want to apologize for my negative sounding post earlier.

    There is so much to be happy for in Dannyland.

    Great first album; good reviews in general

    Good debut (even if he only sells 45K)

    Great homecoming reception w/good reviews

    18 (!) adds today

    Poised to enter the top 30

    Danny is very happy

    Booked for Ellen

    Great AI return and reviews.

    And I am whining because he may not hit the 75k Brian predicted? Shame on me!

  200. jannikas
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 8:13 pm 

    Regarding Danny “only” selling 19,000 at walmart–none of the Walmarts in beautiful Madison WI had Danny’s CD last week. Believe me I checked. I believe that not all of the Walmarts were shipped Danny’s CD. So I went to Shopko and bought my extra copies. With the other avenues to find the CD, I think Danny will exceed 75,000. But you all know that I am confident on Danny’s success. I also think Sony/RCA may want to build hype on people needing to find Danny’s CD–they don’t want crates of them sitting around. People want what others have and they can’t find…..That’s my theory, and I’m sticking to it until I’m proven wrong in the next post, LOL! Jan

  201. I AM G on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 8:15 pm 

    When Brian Mansfield made the prediction of 75K, I don’t think he was just being nice to Danny or was overly optimistic. He had to have some data that he was working off of.

    And Brian Mansfield is not MJ or Rickey – in that he is considered a Nashville insider.

    I would assume that 19E and RCA Nashville must be privy to some sales data. And I would assume that Danny has already surpassed a certain point.

    And Brian’s article was really trying to make a case of why he didn’t think Danny’s first week sales would be 100K+.

  202. FanOfGoodSingers on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 8:15 pm 

    I am very happy to hear that Danny will debut into the Top 5 on Billboard. :) I think that there is a good chance that he sold over 50,000 albums.

  203. rowansmom2010
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 8:16 pm 

    Jannikas,
    I only hope you are right! I like that theory, very much! :)

  204. pjgvet
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 8:16 pm 

    Carla, please don’t take offense; we can tell you are a loyal Danny fan. Whoever said that was just picking the newest member!
    We love all new posters; the more the merrier-please join in and let us know what you think; but remember you are in moderation at first so we may miss you, but will eventually see you.

    And for the record; I highly doubt Mighty is writing here. He likes to make up little lies all the time (esp. if it will create drama and discord among members- he tries that all the time).

    Erika has been great with the troll spray and has foiled him every time he has tried to post. I have faith in our moderator! :)

  205. jannikas
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 8:16 pm 

    Pam, if your predictions and mine we’re combined, we might have a perfectly balanced view, don’t you think? Jan

  206. Josie
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 8:19 pm 

    Pam, I didn’t take your post as negative, you’re just excited to see him do well! Me too. I love the way you listed it out. It’s just a great time! I do wish they would release those darn numbers though, I am curious!

  207. rowansmom2010
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 8:19 pm 

    I have a dumb question.
    FOGS, Steph, or anyone else who keeps track of these things–

    Is there any chance, or has anyone heard of MBD being added to any non-country stations yet? I think he has a lot of crossover appeal, and non-country stations are now playing Lady Antebellum, which is more country sounding than Danny. Also I am curious if there is a possibility his video may be added to VH1’s playlist?
    I would really like to know.

  208. Meaghan
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 8:21 pm 

    OK, so I lost my twitlonger because of some computer issues. Basically my charger isn’t charging my laptop. UG! Update on tics, I only need one for me now. LOL, this is crazy!:) I’ll try to do the twitlonger again. Wow, so much information and story! I’m overwhelmed over hear. I hope Danny’s album does well. I think it will. It’s odd that they didn’t put out more albums than they did. I mean CDs. I’ve heard that it’s not the CDs that are sold necessarily but the amount of CDs that are shipped. For example, one could have sold 20000 CDs but if 40000 were shipped, they’d count that! I really don’t know.:) We’ll see. I don’t know how all that is counted. I have high hopes for Danny. To be honest, I don’t think Danny would be very happy highly famous. I think that he wants to be personable with all of his fans and if he got really huge, he wouldn’t be able to do that. Just my thoughts. I want him to be huge don’t get me wrong but…. I sort of….hmmm. Interesting.

