Neal McCoy gets his mug on beer can
Wednesday, July 4, 2007 – If the face on the Old Milwaukee beer can looks familiar to country music fans, it ought to becaue it's Neal McCoy. He will appear at the Country Concert in Ft. Loramie, Ohio this Sunday, and Old Milwaukee Beer has been distributing a special edition can featuring McCoy's image throughout Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, parts of Illinois and western Pennsylvania.
This is McCoy's 10th year performing at Country Concert, more appearances than any other artist in the history of the festival, and the second year he is featured on this special edition can. Other country headliners include Trace Adkins (July 5); Big & Rich (July 6) and Toby Keith (July 7).
More news for Neal McCoy
- 11/04/14: McCoy, Doobies releases give tribute
- 08/05/13: McCoy premieres video
- 08/02/13: McCoy celebrates at the Opry
- 08/29/11: McCoy plans new single for October
- 04/22/11: McCoy inks with indie label
- 01/23/09: McCoy plans '09 tour
- 03/31/08: McCoy sings at Texas Rangers opener
- 03/28/08: Neal McCoy gets best of treatment
CD reviews for Neal McCoy
When discussions of great classic country voices and legacies come about, it's always names like Williams, Nelson, Cash and Jennings that get bandied about. And while there's good reason for those, one would be remiss to forget the influence of Charley Pride as well. A three-time Grammy winner with 29 number 1 hits under his belt, Pride's influence to the world of country music is oftentimes overlooked, but no less present. That influence hit heavy with longtime country star Neal ...
Today, Charley Pride may be most known for blazing a trail as an African-American country singer in the segregation era, but he deserves to be remembered as a star country singer, not just a star African-American country singer. He was, after all, one of the most successful acts of his time, with a string of hits that any singer would envy. Pride's run of hit singles listed from the mid-1960s through the '80s, and he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2000. ...
After seven years without a studio album, Neal McCoy has been quite busy of late. First came a collaboration with jazz orchestra leader Les Brown Jr., and now comes his first country record since 2005's "That's Life." To help make his return, McCoy has enlisted dome big time players, in the form of producers Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton and Brent Rowan.
While McCoy was a reliable hitmaker in the '90s, he was most known for good-natured, novelty songs and an exciting live show. ...
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