Today In Music News: Natalie Cole Fans Are Hardcore, Steve Martin Is Playing The Opry and Youtube Blocks Music Videos (In Germany)

Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, April 2, 2009...

• You thought that Phish and Widespread Panic had hardcore fans? Well, Natalie Cole's fans want to give her a kidney
• Comedian Steve Martin will make his debut at The Grand Ole Opry Yeppers, he's been a longtime banjo picker, and he recently released an album called The Crow: New Songs For The Five-String Banjo.
• Youtube has blocked everyone in Germany from watching music videos after failing to reach an agreement with the countries performance rights agency GEMA But they can still see the kid after the dentist and the Star Wars kid, so, uh, fair trade?