  209. Lizzy on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 8:22 pm 

    As you can tell I am a very impatient person. Does anyone have the numbers of the top 5 on Billboard last week or know where I can find it?

  210. Josie
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 8:24 pm 

    rowansmom, there are no adds from non-country stations. Don’t know about the VH1 question.

  211. steph6449
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 8:25 pm 

    Suz, the only thing I’ve seen are some people tweeting that they thought they saw MBD on VH1. I don’t know if that was the case, or they were channel-surfing and were really seeing CMT or GAC.
    The only AC or CCM stations I’ve heard playing Danny’s song, are where he was there for interviews at their request like the station near you.

  212. FanOfGoodSingers on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 8:26 pm 

    Helio

    I think that MBD has mostly been added to just country stations, I think that it might have gotten added by one AC station.

    I don’t think that it’s going to be added to VH-1’s playlist anytime soon, I think that Danny would have to have a high ranking on the pop chart, where as far as I know he’s not ranked on in order to get played on that channel.

    He would have to successfully crossover to pop like Lady Antebellum have before his video would get played on VH-1.

  213. steph6449
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 8:27 pm 

    not sure what that means exactly, but hopefully they are supporting Danny and playing his single as part of it

    937THECAT: @dannygokey it’s a Danny Gokey Free Music Monday on @937thecat! Thanks for coming on the show last Friday morning Danny.
    .

    funny

    http://twitpic.com/17fhtd – This is what my Mom looked like when I gave her @dannygokey’s CD! Hahaha

    about 7 hours ago via web
    Retweeted by 1 person

  214. I AM G on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 8:29 pm 

    I find it really interesting that HDD has moved Danny from debuting “AT #5″ – to debuting “IN the top 5″.

    So Adam debuted #3, Kris #11, Allison #35 – on Billboard’s Top 200.

    But if Danny debutes in the Top 5, either he or Adam will have the highest debut album from Season 8. If it is Adam, Danny will easily come in 2nd – over Kris and Allison.

    Not sure how all this translates to sales, but it will still be a great milestone for Danny.

  215. Lizzy on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 8:29 pm 

    Rowansmom,

    I would be very surprised if Danny’s label pushed his current single or any other single to non-country stations at this time. They and Danny have worked extremely hard to gain Danny credibility with country radio. It would be a mistake in my opinion to risk that since country radio seems to be accepted him. I do believe they may try later but not in the near future.

  216. Shirl Sitler
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 8:32 pm 

    Just got in from spending a day with Ned at his softball game for fans which lasted all day and I am exhausted.

    MaryAnn, Sony-Nash did a press release for Josh Thompson. Josh Turner records for MCA :)

    I’m so glad everybody had such a good time seeing Danny Saturday night! It must have taken him hours to sign all those CDs the fans bought as their admission to see him! Thanks to everyone who posted recaps and videos, I hope to get to all of that ASAP to see everything. Now I’m off to read the rest of the discussion here. It’s a busy place fo sho!!!! :D

  217. Danip on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 8:34 pm 

    Lizzy for you:
    last week Billboard Chart, but remember these numbers will float from week to week and could be higher or lower

    1 1 SADE SOLDIER OF LOVE 126,629 190,492 -34 820,212
    2 2 LADY ANTEBELLUM NEED YOU NOW 118,041 144,117 -18 1,159,461
    3 CASH*JOHNNY AMERICAN VI:AIN’T NO 54,147 318 999 54,465
    3 4 BLACK EYED PEAS E.N.D. (ENERGY NEVER DIES) 50,139 65,450 -23 2,181,410
    4 5 LADY GAGA FAME 48,307 62,970 -23 2,913,734
    5 6 LIL WAYNE REBIRTH 37,600 58,423 -36 361,389
    14 7 KE$HA ANIMAL 32,192 30,137 7 407,080
    6 8 BOYLE*SUSAN I DREAMED A DREAM 30,322 51,118 -41 3,591,838
    10 9 SWIFT*TAYLOR FEARLESS 28,062 32,368 -13 5,629,236

