http://kfrog.radio.com/2010/02/10/free-concert-by-american-idols-danny-gokey/

Will have to get ITunes now because of the bonus track.

Go Gokey.

I think Danny’s going to open for someone who will then open for Sugarland.

It is typical in country to have several acts together. They will rotate throughout the 55 city tour. We have 9 dates so far for Danny, and he is paired either with Luke Bryan, Jake Owens, Julianne Hough.

Should be a great experience and exposure for Danny; just need to find which one I want to see now that dates are rolling in.

Luke is the country artist who had the recent top hit Do I. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uELq2NQ3lS8

I don’t buy it.

That’s fine. Not everyone is going to like or buy Danny’s music. But I will say that Danny has been very open about his background in gospel music, and his move into the country genre as being a place where he could make music that has meaning to him. Some people will like it and some people won’t. But hopefully for Danny and his fans (myself included), enough people will like and buy his music for him to sustain a career and keep making music.

I saw him perform a couple of months back at a “country club” in NC, and I can tell you that the regulars there appeared to have no problem accepting Danny. They seemed to really enjoy his music and some literally seemed in awe of his singing. He does sound awesome live!

I super enjoyed him on the Idol tour. He was really good.

Eeps – yes, Randy Travis. Knew there was another big one I was forgetting. Almost forgot Carrie for some reason. Shouldn’t have, that was a really cute pic with Carrie and Danny posing together when she came to visit the AI tour (…which, of course, a lot of us guessed to be a big ol’ hint at the time what was happening for Danny’s record deal…).

And I would not be amazed if Jennifer and Kristian like Danny. They would not be the first country artists to say that. Notably Keith Urban (with Nicole), Rascal Flatts, Gretchen Wilson, Carrie Underwood, the guys from Lady A, and probably others I’m forgetting.

Randy Travis…but maybe he’s not a “true country fan.”

Anyway, I’m excited about Danny’s tour with Sugarland. Can’t wait to hear if they are coming around the Carolinas.

I haven’t ordered the album from itunes yet, but I will. Someone said that they thought that they could get that same bonus track buying the cd in the store. I’m not so sure. I remember some idols selling cds at several stores that each had a different bonus track. For instance, the cd at Walmart would come with a different bonus track than the one at Target. It seems like Elliott had about three different ones selling like that back in ’07.

That’s a higher placement than he made when his single debuted, I think? I don’t remember exactly, but I think the single made it to ~#23 when it first came out.

I think that Danny’s single did peak somewhere around #23/#24 on the Itunes Country singles chart. I am glad that Danny is #13 on the Itunes Country albums chart. I hope that he will continue to sell more CD’s on Itunes as well as other places like Amazon.

Danny’s album is currently #13 on the Itunes Country album chart and #130 on the overall albums chart on Itunes.

Glad to hear Danny is doing relatively well on the iTunes album charts. That’s a higher placement than he made when his single debuted, I think? I don’t remember exactly, but I think the single made it to ~#23 when it first came out. Danny’s album has also been faring pretty well among amazon.com country new releases, I read somewhere he was within the top 10 there earlier today.