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‘Jesus, Take the Wheel’ songwriter dies in plane crash in North Carolina
Getty Images Brett James in 2014 Grammy-winning songwriter Brett James, best known for co-writing the 2005 hit song Jesus Take the Wheel, has died in a plane crash in North Carolina. James, 57, was one of the three people aboard a single-engine Cirrus SR22T when it went down “under unknown circumstances in a wooded area”. All three passengers were killed …
Read More »“Jesus Take The Wheel” Songwriter Was 57
Brett James, the Grammy-winning Nashville singer-songwriter who wrote the Carrie Underwood chart-topper “Jesus, Take the Wheel” and many other hits, died Thursday in a North Carolina plane crash. He was 57. His death was announced by the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, where James was a 2020 inductee. According to local news reports, James was one of three people onboard …
Read More »Brett James, Grammy-winning ‘Jesus, Take the Wheel’ songwriter, dies in North Carolina plane crash
Facebook Tweet Email Link Grammy-winning songwriter Brett James, known for penning hits including Carrie Underwood’s “Jesus, Take the Wheel,” died in a plane crash on Thursday, according to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. He was 57. A plane registered under James’ legal name, Brett Cornelius, crashed into a field in Franklin, North Carolina, about 270 miles southeast of Nashville, …
Read More »Brett James, songwriter of ‘Jesus, Take The Wheel,’ confirmed dead in plane crash
Brett James, the Grammy-winning writer of “Jesus, Take the Wheel” and scores of other hit country and pop songs, has died in a plane crash, authorities confirmed Friday morning. The North Carolina State Highway Patrol told NBC News that it was called to a crash near the town of Franklin, Macon County, at 3 p.m. Thursday. It confirmed three people …
Read More »Logitech’s New Steering Wheel Is For Serious Sim Racers. We Got a Hands-On Look
The Logitech G29 and G923 are classic racing wheels. For years now, they’ve been the default choice for those looking to get into sim racing on a budget. Logitech introduced the Pro racing wheel and pedals in 2022, aiming at the higher end of the market. Finally, though, the company has something in the middle: The new RS50, an affordable …
Read More »Mayor Adams, DOT Announce Approval of First Application to Test Autonomous Vehicles in New York City With Trained Safety Specialist Behind Steering Wheel
NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez today announced that DOT has granted Waymo its first-ever permit to begin testing a limited number of autonomous vehicles (AV) in parts of Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn under the nation’s strictest AV safety rules, including a requirement to have a …
Read More »AMD CEO won’t offer $100 million salaries to poach talent like Mark Zuckerberg. She says it’s more important staff don’t feel like ‘a cog in the wheel’
“I think competition for talent is fierce. I am a believer, though, that money is important, but frankly, it’s not necessarily the most important thing when you’re attracting talent,” Lisa Su, CEO of $284 billion semiconductor giant AMD, recently told Wired. “I think it’s important to be in the zip code [of those numbers], but then it’s super important to …
Read More »Here’s What All Those Buttons On An F1 Steering Wheel Do
MOZCO Mateusz Szymanski/Shutterstock Modern Formula 1 steering wheels are more complicated than the U.S. tax code. Operating all the buttons and switches while navigating a race course is like conducting an orchestra, except that conductors don’t fear hitting a wall at 200 mph if they fail to bring in the bassoons on time. …
Read More »Wheel World Loves Bikes And The People Who Love Them
Wheel World is out today, a ride-your-bike-around game by Nidhogg developer Messhof. Its demo back in February covered most of the mechanics I’ve seen so far in the full game, though it did not make clear that there would be cars. I will forgive it for this, because it is mostly bikes and those bikes are very cool and fun …
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