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Josh Turner Announces New Christmas Record & Tour

Josh Turner is already in the holiday spirit. The singer is set to release the holiday album “King Sized Manger” on October 8th, followed by a holiday tour.

The new album will feature 11 tracks, including Christmas classics, and four original holiday tunes.

“Making a Christmas record can be a mighty daunting task for an artist,” says Turner. “We had a lot of fun throwing out all the preconceived notions of what a Christmas record should sound like,” noting, “In my opinion, it’s about the words and the heart and soul of how a song sounds. You don’t need jingle bells on a song to make it a Christmas song.”

Check out the track list below:

“Angels We Have Heard On High”
“What He’s Given Me” (Featuring Pat McLaughlin)
“King Size Manger”
“Joy To The World” (Featuring Rhonda Vincent)
“Soldier’s Gift”
“Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” (Featuring The Turner Family)
“Go Tell It On The Mountain”
“Mele Kalikimaka My ‘Ohana” (Featuring Jake Shimabukuro and Ho’okena)*
“The First Nowell”
“Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town”
“Silent Night, Holy Night”

To support the album, Josh will head out on a 16-city “Holiday & The Hits” Tour that kicks off November 18th in Holland, Michigan, and wraps December 20th at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.

This day in Country Music History

  • Today In 1956, Elvis Presley buys his mother a pink Cadillac while in Los Angeles to record.
  • Today In 1974, John Denver closed a one-week stand at Los Angeles’ Universal Amphitheatre, where he recorded the live album “An Evening With John Denver.” It included “Thank God I’m A Country Boy.”
  • Today In 1992, Vince Gill releases his “I Still Believe in You” album.
  • Today In 1998, Richie McDonald, of Lonestar, and wife Lorie welcome daughter Mollie Ann.
  • Today In 1998, Alan Jackson’s “High Mileage” album is released.
  • Today In 1999, Chad Brock marries Marleda Upton, the woman who inspired his hit “Yes!” Unfortunately, they later said “No!” The couple has divorced.
  • Today In 2000, The Dixie Chicks’ Wide Open Spaces receives a diamond certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (R-I-A-A) for selling more than 10-million copies.
  • Today In 2001, The Broadway revival of “Annie Get Your Gun” closes with Crystal Bernard (“Wings”) in the title role. She took over when Reba McEntire left the production just two months earlier, but ticket sales slumped after Reba departed.
  • Today In 2003, Jimmy Wayne and Buddy Jewell perform on Jerry Lewis’ annual Muscular Dystrophy Telethon.
  • Today in 2004, Sara Evans performed “Born To Fly” on the third night of the Republican National Convention at New York’s Madison Square Garden. Brooks & Dunn sing “Only In America” after a speech by incumbent vice president Dick Cheney.
  • Today in 2005, Little Big Town’s “Boondocks” video debuted on CMT.
  • Today in 2006, Taylor Swift performed “Tim McGraw” in her first appearance on the Grand Ole Opry.
  • Today in 2010, Miranda Lambert wound up with a total of nine Country Music Association Awards nominations – the most ever for a female artist – as the CMA wrapped two days of finalist announcements for its 44th annual awards.

Carrie Underwood Shares Tease Of Sunday Night Football Opener

Carrie Underwood will once again perform the opener of NBC’s Sunday Night Football, starting with the opening game September 12th. Well, now she’s giving fans a little tease of what to expect.

Carrie shared a snippet of the opener, which has her singing “Waitin’ all day for Sunday night,” followed by various football images, including a clip of Tom Brady hoisting the Super Bowl trophy.

This is the ninth time Carrie has recorded the Sunday Night Football opener.

Check out the teaser HERE.

This day in Country Music History

  • Today in 1968,the single, “Harper Valley P.T.A.,” by Jeannie C. Riley, entered the Top 40 chart.
  • Today in 1993,Tracy Lawrence’s “Alibis” album was certified platinum.
  • Today in 1993,Garth Brooks announced that he wanted to make movies and had signed with an agency to represent him.
  • Today in 1994,Clay Walker’s self-titled debut album was certified platinum.
  • Today in 1994,Dwight Yoakam’s “This Time” album was certified double platinum.
  • Today in 1998,Hank Williams’ “40 Greatest Hits” album was certified gold and platinum simultaneously.
  • Today in 1998,Dixie Chicks’ “Wide Open Spaces” album was certified platinum.
  • Today in 1999,Dixie Chicks’ “Fly” album was released.
  • Today in 2007, Trisha Yearwood and R&B singer Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds shot an episode of “CMT Crossroads” at Belmont University’s Curb Entertainment Center in Nashville. The set list included “How Do I Live,” “Change The World” and “Walkaway Joe.”
  • Today in 2010, Miranda Lambert received five nominations for the 44thannual Country Music Association awards on the first of two days of nominee announcements. Three are for “White Liar,” two for “The House That Built Me.”
  • Today in 2012, Randy Houser’s “How Country Feels” video debuted on CMT.
  • Today in 2016, Maren Morris shot an episode of “CMT Crossroads” with Alicia Keys at The Factory in Franklin, Tennessee.

