Moral of the story, ladies… always keep a jersey on-hand in case of an emergency. Last weekend, Ella Langley almost had a major wardrobe malfunction while opening for Morgan Wallen at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland, and she shared later on her Instagram stories that her dress “came unzipped” on her second song, but she came up with a quick solution, throwing a Ravens jersey on over her outfit that they had gifted her when she got there. And it sounds like she’s not the only country starlet whose done that before. Megan Moroney sat down for a lengthy feature with Cosmopolitan Magazine this week, where she discussed her ascent to stardom, her Cloud 9 Tour, life on the road, and of course, her dating life, and Megan was asked about writing very personal songs like “Who Hurt You?”, and more. She also did some social content for them, revealing that she once had a similar situation to Ella happen to her while performing on stage during the Bourbon & Beyond festival in Kentucky, when her dress popped in the back just three songs in. Megan says she felt it happen, and all of a sudden, there was a breeze… and she had nothing on under it: “So I was playing a festival in Kentucky, and song number three, dress pops open in the back. I feel it. There’s a breeze. I’ve got nothing on under that dress.” Luckily, she remembered her agent was wearing an Am I Okay? jersey, so instead of running off stage to do her usual guitar change, she ran off stage and told her agent she needed a jersey, and it worked like a charm: “There was one part in the stage where I walked off sage to do a guitar change, while I’m playing, I’m thinking, okay, I know my agent had on a jersey. So I’m gonna run off stage, and instead of doing the guitar change, I’m gonna say, ‘Take your shirt off.’ So I put the jersey on over the dress for the remainder of the show, but that was alarming, because I thought I was gonna flash everyone.” Thankfully, I’ve never had something like this happen, but I guess I better start double checking my zippers because it sounds like there’s something in the water: @cosmopolitan Whew, that was a close one if it weren’t for @Megan Moroney’s agent. #MeganMoroney ♬ original sound – Cosmopolitan Cloud 9 Tour Dates: JULY 24 | Monticello, IA – Great Jones County Fair 25 | Minneapolis, MN – Target Center 26 | Lincoln, NE – Pinnacle Bank Arena 28 | Denver, CO – Ball Arena AUGUST 1 | Portland, OR – Moda Center 2 | Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena 5 | Sacramento, CA – Golden 1 Center 7 | Los Angeles, CA – Crypto.com Arena 8 | Los Angeles, CA – Crypto.com Arena – NEW 11 | Glendale, AZ – Desert Diamond Arena 14 | Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center 15 | Tulsa, OK – BOK Center 16 | Kansas City, MO – T-Mobile Center 18 | Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena 21 | Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena 22 | Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena – NEW SEPTEMBER 13 | Oslo, NO – Sentrum Scene 15 | Stockholm, SE – Annexet 18 | Cologne, DE – Carlswerk Victoria 19 | Tilburg, NL – 013 Poppodium 21 | Paris, FR – Le Trianon 23 | London, UK – Eventim Apollo 26 | Manchester, UK – O2 Apollo 27 | Glasgow, UK – O2 Academy 28 | Glasgow, UK – O2 Academy – NEW OCTOBER 1 | Belfast, UK – SSE ArenaThe post “Nothing On Under That Dress” – Megan Moroney Recalls Her Own On-Stage Wardrobe Malfunction Following Ella Langley’s Recent Viral Moment first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

It’s a classic. Shania Twain released her new album Little Miss Twain today, and of course, she’s been doing tons of press in the lead-up to the big drop. And during a sit down with Allure, she revealed some really interesting new details about the filming process of her hit video “Any Man of Mine” and everything behind the scenes. Shania wrote the song with her now ex-husband Robert John “Mutt” Lange, who also produced it, and it was included as the second single from 1995 second studio album, The Woman in Me. It became her first number one hit at country radio, and also a minor crossover hit, peaking within the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. And a song like that needed a music video to match, and she delivered. The filmed it in Santa Ynez, California, and it was directed by John Derek and Charley Randazzo. Of course, the looks from the video are iconic, as she shows off her famed midriff in a denim look, at some points chaps too (which were leant to her by model Bo Derek), and there’s also a cute brown dress that makes an appearance too. Shania revealed that she bought the dress at a department store, and she was “braless” in it because she was going through a phase after being “strapped in and