  218. Grandmaster on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 8:38 pm 

    Carla sorry about that, I was gone and haden’t seen your name before Then I read the post saying Mighty was lurking under another name, and jumped the gun. My mistake, again I am sorry. I too do more lurking than talking but truly love Danny not only for his singing but for his compassion, humor,and all around great personality. Please accept my apologies…

  219. FanOfGoodSingers on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 8:39 pm 

    Lizzy

    Here are the sales totals for the Top 5 albums on Billboard last week:

    1) Sade – Soldier Of Love – 127,000
    2) Lady Antebellum – Need You Know – 118,000
    3) Johnny Cash – American VI: Ain’t No Grave – 54,000
    4) Black Eyed Peas – The E.N.D. – 50,000
    5) Lady Gaga – The Fame – 48,000

    http://www.billboard.com/#/news/sade-clocks-third-week-at-no-1-on-billboard-1004072227.story?tag=hpfeed

  220. pjgvet
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 8:39 pm 

    Meaghan, thanks for joining us at iheart. Glad I asked you to post ;)
    Don’t worry, we will be patient for your recap, good things come to those who wait; just like meeting Danny for the first time, right? :)

    Nice for Kris to get Keith Urban; thought still think its an odd pairing- although both are guitar guys. The Daughtry opener seems more up his alley. Strange they have that Vegas date listed; when I checked the web site it said he was taken off the bill. Huh.

    So excited about top 5 debut-yahoo! I doubt he will beat Adam by debuting #2; he can’t touch Lady A or Sade I don’t think and there is that Alice album. And Blake. Hmmmm. I will guess #4 or #5.

  221. FanOfGoodSingers on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 8:42 pm 

    Pjgvet

    I think that the Top 5 could end up looking like this

    1.) Lady Antebellum
    2). Sade
    3. Blake Shelton
    4) Almost Alice (Alice in Wonderland Soundtrack)
    5) Danny

  222. Danip on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 8:43 pm 

    And to follow up our tracking of the Country debuts last week, we have already covered Josh Thompson @ 16,000, Sarah Buxton @ 7915 and Steel Magnolia @ less than 3100(they were not on the chart)

    You can see the entire chart here

    http://pulsemusic.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=gmn&action=display&thread=94393&page=3

  223. Lizzy on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 8:48 pm 

    Thanks Danip and FOG,

    I just wanted to get an idea of the numbers. I think the numbers may be higher though because there are more debuts this week.

    We know that Lady A and Sade will be #1 and #2 and that Blake Shelton will probably be #3. I also think Almost Alice will be in the top 5. Keeping those fingers crossed.

  224. Lizzy on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 8:51 pm 

    Don’t they usually have more than 37% in by now on HDD. I am getting tired of waiting.

  225. FanOfGoodSingers on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 8:55 pm 

    Lizzy

    Around this time HDD usually already has around 50% of the reports for sales in. They are slower tonight for some reason. I hope we will get at least one more update before the night is over. We should definitely get the final update from all sales report tomorrow afternoon.

  226. Carla on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 9:04 pm 

    Thanks for the apology, Grandmaster!

    I finally viewed the videos of Danny singing Crazy No To…and it just makes me melt! This song, as well as the others on his cd, are just so Danny. I love that he chose songs that seem to speak of where he’s at or where he’s been. Even Crazy Not To – I picture this is how it will be for him when he’s ready to love again: hesitant but unable to keep from falling in love.

  227. steph6449
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 9:11 pm 

    I don’t know that Kris really is “opening” for Keith based on looking at Keith Urban’s schedule. Keith is appearing at a lot of state fairs and country music festivals this year. He doesn’t seem to be doing a package tour in the same way that we are seeing with Sugarland, where Keith would show up with a recurring cast of openers at arenas and other venues.

    State fair may be a mixed format, but I have to wonder how Kris will do in large crowds like that. I’m not sure he has the persona or stage presence to carry it off in front of a general audience who aren’t necessarily there to see him.

