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...terms as Governor of Louisiana) and then give some thought to the vagaries of country music. Nashville is perhaps the most protocol-obsessed U.S. city outside of Washington, and McGraw is its smoothest operator. He has sold 30 million albums (his latest, Live Like You Were Dying, entered Billboard's album chart at No. 1) without being excessively cornpone or mindlessly pop. In the process, he has done what his predecessor Garth Brooks could not do: reach an audience outside his genre while remaining well liked within it. "Nashville hates anyone who has ambitions beyond Nashville," says a country record...
...Davis sold in the 1970s after he co-wrote a sound track for the hit movie Convoy, starring Kris Kristofferson. In the past 15 years, Davis has racked up more sales than Bruce Springsteen, Sting or Billy Joel; since November he has scored five No. 1 albums on the Billboard charts. "Chip Davis somehow understands what people want," says Los Angeles Times critic Don Heckman...
...Mannheim Steamroller, whose name derives from the German for crescendo, has performed twice at the lighting of the National Christmas Tree or that right-wing talk-show host Rush Limbaugh is a big fan. Romantic Melodies, a recent CD that scored the biggest week-over-week sales increase in Billboard history, was scorned by one critic for "anesthetic properties (that) would surely soothe ... in a proctologist's waiting room." Another compared Mannheim's violin-heavy harmonies to an orchestra twirling a thousand rolls of toilet paper in the air at the same time...
...whose home is nearby. "There are lots of accidents every night, especially weekends after 8 p.m. There's no policeman stationed here and people are always running red lights. People just drive so carelessly, and too fast. We're always running out to see what's going on." A billboard looming over the intersection urges: "Drive Safely. Turn On Your Lights. Wear Your Helmet. Best Wishes from the Bang Mod Police Office...
...first time in his 34-year career, Margaritaville singer Jimmy Buffett last week scored the top spot on the Billboard chart, with his new country-influenced album License to Chill...