Is He Country Musics New Leading Man?
Excerpt from www.billboard.com – Katy Kroll (Feb. 8, 2006) He’s best known for playing such television characters as the quirky Chris in the Morning on “Northern Exposure” and Aidan on “Sex & the City,” as well as the fish-out-of-water groom in “My Big Fat Greek Wedding.” But John Corbett has saddled up a more challenging role: rising country music star. Corbett’s upcoming self-titled album will be released April 4 on his own Fun Bone Records, which is distributed by Navarre. Last week, the album’s lead single, “Good to Go,” entered Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart at No. 48. It now holds the record for the highest debut by a new artist on an independently distributed label during the Nielsen BDS era (1991-to-present). It’s a feat Corbett has been envisioning for years. “It’s not a new thing,” he says. “It’s not like I learned to play the guitar last year and just started writing songs and thought, ‘Oh, I’m gonna make a record now.'” Indeed, Corbett has been steeped in music since a