    If the format is one where country fans will have to attend Kris’s show to save a seat for Keith, I wonder how that will go over. Could be ok as country purists probably wouldn’t like Keith himself, but still would seem odd to me.

  228. steph6449
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 9:21 pm 

    Ellen got her tickets already, didn’t she?

    @dannygokey Your show in Portland is SOLD OUT!!! Congrats!! :) Can’t wait to see you!

  229. steph6449
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 9:23 pm 

    from Mike Childers, drummer withe band

    fadersupstudio: Had a great time at the concert in Milwaukee this past weekend. Dannys fans were out in full force. What a great time at Turner Hall.
    22 minutes ago via Ping.fm

  230. Danip on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 9:24 pm 

    So our fact checker over at MJs seems to be at it again. She can’t believe anything good happens to Danny.

    She now needed proof about the HDD post about the Top 5 finish for Danny. I provided it :)

  231. Danip on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 9:29 pm 

    Steph I notice you keep poking at the lion with a stick over at MJs. It’s kind of nice to be on this side of the cage for once.

  232. rowansmom2010
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 9:30 pm 

    Kris and Keith Urban? That’s nice for Kris, of course, and also they performed together at the finale, but I remember Keith saying (along with his wife Nicole Kidman) that Danny was always their favorite, so I wonder if at any point Urban and Danny will work together. I hope so!

  233. steph6449
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 9:36 pm 

    DaniP, lol :) You mean because I commented in a less than gaga manner about the Kris Allen “opening act” news for Keith Urban? ;)
    I mean, maybe Kris Allen was picked by Keith Urban and his team to be out touring with him. But I kind of doubt it. Guess more news will emerge, but I’d feel pretty silly running around calling Danny the opening act for Keith Urban based on that Country Stampede event where Danny is booked with Keith & Darius.
    And I doubt Darius would call himself Keith’s “opening act” when Darius is a fixture for Brad Paisley’s tour and just came off the Rascal Flatts tour.

    It actually looked to me as if Keith is doing very limited touring. His website only showed one day or so a week.

  234. steph6449
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 9:38 pm 

    And Kris wasn’t entirely gracious about doing that number with Keith Urban, actually. Not that he may not have had his reasons to object, but it would have been more tactful not to have made it as clear as he did publicly.

    I’m sure that didn’t cause any big perturbance in Keith’s existence, but some fans of Keith may remember it.

  235. jannikas
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 9:49 pm 

    Steph, I don’t mean to drag up the past, but I don’t remember seeing any of Kris’ reaction to being paired with Keith Urban. What was the gist of his comments?

    I just sent a long recap of the Turner Hall concert/event to Toni to get her take/part of the recap. Hopefully we’ll get it to Erika or Amy later tonight or tomorrow. It takes sooo long to write! (Well, for me it does.) jan

  236. milgokey fan on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 9:51 pm 

    Hey everyone,

    I’ve been multi-tasking, lurking and catching up on things but have to jump in here cuz my other fave Keith’s name keeps popping up. I’ll go on record as saying I do remember Kris commenting after his performance with Keith that, while Keith is a great guy and musician, Kris was definitely distancing himself from the comments that he should consider going country. I didn’t take it as a direct diss but it did irk me a bit the way he handled it. I haven’t really checked this tour date that they have together but if most of the fans are there to see Keith, they may be a bit disappointed with Kris Allen. KU puts on a very dynamic show and I don’t think KA is at that level. Although he could certainly learn a thing or three from KU.

  237. steph6449
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 9:51 pm 

    Is Keith on a label that has a relationship with Jive? I see peeps at mj’s saying that Keith must have been so blown away by Kris on that duet, that he has sought him out to go touring with.

    Seems quite unlikely to me, esp. as Kris isn’t country and has some reputation as an inconsistent tour performer in big venue situations especially. Does anyone have an idea how many tickets Kris has sold to any event on his own (in the US)?

  238. Cheryl (upsnodowns)
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 9:53 pm 

    OMG I got home around 6:30 and it has taken me over 2 hours do listen to and download all of those videos from the home page of IHeart! So many of them are really good!

    No final numbers yet on Danny’s sales?

