Lisa Jeffries Nobling – Raleigh, NC

Category: County Music

  • News from Brittany’s Battle

    Just wanted to post some info from the Brittany’s Battle, Inc. eNewsletter.

    Please feel free to sign up for the list too and help spread the word about their important work in the fight against lung cancer which honors a very special girl who will forever hold a place in our hearts!

    See you at the auction!

    Brittany’s Battle of the Bids
    Save the Date!
    November 23, 2008

    We are actively working on our first annual auction. We are looking for corporate sponsors, retail sponsors, merchandise, services, volunteers, and much, much more! If you can help, please contact us!

    Visit our silent auction page on our website for a creative list of donation suggestions, a sponsorship form, and sponsors who’ve already contributed. Thanks for your support and remember – save the date!

    For anyone who’s ever had the opportunity to hear or see JMC perform LIVE, here’s a little opportunity to read the background on “Livin’ our Love Song”… hope everyone can go pick up an issue and say “Thanks!” to Country Weekly!“A Song for Brittany”
    Thanks to Country Weekly and JMC for the article on BBI in the July 14th issue!

    Jason dedicates his top 5 hit – Livin’ Our Love Song – to Brittany at each performance.

    Please take their survey, too and help them shape the way that they are helping to change lives.

  • Country Music Junkie

    …and proud of it!

    I was really excited to see the line-up for the State Fair – especially Lady A and Heidi (I’m in love with “Johnny & June”):

    Rites of fall: NC State Fair
    Feel that nip in the air? The 2008 NC State Fair gets underway in a mere 92 days, and the concert lineup (which is, as usual, heavy on the country) has been released. Online ticket sales start Aug. 1 , and the lineup is below. Scope the details here.

    Oct. 16 — Josh Turner
    Oct. 17 — Jason Aldean
    Oct. 18 — Toby Mac
    Oct. 19 — Lady Antebellum and Heidi Newfield
    Oct. 20 — Bobby Flay
    Oct. 21 — Bucky Covington
    Oct. 22 — TBA
    Oct. 23 — Mario
    Oct. 24 — Leeland
    Oct. 25 — Joe Nichols
    Oct. 26 — Montgomery Gentry

    Looks like I’ll be attending the fair nearly every evening!

    Oooh… and we can take Mom and Dad to Bobby Flay… wonder if he’ll do a local showdown while he’s here?

  • What a Let Down…

    So my previous post on how Live Nation > Ticketbastards… maybe not so much.

    I go to buy my $10 Journey and Three Doors Down tickets just a few moments ago and this is what I was faced with, once I got through the hype:

    9/16/08 6:00 PM 3 DOORS DOWN LAWN L18 117 $10.00 Parking Fee $6.00
    Convenience Fee $4.45
    		 $20.45

    Are you kidding me?

    Parking is $6.00/person (NOT VEHICLE!) for a gravel lot that is manned by the biggest douche-baggery staff I’ve ever met? No thank you.

    Since when is it appropriate to charge more than double with “applicable fees”? That sounds VERY Ticketmaster-ish to me (just google “ticketbastards” to find so many other who also hate the ticketing monopoly).

    I have been fairly impresed with the significantly higher level of service provided by Live Nation. I do however, continue to be harassed by the parking nazis at Walnut Creek… tailgate after tailgate and would prefer not to keep them employed.

    Time to mull over how much I hate this – enough to pay double in fees? Am I really saving anything or was this just a clever marketing ploy that caught even Little Miss Marketing herself captive?

  • LiveNation > Ticketmaster

    Who’s excited about $10 Maroon 5 and 3 Doors Down tickets? Meeeeeeee 🙂

    Although, it will be very hard to find a 3DD concert that can top their show with Lynyrd Skynyrd a few summers back… best. concert. ever!

    Don’t delay, this deal is only good from 10am until 10pm TODAY!

    ONE DAY ONLY – THURSDAY JULY 17th 10AM-10PM

    Wednesday, July 23 – 311/Snoop Dogg with Fiction Plane
    Friday, July 25 – Projekt Revolution featuring Linkin Park
    Tuesday, July 29 – Maroon 5/Counting Crows with Sara Bareilles
    Sunday, August 10 – Journey with Heart & Cheap Trick
    Saturday, September 6 – ZZ Top/Brooks & Dunn with Rodney Atkins
    Tuesday, September 16 – 3 Doors Down with Hinder
    Friday, September 19 – Music Builds with Third Day, Switchfoot

    I’ve heard some complaints that it’s only good for lawn seats, but that my friends – is the place to be!

