The 2011 American Country Awards winners were announced on Dec. 5 in Las Vegas, and though it was only the second annual event, the A-list country music star showing proved that this is one awards show that’s here to stay. With so many beautiful faces and even more talent, handing out awards to name the best of the best is no easy feat.
December 4, 2011 While working out this morning I was listening to one of my cassette tapes (OK, I can hear the snickering) and heard "Waterloo" by Stonewall Jackson. I started thinking about how different country music was 25, 30 or more years ago. Today's country artists are influenced more by pop or southern rock artists like the Allman Brothers and Lynyrd Skynyrd than Merle, Patsy, Loretta and "Old Hank". Then, the music was aimed primarily at an older blue collar and rural audience while today it crosses over countless demographics. Just look at the list of number one country songs from 1986, a mere 25 years ago.
When Alabama‘s Randy Owen, Jeff Cook and Teddy Gentry walked the red carpet together at last week’s CMA Awards it was as if they’d never retired. In a conversation with the Tennessean, Owen makes it sound like they’re close to retiring from retirement.
The 2011 CMA Awards winners had plenty to celebrate as they accepted their honors on the year’s biggest night in country music. The annual awards show, hosted by Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood — airing live from Nashville — pays tribute to the genre’s biggest stars. Choosing winners from this list of talent is no easy feat.
November 7, 2011 It's not everyday that you can stop by your local watering hole and catch a country superstar doing an impromptu set but that's exactly what happened when Jason Aldean stopped by the legendary Flora-Bama bar in Orange Beach, Alabama recently. Jason treated pleasantly surprised bar-goers to a few songs including an acoustic version of his latest hit "Tattoo's On This Town".
Darius Rucker is just one of the artists that will duet with Lionel Richie at the 2011 CMA Awards. He’s one of the many country artists that joined Richie to sing some of his classic hits on his upcoming ‘Tuskegee’ album that is scheduled to be released in March.
October 24, 2011 On this day, October 24, 1940, the 40-hour work week went into effect under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. Of course now with computers, e-mail, voicemail, smart phones and all, many of us are working more than 40 hours a week, and then some! Today on our "Country Classic Double" we begin with Alabama's number one hit in 1985: "Forty Hour Week(For A Livin)".
September 26, 2011 As many of us will be taking a road-trip during the "Frog Days of Fall", you might find it interesting which cities are safest and most dangerous to drive in. According to an article from Netscape, the seventh annual Allstate America"s Best Drivers' Report lists the top 10 in both categories.
Week four’s games featured our first handful of conference matchups, some great individual performances and one instant classic featuring two top 10 teams. Here is this week’s wrap-up from the top 25
September 20, 2011 What do the movies, "Sweet Home Alabama" and "Hitch" have in common with the Rodney Atkins' video to his new hit "Take A Back Road?" The same guy, Andy Tennant, directed them all. Click read more to check out the video. I wonder if Rodney has a s
This week, things start getting interesting in college football with a handful of conference games, a couple of contests between ranked teams and, arguably, the non-conference game of the year under the lights in Tallahassee. Here are the highlights for the Top 25:
While many of this weekend’s games were just tune-ups for showdowns to come, there were several great battles to keep things exciting, including Michigan’s last-second win over Notre Dame, South Carolina’s shootout victory over Georgia and Auburn stuffing Mississippi State at the goal line to win their 17th straight game.
With that, here are the highlights from the top 25 and other games of interest this week:
