- Today in 1967, the “I Walk The Line” album by Johnny Cash was certified gold.
- Today in 1981, Ronnie Milsap’s “Greatest Hits” album was certified platinum.
- Today in 1981, the album, “My Home’s In Alabama,” was certified gold.
- Today in 1987, the “Always & Forever” album by Randy Travis was certified gold and platinum.
- Today in 1987, the “Trio” album, which featured Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris, was certified gold and platinum.
- Today in 1992, Tracy Lawrence’s “Sticks And Stones” album was certified gold.
- Today in 1992, Clint Black’s album, “The Hard Way,” was released.
- Today in 1995, Vince Gill scored a #1 hit with the single, “You Better Think Twice.”
- Today in 1998, Deana Carter’s “Did I Shave My Legs For This?” album was certified quadruple platinum.
- Today in 1998, the album, “Where Your Road Leads,” by Trisha Yearwood was released.
- Today in 1998, a Nashville radio station announced that it wanted to dispel rumors that Elvis Presley was still alive and offered $1-million to anyone who could produce him. The money has gone unclaimed.
- Today in 1999, Lonestar’s “Crazy Nights” album was certified gold. On the same day, their “Lonely Grill” was also certified gold.
- Today in 1999, Alabama’s “Super Hits” collection by Alabama was certified gold while their “Dancin’ On The Boulevard” CD was certified platinum.
- Today in 1999, Clint Black’s “Nothin’ But The Tailights” album was certified platinum and his “Greatest Hits” collection was certified double platinum.
- Today in 1999, the album, “Ten Thousand Angels” by Mindy McCready was certified double platinum.
- Yesterday in 2000, Brad Paisley played for 40,000 folks in his hometown of Wheeling, West Virginia at the 24th “Jamboree in the Hills.” Brad played his heart out for the crowd of what Brad joked was about “10% relatives.”
- Today in 2000, Toby Keith’s “How Do You Like Me Now?!” album was certified gold.
- Today in 2002, Travis Tritt brought his “Down the Road I Go” tour to Lake Placid’s Olympic Center. The concert took place after the third annual ESPN Great Outdoor Games wrapped up at various Lake Placid venues.
- Today in 2005, the Montgomery Gentry video “Something To Be Proud Of” premiered on CMT.
- Today in 2009, Sara Evans sang “God Bless America” during the seventh-inning stretch during the Major League All-Star Game at St. Louis’ Busch Stadium. Sheryl Crow performed the national anthem. The American League defeats the National League, 4-3.
- Today in 2012, Kenny Chesney’s concert at Angels Stadium in Anaheim featured a surprise guest: actor Ashton Kutcher, who joined him on “Back Where I Come From.” Also appearing were Tim McGraw, Jake Owen and Grace Potter & The Nocturnals.
- Today in 2014, Justin Moore and wife Kate welcomed a daughter, Rebecca Klein Moore.
- Today in 2015, Kelsea Ballerini earned her first gold single from the RIAA for her debut, “Love Me Like You Mean It.”
- Today in 2018, Emmylou Harris is celebrated along with Neil Diamond, Louis Jordan, Queen and drummer Hal Blaine as PBS shoots a “Grammy Salute To Music Legends” at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
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Thomas Rhett Is “Pumped” For Tour To Finally Launch
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Thomas Rhett is ready to launch his “Center Point Road” tour next month after more than a year being off the road. He’s excited to get back out there.
“I’m so pumped,” he shares. “I just miss playing for people so bad…it’s just somethin’ that we’ve missed so bad, like a little part of our heart was kinda missing and now it’s startin’ to reform.”
Thomas is also excited for his youngest daughter to finally get to see what he does for a living. He notes, “It’s crazy that my daughter Lennon was born in February 2020, so she’s never actually gotten to see me do anything musical.”
- Thomas’ “Center Point Road” tour, featuring special guests Cole Swindell and Gabby Barrett, kicks off August 13th & 14th in Orange Beach, Alabama. Check out the full list of dates here.
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This day in Country Music History
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- Today in 1992, the single, “Love’s Got A Hold On You,” by Alan Jackson is released.
- Today in 1993, the Statler Brothers’ “Christmas Card” album was certified platinum.
- Today in 1993, Clint Black’s “No Time To Kill” album was released.
- Today in 1993, The Statler Brothers’ “The Best Of The Statler Brothers” album was certified double platinum.
- Today in 1993, a stretch of Tennessee Highway 56 near McMinnville was named for the late Dottie West.
- Today in 1994, Travis Tritt’s “Ten Feet Tall And Bulletproof” album was certified gold.
- Today in 1995, Charlie Daniels’ “Million Mile Reflection” album was certified triple platinum.
- Today in 1996, the first “CountryFest” was held in Atlanta, Georgia with headliners Alan Jackson, Alabama, and Pam Tillis. The show drew 275,000 fans.
- Today in 1998, Trisha Yearwood performed “There Goes My Baby” on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.”
- Today in 1999, Willie Nelson released, “Night and Day,” an album featuring jazz instrumental versions of old standards.
- Today in 1999, the “Return of the Grievous Angel” album was released. The album served as a tribute to country rock pioneer Gram Parsons, and featured versions of his songs by Emmylou Harris, Sheryl Crow and more.
- Today in 2000, LeAnn Rimes kicked off her 30-city “2000 Tour” at the Soaring Eagle Casino in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan.
- Today in 2000, the Dixie Chicks “Fly” album entered the record books as having spent the most weeks at the # 1 spot for a group on “Billboard’s” Country Albums Chart. The follow-up to the group’s debut album, “Wide Open Spaces,” spent a record 32 weeks at the coveted top spot on the albums chart. With its record-setting reign at the chart’s top position, the Dixie Chicks surpassed the previously held record of 28 weeks set by Alabama’s “Feels So Right” and “Mountain Music” albums.
- Today in 2001, Reba and Martina McBride top the biggest all-female lineup in country music history as “Girls Night Out Tour” debuted in Las Vegas.
- Today in 2010, Jerrod Niemann’s debut album, “Judge Jerrod & The Hung Jury,” was released.
- Today in 2014, Tim McGraw swatted a female fan in the middle of “Truck Yeah” at Aaron’s Amphitheatre in Atlanta when she clawed at his leg. She ripped his jeans and was escorted out of the venue. The moment became a viral topic when video was posted online.
- Today in 2016, Trace Adkins fans leave his Seaside Heights, New Jersey concert due to his poor performance. Audience members accuse him of being drunk, saying he mumbled through his set and forgot the words to his songs
- Today in 2016, Craig Morgan canceled 10 shows in nine following the death of his son in a boating accident
- Today in 2017, Scotty McCreery is charged with a misdemeanor for attempting to pass a loaded gun through security at Raleigh-Durham International Airport in Morrisville, North Carolina.
- Today in 2017, Dolly Parton’s “Christmas Of Many Colors – Circle Of Love” earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Television Movie.
Zac Brown Band, Chris Young & More Drop New Music
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It was another great weekend for new music, with Zac Brown Band, Chris Young and more dropping new tunes.
Zac Brown Band treated fans to not one, but two new songs. The tracks, “Out in the Middle” and “Old Love Song,” were both co-written by Zac, Luke Combs, Ben Simonetti and Jonathan Singleton. “Getting to write with Luke Combs for the first time was great,” Zac shared on “Today’s Country Radio with Kelleigh Bannen.” “He’s got great sensibility for parts and then singing along, man, what a voice,” adding, “Luke’s a great writer and of course he’s an amazing singer, and it was fun. I hope we do more together.”
Chris Young has released a new single from his upcoming album “Famous Friends,” dropping August 6th. The latest is the tune “One Of Them Nights,” which Chris describes as “a whole lot of fun.” He adds, “It is right in your face. It is 100% tempo, party song. And it was fun writing this one, honestly.”
Mitchell Tenpenny dropped the new song “Truth About You,” following a huge fan demand for the song, which raked up 2.5 million TikTok views. Mitchell says the song is about how after a break up “the other half doesn’t always tell the truth about what really went down, and a lot of people can get hurt that way.”
Kane Brown continues to collaborate with other artists. For his latest song he’s teamed with Blackbear for a track called “Memory.”
You can check out the songs below:
This day in Country Music History
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- Today in 1943, Roy Rogers appeared on the cover of Life magazine.
- Today in 1972, Tom T. Hall records “(Old Dogs-Children And) Watermelon Wine” around noon at Mercury Custom Recording Studio in Nashville
- Today in 1988, the “Old 8X10” album by Randy Travis arrived in stores.
- Today in 1994, Alan Jackson’s single, “Summertime Blues,” hit #1.
- Today in 1998, Tim McGraw was named an honorary zookeeper of the Nashville Zoo.
- Today in 2000, as Tim McGraw & Faith Hill’s new video, “Let’s Make Love,” debuted on CMT in the morning, the couple was in Atlanta gearing up for their first concert date on their “Soul 2 Soul” tour. The shows marked the first time that Tim and Faith toured on a bill together since the 1996 “Spontaneous Combustion” tour – where they fell in love.
- Today in 2001, Alan Jackson was honored at a “block party” in Nashville for career record sales totaling more than 35-million albums worldwide.