  • What I Love…

    …about the South.

    Thank you Rodney Atkins for a song that pays tribute:

    “What I love (what I love)
    About the South (about the South)
    If you need a Dixie Fix just a’ come on down
    It’s what I love (what I love)
    About the South (about the South)
    Southern Belles with a drawl make you stop and drop your jaw, come on y’all, shut your mouth….    “    And thank you Adrianne for a late-night blog post that was AWESOME to start my morning with:“So my Yankee boyfriend is consistently reminding me of what a Southerner I really am. Maybe I should to a blog miniseries on this…

    Anyways, today’s reminder of our regional differences: summer beverages.

    Apparently, north of our nation’s capital, they drink unsweetened crap tea and black coffee year round. Well not down here, thank goodness. There are a few things that every Southern needs in the summer:

    * BBQ (the food, not the action, I’ll have to share the language barrier we had based on that word some point in the future)
    * Watermelons, peaches, and strawberries
    * Some time at the beach/lake/sprinkler/your local body of water
    * Potato salad
    * Porches
    * And of course, lemonade (Country Time, Chick-Fil-A, or freshly-squeezed. Pink or Regular. I’m not picky.)

    Here’s some recipes from RealSimple.com for some summer lemonade for my fellow Southerns who will really appreciate it (aka Lil Lisa.)

    And if you love lemonade and you happen to live in Raleigh then I’m going to tell you a secret. The city’s best lemonade (and maybe the best BBQ) is at Cooper’s Barbecue. It’s downtown on Davie Street (across from Progress Energy) and you can get a BBQ sandwich, Lemonade, hushpuppies, and a side for $5. They only take cash but it’s TOTALLY worth the trip to the ATM. That’s my local endorsement of the day. 😛

    P.S.: If you want your summer beverage done up grown-up style then remember, citrus vodka can always go in lemonade, no matter what flavor it is. :-)”

    See there, she even graced everyone with a great BBQ joint recommendation!

  • Update: NC Ag Jam

    First, let me say how super exciting it was to get a personal update in my comments from a blogger by the name of Jeff (who I’m guessing may have something to do with the event) – thanks Jeff!!

    So here’s the skinny… I hope to see ALL of you at this great event. I will be there with bells on! (Please note that metaphor of “bells” really implies cowgirl boots.)

    Original Post: NC AG Jam

    Update: The Diet Pepsi Got to Be NC Ag Jam has been announced.

    Blake Shelton, Tracy Byrd, Eric Church, Jake Owen, Jamey Johnson, Heartland and Blackberry Smoke will perform.

    Gates will open at 11am with music starting at Noon.

    This is an all day event and tickets will start at $15 (Lawn) up to $25 (Gold Circle) for all day (on sale July 26).

    Local, North Carolina companies will sample and sell products. This is not your typical show, it will be a one of a kind event.

    The site, www.ncagjam.com, is up and running for more information.

    My tailgating buddy Craig found me at the bar last night to tell me about this… silly boy… he should’ve known I was WELL aware of this already! I am really stoked about getting to see Eric and Jake LIVE!!!

  • Local Legend Finally Officially Closes

    For anyone who follows my MySpace blog on truly random stuff… this shouldn’t be surprising.

    Longbranch Saloon shuts down in bankruptcy messWhile I rallied behind them in their first attempt to recover, the fact that they still employed the use of stiff cover charges, no acceptance of any kind of credit/debit cards, and maintained a staff with an attitude worse than any DMV office is still something I’ve yet to be able comprehend.

    I guarantee you I run up a much higher bar tab when I’ve opened a tab with a card than when I’m paying with cash.

    (Actually, while on the phone with a Nashville booking agent a few weeks ago, I mentioned to said agent that “the Longbranch still to this day doesn’t take any type of credit card” and he laughed hysterically louder than I’ve ever heard any grown man laugh in my life. Ouch.)

