Dungan tease

METAMODERN MOGULS IN COUNTRY MUSIC, PART 1: (Apologies to Sturgill Simpson for butchering his album title.) When it comes to hits and marketshare in Area Code 615, the king of the hill is Mike Dungan. The UMG Nashville sheriff comes out firing in an extensive interview with HITS’ Music City correspondent Holly Gleason in our lead story, which can also be found in physical form in the new Spotlight on Nashville issue, on your desk now, as the promo weasels like to say. Dungan comes off in the Q&A like a dude you wouldn’t mind knockin’ back brewskis and shootin’ the shit with in a friendly neighborhood tavern. But if you ever get the opportunity, let Mike pick up the tab—he can afford it. (7/7a)