MUSIC CITY TWO-NIGHT (Items on Crook & Chase, Randy Travis, The Eagles, James Otto)

Lorianne Crook and Charlie Chase are celebrating a quarter century of being linked by an ampersand, umpteen TV shows, a long-running radio countdown and more projects festooned around Nashville and country music. The Tennessean has an interview with Crook & Chase as they relect.

They Told Us So: From bad boy Randy Traywick to super stardom, a super take on the Randy Travis story from, of all places, Investor's Business Daily...Meanwhile, Randy has a Christmas DVD out soon.

Glue Factoid: Paste reports that country album sales are down...and it's The Eagles' fault.

Stardust: Standards songbird Linda Eder has released a country album.

Just Got Started Getting Started: James Otto from the "Saturday Early Show" on CBS...