December 4, 2006

Tift Merritt Leaves Lost Highway

Posted by Larry Karnowski at December 4, 2006 8:00 AM

Get the scoop at David Menconi's blog. (Beware the crappy flash pop-up ads. Dang, News and Observer, get with the program! Those are old-school crappy!)

"We are in talks regarding a new home and we are really excited about our next step," said Merritt in Menconi's article. Sounds like polite biz-speak for "they let me go and I'm looking for something else as soon as possible."

Hang in there, Tift, and please go back to singing country. Thanks! (Seriously, I hope she gets picked up somewhere good. Sugar Hill, maybe?)

Comments

Lost Highway is rapidly losing my respect. First the drop Kim Richey. Now Tift.

Posted by: Carlton at December 4, 2006 11:38 AM

Bummer, Tift. Good luck out there, all that talent deserves a good home!!

And yes, return to the fold, little one, and embrace "le Twang"...

Posted by: Jim Pipkin at December 4, 2006 12:55 PM

Guess Grammy nominations aren't worth much to labels...

Posted by: Shane O'Donnell at December 4, 2006 4:45 PM

Now if she can just lose Ethan Johns..........

Posted by: Hal at December 5, 2006 3:16 PM

Yeah, what's up, Lost Highway? They drop good artists, they can't spell (a Lucinda Williams promo on the front page of their site for MONTHS said she wrote a "forward" to someone's book), and for a while this year they were giving their artists myspace pages as "official" Web sites.

You'd think it was run by two stoned dudes out their basement, not a big-ass corporation.

Posted by: stacy at December 7, 2006 2:58 AM

Maybe its two stoned dudes running a big-ass corporation.

Posted by: Jim Pipkin at December 7, 2006 10:19 AM

I met Tift recently and I found her to be one of the most down to earth people I've ever met. Couple that with her great talent, and she is going to be just fine!

Posted by: jeff at December 7, 2006 2:59 PM