    PS – Bartenders that smile and say “you’re welcome” when guests thank them for their drink and leave a tip usually help, too. I’m just sayin’…

    PPS – Also via MySpace (and trust me, I cringe writing that… I truly do detest MySpace), the “artist formerly known as the Longbranch DJ” writes that the newest place in the Triangle for country music is… Sinners and Saints Saloon?

    While I think the name is quite nice, I don’t see it being on constant repeat in my calendar. For one, it’s in Clayton. I’m all for visiting my Johnston Co. folks for a hell-raisin’ good time… but not for a $10 membership fee with a $10 annual renewal.

    City Limits and Buckhead Saloon can go after the country music market all they want and have me along for the ride any day over that crap. (Ok, excuse my crabbiness as I will probably possess said membership if they book enough country acts so that the fee is off-set by a member-price savings at each event… but in all honesty… I’m very skeptical. We’ll have to see what happens.)

  • NC Ag Jam!

    Adrianne and I spent a good portion of the day at the NC Ag Fair (which, is going to get a follow-up post of its own here shortly detailing the exciting day we had there)… but I wanted to give all of you country music fans a MAJOR heads up:

    NC Ag JamThe website isn’t really functional yet (there’s nothing there but the logo), but the event is in September at TWC @ Walnut Creek… September 13th (if I remember correctly) and is going to have LOTS of up and coming country artists!!

    Can’t wait 🙂

  • Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

    My favorite “crazy ex-girlfriend” is Miranda Lambert! I am STILL crushed that I missed her concert at City Limits a few years back.

    So this afternoon, I’m sitting in my living room watching GAC’s “Origins” on Miranda and as all entertainers – she has lots of merchandise with her face and name on it. She was taking viewers on a tour of her store (an actual store!) in her hometown (Longview, Texas according to Wikipedia) that two of her friends from high school run and she profiled her WINE! Yes, WINE! Her mom went on to talk about how she met a man who owned a winery and wanted to get his name out by possibly giving her some. Miranda’s reaction was “Sure! I mean if you’re going to give me some free wine!”

    Want to know more about the winery?

    Cellared and Bottled by:
    LouViney Vineyards & Winery, LLC
    Winnsboro, Texas
    http://www.louviney.com/    So here’s her wine, her favorite being “County Road 233” and I thought “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” was just a great looking bottle and label:

    I’ll be sure to update if I get myself a bottle! (Which of course, I’ll purchase along side a “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” koozie!)

  • BBQ Festival? Yes Ma’am!

    I’d reallllllly love to be at the CMA Festival this year in Nashville, TN (after watching JMC‘s performance from last year over-and-over again on GAC) during the weekend of June 5-8, 2008 but if I’m not…

    Annual BBQ festival at fairgrounds
    RALEIGH – The state’s top ‘cue makers will be crowned at The N.C. Pork Council’s Carolina Championship Barbecue Cook-off on June 6 and 7.
    Twenty-five teams from across the state will gather at the State Fairgrounds and begin cooking the night of June 6 to prepare for judging at noon on June 7. The annual contest, sponsored by the N.C. Pork Council, will award the top teams in both culinary and showmanship divisions. Winning cooks will share more than $4,700 worth of cash prizes.

    For more information, log on to www.ncagfest.com.

    How awesome is it that as noted in the same article from above: The Inter-Faith Food Shuttle, a Raleigh-based organization that distributes food to the area’s poor and undernourished, and the Wake Tech Culinary Technology program will receive all proceeds made from the sale of competing teams’ barbecue.So I checked out http://www.ncagfest.com/ and there are lots of cool things taking place (oh hush, I’m a country girl at heart!): Celebrate North Carolina’s farm bounty at the first Got to be NC Festival blending the largest assembly of antique farm equipment in the state with a full carnival with games, rides and great food. Mix in the official N.C. Barbecue Cooking Championship sponsored by the N.C. Pork Council, the Got to be NC Agriculture Food Expo featuring tasty foods to sample and buy, antique tractor pulls, fireworks, great music, draft horse pulls, a petting zoo, pig races and fun for the whole family.

    Admission is free except for the tractor pulls, grandstand concerts, rides and games. Gates open Thursday and Friday, 3 p.m to midnight; Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to midnight.

    Schedule, maps, and more are available on the site, too!