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Midland Recalls Their Most Memorable Halloween

The guys in Midland will never forget celebrating Halloween in Sacramento last year while on tour with Thomas Rhett.

“Sacramento takes their Halloween very seriously, and they have one of the largest costume stores in the world, I think,” Mark Wystrach shares, “and Thomas said everybody’s gettin’ dressed up for it.”

So that’s what the guys did, with Cameron Duddy decked out as a sheik, and Jess Carson as a pharaoh, although the guys are not exactly sure Mark was, with Cameron suggesting he was the Burger King.

“I wouldn’t say the Burger King, okay,” he jokes, “but I was thinking like Prince Charming or something like that.”

And the best part, they saved all the costumes, with Mark noting, “we’ve got ‘em for this coming up Halloween.”

 

 

Today in 1968: Johnny Cash’s ‘At Folsom Prison’ album goes gold.

Today in 1968, Johnny Cash’s “comeback” was complete when his album, “At Folsom Prison,” was certified gold.

‘At Folsom Prison’ is a live album released on Columbia Records in May 1968. After his 1955 song “Folsom Prison Blues”, Cash had been interested in recording a performance at a prison. His idea was put on hold until 1967, when personnel changes at Columbia Records put Bob Johnston in charge of producing Cash’s material. Cash had recently controlled his drug abuse problems, and was looking to turn his career around after several years of limited commercial success. Backed by June Carter, Carl Perkins and the Tennessee Three, Cash performed two shows at Folsom State Prison in California on January 13, 1968. The album consists of fifteen tracks from the first show and two tracks from the second.

Despite little initial investment by Columbia, At Folsom Prison was a hit in the United States, reaching number one on the country charts and the top 15 of the national album chart. The lead single, a live version of “Folsom Prison Blues”, was a top 40 hit, Cash’s first since 1964’s “Understand Your Man”. At Folsom Prison received positive reviews and revitalized Cash’s career, becoming the first in a series of live albums recorded at prisons that includes “At San Quentin” (1969), “På Österåker” (1973), and “A Concert Behind Prison Walls” (1976). The album was re-released with additional tracks in 1999, a three-disc set in 2008, and a five LP box set with bonus rehearsals in 2018 for Record Store Day. It was certified triple platinum in 2003 for US sales exceeding three million.

 

 

Miranda Lambert Reveals How She Met Her Husband

Miranda Lambert surprised everyone back in February when she announced she had married NYPD officer Brendan McLouglin, and now she’s finally opening up about how they first met.

“I met my husband doing press for the Pistol Annies record, this time last year,” Miranda tells the “New York Times.” “Our record came out the day after Halloween, and we did ‘Good Morning America.’ My husband was doing security there for the show.”

And apparently it was her Pistol Annies bandmates Ashley Monroe and Angaleena Presley who picked Brendan out in the crowd. “My girlfriends, the Annies, saw him and knew I might be ready to hang out with someone,” she added. “They invited him to our show behind my back. They plucked him for me. My security guy Tom, he was in on it too. He said to me, ‘He’s here. And he’s pretty.’”

Miranda noted, “Now the Pistol Annies have three husbands, two ex-husbands, three children, a stepson and 23 animals. We’ve done a lot in nine years!”

 

 

Carrie Underwood’s Mom Joins Her On Stage In Oklahoma

Carrie Underwood brought out a very special guest for her “Cry Pretty 360” tour stop in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Carrie, who grew up in Checotah, Oklahoma, brought her mom Carole on stage to join her for “The Champion,” where mom rapped the Ludacris verse.

“Got to share the stage with this amazing champion tonight!,” Carrie shared on Instagram. “Of course, I’m talking about my mom! She crushed it!”

Watch it here.

Brett Young and his wife Taylor welcome new daughter

Congratulations are in order for Brett Young and his wife Taylor. The couple welcomes their first child, daughter Presley Elizabeth, on Monday.

“We have wanted this for so long and never could we have dreamed of something so beautiful and life-changing,” the couple tells People. “She is perfect and we are forever better because she was given to us.”

Brett took to Instagram to praise his wife, who he called his “superhero.” “Your beauty and strength never cease to amaze me,” he writes. “I’m so impressed by and proud of you. Thank you for this incredible gift. I could not love you more!”

And to Presley he adds, “My daughter, Baby P, you’re perfect. I am so head over heels in love with you I can’t even explain it. My world is forever changed because God gave you to me.”

While being a new dad is scary, Brett says he has a great role model to take after – his own dad. “I’m fortunate to be able to say this and mean it – there are way more than one quality in my dad that I would hope to embody or be able to, 20 years from now have my daughter say about me,” he says, adding that his father has always been super supportive of him. He notes, “it seemed like he believed it so it made me believe it, so I hope that that’s something that I have for her.”

This day in 2000: Clint Black and his wife Lisa Hartman Black announce they’re expecting

Today in 2000, it was revealed that Clint Black and his lovely wife, Lisa Hartman Black, were expecting their first child. On May 8th of 2002, the couple welcomed Lily Pearl as the newest member of the Black family. Their happy news wasn’t revealed until the following day, when “Early Show” co-host Jane Clayson announced the joyous arrival to the world during the 36th annual Academy of Country Music Awards.

 

 

Luke Bryan Receives Album Of The Decade Award At “Opry Goes Pink” Night

Luke Bryan is the latest artist to receive an ACM Decade Award. The singer was honored with the first every ACM Album of the Decade Award for his 2013 release, “Crash My Party.”

Luke was surprised with the honor earlier this week at the Grand Ole Opry, where he was performing at the 11th annual “Opry Goes Pink” night, to help support the fight against breast cancer. Check out the moment to the right.

As for the Opry Goes Pink night, Luke felt it was important for him to be a part of such a good cause. While Luke says no one in the “close proximity of my family” has had to deal with breast cancer, he has had friends who’ve experienced it, as well as fans. He notes, “the big thing that I always notice is the fans at my concerts that have the signs up, you know, they have a pink sign, ‘LAST CHEMO TREATMENT TODAY. BEATING CANCER,’ and that always is something that, that visual is always something that I leave the show with.”

 

 

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