- Today in 2002, Toby Keith’s “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue” hits the top of “Radio & Records’” Country Top 50 chart.
- Today in 2007, Fruit Of The Loom debuts an ad campaign featuring Vince Gill singing “Daddy Was The Apple Of My Eye” with various fruits from the company’s logo playing in the band.
- Today in 2011, Warner Bros. releases the Blake Shelton album “Red River Blue.”
- Today in 2013, Jason Aldean became the first country artist to headline at Boston’s Fenway Park, kicking off his show with “Crazy Town.” Also filling out the bill are Miranda Lambert, Jake Owen and Thomas Rhett.
- Today in 2014, “Somethin’ Bad,” by Miranda Lambert with Carrie Underwood, was all good at #1 on the Billboard country singles chart.
- Today in 2015, Justin Moore and Cole Swindell took part in the MLB Legends & Celebrity Softball Game two days before the All-Star Game at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. Among the participants: Macklemore, Snoop Dogg and Nick Lachey.
- Today in 2016, Taylor Swift visited pediatric patients at the Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
- Today in 2017, Reba McEntire, Lee Ann Womack and Brandy Clark raised $50,000 for the Alzheimer’s Foundation at City Winery in Nashville. The show included surprise appearances by Martina McBride, William Michael Morgan and Hunter Hayes.
- Today in 2017, Loretta Lynn canceled the remainder of her 2017 concerts as she continued to recover from a stroke.
Darius Rucker On The Time He & Rascal Flatts Almost Got Arrested In A Golf Cart
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Time on the road can get a little crazy, and Darius Rucker just shared a story that proves it. In a new TikTok video, Darius shares an incident where a golf cart ride with Rascal Flatts almost landed him in jail.
“There’s never a boring time on the road with Rascal Flatts,” he captioned the clip, where he discusses the one time he, Gary LeVox and Joe Don Rooney took a golf cart ride after a Toronto concert and tried to cross the highway.
“We’re getting pulled over in the golf cart, the cop wants to arrest us, he shares. “And, the funniest thing about the whole thing is the cop stops us, and me and Joe Don did the old ’pretend that we’re not there’ thing. We just got out of the golf cart and started walking back, and we were leaving Gary right there. He was going to jail by himself, we were out of there.”
Darius adds, “But, obviously none of us went to jail, our security came over and got us. But, that was one of the few nights of my life I thought I was going to jail.”
Source: Darius Rucker
This day in Country Music History
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- Today in 1973, Kris Kristofferson’s “Why Me” reached #1 on the Billboard country singles chart.
- Today in 1987, Hank Williams Jr.’s “Born To Boogie” album was released.
- Today in 1988, John Berry and his wife, Robin, were married.
- Today in 1991, Roy Acuff was one of 12 recipients of the National Medal of Arts at a White House ceremony hosted by president George Bush
- Today in 1996, LeAnn Rimes released her debut album, “Blue.”
- Today in 1998, Garth Brooks got all kinds of good news. His self-titled debut was certified for sales of 9-million, his “Fresh Horses” album was certified for sales of 6-million copies and his album, “In Pieces,” was certified for sales of 8-million. That’s not all, his “No Fences” album was certified for sales of 16-million, Garth’s album, “Ropin’ The Wind,” was certified for sales of 13-million and his album, “The Chase,” was certified for sales of 8-million. Doing the math – that total added up to an astounding total of 60-million albums sold.
- Today in 1999, Kenny Chesney became the first artist in five years to sell out Cowboy’s in Arlington, Texas.
- Today in 1999, just minutes before curtain, Mary Chapin Carpenter cancelled a concert at Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts in Springfield, Missouri. Soon afterwards, a hall official broke the news that Mary Chapin had to fly home to tend to her very ill golden retriever.
- Today in 1999, Lonestar began a nine-week run at #1 on “Radio & Records’” country chart with “Amazed.”
- Today in 2001, the Country Music Association announces 12 honorees will be added to the Country Music Hall of Fame: Bill Anderson, Waylon Jennings, Sam Phillips, The Louvin Brothers, The Delmore Brothers, The Jordanaires, Webb Pierce, Don Gibson, The Everly Brothers, Don Law, Ken Nelson and Homer & Jethro.
- Today in 2002, the “Halos and Horns” album from Dolly Parton and Andy Griggs’ “Freedom” album arrived in stores.
- Today in 2002, Toby Keith’s single, “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American),” topped the “Radio & Records” and “Billboard” singles charts.
