Photo courtesy of Jake Felts
As Ferris Bueller once said, “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”
Well, life is moving awfully fast for Casey James now that his first single, Let’s Don’t Call it a Night, has been released to radio and made available on iTunes and Amazon for download.
Take this week for example. On Monday, there was a new interview, with Country Aircheck Weekly, a new review from Country Music Tattle Tale and the announcement that Casey had been added to the Taste of Country concert line up for September 10th in Henderson, KY.
Tuesday, it was back home, or at least back near home, with a visit to radio station 99.5 The Wolf, Texas Country to play some music. From there he headed to KSCS 96.3 FM in Arlington, TX where Casey was greeted with a surprise visit from his family who joined a select group of contest winners and their guests at a private, intimate concert.
Wednesday, Casey played at the annual Girls Night Out fan concert for radio station KRST 92.3 FM Albuquerque, NM.
Thursday, Casey was a guest of radio station 103.7-FM KXKT in Omaha, NE, which invited him to play at the Shadow Lake Towne Center Listener Lounge in Omaha, NE for a private lunchtime concert for contest winners. There was also another new interview, this one with Country Music is Love.
Finally, today, Casey was on radio station KHKI 97.3 The Hawk in Des Moines, IA, this morning with Danger and Lindsay. He Tweeted his fans about the appearance, then went on the radio with the DJ before playing a private listeners-only concert. Later, a fan spotted Casey at the airport back in Nashville. While that was going on, Country Music is Pride released an audio interview with Casey, DFW.com wrote about Casey’s single and the schedule for release of his CD, and another new concert was revealed, this one in Chesapeake, VA on 9/30.
Add to that the news of Casey’s auspicious debut on the country music charts, which gave him the distinction of being the 59th American Idol alum to hit the Billboard Charts, debuting at #57. CMT.com mentioned that there were three new songs on the Billboard country charts, Lady A. entering at 40, Casey at 57 and the Zac Brown Band at 59. We also saw more stations add Casey’s single to their playlist. It was quite a busy week.
Maybe the movie Casey’s life is imitating now is more like “If this is Tuesday, it must be Belgium.” Or more accurately for next week, if this is Tuesday, it must be Kentucky.
Sheeeees, I’m dizzy! Glad he has someone to keep track. Hope it’s the guy who makes Hillbillies famous.
Love the Weekly Recap!!! Great idea!
Thanks Amber! Got the idea from Regina mentioning how busy she’d been and wondering what Casey was up to. My answer is always, “read the blog!” LOL, but this way it’s easier to just look at one post for what you missed. I’ll see what the feedback is; hope people like it! — SG
I like the idea. Keeps me from jumping over the place to find out what is going on. I have liked this blog from day one. This is a great new addition. It’s a keeper.
Well thank goodness for Regina! I am guessing you will get tons of positive feedback on this great idea! Thanks again for all that you all do!!
Don’t forget he also mentioned there is a music video in the works!
Hi Shari, I knew you’d have the scoop! (or scoops as it is) I will follow these links, but you know what? When I click on one it replaces your page. Can you see if you can make links open in a new window, since we need to check back for the next link? Your blog is exceptional. You are amazing.
I have no clue how to do that, but I’ll look into it. If someone knows how, please email me at thecaseyjamesblog@gmail.com.
If you ‘right click ‘on the link you get the option to open in a new tab or new window and that way the blog page is not replaced… hope it works for you.. Think the weekly recap is a brilliant idea, that way it’s all in the one place and I don’t miss any updates (especally when things are soo busy for Casey) – thanks for all your awesome work – I check the blog out every day for Casey news, videos and pics; being in the UK I can but dream of seeing Casey live, but I live in hope and so thankful to all my fellow Casey fans for all posts!
Thank you so much Shari and team, Glenda and Mickey. The time and dedication you all give to your various endeavors is so appreciated! Please keep doing what you do. What would us Casey- addicts do without any of you?!
Let me thank the Blog team – Marie, Patty, HP, Jen, Polina and CJ4Meme– for all their help!! Could not do this without them!!
I DITTO everyone! Great idea for a post, a weekly round-up when it’s needed. I too read your blog every day. You do an awesome job!
This is a great idea, love it! And the thought of that music video….well, I cannot wait for that!!
My goodness Shari, how do you have time for a “real” job??? Ha. Thanks again for keeping up with Casey. Y’all are all very much appreciated!
I like the weekly roundup. Excellent idea. And mucho thanks to everyone involved with this blog. I stop here almost every day and it’s really helped me stay connected to CJ as a fan.
Great idea Shari! Grateful fan here.
Weekly recap is perfect!! Especially now that there is more news coming out on an almost daily basis. I think you should continue with it.
Marie, Shari, Polina et al. – Thanks for putting so much time into tracking Casey’s activities and keeping the rest of us informed. I can’t keep up with Casey and my career on my own!! Also, this may address the fan questions about “what he’s doing.” His life has been a whirlwind since Idol started and there is no end in sight.
Thanks for the recap Shari! Its definitely been a really busy week for Casey! I appreciate the efforts of all of those involved in keeping us informed.
A weekly recap will make it quicker and easier to catch up on any posts I may have missed, especially when extra information may have been added a day or two later.
Very good idea. Thanks.