Shelly's Country Music Blog

George Strait isn't one to make a ton of videos, so when he does make one, they're always good. This one mixes live performance with snapshots of his past. Watch "Troubadour" by clicking on the link below. A new page will load with the video player, and you can choose to view the video in either WindowsMedia, Quicktime, or Flash format.

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Country music has suffered another great loss with the death of country music legend Jerry Reed. Read AboutCountry's Scott Sexton's tribute to this country legend.

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View the full-length video for Rodney Atkins' song "Invisibly Shaken" in either Windows Media or Quicktime formats. The song is from his Platinum-selling release, If You're Going Through Hell.

More Rodney Atkins:

• Rodney Atkins Biography
• Rodney Atkins - The Singles & Chart History
• If You're Going Through Hell CD Review

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Jolene reviews Jimmy Wayne's Do You Believe Me Now album.

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I've designed calendar wallpaper featuring a different country music artist for each month of the year. For the month of September I'm featuring the lovely Terri Clark. Download your copy today by clicking the link above, scrolling down to September on the list, and choosing which resolution you wish to download. Enjoy.

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These are the 10 hottest Country songs of the week as determined by your AboutCountry Guide. This chart is compiled consulting data from various music industry charts and sources. It is intended to indicate the hottest rising country hits.

Find out what singles will be coming out on country radio this week. Read Jennifer's thoughts about the new music, including music from Miranda Lambert, Dierks Bentley and Melonie Cannon.

See which songs are topping the charts, and which song I think will be No. 1 for the following week. All chart rankings are based on the song's or album's position on the Billboard Hot Country Singles Chart or Billboard Country Albums Chart for September 6, 2008.

I have compiled what I feel are the Top 10 Country Love songs of all time. The list is based on my own personal preference, taking into consideration songs that have had large impacts on country music. Each song includes my thoughts on the song, and links to lyrics, a place to download the song, and a link to the album on which the song can be found.

This week's country music birthdays (even those no longer with us) include:

September 1 - Boxcar Willie (1931) (died 4/11/99) "Lecil Travis Martin"
September 1 - Conway Twitty (1933) (died 6/5/93) "Harold Jenkins"
September 2 - Joe Ely (1947)
September 2 - Paul Deakin (The Mavericks) (1959) "Paul Wylie Deakin"
September 3 - Hank Thompson (1925) (died 11/06/07) "William Henry Thompson"
September 3 - Tompall Glaser (1933) "Thomas Paul Glaser"
September 6 - Joe Smyth (Sawyer Brown) (??)
September 6 - David Allan Coe (1939)
September 6 - Mel McDaniel (1942)
September 6 - Mark Chesnutt (1963) "Mark Nelson Chesnutt"

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