- Today in 2004, Wynonna and the rock band Heart teamed up in an installment of “CMT Crossroads,” hosted by Radney Foster. The episode included performances of “Only Love,” “No One Else On Earth” and “Love Hurts”
- Today in 2010, A “CMT Crossroads” episode featuring Kenny Chesney and Steve Miller debuted. The set list included “I Go Back,” “Rock N’ Me” and “Living In Fast Forward”
- Today in 2011, Cheyenne Kimball shocked her bandmates by quitting Gloriana via Twitter after a concert at the Franklin County Fair in Missouri.
- Today in 2016, Jon Pardi’s “California Sunrise” debuted at #1 on the Billboard country albums chart.
- Today in 2016, Chris Stapleton opened for hard-rock band Guns N’ Roses at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium, performing “Nobody To Blame,” “You Are My Sunshine” and “Tennessee Whiskey” before GNR cranks out “Sweet Child O’ Mine,” “Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door” and “Paradise City.”
- Today in 2017, Maren Morris got engaged to Ryan Hurd while visiting his family in Michigan. The were married March 24, 2018.
- Today in 2017, it was revealed that Cassadee Pope and All Time Low’s Rian Dawson had called off their engagement. Together for seven years and engaged for five months, she channeled her feelings into a song – it’s been speculated that it’s either “Take You Home” or “Don’t Ask Me.”
- Today in 2018, Eli Young Band vocalist Mike Eli and his wife, Kacey, welcomed a son, Kash Eli, in Dallas.
MEET THE H & S FEED & COUNTRY STORE PET OF THE WEEK: “MATTY”
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This week’s H & S Feed & Country Store Pet of the Week is “Matty”, a 3 and a half year old male cat. Matty is affectionate and loves attention when he’s in the mood for it, but is an independent fellow who gets along with other cats, and doesn’t seem to mind dogs. Right now, you can adopt Matty for just $10. He’s fully vaccinated and ready to find his forever home.
If you’d like to set up an appointment to meet Matty 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 Matty with Terry Gott from Stephen Memorial Animal Shelter here:
Florida Georgia Line’s Tyler Hubbard Raising Healthy Eaters
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“They eat the same thing we eat every night. That’s kind of our thing,” he shares. “Like, whatever’s on our plate, that’s what’s on the menu tonight. There’s no other options.”
Tyler even planted a garden as a way to encourage his kids to eat healthy, with them helping him maintain it.
“They’re intrigued by it so much and fascinated, and love even just pickin’ it off the vine and eatin’ it,” he says. “It’s definitely not how I grew up but I’m really happy that we are where we’re at, and it’s fun to see the kids happy about eatin’ healthy food.”
Source: Florida Georgia Line
This day in Country Music History
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- Today in 1972, when a concert date was cancelled, Barbara Mandrell officially joined the Grand Ole Opry, three weeks earlier than scheduled.
- Today in 1992, Garth Brooks and then-wife, Sandy Brooks, welcomed their first child, daughter Taylor Mayne Pearl Brooks, in Nashville.
- Today in 1993, the “Merry Christmas To You” album by Reba McEntire was certified gold.
- Today in 1994, Travis Tritt scored a #1 hit with his single, “Foolish Pride.”
- Today in 1996, Keifer Thompson moved to Nashville from Oklahoma. Shortly after, he meets future wife and fellow Thompson Square partner Shawna McIlwain.
- Today in 1997, Marty Stuart married Connie Smith on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Afterward, they drove out into the wilderness and end up dancing on a cliff to Buck Owens’ “Your Tender Loving Care.”
- Today in 1998, Brooks & Dunn’s “If You See Her” album was certified gold and platinum simultaneously.
- Today in 1998, the Roy Orbison Estate filed a $12-million royalty suit against Sony Music Entertainment Inc. The suit alleged that Sony, in selling licenses from the artist’s Monument Records master recordings, consistently underpaid Roy in domestic and international royalties.
- Today in 2000, Lee Ann Womack’s “I Hope You Dance” began a five-week ride at #1 on the Billboard country chart.
- Today in 2002, Brad Paisley was #1 on the country charts with his single, “I’m Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin’ Song).”
- Today in 2010, Taylor Swift shot the wedding scene for her “Mine” video at the Christ Church in Kennebunk, Maine, with British actor Toby Hemingway in the role of the groom.
- Today in 2013, Darius Rucker’s single, “Radio,” was released.
- Today in 2014, Florida Georgia Line’s “Dirt” hit the airwaves.
- Today in 2016, Garth Brooks became the first country artist to headline at the new Yankee Stadium in New York. He sang two songs written by New Yorker Billy Joel, “Shameless” and “Piano Man.” Brooks also joined wife Trisha Yearwood on “In Another’s Eyes.”
- Today in 2017, Julianne Hough married NHL player Brooks Laich near Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Her brother, Derek Hough, was a member of the wedding party. The couple announced their separation (after months of questions) in May 2020.
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