Howard Gets A Mention In Billboard And Washington Post
Country singer's debut gets boost from Howard Stern
By Ken TuckerReuters, Saturday, October 21, 2006; 10:01 PM, NEW YORK (Billboard) -
The number of country artists who have appeared on Howard Stern's radio show is small. Willie Nelson has, and so have the Dixie Chicks. Add rising country star Trent Tomlinson to that short but impressive list.
A native of Kennett, Mo. -- also the hometown of Sheryl Crow -- Tomlinson scored with his first single, "Drunker Than Me," a based-in-fact, humorous ode to a woman who drank more than he did on a date.
While the song peaked at No. 19 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart, it received enough airplay to be heard by Andrea Ownbey, a former stripper who holds the dubious distinction of being known as "Miss Howard Stern." Stern and his crew became aware of Tomlinson's single when Ownbey sang it at a karaoke contest.
When Tomlinson heard about Ownbey's performance, he offered to travel to New York to sing a duet with her on Stern's show.
The Sirius Satellite Radio appearance was a success. Tomlinson says Stern was "a class act. We really hit if off," he says. "It was like we were two peas in a pod."
After the July appearance, sales of his Lyric Street debut, "Country Is My Rock," shot up more than 50 percent. Coupled with the airplay of his current single, "One Wing in the Fire" -- which he wrote about his father -- sales have remained steady ever since. The single is No. 26 on the Hot Country Songs chart....read more:
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