Crystal Gayle Radio-Active Singer
With more than 20 dates on the books, Crystal Gayle is spending the dog days of summer on the road to perform in venues across the US and over the border. Most recently, Crystal performed Saturday, July 24 at the Niagara Fallsview Casino-Avalon in Niagara Falls Ontario (Canada). On their journey back toward the states, Crystal’s bus was stopped by officials at the US/Canadian border. The scanning mechanism detected radio activity transmitted from the bus setting off alarms. A complete and thorough search was conducted. No transmitter found. After interviewing with the parties on board, which included Crystal and her sister Peggy Sue Wright, the source was discovered. The radio active transmitter was Peggy Sue Wright! The conclusion was made by the following medical evidence: Peggy Sue had just recently undergone a thallium treadmill stress test just a few days before their departure.
Peggy Sue performs with Crystal on the road singing harmony. She is also featured as a special guest during the show to perform select country standards including her co-write with sister Loretta Lynn, the hit single “Don't Come Home A 'Drinkin',” which was recognized as CMT's 100 Greatest Country Songs (in the Top 50) and No. 3 in CMT's Top Drinking Songs.
Crystal gives her personal thanks and recognition to those individuals who protect and guard our borders.
Country Weekly On Board With Mark Chesnutt – Savin’ The Honky Tonk
Reinforcing his current ambition and initiative to “Save the Honky Tonk,” Country Weekly jumped on board with Mark Chesnutt to demonstrate their support. Country Weekly staff writer David Scarlett, and photographer, Chris Hollo, boarded the bus with Mark @ 1:00AM (departing from Nashville) Saturday morning to take a reality road trip to Hamilton, Alabama. Capturing the true blue road experience, they enjoyed up close and personal banter, slept on the bus, ate on the bus, showered on the bus, and when it was “Miller Time,” they headed to the concert.
Mark performed in front of a sold-out honky tonk crowd. At the close--meeting audience demand--Mark returned to the stage for an encore performance of “Don’t Want To Miss A Thing.” When he re-appeared, the stage was lined with fans—all vying for their own personal autograph. A crowd pleaser, attending to their plea, Mark signed for more than fifteen minutes while his band continued to play the intro to his No. 1 hit song (Decca/1999). Playing the intro, over and over again, they guys got bored, so they decided to have some fun and changed the rendition from country to rock and then from rock to reggae style before Mark joined them to perform his final song. More...
Jo Dee Messina’s Friedrichsen Family Charity Auction
Jo Dee was eager to help the family of her band mate Ralph Friedrichsen when she found out his sister Andrea had a rare brain tumor. Andrea, is in need of treatment fast and without insurance it will be a very costly one. More...
Sara Evans Graces Cover Of Country Weekly
RCA's multi-platinum star Sara Evans will grace the cover of the August 31 issue of Country Weekly magazine. The issue will be on newsstands August 17. In the feature, Sara talks about growing up on the family's Missouri farm, recovering from a near-fatal accident when she eight years old, and the impending birth of her third child, due in late September.
The photo shoot and interview took place amid mountains of boxes as Sara, husband Craig Schelske, son Avery and daughter Olivia had just moved into their new home the day before. Adding to the chaos, "country's next female superstar," according to Billboard, has been on the road almost non-stop this summer and looks forward to resting and meeting the newest family member.
Sara's current single, "Suds in the Bucket," from her Gold album Restless, is #15 on the country chart and climbing.
Lonestar Launches New Website And Online Fan Club
Lonestar launches a new website this Wednesday, August 4th including a multi-tier online fan club with exclusive offers for its members. Check out www.lonestar.mu <http://www.lonestar.mu> for the latest on Lonestar including news updates, tour information, in-depth information about each band member, photos and their involvement with St. Jude Kids. But that's not all... a new special fan club member section, "Keech's Korner," offers a behind-the-scenes look at the band backstage and on the road using footage shot by drummer Keech Rainwater as they do what they enjoy most - bringing their music to their fans.
"We're very excited about our new website," said Lonestar. "Websites serve as a really important point of contact with our fans and it's because of that it deserves our time, effort and attention. Our fans are very interactive so we wanted to give them new and exciting ways to keep up with us." More...