Zac Brown Band Announce New Album ‘The Comeback’

Earlier this year Zac Brown teased that Zac Brown Band’s new album is “the best album we ever made,” and now we finally have details about it.

The album, “The Comeback,” is set to drop October 15th, and will feature 15 tracks, including their latest single “Same Boat,” and previously released “Stubborn Pride,” featuring Marcus King. Also guesting on the record is jazz vocalist Gregory Porter on the song “Closer to Heaven.” “The Comeback” also features the just-released track “Slow Burn.”

“’The Comeback’ celebrates our collective resilience as a community,” Zac shares. “This music is about standing together and rediscovering our roots and what makes us human.” Check out the track list below and “Slow Burn”.

“Slow Burn”
“Out in the Middle”
“Wild Palomino”
“Us Against the World”
“Same Boat”
“Stubborn Pride” [feat. Marcus King]
“Fun Having Fun”
“The Comeback”
“Old Love Song”
“Any Day Now”
“Paradise Lost on Me”
“GA Clay”
“Love & Sunsets”
“Closer to Heaven [feat. Gregory Porter]
“Don’t Let Your Heart”

This day in Country Music History

  • Today in 1949,Hank Williams recorded “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry,” “My Bucket’s Got A Hole In It” and “I Just Don’t Like This Kind Of Livin'” during an afternoon session at the E.T. Herzog Studio in Cincinnati.
  • Today in 1982,Kenny Rogers’ “Love Will Turn You Around” album was certified gold.
  • Today in 1983, Kenny Rogers’ album, “Eyes That See In The Dark,” was released.
  • Today in 1988,the album, “Always & Forever,” by Randy Travis was certified triple platinum.
  • Today in 1988, KT Oslin’s album, “This Woman,” was released.
  • Today in 1988,John Denver – who wanted to ride on a Soviet spaceship – underwent an astronaut-style physical at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. Why’d he want to fly with the Russians? For years, NASA has refused to allow “civilians” on flights – saying it’s too dangerous for amateurs. One of NASA’s early attempts to put a non-professional in space ended in tragedy when school teacher Christa McAuliffe and the crew she was flying with were killed in the explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1986. Last year, zillionaire Dennis Tito became the first “space tourist” when he shelled out $20-million to the Russians for a trip to the International Space Station.
  • Today in 1991,Dottie West was critically injured in a car accident while en route to perform at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. It seems that due to problems with her own car, Dottie had asked a neighbor to drive her to her appearance. The car crashed and reportedly went airborne for 165-feet and slammed into the center divide. Both occupants were rushed to the Vanderbilt Medical Center in critical condition. Dottie suffered severe internal injuries and through her course of treatment received 35 units of blood. Her old friend, Kenny Rogers, reportedly visited her just before surgery. He is said to have promised her that they would record another song together when she was well enough to perform again. Unfortunately, it wasn’t meant to be and she died five days later at the age of 58.
  • Today in 1991,Tanya Tucker’s single “Down To My Last Teardrop” hit the top of the country music charts.
  • Today in 1994,Alan Jackson’s “Who I Am” album was certified gold.
  • Today in 1997,one of the largest ever collections of Elvis Presley memorabilia went on sale. Some 300 lots, including stage suits, record collections and jewelry, went for about $324,000 in the one-day sale conducted simultaneously in London and Berlin. The only items that didn’t find buyers were a lock of hair snipped from Elvis’ famous sideburns in 1972, his grand piano, his army uniform and two of his glitzy 1970s stage suits. His 1960s Gretsch guitar was one of the biggest moneymakers, fetching $66,240.
  • Today in 1997, Kenny Chesney picked up his first #1 single in Billboard: “She’s Got It All.”
  • Today in 2000,Faith Hill joined Julia Roberts, Jennifer Aniston, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Drew Barrymore and others on “Sophisticates Hairstyle Guide’s” “Top 10 Best Styled Women of 2000” list.
  • Today in 2001, Blake Shelton celebrated his fifth week at the top of the country charts with his debut single, “Austin.” He was the first new artist to earn this distinction since Billy Ray Cyrus garnered it in 1992 with “Achy Breaky Heart.”
  • Today in 2004, Kris Kristofferson and former record executive Jim Foglesong were named the 2004 inductees to the Country Music Hall of Fame.
  • Today in 2006, George Strait, Sonny James and session guitarist Harold Bradley were announced as the 2006 inductees in the Country Music Hall of Fame.
  • Today in 2007, Brad Paisley and George Strait lead the pack with five nominations apiece for the 41stannual Country Music Association awards.
  • Today in 2012, Taylor Swift’s “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” video premiered on CMT, MTV and VH1.
  • Today in 2014, Luke Bryan fell off the stage at the Klipsch Music Centerin Noblesville, Indiana. He was uninjured.
  • Today in 2015, William Lee Golden married Simone Staley at the Rosewall in downtown Nashville. His fellow Oak Ridge Boys: Joe Bonsall, Duane Allen and Richard Sterban attended, of course. And afterwards? The newlyweds returned home for wine and pizza.
  • Today in 2016, Taylor Swift reported for jury duty in Nashville. She was considered for serving on a domestic violence case, but was dismissed before the day is over.
  • Today in 2017, Florida Georgia Line was paired with The Backstreet Boys as a new episode of “CMT Crossroads” debuted. The acts teamed up on “As Long As You Love Me,” “Cruise,” “Dirt,” “Smooth,” “H.O.L.Y.” and “God, Your Mama, And Me.”
  • Today in 2018, Jake Owen headlined the inaugural concert at Regions Field, a minor-league baseball park in Birmingham – where he was joined on the bill by Chris Janson and Jordan Davis.
  • Today in 2018, Brad Paisley brought a couple – identified as ‘Ralph and Shannon’ – on stage at PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, New Jersey…where Ralph popped the question. As a bonus, Brand serenaded them with “Then.”
  • Today in 2018,after the controversial Westboro Baptist Church accused Brett Eldredge and Devin Dawson of “promoting fornication,” Dawson used the attack to promote a show on Twitter…and encouraged fans to “Come fornicate” with the singers at Yallapalooza.
  • Today in 2018, John Mellencamp, a co-writer of “I Was Jack (You Were Diane),” receives the Woody Guthrie Prize in Tulsa, which recognized his use of art as a catalyst for social change.