strapped down” for so many years: “The brown spaghetti strap dress was bought a department store, and I went braless in that. I was just going through this whole braless stage, because I was so tired of being strapped in and strapped down. I was very sporty as a kid, and I was always one of these double bra girls so that I wouldn’t bounce around.” Bet you didn’t know that… She went on to say that it was really the horses that made the video so special for her, like living out a “fairytale,” and they even trained the horse the actually pass her a towel in the bathtub, which was completely real. In addition, Shania revealed that she had cut her own hair for the video, which she was doing herself at the time, and I have to say, that might be the most impressive thing about the whole video because her hair is legendary in and of itself: “‘Any Man of Mine,’ 1995, directed by John Derek and Charley Randazzo. This video really makes me chuckle. I love to ride horses, and I was in heaven just being around horses that whole day, riding out, playing cowgirl. This video is all my own wardrobe, the T-shirt I snipped it up the front and tied it again, to just a little looser, fun look with the belly button. And Bo Derek lent me her chops, that added a nice touch. My haircut at all times is always something that I need to have fun with and be playful with, I like it to move. at this time in my career, I was still my own hair cutter. I cut my own hair. Fun thing about this video that I indulged in was the horses, and given a towel in the bathtub by a horse through the window was so magical. His name was Slick, and she was a gelding paint, and the trainer did this horse to hand you items. And this horse genuinely did hand me the towel. He completely understood the cue, and on cue. I would say very fairytale experience for me. I was living a liberation that I’d never lived before, and coming into my own. This was a good video that was a turning point for me in that sense of really coming into my own.” Shania has always been a horse lover, and she now takes them on tour with her, and it’s hard to overstate just how big this song and video were for her career. She took off rom there, becoming the country icon we know and love today, and it all went to the next level with “Any Man of Mine”: @allure The “Any Man Of Mine” music video was not only a turning point for #ShaniaTwain, ♬ original sound – Allure It’s so iconic… the hair, the outfits, the song, it’s’ east to see how that became her first huge hit, and it was all so authentic and true to who she is, which is the best part about it: The post “I Was So Tired Of Being Strapped In” — Shania Twain Says She Was Going Through A “Braless Stage” While Filming Iconic “Any Man of Mine” Music Video first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

Enjoying the single life… at least while she’s on tour. Megan Moroney sat down for a lengthy feature with Cosmopolitan Magazine, where she discussed her ascent to stardom, her Cloud 9 Tour, life on the road, and of course, her dating life, spilling about how she writes very personal songs, like “Who Hurt You?”. View this post on Instagram And she talked about how this is one of her first tours where she hasn’t been dating anyone, and it’s been completely distraction-free, and that has obviously made it a lot easier for her to completely enjoy it without having to worry about anyone else. She admitted that she’s had a lot of “big moments and fun times” ruined by guys she’s been with (her song “Hell of a Show” is about exactly that), and so it’s been a completely different experience this time around… and she’s also doing her first arena tour, playing much bigger venues as well: “It’s really nice that this is one of the first tours I’ve been on where I’m not dating anyone, so I literally have no distractions. And that sounds really silly, but there have been a lot of big moments and fun times that have been ruined by a guy for me. It’s nice to just have a clear head. I’m learning what I like and what I don’t like and what my goals are. It’s been cool to be so disciplined with my routines, to see what I’m capable of when everything is going like it’s supposed to.” But she admits that she loves having “a crush” and the excitement of getting into a new relationship, so she will probably be “on the prowl again” after her tour comes to an end in October. But for now, Megan explains that it’s been “so nice” to have her friends and family out with her and focusing on that, rather than being heartbroken by some guy: “There is something about having a crush that’s exciting, and when my tour wraps up in October, when I’m back from Europe, I’ll maybe be on the prowl again. Yeah, it’ll be fall. It’ll be cuffing season, but right