  239. steph6449
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 9:56 pm 

    That’s what I remember. Kris saying that he wasn’t best pleased to be paired with Keith as Kris doesn’t do country music.
    He may not have said it outright, but it came across to me as if he didn’t particularly like country music, and was distancing himself from the idea of country music so people would not get the impression that would be Kris’s direction. N
    In general, just not the most gracious things to say or hint publicly when he was asked to sing a duet with a big star like Keith.

  240. steph6449
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 10:00 pm 

    recap posted to Danny’s OS from the Chicago event yesterday

    http://www.dannygokey.com/node/1658

  241. milgokey fan on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 10:05 pm 

    Keith records with Capital-Nashville. I am not aware of any connection with Jive so that really would make no sense to pair them up for an extended tour of any sort. However, I will say that KU is VERY gracious and will probably extend a very warm welcome to seeing KA again. I would think this show would be a one hit one-der.

  242. rowansmom2010
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 10:19 pm 

    These pictures will take your breath away, if they haven’t already been posted. I almost died when I saw the closeups (toward the bottom of the page). Too many to post individual links.
    I wish I could get those untagged! OMG!
    http://idolforums.com/index.php?showtopic=593581&st=3360

  243. I AM G on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 10:27 pm 

    LOL, I don’t ever recall Keith Urban on record saying that he was so blown away with his duet with Kris on the finale. I highly doubt he personally hand-picked Kris to “tour with him”. But it is on record that both Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman said Danny was their favorite.

    And it is also on record that Lionel Ritchie said on SIRIUS radio that Danny should not have only been in the Top 2, he should have won American Idol.

    I agree, I don’t see these shows with Kris – in the same league as the tour Danny has with Sugarland.

  244. Danip on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 10:27 pm 

    Yep Steph, that what I’m talking about. You are spoiling her fun, since she is creating this co-starring role for Kris and it’s continuing to build in scope.

  245. FanOfGoodSingers on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 10:31 pm 

    rowansmom

    Thanks for posting the link to those pictures. Those are some nice pictures of Danny including the one with Chloe. I am glad to see all of the people that were there for Danny’s performance at “The Mall of America”.

  246. Shirl Sitler
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 10:36 pm 

    OMG, Suz! Those pics at the bottom of the page on IDF are stunning! It was all I could do to keep from licking my monitor! Thanks for the link~ :D

  247. jannikas
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 10:41 pm 

    Suz, I agree with you–those tagged pics of Danny in blue floral shirt–wow-wee! I’m all fangirl all over a poster with those pictures! I think they must have been taken awhile back. He looks so much more rested in those photos.

    I thought it was interesting that Danny said in today’s interview that he now knows when he’s “done” and has to go rest/hibernate. I think I’ve read that some interviews were surprised in the AI days when he seemed “flat” on an interview. I’m guessing those occur when he’s stretched beyond the capacity of a super extrovert like Danny. That takes some doing! Jan

    Great review on DG.com, thanks Steph. I just got down doing my “jobs” voting at GAC, CMT, Posting at Itunes and DG.com

    Wheww! and I still need to clean up from dinner, etc….Jan

  248. Danip on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 10:49 pm 

    Someone asked earlier if any songs of Dannys were getting played in any other format. I see MBD got one spin in Wichita, KS this week on AC, station is KRBB.

  249. steph6449
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 10:51 pm 

    DaniP, lol. Well, while I wasn’t being enthusiastic about the idea over there, I hope I didn’t come across as hater-ish :)

    I just have this image stuck in my head from having seen the AI tour show in Reading PA, and Kris was rather dull and large numbers of people were starting to leave by his second song :o

    I’m not a Kris fan, but I’d hate to see him matched in something that wouldn’t really work for him, and would turn out to be a downer for Keith Urban and his fans. If Kris’s performance at a big, beer-guzzling state fair crowd the way I saw him on the AI tour, with a friendly AI crowd walking out on him, I’m not sure it’s out of the question he’d get booed.