Luke Combs Drops New Song “South On Ya”

Luke Combs just dropped the new song “South On Ya,” which has been chosen as the SEC network’s 2021 college football anthem. While the song may be new to fans, it isn’t a new one for Luke, who actually wrote it several years ago.

“I wrote that song in a parking lot in Orange Beach, Alabama, a couple years ago,” he tells iHeartRadio. “Me and some friends had got a lead that the SEC was looking for a song to kind of go hand in hand with football season, and we wrote this great song.”

Luke says while “it didn’t work out at the time,” he believes “everything happens for a reason,” and it finally got picked after he sent it to his friend Marty Smith at ESPN. The 2021 season of SEC Football games debuts September 2nd.

This day in Country Music History

  • Today in 1977, Crystal Gayle’s “Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue” topped the country singles charts. The tune was from her album, “We Must Believe in Magic,” which was the first platinum album for a female country singer. The song also went on to be a Top 40 smash.
  • Today in 1987, Randy Travis was hospitalized for complications from food poisoning in Wytheville, Virginia.
  • Today in 1988, the Judds performed at a private luncheon for then-President Ronald Reagan and his wife.
  • Today in 1990, Garth Brooks’ “No Fences” album was released. It’s since gone on to sell more than 16-million copies, making it one of the best-selling country albums of all time. In fact, the project held the record until it was unseated by Shania Twain’s “Come On Over,” which has been certified for sales of 18-million. Garth maintains his record for selling the most albums ever. To date he has sold over 105-million.
  • Today in 1991, the “High Lonesome” album by Randy Travis was released.
  • Today in 1991, George Strait’s “If You Ain’t Lovin’ (You Ain’t Livin’)” album was certified platinum.
  • Today in 1993, John Michael Montgomery’s debut album, “Life’s A Dance,” was certified platinum.
  • Today in 1993, Mark Chesnutt’s song “Almost Goodbye” debuted on the country charts on its way to #1.
  • Today in 1996, the albums, “Everybody Knows,” by Trisha Yearwood and “The Restless Kind” by Travis Tritt arrived in stores.
  • Today in 1996, Jeff Foxworthy’s “Crank It Up – The Music Album” was released.
  • Today in 1996, Mindy McCready’s album, “Ten Thousand Angels,” was certified gold.
  • Today in 1996, just 12 hours after the debut of his single, “Ain’t Got Nothin’ On Us,” John Michael Montgomery and his wife, Crystal, welcomed their daughter Madison Caroline Montgomery into the world. Born in a Lexington, Kentucky hospital at 4:11 am, the baby weighed 8-pounds, 7-ounces. Here’s a fun fact — Madison’s middle name honors her grandmothers, who are both named Carol.
  • Today in 1998, the work of the late Hank Williams got a triple honor, as the album, “Hank Williams’ Greatest Hits,” was certified platinum. “The Very Best Of Hank Williams” album was also certified gold and platinum simultaneously.
  • Today in 1999, Shania Twain’s album, “Come On Over,” was certified for sales of 13-million. The album has since gone on to sell 18-million copies, becoming the best selling album by a country artist.
  • Today in 2001, Reba McEntire began production on the first episode of her W-B sitcom, “Reba.”
  • Today in 2002, the Dixie Chicks’ album, “Home,” arrived in stores. The project was the Chicks first major label release since coming to an agreement with their record label following a money dispute.
  • Today in 2002, Montgomery Gentry’s “My Town” album, BlackHawk’s “Spirit Dancer” project, Elizabeth Cook’s debut album, “Hey Ya’ll,” and Sixwire’s self-titled debut album arrived in stores.