now, it’s been so nice to have my friends and family out [with me] and that not be an aspect of my life that is any sort of problem for me. I wrote ‘Hell of a Show’ about being onstage and having my biggest headlining tour yet and it being ruined. I’m crying right before I go onstage. Life is peaceful. I got a dog in February. That’s what I needed all along—no man, a dog.” She’s having a huge moment in her career, something she’s been working towards for years that is a total dream come true, and she should be doing nothing but enjoying it. She definitely picked the most “peaceful strategy in terms of being single right now, but Megan was spotted partying with USMNT soccer star Christian Pulisic this week in Nashville, and while I’m sure they were probably just having fun as friends, she’ll likely have plenty of suiters when she’s ready to get back to dating again. Cloud 9 Tour Dates: JULY 24 | Monticello, IA – Great Jones County Fair 25 | Minneapolis, MN – Target Center 26 | Lincoln, NE – Pinnacle Bank Arena 28 | Denver, CO – Ball Arena AUGUST 1 | Portland, OR – Moda Center 2 | Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena 5 | Sacramento, CA – Golden 1 Center 7 | Los Angeles, CA – Crypto.com Arena 8 | Los Angeles, CA – Crypto.com Arena – NEW 11 | Glendale, AZ – Desert Diamond Arena 14 | Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center 15 | Tulsa, OK – BOK Center 16 | Kansas City, MO – T-Mobile Center 18 | Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena 21 | Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena 22 | Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena – NEW SEPTEMBER 13 | Oslo, NO – Sentrum Scene 15 | Stockholm, SE – Annexet 18 | Cologne, DE – Carlswerk Victoria 19 | Tilburg, NL – 013 Poppodium 21 | Paris, FR – Le Trianon 23 | London, UK – Eventim Apollo 26 | Manchester, UK – O2 Apollo 27 | Glasgow, UK – O2 Academy 28 | Glasgow, UK – O2 Academy – NEW OCTOBER 1 | Belfast, UK – SSE ArenaThe post Megan Moroney Is Staying Single, But Says She Might Be “On The Prowl Again” Once Her ‘Cloud 9 Tour’ Wraps Up first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

Ben Chapman would rather his son go into a trade than follow in his footsteps and try out the whole music thing. The “Don’t You Dare” singer sat down with us on the Whiskey Riff Raff podcast and discussed his favorite places in Nashville, how it’s been to watch Music City change in his lifetime, and how he and his wife – fellow artist Meg McCree – juggle music and raising their little one. Chapman also touched on the music that helped shape who he is, having Channing Wilson as a mentor, and his latest album, Feet On Fire, being called “funky tonk.” Ben also talked about how he approaches songwriting, trying to have songs that jam but avoiding being a “jam band,” and his concern that no cool music will be made in 20 years. Chapman went on to say a lot of modern artists are making “phone in” records, called out a lot of young artists that don’t know the history of country music, and entertained the thought of country stars from the 60s and 70s living in the modern, social media age of music. As you can tell, there’s a lot on Chapman’s mind at this stage of his life, and part of that is thanks to him and his wife welcoming a baby boy into the world. Meg and Ben named their kiddo George Chapman, and he’s very much aware that their son has an official sounding name: “We gave him the name, if he screws it up, it’s on him. George Henry Chapman sounds like a president. At least a congressman. But God help anybody that wants to be in politics.” George Henry Chapman sure does have a nice ring to it. Ben went on to say that he’d be perfectly fine if his son, who was born last September, would go into some sort of trade. Though he and his wife love their lives as artists, he knows how much work goes into being a creative, and how invaluable skilled labor is becoming: “I keep saying I hope he’s a plumber, because it’s the one thing A.I. can’t take away. Obviously he’s probably gonna play music because everybody comes into the house, picks up a guitar and immediately starts playing. He’s second nature to like, ‘Oh, everybody plays guitar.’ I’m sure he’ll be a musician, but if he’s not, I hope he’s a tradesman.” @whiskeyriff @Ben Chapman #whiskeyriff #whiskeyriffraff ♬ original sound – Whiskey Riff Yeah… Ben Chapman wasn’t kidding about his pro-plumber stance. The artist said being a creative is both a blessing and a curse, and he and his wife know that it’s not the most lucrative endeavor, at least when you compare it to the stability and high-pay of trade jobs: “My mom was an educator for 40 years. Just seeing the school systems and the college world, it’s so crazy how everyone is getting out of college with a great degree but they can’t get a job. The kid who went two years and is wiring up a house makes more money than a f***ing doctor. As much as you want to work, you can work. My dad’s a big tradesman. He didn’t even graduate high school, so he does everything with his hands. Seeing him, it’s like, ‘Damn you are doing better than some doctors.’ As much work as you want, it’s there.” All that to say, I’m sure whatever job George Henry Chapman ends up in when he grows up, he’ll be great at it with the  parents that he has leading the way. You can hear about all of that and more from Ben Chapman by checking out the interview on YouTube or making sure to download the podcast on Apple Podcasts by searching “Whiskey Riff Raff.” We’re also available on Spotify and wherever else you can listen to podcasts. Cheers, y’all. Audio Video The post Ben Chapman Says He Hopes His Son Pursues A Trade Job If He’s Not A Musician: “One Thing A.I. Can’t Take Away” first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

Straight up mountain music. Today, Old Crow Medicine Show released a live performance video of “My Side Of The Mountain,” which features bluegrass legend Del McCoury and Molly Tuttle. Interestingly, bandleader Ketch Secor wrote the song with Tuttle as well as country superstar Luke Combs, and the studio version of the song appears on the band album Union Made, which was released in June. It’s really cool to see Combs working with Old Crow Medicine Show in particular, as Combs is a longtime fan of theirs and was inspired by them very early on in his career. Bandleader Ketch Secor says it was “a joy” to write with Luke and Molly, and the addition of Dell and his son Ronnie on the song was the cherry on top of it all, so to speak: “Writing ‘My Side of the Mountain’ with Molly and Luke Combs was a joy from the start. What I never saw coming was getting to sing it with Del and Ronnie McCoury. Del has been one of Old Crow’s musical North Stars since the very beginning, and sharing that stage with him at the American Legion is something I’ll never forget.” He previously shared that they were inspired by their love of Watauga county, which is where OCMS famously got discovered in 2000 while the band was living in a cabin near Boone and busking on King Street, as legendary flatpicker Doc Watson found them and helped launch their career. Of course, Watauga county is home to Boone, where Luke Combs attended Appalachian State University and also got his start as a country artist. View this post on Instagram The lyrics describe an old school way of life with a fresh and modern take, as they relish in the mountain life and the simple pleasures that come along with living the simple life in the hollers and hills of a magical place like Watauga county: “It’s a way of life, it’s a way of thinking It’s running around these hills and hollers drinking It’s a patch of land, to make my stand That’s the way of life on my side of the mountain It’s a crooked old pine, it’s a red sun sinking It’s a kudzu vine on a gravestone slowly creeping It’s the family name, the blood in my veins That’s the way of life on my side of the mountain There’s a buckshot sign at the county line Out past Watauga road Where we’re way too proud we don’t back down ‘Cause we’re better off alone All we got is all we need and we sure can survive Well if that kind of living’s wrong Then just read me my rights That’s the way of life on my side of the mountain” As someone who also lived there, I can vouch for the song and tell you they simply spoke the truth. I’m surprised this is the first time Old Crow Medicine Show and Combs have written a song together (they shared the stage once back in 2019), because they have such a shared love for this kind of music and got started in the same place… I would absolutely LOVE to hear Luke on this one eventually. You can hear his influence, and I think that his voice would just take it over the top. Union Made as a whole was intended as a “love letter to the America that was, the America that is, and the America that could be,” reflecting on the “people, places, and stories of a country on its 250th birthday.” The album was recorded in the band’s own East Nashville studio, and the tracklist features nearly a dozen guests including Maggie Rose, Molly Tuttle, Evan Felker, Ronnie McCoury, Jesse Welles, Lee Oskar, John Carter Cash and Ana Cristina Cash. But of course, “My Side Of The Mountain” is easily me favorite, and you can check out the live performance from the American Legion here: “My Side Of The Mountain” The studio cut: The post Old Crow Medicine Show, Del McCoury & Molly Tuttle Release Live Performance Video Of Song Written With Luke Combs, “My Side Of The Mountain” first appeared on Whiskey Riff.