Sans Nicole Kidman, it was an amazing performance by Keith Urban when he jammed for country radio programmers at last week’s Country Radio Seminar at the Nashville Convention Center. The three-layer chocolate wedding cake was shaped like an autoharp - Carlene’s grandma Maybelle Carter’s signature instrument.
She walked an orchid-petaled path to meet her bridegroom while a violin and flute played. The bride, wearing an ivory beaded dress, rode a golf cart to the waterfall where her hubby-to-be waited. The ceremony took place at the foot of a waterfall where voodoo was practiced by Annie Palmer in the 19th century and where Jane Seymour and Roger Moore filmed the James Bond hit, Live and Let Die. The couple married in Jamaica at Cinnamon Hill, the property owned by her late mother and stepfather Johnny Cash. It appears to me Kenny is still the fans’ favorite hillbilly.Ĭarlene Carter, daughter of June Carter Cash and Country Music Hall of Fame member Carl Smith, tied the knot with Los Angeles television personality Joe Brown on Feb. The first nine shows alone brought in millions. While he was out gigging for fun, tickets went on sale for his upcoming The Road and the Radio tour.
This is how Kenny whets his appetites for the big arenas. He’s been to clubs and bars Tuscaloosa, Ala., Athens, Ga., and his beloved Knoxville, Tenn., making money for Habitat for Humanity through his Keg in the Closet tour. Kenny’s been out kegging with college kids again. However, Chet owned most of the land on Music Row, so he did OK for himself. Another Luttrell native, the late Chet Atkins, may have received more awards than Kenny, but I doubt he ever made 110 big ones in a year. No doubt, that’s more money than anybody from Luttrell, Tenn., ever made in a year. Kenny, country music’s top moneymaker for last year, is the third overall moneymaker in music for 2005 with a whopping $110 million, according to Forbes.
Maybe his aim is to see his name in Forbes magazine, though, because that’s where it is. Kenny Chesney says he hopes to see his face in the tabloids less often in 2006. Author of the cookbook, Hazel’s Hot Dish: Cookin’ With Country Stars, she also shares her recipes at CMT.com.) (CMT Hot Dish is a weekly feature written by veteran columnist Hazel Smith.