    We’ll see. Maybe Kris is a fixture with Keith for those state fair dates. Windmills seems to think Keith will have only one supporting act for them, which, if true, makes it even odder to me that he would have Kris. Kris has just one single that’s been on radio, and that’s top 40 radio, and has had relatively few albums sold for an AI winner. So which of Kris’s songs would Keith’s audience be expected to know if he does a full-length tour set?
    .

    I see on twitter Danny’s Detroit concert had a great crowd apparently.

    @dannygokey: AMAZING sold out show!!!! Detroit Michigan you rock!!! Sorry we ran out of CDs. Hope to see y’all soon.

    TThis is what I posted at mj’s about it.

    That’s pretty good, as the Detroit radio station sponsoring the event was advertising that the “first 500 people” would get copies of Danny’s CD. (Not sure how/if that counts in his sales, seems like an awful lotta CDs to just give away as pure freebies from RCA.)

    Also posted that the Portland OR date seems to be sold out as well.

  250. Ellen B. on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 10:53 pm 

    Steph, I got my tickets to the Portland, Oregon concert the day after iheart posted the information. I drove 45-50 miles in the rain and fog to get them. And just waiting that extra day to drive up to Portland drove me nuts.

  251. VickieCarol
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 11:00 pm 

    I loved the recap from the guy on DGO site. Thanks for posting that Steph.

    I AM G, I hadn’t heard that about Lionel Richie. After Danny performed with him I kept hoping to hear any remarks from Richie about Danny but I didn’t. I was disappointed. So, that good to know that he was that impressed with Danny.

  252. Danip on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 11:01 pm 

    Don’t worry Steph if they are going to dish it out they are going to have to learn how to take it. I just don’t want you to get pegged as someone to be dismissed. You’re too interesting and good to have that happen.

  253. Danip on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 11:04 pm 

    Goodnight everyone, may tomorrow bring large album sales numbers and small radio chart positions.

  254. VickieCarol
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 11:04 pm 

    Danny’s popularity is growing fast. With sold out venues already and his album was just release last Tuesday, that’s amazing.

  255. Ellen B. on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 11:05 pm 

    It sounds to me like Keith Urban is doing limited touring right now, and for that reason may need to bring in a bunch of different performers to be the opening acts, as the other opening performers likely want to be on a full tour with someone else (well, they want to be on a full tour, not necessarily with someone else!), but could fill in on certain dates between their own tour schedule. So KU may be lining up a variety of opening acts to fill in.

    This is just a hunch. I don’t know anything about country music or touring, so I could be wrong.

  256. VickieCarol
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 11:05 pm 

    Good night Danip.

  257. pjgvet
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 11:07 pm 

    Lol, Danip! Like those good night wishes.

    Danny is down to #5 on overall iTunes chart. But we know he can’t stay up there forever. I think he is actually staying in the top 10 just as long as Adam did or longer.

    Josie, its working! Only good comments on the front page of iTunes. Still only 4 stars though. Keep clicking on those stars people; lets make Danny smile through his exhaustion.

    Steph, you can poke with a stick on my account ;) Pretty mild compared to what you have to bat away with said stick.

  258. steph6449
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 11:11 pm 

    DaniP, lol.

    That recap at the OS was interesting. I’d only briefly looked at the page before posting the link here. Had no clue from first glance it was written by a male fan, but it tracks with the other reports I saw on twitter. The recap writer seems to say there were several hundred people there, which could well be from the videos I saw where the crowd seemed to be all over the store. They were covering a much bigger area of the store in Chicago than I saw in Virginia, where I’d guess there were some 200-250 people who showed up for Danny.

  259. pjgvet
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 11:16 pm 

    Mighty strikes again on a thread entitled “Did you ever try out for American Idol”

    4 hours ago :: Mar 08, 2010 – 3:48PM #27
    mighty1
    mighty1
    Posts: 538

    I auditioned last year. I ended up loosing to Kris Allen in the finale
    MJ beware.. Mightysidolblog is at hand.

  260. steph6449
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 11:25 pm 

    This may be the event that Amy (aek) was in touch with someone from FB about?

