For Messina, the winner is...
Messina launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund the disc after spending her career on Curb. Messina messaged fans, asking them to vote on which song they would like to be the album's first single.
In 10 days, she received more than 220,000 impressions with the vote between Peace Sign and Woman's Rant. The new single will be available to radio programmers this Friday, Aug. 23.
"This song is a blast," said Messina. "The first weekend we carried the Peace Sign T-shirts, we sold out in two shows. It's definitely a fan favorite."
The song was written by Amy Dalley, Scott Ledger and Tyler Hayes with Messina producing.
"The people are the ones that make music possible," Messina said. "They are the ones that come to the shows, request the songs and get the records. When I first started the campaign, many folks didn't get it. The ones that took the time to learn about it got that this project is something we are all doing together. Once again the fans have shown their love and loyalty. I am truly grateful."
More news for Jo Dee Messina
- 07/16/24: Messina extends tour
- 07/07/23: Messina wants "Just To Be Loved"
- 03/10/23: Bush, Messina release discs
- 09/07/17: Messina discloses she has cancer
- 01/20/15: Messina sings at hockey all star game
- 01/16/14: Messina announces "Me"
- 06/21/13: Messina successfully kick starts new CD
- 05/24/13: Messina kickstarts new CD
CD reviews for Jo Dee Messina
Jo Dee Messina wears her defiance on her sleeve. She leaves no doubt what she has in mind on her new disc from the title (don't think of that as being egotistical) to the instrumentation where the first instruments you hear is the banjo to Messina's proclamation:
"I've paid my dues, gotten bent and bruised/I've walked a 1,000 miles in these shoes/I'm here and I'm well/I've felt the fire; I've been through hell/I'm a little out of breath/But baby ...
If at first you don't succeed, your record company will punish you. That's what Jo Dee Messina learned in the past five years. What was one new album has now been converted into a trilogy of EPs to be released over the course of 2010 and grouped loosely by topic. This breaks the deadlock of Messina's wish to offer up all the new music she's been making against the business requirement of a monster hit. Messina's had a lot of those (nine number ones), so maybe it wasn't wholly unfair. ...
Despite the phallic guitar fondling on the enclosed poster, Jo Dee Messina's latest targets mainstream country's chief demographic - women. The 12-song set sports the usual Bryon Gallimore - Tim McGraw bag of tricks - '70s rock guitars and heavy pop chorus augmented with smatterings of hard fiddle, twangy Dobro and banjo. Yet, Messina's brassy humor, positive attitude and full-throated passion triumphs over the formulaic production chops.
Messina's sassy asides transform "My Give a Damn's Busted" ...
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