REMOTE PATROL (Items on Carrie Underwood, Sheila E., John Rich, Taylor Swift, LeAnn Rimes, Jewel, Clint Black, Hank Locklin)

In case you weren't one of the eighty-zillion "American Idol" viewers who noticed it Wednesday night, Carrie Underwood is singing this year's sing-off for eliminated contestants...and it's that Grand Ole Opry staple, Mötley Crüe’s “Home Sweet Home.”
In other news, GGcolumn has finally used an umlaut!

Is "Gone Country 3" gone already?
Yeppers! And John Rich selected Sheila E. as the winner. Here's her single and video, Rich-ly produced for radio ('like the song/ 'love the leather pants!)...

Elsewhere on the Remote Patrol, Rascal Flatts drops in on Ellen Thursday...Trace Adkins joins Jimmy Fallon Friday night...Leno will feature Randy Travis on Friday.

21 million folks were glued to Taylor Swift's guest appearance on "CSI" Friday night, giving the autopsy-rama its best numbers since (long-time) lead William Peterson split in January.
If you weren't among those eyeballs catching Taylor on The Eyeball Network or if you just wanna see the episode again, catch it here.
In the meantime, "judging by the enthusiasm she brought to the role, this probably won't be the last time Swift fans get a chance to see her act," sez MTV.

LeAnn Rimes is one busy woman, 'has nothing to do with music, though; she's got her Lifetime movie premiering March 21 and now she's lined up a gig-within-a-gig on a new CBS "Punk'd-esque" show landing on April Fool's Day (Jessica Simpson is on board, too).

Jewel seems to be a good sport about being bumped from "Dancing with the Stars" with an injury...but is she really(?) (thanks to tvtattle for uncovering this gem from Jewel:



Elsewhere in country stars on reality shows news, "The Celebrity Apprentice," with Clint Black aboard, is already leaking (its few) viewers in week two...Meanwhile, Clint's truly wearing a black hat on Trump's show.

R.I.P.: When I think I Hank Locklin, my mind immediately starts humming his hit, "Please Help Me, I'm Falling."
But there was so much more to The Grand Ole Opry member, who passed away Sunday at home in Alabama at the age of 91.
You might not know the name Jimmy Boyd, but you know the song, "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus." He sang it, in 1952, at the age of 13...and died Saturday at the age of 70.