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Trace Adkins Acknowledges Reality Show Appeal of Living With Six Women
Despite Trace Adkins‘ stellar performance on Celebrity Apprentice, he’s not so sure he’d be up to having a reality show based on his personal life, although he does concede that living with six women would be the perfect premise for a show.
From Gary Allan’s website: With great sadness, we acknowledge the passing of Gary’s father, [...]Continue reading "Trace Adkins Acknowledges Reality Show Appeal of Living With Six Women"
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Rascal Flatts’ Joe Don Rooney & Tiffany Fallon Have a Son
Tiffany Fallon, wife of Rascal Flatts guitarist Joe Don Rooney, gave birth to Jagger Donovan Rooney on Saturday.
A humbled Chris Cagle released a statement addressing his recent arrest:
I do want it to be known, however, that this argument was not elevated nor induced because of my being intoxicated. I’ve worked too hard and come this [...]Continue reading "Rascal Flatts’ Joe Don Rooney & Tiffany Fallon Have a Son"
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Hacienda Brothers’ Chris Gaffney Succumbed to Liver Cancer
One of the roundups at the beginning of the month included the news that founding member and lead singer of the Hacienda Brothers Chris Gaffney was diagnosed with liver cancer. His insurance wasn’t going to cover all of the costs, so a benefit and a website were set up to help collect donation. In a [...]
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Americana Airplay Published Year-End Top 100
Check out 2007’s Top 100 Albums according the Americana Airplay chart. Lucinda Williams, Ryan Adams, Kelly Willis, Son Volt, and Patty Griffin top the list.
Jimmie Dale Gilmore generally prefers to interpret other songwriters’ songs, but is currently working on a CD of new, original songs for release in 2008. He reveals that The Flatlanders will [...]Continue reading "Americana Airplay Published Year-End Top 100"
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Big Kenny Doing What He Can In Sudan
Tanya Tucker, who just moved from Nashville to Malibu in July, may lose her home, wardrobe, and memorabilia to wildfires that have destroyed some 200,000 acres in the area. Tucker was in Las Vegas when her daughter and four pets had to evacuate the home.
Carrie Underwood reveals that she doesn’t ever want to be pigeon-holed [...] -
“Singer Nelson Begins Prison Term…”
Our readers seem to be just as excited as I am about Ashton Shepherd. Chet Flippo shares that enthuiasm and tells a pretty cool story:
She was “discovered” a few weeks ago at an Alabama fair at a Lorrie Morgan concert.
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Brad Paisley Celebrates First Father’s Day As A Father
Hope everyone had a good weekend and a special Father’s Day. I had plans to make it a Walker family double header with Django on Friday and Jerry Jeff on Saturday, but plans fell through, and Sunday I visited my dad. Overall, it was a very relaxing weekend. Now we’re back today with what seems [...]
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Katrina Elam Uses MySpace Blog To Vent Record Label Frustrations
Jenna and her car full of friends left Austin this morning for the CMA Music Festival in Nashville, we wish her a safe trip and a joyous time. She’s usually pretty camera happy, so hopefully she brings back a lot of good pictures that we can post on the site.
Jason Alexander will be doubling [...]Continue reading "Katrina Elam Uses MySpace Blog To Vent Record Label Frustrations"
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