  • Today in 2002, Marty Stuart was acquitted of a drunken driving charge. As punishment for the April 2nd incident, Marty will still have to surrender his driver’s license for a year and attend alcohol and drug safety school as penalty for violating Tennessee’s implied-consent law.
  • Today in 2003, Keith Urban scored a platinum award for his “Golden Road” album.
  • Today in 2005, Merle Haggard’s “Okie From Muskogee” ranked #1 when CMT presented “20 Greatest City Songs.”
  • Today in 2010, Taylor Swift’s “Mine” video premiered on CMT, MTV and VH1.
  • Today in 2012, Florida Georgia Line’s “Cruise” video debuted on CMT.
  • Today in 2014, Kelsea Ballerini’s debut single, “Love Me Like You Mean It,” hit the airwaves.
  • Today in 2016, after having their first dance to “Tennessee Whiskey,” a bride and groom were “kidnapped” by friends from their wedding reception and taken to Riverbend Music Center in Cincinnati, where they met their favorite artist, Chris Stapleton
  • Today in 2016, Kenny Chesney performed at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, the last of 14 stadium dates on the Spread The Love Tour. His set included a collaboration with Old Dominion on “Save It For A Rainy Day” and a duet with Miranda Lambert on “You And Tequila.”
  • Today in 2016, Tim McGraw to sing “My Little Girl” for the father/daughter dance at a wedding reception. McGraw sticks around to perform a few more songs, including “Live Like You Were Dying.”
  • Today in 2017, Lee Brice earned $25,000 for Folds of Honor by winning ABC’s “Celebrity Family Feud” over a team headed by Jerrod Niemann, who won $5,000 for the USO.

MEET THE H & S FEED & COUNTRY STORE PET OF THE WEEK: “SASHA”

This week’s H & S Feed & Country Store Pet of the Week is “Sasha”, an 8 year old Retriever/Lab mix. Sasha is real sweetheart who loves people, kids, other dogs and even gets along with cats. She’s a pretty quiet gal who is leash-trained and loves walks. Sasha is spayed, vaccinated, and is ready to find her ‘furr-ever’ home!

If you’d like to set up an appointment to meet Sasha or any of the pets at Stephen Memorial Animal Shelter, visit https://www.stephenmemorial.org/ and fill out an adoption application.

Check out our visit about with Terry Gott from Stephen Memorial Animal Shelter here:

Stars Pay Tribute To Charley Pride On “CMT Giants” Special

Some of today’s biggest country stars came out to celebrate the late Charley Pride on last night’s special, “CMT GIANTS: Charley Pride,” with the show jam-packed with great performances, as well as remembrances of the performing great, who died in December.

The night kicked off with Mickey Guyton talking about how Charley “changed the face of country music by merely being himself.” She then performed Charley’s 1971 song “It’s Just Me.” She was followed by Charley’s good friend George Strait, who performed 1970s’ “Is Anyone Goin’ To San Antone.”

Of course someone had to sing Charley’s signature “Kiss An Angel Good Morning,” and that fell on Luke Combs, who was joined by Robert Randolph on lap steel and Reyna Roberts on piano. And Garth Brooks had the task of wrapping up the evening, with a performance of 1978’s “When I Stop Leaving (I’ll Be Gone)”

Other highlights included: Gladys Knight performed 1981’s “Roll On Mississippi,” Jimmie Allen sang 1969’s “All I Have To Offer You (Is Me),” Darius Rucker performed 1978’s “Somebody Loves You Honey,” Wynonna picked “Just Between You And Me,” Alan Jackson paid tribute with 1970’s “Where Do I Put Her Memory,” Charley’s son Dion Pride performed Charley’s 1981 number one hit “Mountain of Love,” and Lee Ann Womack performed “performed 1967’s “Crystal Chandeliers.”

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