3 days ago The intersection of Catclaw and Southwest Drive will be very busy on Saturday, June 1st, as Kent's Harley-Davidson hosts the "Ride for Our Warriors" motorcycle rally, to benefit the "Wounded Warrior Project." The event will have several raffle items, live entertainment, a poker run, food and several special guests will be on hand signing autographs. So get on your bike and come join the fun.
4 days ago The "Cars 4-A Cure" car show, dance and cruise benefits the Abilene Firefighters Association's Fill the Boot campaign for MDA. The a car show will feature lots of muscle cars and will take place at the Gattis parking lot at 2668 Buffalo Gap Road, Saturday, June 15th. Prizes and trophies will be awarded that afternoon.
4 days ago Welcome back a friendly yet familiar voice to country music, Mark Chesnutt. I had to do a double take when I first heard the new song "When The Lights Go Out." I didn't realize how bad I missed hearing Chesnutt's voice on the radio. As Mark stages a come back, it's quite fitting that he leads off with a love song, and I think it fits him well.
4 days ago When can a touch of jealousy look extremely hot? When Jana Kramer expresses it in her latest video. In Kramer's newest release she wishes for rain, thunder, lightning and even a flood to happen during her ex-boyfriend's date with his new girlfriend. Not that she's bitter or anything, it's just the she wishes a little bad luck on her ex-man and his new girl-thing. The song is up-tempo and catchy that you'll be singing it in no time, check it out.
5 days ago I have several family members graduating from high school this year. As I try to keep up with who is graduating when and where. I thought I would get organized this year and put together a "graduation services list." Last year I went to the Abilene High graduation when my nephew was graduating from Cooper High School. I swore that wouldn't happen again. So, here's the list for the services that will be taking place in Abilene. That said, I'll see you there I'll be the one with the air-horn in hand.
5 days ago Teens looking for a summer jobs have a number of places to apply. Some things have not changed since I was a teen for example, most of the jobs that are available are entry level minimum wage positions. One major change is that nearly all businesses will have you submit an application online. Nonetheless, here are the best resources to help you find summer employment.
2 weeks ago Brandy Reed the organizer for the Texas Thunder Music Festival says "all of the Texas music artists coming to perform have agreed to donate 100% of the proceeds to the people of West, Texas." Who are these generous Texas musicians that are performing during the three day event? They are The Randy Rogers Band, Josh Abbott, Charlie Robison, Aaron Watson, Mickey and the Motorcars, Wade Bowen. Stoney LaRue and about 20 more Texas music artists.
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Sammy Kershaw just released a brand new song in honor of the late George Jones. The song is called "The Route I Took (A Tibute To George Jones)" and he sounds so much like George Jones that it's kind of creepy. Kershaw has been busy in the Christian Country Music side of the business, while Kershaw may have been working on his latest Christian album he stayed in touch Jones, often collaborating on some music writing.
2 weeks ago I recently did as blog on Blake Shelton's new song and that it had some "Country Rap" infused in it. Well, Blake Shelton is not the only artist to bring "Rap" to the Country Music forefront. In fact I seem to recall that the first time I heard a country artist do a "Country Rap" song was in the '80's when the Bellamy Brothers released the song called "Country Rap." While the song played well on the radio, it was apparent that not many in the industry took it seriously. In the '90's Neal McCoy gave it a go, with his song called "Hillbilly Rap."
2 weeks ago This past weekend I made the trip north of Abilene to Strawn TX. to Mary's Cafe'. Mary's boasts they have the largest chicken-fried steak (CFS) in the Lone Star State. Mary's also has one of the most extensive menus I've seen, five full pages to be exact. If you want a steak, Mexican food, fish or a big ole hamburger, you're going to find it here. The chicken-fried steak is what I was after and I'm about to get me some.
2 weeks ago The new Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift and Keith Urban collaboration was just released and it caught me by surprise. As I watched, it was becoming pretty predictable. The story follows a girl who is upset, jumps in her car with cell phone in hand and as she's driving she's constantly distracted by text messages. As I anticipated, she is in an accident, but that's where all the predictability ends.
2 weeks ago My daughter Angie just started gymnastics classes, and with that comes the excitement of a 10 year-old little girl, wanting to show me every jump, twirl and leap. She has been online to check out other gymnasts. That's when Angie showed me this video. I couldn't believe my eyes that I watched it several times. Although this video is from the 2008 Junior European Championship games in Turin, I think it's worth watching.
