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Mark Wills - “Days of Thunder”
This is a boring, diluted remake of “Nineteen Somethin’.” It’s also a cut from the album Wills recorded for Clint Black’s Equity Music Group, and there’s some history here: Spend My Time, Black’s first release for his independent label, was the safest, most watered-down work of his career. Hopefully this song isn’t representative […]
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Merle Haggard Going Bluegrass And Alan Jackson Teams Up With Brooks & Dunn
Can you think of a bigger badass than Kris Kristofferson? Yea, me neither. He’s had an accomplished career as a songwriter, singer, and actor. He is a Rhodes scholar and could have had a promising career in the military had he not turned it down for doing something he’s passionate about. Star-Telegram.com has an article […]
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Toby Keith’s New Single And Trace Adkins To Sing King Of The Road
Toby Keith will release a new single, “High Maintenance Woman”, on February 12. His 2007 “Hookin’ Up And Hangin’ Out” tour kicks off tomorrow in Albany, New York, with Miranda Lambert and Flynnville Train as opening acts.
I remember when Brody first bought Roger Miller’s album, The Best Of Roger Miller: Greatest Hits, and we would […]Continue reading "Toby Keith’s New Single And Trace Adkins To Sing King Of The Road"
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Josh Gracin Subs For Lonestar, Toby Keith’s 2007 Tour Dates, & Mark Wills Has Dinner With The President
Lonestar’s lead singer Richie McDonald couldn’t make his show in Corpus Christi on Wednesday due to suffering complications in a recent back surgery. Josh Gracin stepped up and took Richie’s place on lead vocals for a crowd of an estimated 3,500.
“We had a couple of shows coming up and Josh was on the bill with […] -
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Darryl Worley, Mark Wills, and Keni Thomas will be returning to the Persian Gulf in mid December for the USO’s Hope and Freedom Tour 2006. Al Fraken, members of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, and Sgt. Maj. of the Army Kenneth Preston will also join the tour.
GAC will soon begin construction of their new 7,200 […]
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- Paula: We stay there all the time Kelly and have always had a pleasant stay....
- Kelly: that pub crawl is the only thing that would make me ever want to stay at that sm...
- Stormy: Dylan: Because it implies that black people want a white leader. And of course...
- Paula: Dang! The pub crawl is the week before I go to Nashville. I'll be there the wh...
- leeann: I *did* mention the Lauderdale song in my review. I really liked it. He sounds...
- Thomas: "whereas rap was the word of truth, today country is where you go for honesty".....
- Razor X: The Jim Lauderdale track is excellent. Another one that I liked better than I t...
- Dylan Gramm: Why does that statement make Keith a racist?...
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