Uncle Kracker

By Brian McCollum / Detroit Free Press Thursday, November 5, 2009 - Added 2m ago And finally Uncle Kracker had the revelation: He needed to remember how to have fun again. It took half a decade to get to "Happy Hour," the Detroit pop...

In this article: Kid Rock, Billboard, All Summer Long, Drift Away, Dobie Gray, Seventy Two and Sunny, Double Wide, and Hollywood

...decided that it was time to release his first solo album, ''Double Wide '', adopting the stage name Uncle Kracker. On August 17, 2007 Matthew Shafer was arrested in Cary, North Carolina on a felony charge of second-degree forcible sex...

In this article: Kid Rock, Double Wide, No Stranger to Shame, Michael Bradford, Follow Me, Kenny Chesney, Drift Away, When the Sun Goes Down, and Atlantic Records

...the heady success it enjoyed in 2001 with "Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)," is teaming with Mt. Clemens' own Uncle Kracker on its fall tour. Kracker's new album, "Happy Hour," his first since 2004, arrived in September. 7 p.m., Royal Oak Music...

In this article: Rock, Detroit, Surgery, Rob Thomas, Valve replacement, Minnie Mouse, Allergy, Noah and the Whale, and The I Heart Revolution: We're All in This Together

...Selig are guests on "Late Show With David Letterman" (CBS at 11:35), and Sting performs. Actor Chris O'Donnell stops by "The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien" (NBC at 11:35), along with downhill skier Lindsey Vonn and singer Uncle Kracker.

In this article: Hugh Laurie, Monsters vs. Aliens, TV Dinner, Potato, The Jay Leno Show, Halloween, and DirecTV

...singer/songwriter's self-titled debut, which Richard worked on with producer/engineer Michael Bradford (Kid Rock, Uncle Kracker, Travis Tritt) and Grammy Award winning composer Jeff Silbar (Alabama, Janie Fricke, Bette Midler), not...

In this article: Stomp, National Wrestling Alliance, Cross Country, ZZ Top, Country Music Award, Line dance, Michael Bradford, and Oral Roberts University

...it a 5. And once you add in Kenny's relaxing, but not as good live voice, Mac McAnally's unimpressing but good voice, and Uncle Kracker's and Dave Matthews rough but smooth voices, you get an overall 7. // 7 Impression: This album...

In this article: Kenny Chesney, Mac McAnally, Dave Matthews, Young, Keith Urban, Katy Perry, and Garth Brooks

Country Rocker Returns with a "Smile" on His New Album, "Happy Hour" Country-rocker Uncle Kracker is in the Second Cup Cafe this week. His new album hit shelves, with the first single "Smile" moving up quickly. He performs "Smile" in the...

In this article: Billboard, Follow Me, Kid Rock, Platinum, All Summer Long, Itunes, When the Sun Goes Down, Hard Rock Cafe, and Kenny Chesney

Adam Graham / Detroit News Pop Music Writer Finally, it's happy hour for Uncle Kracker. After several years of delays, "Happy Hour" -- Kracker's fourth album, and his first since 2004's "Seventy Two & Sunny" -- hit stores on Tuesday. The...

In this article: Rob Cavallo, Kid Rock, American Idiot, Breast implant, Here I Go Again, and Rock N Roll Jesus

Release Date: Sep 15, 2009; Lead Performance: Uncle Kracker; Genre: Rock Despite the title of Happy Hour, his first album since 2004, all's not been happy lately for Kid Rock's ex-DJ: In 2007, he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor assault...

In this article: Kid Rock, Misdemeanor, and North Carolina

...had obtained a warrant charging Kracker with a second-degree forcible sex offense, Sughrue said. Kracker, whose real name is Matthew Shafer, was released early Friday afternoon after a district court judge reduced his bond from $5...

In this article: Follow Me, Drift Away, Kid Rock, Dobie Gray, Kenny Chesney, and When the Sun Goes Down