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    John Michael Montgomery Enters Rehab For Substance Abuse

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    10 days ago in The 9513 - Country Music Blog · Authority: 143

    News on John Michael Montgomery’s website says the country singer has checked himself into rehab for substance abuse and canceled all appearances for the next 30 days. “I will be disappearing for a while to try and defeat the demons that have stripped me of my energy of life and good health for so many years now. I assure you that however long it may take, I’m gonna fight to the end and come out stronger.” The release date for the new Sugarland CD–the duo’s third studio effort–has been moved up from September to July 22nd. The disc also now has a name: Love On The Inside. Cindy Watts has a brief Q&A with Tom Douglas–the songwriter behind Tim McGraw’s “My Little Girl” and Martina McBride’s “God’s Will” and “Love’s the Only House”–about his current projects. He recently released a DVD about songwriting titled Songs & Short Stories and will release a children’s book later this year that he co-wrote with Tim McGraw. This Is Texas Music says Eleven Hundred Springs was born to play dancehall music. Check out the music player on Galleywinter to hear the new Country Jam album from Eleven Hundred Springs in its full glory. During Carrie Underwood’s Opry induction on Saturday Garth Brooks told her that she’ll be rained with awards, but “nothing will last as long or be more important than this award right here tonight. Congratulations.” If you missed it on TV, watch the induction on YouTube along with her performances of “Last Name” and Tammy Wynette’s “Stand By Your Man.” Ashley Monroe posted another video on her MySpace blog, this time the song is “Some People Call it Love.” Dierks Bentley takes top honors in the 25 worst pre-fame jobs countdown. During a summer working at Arizona’s Lake Powell, Bentley had to clean 250-gallon portable toilets from the returning rental houseboats. “It usually had a week’s worth of ’stuff’ in there from the 10 to 12 houseboat guests,” he says. Once, the old machine used to empty the toilets backfired, sending the hose and all the stuff straight up into the air. “I tried to outrun the rain,” he says. “Got nailed.” Mike Severson posted video of Adam Gregory performing “Down the Road From Me” at a radio station in Houston after a week long tour. After picking up the guitar for his part as Johnny Cash in Walk the Line, Joaquin Phoenix “found that he had quite a lot of demons inside himself,” said Tim Burgess, who is helping the actor cut an album of his own material. However, Burgess doesn’t know if the album will ever see the light of day since Phoenix seems to be taking his time. “All the tracks…were brilliant,” says Burgess. “But I think he just kept scrapping everything or redoing everything. I’m sad to say that I think it’s one of those records that may never come out, to be honest with you.” Not expecting much, the ninebullets.net blogger gave Justin Townes Earle’s The Good Life a courtesy listen and came away prescribing it as essential listening…and better than anything his daddy ever put out. Listen to some Justin Townes Earle live session cuts on the HearYa Indie Music Blog. Good stuff. (via Twang Nation)