June 23, 2011 West Texas wildfires continue to burn-up everything in it's path. Many of the volunteer fire departments have run out of money or are about to run out of the funds necessary to continue operating during the out of control wildfires.
June 19, 2011 Martina McBride has been instrumental in helping raise money for her favorite cause, the Nashville YWCA. For the last 16 years she has hosted the "Celebrity Auction" that this year brought in over $153,000, a 50% increase over last year’s total. The dress she wore at the Grand Ole Opry re-opening following the Nashville floods is the single highest grossing item that brought in the highest bid of the night, when a fan from Texas paid $27,000 for her dress.
June 18, 2011 Every year one of the television music channels always comes out with the infamous list of to top ten something or other. This year GAC TV drew first blood, with their list of Top Ten Dads. So here's the list and while I don't know what criteria was used I'm sure there are a lot of awesome dads in music city USA.
June 18, 2011 In today's society, we are seeing more and more children with anger management issues/problems. And still a significant number of Americas youth have violent outbreaks. According to some of findings from the Department of Health Education and Welfare, the anger / v0ilent children are usually boys. Often these boys are trying to gain the respect from their peers by taking on a posture of strength and hostility. When something goes wrong, violence is their only recourse. One commonality of these young boys in trouble is that they don't have an strong father figure in their daily life.
June 18, 2011 The summer sun can take it's toll on your pet. Dogs and cats don't sweat like people do, they breathe out the heat through moisture in their breath. Some animals are more sensitive to heat stroke than others. Here's a list of Do's and Don'ts.
June 17, 2011 A River Falls Wisconsin teen, Tara Frey made her prom dress out of candy wrappers. Starburst candy wrappers to be exact, over ten thousand individual wrappers.
June 15, 2011 Looking for a home with (possum) creature comforts. Not too big, yet not too small and nestled in a quaint 78 acres with two lakes. Have I got a deal for you.
George Jones and wife Nancy have put their Franklin Tennessee home up for sale. This exquisite Home was recently listed for a list price of $15,000,000.
June 15, 2011 Legendary country icon Randy Travis celebrated his 25th anniversary in country music by releasing a new C.D. called Anniversary Celebration. It's an album full of duets. He invited some of country musics biggest names to accompany him. I've heard it and I think it's one to have in the CD collection.
June 15, 2011 I can't say for sure whether the movie made the soundtrack a hit, or was it that the soundtrack made the movie a silver screen sensation? Nonetheless, I went out and bought them both, what seems like just a couple of years ago. Now a decade later O Brother, Where Art Thou? the soundtrack, will be re-released with 17 additional hypnotic tunes.
June 15, 2011 I can remember when I was 23 years old, the only thing I could say with any certainty is "you want fries with that?"
If I had just paid better attention to my elementary school music teacher, I too would a rich and famous country music singer, NOT!
The list of top earners was just released. Country's biggest stars Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood are on the top end of the list.
June 13, 2011 During his appearances at CMA Music Festival Week, Trace Adkins took the time to answer a few questions about the fire that took place while he was away from home. His primary concern was his Wife Rhonda and their children. After that he says "It's just stuff." He went on to say they don't need anything and asked those concerned to make a donation to the American Red Cross.
June 8, 2011 Jesse Keith Whitley is barely 23 years old and has the experience of an aged old, road worn musician. One reason for that is that he has been playing and touring with his mother. Jesse is the son of the late Keith Whitley and Lorrie Morgan and if that's not enough to impress you his grandfather is Grand Ole Opry legend George Morgan. Jesse is so talented he has written and recorded a six song EP you'll be hearing soon on KEAN 105.
