Kid Rock

Brad Paisley cleans up at CMT Awards

source: USA Today

Kid Rock won Wide Open Country video for All Summer Long, which samples Lynyrd Skynyrd's Sweet Home Alabama and Warren Zevon's Werewolves of London . The video, set on a lake in northern Michigan, features bikini-clad dancers on a pontoon boat.

Published Tue, Jun 16

Best summer country

source: Louisville Courier-Journal

 KY All Summer Long," Kid Rock — The Kid's awesome summer mash-up of "Sweet Home Alabama" and "Werewolves of London" was a Top 10 country hit and ranks among the guiltiest of guilty pleasures. "Margaritaville," Jimmy Buffett — Buffett's mission statement, ...

Published Fri, May 29

Determining A Song's Real Radio Age

source: Edison Research

Lynyrd Skynyrd, "Sweet Home Alabama" - It's 35 years old (1974), but with airplay even at Active Rock gets nine years back, plus three for "Con Air," another three for the KFC commercials, and five for Kid Rock's "All Summer Long." But you've got to add in massive recent burn. Radio Age: 20.

Published Fri, Apr 10

Tour Tracker: Kid Rock and Lynyrd Skynyrd Team for Another Summer of “Rock and Rebels”

source: Rolling Stone

Besides teaming up on tour, Kid Rock is also indebted to often-misspelled Lynyrd Skynyrd for allowing him to interpolate their hit “Sweet Home Alabama” (along with Warren Zevon’s “Werewolves of London”) for his smash 2008 hit “All Summer Long.” During his performance at the Grammys thi...

Published Mon, Mar 16

Lil Wayne, Kid Rock and Country Music's Seemingly Eternal Color Line

source: Spin

4. Has there ever been a more pathetic tribute to a punk legend than Kid Rock's troll-like guitar player wearing a "Joe the Strummer" t-shirt while hacking through the riff from Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama"? 9. Percentage-wise in 2008, who used Auto-tune more -- Billboard Top 100...

Published Fri, Nov 14

Article : Kid Rock's Hot Summer; No iTunes Required

source: Rolling Stone

Kid Rock is ruling summer '08: His smash hit "All Summer Long" — which mashes up the super-familiar riffs of Lynyrd Skynryd's "Sweet Home Alabama" and Warren Zevon's "Werewolves of London" — has charted on rock, country, top 40 and adult-contemporary radio. Powered by the single, his alb...

Published Tue, Aug 5

Can't Touch This Werewolf: Kid Rock Brings Back The Sales-Free Chart Hit

source: Idolator

But I could also be talking about Kid Rock's "All Summer Long," a mashup of Warren Zevon's "Werewolves of London" and Lynyrd Skynrd's "Sweet Home Alabama" that debuts on the Hot 100 this week at No. 80 despite his lack of interest in releasing it digitally.

Published Fri, Jul 11

Kid Rock's "All Summer Long" Sounds Scarily Like A Hit

source: Idolator

America, please resist. It's going to be tough, but I need to ask you to say no to a song that mixes "Sweet Home Alabama," "Werewolves Of London" and "Night Moves" into a new "Summer Of '69." Please, avoid downloading this, leave this type of summer jam (God, I beg you, don't let this be one) to Un...

Published Thu, May 22