    Today, March 08, 2010, 2 minutes ago |
    countrymusicmeg (Megan )
    @dannygokey Im hoping that I’ll get to see you when you come to Greenville, SC for the Songwriter’s Showcase on March 24th!!
    .

    is this right? Michelle on twitter
    @dannygokey Security 4 Turner Hall told @jenruditys @PJGvet @1Christystoffel & me wristbands were selling 4 $1,000 on Ebay 4 your show Sat!

  261. Danielle Lundy
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 11:27 pm 

    Hey! Just checking/lurking in as always :-) Just scrolling through the comments so far for today.

    Looks like pretty good number of sales for MBD so far, but we won’t really know how he does come tomorrow, right? Or does that get posted later on tonight/early tomorrow? I always assumed that Tuesday is the official day for first week sales so I’ll find out one way or the other :-) 75k does sound a little steep, though, so I’ll stick w/45-50k b/c it sounds like an reasonable amount for first week sales. Either way, if Danny’s sales are close to 45k I’ll most definitely be happy for him :-)

  262. milgokey fan on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 11:34 pm 

    Ellen, you are correct. KU was going to do a limited tour this year as he has been working on a new cd. They may have decided to add a few more shows since he really does enjoy performing live. I just checked out Kris’s tour dates and it does appear he will be opening a few shows for Keith. Good for him. That really is a great opportunity for him.

    I saw KU at Summerfest last year and the opener was Counting Crows, not your typical country opener! The sad thing was that the Amphitheater was not even half full for the Crows and the crowd was rather underwhelmed. I felt kind of bad for them. Of course the place filled in and went wild when KU came on. We’ll have to wait and see what happens for Kris, but I do wish him well.

  263. Cindy Swanson on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 11:44 pm 

    ****Cheryl**** posted this earlier and it’s too good not to repeat–I have thought this same thing so many times! Cheryl took the words right out of my mouth, and as always, expressed herself beautifully:

    “Grandmaster As far as I’m concerned, the million dollar question is why do the haters listen to Danny’s music and talk about him so much? I have no interest in certain artists so I have no interest in listening to their music much less talk about their music or about them as people (especially hateful stuff). I may see one of these artists by pure accident on some tv program, and then perhaps I might say if I liked the song/performance. But, I have no interest in seeking out information about some artist I claim not to like. I just don’t get it!

    If I were to constantly seek out information about an artist I claim to dislike, or go to blogs to write about them I would start questioning my own sanity. Or at least I would re-examine my true feelings about the artist and probably come to the conclusion that I really LIKE the artist and am only fooling myself and others!”

  264. pjgvet
    Twitter:
    on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 11:45 pm 

    Steph, the security guard told us that in the context of insisting that he place the wristband on us and not hand it to us (her kids were coming later, and they were only giving out so many wristbands).

    He told us that the ads for the wristbands showed up on line BEFORE the concert; so not sure if it was a scam; or if someone who was connected had access beforehand. I guess they knew enough to know there would be wristbands, lol.

  265. Ellen B. on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 11:48 pm 

    Milgokey fan, hope everything will work out for both Keith and Kris. KU has some interesting and unexpected opening acts!

  266. pjgvet
    Twitter:
    on Tue, 9th Mar 2010 12:12 am 

    Cindy, I joined you in replying to that hater over on DGO. I love how they just show up now, sigh :(

  267. Josie
    Twitter:
    on Tue, 9th Mar 2010 12:14 am 

    Pam, I’m glad the iTunes thing is working. I have never done this “fan” thing before, they ought to issue operating procedure manuals or something. Ah well, every day is an adventure. ;)

    Cindy, it is indeed strange. I think there is a combination of factors. I think some of it is due to immaturity or other limitations and getting swept away by mob mentality. Something like an Idolatry episode that was particularly vicious and cynical could strike the match. I think normal people would tend to feel shame after something like that, so they have a motivation to keep reinforcing to each other that their target really was a bad guy. That accounts for a lot of it, I think. Then there’s also the factor that I think that the internet makes it easier for people with personality disorders to play their tricks. That’s part of it too. I’m just glad that it’s not as much of a factor as it used to be. There are probably quite a few people who feel jealous of Danny, but not that many that really believe that he isn’t a good person, I don’t think. Of course, there are some to whom it doesn’t matter whether he is or not, they’ve got their own agendas.

