Lee Greenwood To Step Up To The Plate With Major League Performance
Grammy winning superstar Lee Greenwood will perform his signature hit “God Bless the USA” at the March 31st Baltimore Orioles vs. St. Louis Cardinals exhibition game in Oklahoma City. Game-time is set for 7:05 PM at Oklahoma City’s Bricktown Ballpark, located at 2 South Mickey Mantle, downtown Oklahoma City.
Greenwood is looking forward to participating in America’s past-time this season, “Baseball is an integral part of America’s history. I am proud to be able to step up to the plate, so to speak, and share my music with baseball’s fans.” More...
Vince Gill to Host 2nd Annual Celebrity Golf Classic Presented by Chevy to Benefit the New Academy of Country Music Charitable Foundation
As part of the festivities surrounding the 40th ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS, the Academy announced today that VINCE GILL will be hosting the 2nd Annual Academy of Country Music Celebrity Golf Classic to take place on Sunday, May 15th, 2005, two days before the ceremony itself.
The 2nd Annual Academy of Country Music Celebrity Golf Classic is a fund-raising effort on behalf of the new Academy of Country Music Charitable Foundation, an in-house organization designed to raise support, and embrace programs dedicated to the awareness, growth, and education of music. More...
Kenny's Sun Rises, Somewhere In Green Bay Two Week Injury Delay Over, Chesney Gets His Show On The Road
The trucks rolled in... The stage got built... The 70,000 pounds of sound gear got flown... And at 9:10 on March 23, Kenny Chesney tore into this year's set-opener -- and the 2005 Somewhere In The Sun Tour officially began! Though it had been delayed for two weeks due to an ankle injury the reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year sustained in the islands, it was full-tilt, all-energy Kenny Chesney who took the stage like Grant took Richmond all those years ago.
"When the screen came down, I felt like I was about 16 years old, running out onto the field Friday night to play football," said the incredibly moved musician the following morning. "The energy was absolutely unbelievable... better than I've ever seen it... and after everything that happened before we got to Green Bay, it meant the world to me. The fans have no idea: I was as happy to see them, I promise, as they were to see me." More...
Phil Vassar To Perform On Usa Network's Nashville Star "Original Songs" Show On March 29
Nashville Star, USA Network's grassroots talent search reality series to find the next country music superstar, continues its third season on Tuesday, March 29, 2005, at 10:00 PM (ET/PT)/9:00 CT on USA Network. Hit country singer/songwriter and Nashville Star judge Phil Vassar will open the show with a performance of his current hit single, "I'll Take That As A Yes (The Hot Tub Song)."
The singe hails from Phil's third Arista Nashville album, "Shaken Not Stirred." The acclaimed album also boasts the single "In A Real Love," which spent two weeks atop the country music charts. In addition to his duties as Nashville Star judge, his tour schedule keeps him out on the road presenting his energetic performances that has earned fan support and widespread critical acclaim. More...
Pete Schlegel has released “Somethin’ Strong” off of his Strong Stuff album
Pete Schlegel’s music isn’t easily tagged, but a guitar-driven, up-tempo, honky-tonk sound describes it best. Reminiscent of his inspirations, Ernest Tubb, George Jones, and Brooks & Dunn, Schlegel’s sound is timeless. Schlegel’s vocals are delivered just the way they’re written: genuinely. No pretension or glossy over production, just the range of human emotions and experience of one man. Schlegel’s endearing and approachable personality makes for songs that every woman wishes her man could sing to her.
While Pete Schlegel always has had an interest in music, encouragement from those around him was the driving force behind the formation his seven-piece band, Tru South. With his popularity on the rise and the riggers of touring, Pete would have to choose between his normal life as an Ohio State Trooper and EMS helicopter pilot, and his childhood dream. It didn’t take Pete long to decide. In March 2002, Pete headed to Nashville, where he began working with producer Clyde Brooks (Perfect Stranger). More...
Label Honors Group's Success With Exclusive Party at Country Music Hall Of Fame
This evening, Lyric Street Records hosted a party for Rascal Flatts to celebrate the group's achievement of selling over 6 million albums. Close to 300 invited guests joined Lyric Street Records at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum to celebrate with Rascal Flatts. Just five years into a career marked by superlatives, Rascal Flatts has reached the benchmark of exceeding sales of 6 million with just three albums worth of material. More...