  268. Ellen B. on Tue, 9th Mar 2010 12:21 am 

    I listened to the Chicago interview, where the DJs wanted to play the tape of Danny’s interview last year when he said that he wanted to make a soul/Latin album. The DJs were friendly enough; I don’t think they meant any harm. But I think that Danny, whether through the internet or otherwise, is very aware of the hate-tards and naysayers out there. And his knowledge is current (not stuff from when he was on AI), so he is keeping his finger on the pulse. I don’t think he otherwise would have reacted as he did to friendly DJs, or asked Jannikas to let us know about the reviews on iTunes. Maybe Danny needs to know what is being said about him, but it’s sad that he’s aware of all the you-know-what out there. I don’t think the DJs held anything against Danny, although it’s possible some listeners (esp. nonfans) might have gotten a negative impression.

  269. Ellen B. on Tue, 9th Mar 2010 12:30 am 

    Yes, Josie, the anonymity of the Internet allows people to let their baser side take over. I’m sure some of the folks are young, but I’ve seen posts by so-called-adults too. I am also convinced that at least a few folks have mental problems or personality disorders. (The latter are highly resistant to treatment.) At least we can be reasonably sure that most of these folks aren’t posting from prison, as prison access to computers is severely limited. But I will say that a lot of folks in prison have personality disorders.

  270. Josie
    Twitter:
    on Tue, 9th Mar 2010 12:35 am 

    I will work on burying that thread on DGO in a minute.

    Ellen, I haven’t listened to that yet but I would guess that he just feels DONE with that old stuff. He has been remarkably patient with a lot of different things I think, but I guess sometimes enough is enough. I wish he didn’t have to worry about that either, but the good thing is, he is mostly getting a tidal wave of love from people. It’s kind of like, every silver lining has a little cloud. ;)

  271. Ellen B. on Tue, 9th Mar 2010 12:38 am 

    I’m not too worried, Josie, just a little sad. Hopefully Danny will put the naysaying into perspective with that “tidal wave of love.”

  272. pjgvet
    Twitter:
    on Tue, 9th Mar 2010 12:38 am 

    Danny is #6 overall on the itunes chart and #2 country (Lady A took back its spot). Checked when I did one last rating.

    No more news from HDD, I guess.

    Good night :)

  273. Josie
    Twitter:
    on Tue, 9th Mar 2010 12:40 am 

    Good night Pam!

  274. Billie on Tue, 9th Mar 2010 1:18 am 

    Rowansmom, holy moley!!! Those pic you posted were awesome!
    Thx :D

  275. Danielle Lundy
    Twitter:
    on Tue, 9th Mar 2010 2:22 am 

    Looks like everyone’s gone to bed. Well, just wanted to say decues and looking forward to seeing how Danny’s first week sales are later on today! Bye, y’all <3 :-)

  276. Betty on Tue, 9th Mar 2010 3:34 am 

    If Danny can speak better, he would do better in interviews. Good grammar commands respect. I love Danny either way and am just sayin’

  277. Betty on Tue, 9th Mar 2010 3:36 am 

    Good grammar in my home growing up was considered very important. When a mistake was made, we were corrected.

  278. bosman on Tue, 9th Mar 2010 4:50 am 

    Betty, I agree, but the problem is that only standardized grammar is considered good grammar. It is very confining and quite misleading. It hardens human relations. There are certainly varying degrees grammatical errors under that standardized canon. And there is the aspect of sociolinguistic, where a departure from the standardized, grammatically proper form is not only expected, but highly encouraged. That’s how the language, in part, evolves.

    Danny’s “gooder and gooder” adage is the proof that Danny cannot and will not be confined by man-made standardizations. It is a sign of a true artist – never be confined by standards, be they grammatical, music or any other.

    Thank you for raising this up. :)

    So I do agree with you that in certain social classes people must speak standardized grammar, but the artists, musicians in particular, must not be confined by that generally accepted standard. They must do all that it takes to stand out and speaking outside grammatical cannon is one of the ways of standing out.

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