Author: Clayton Anderson

‘Throwback Thursday. Four years ago, George Strait and Miranda Lambert took the stage together at the 54th Academy Of Country Music Awards to perform Strait’s 2001 hit, “Run.” Run was written by Anthony Smith and Tony Lane and was released as the lead single from George’s twenty-first studio album, “The Road Less Traveled.” It debuted at at #36 on Billboard’s Hot Country Singles chart and eventually soared to #2, just missing the top spot. Run is one of my personal favorite songs from The King (then again, I probably say that about 15 of his songs) but hearing fellow Texas…

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Aw naw, guess he shouldn’t have had another shot of that patron… Last night, Chris Young was arrested outside of a Nashville bar after he allegedly assaulted a Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission agent. According to court documents, the 38 year-old country singer got into an altercation with TABC agents after a compliance check inside Tin Roof off Demonbreun St. Young, who was apparently “slurring his speech,” then followed the agents to the DawgHouse saloon, asking multiple questions while filming them. The officer reported that Young then “put his hands out to stop me from leaving the bar and struck me…

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Earlier this morning, legendary country music duo, Brooks & Dunn, officially announced they’re hittin’ the road this summer on the second leg of the “REBOOT TOUR.” The tour, named after their most recent album from 2019, kicks off in West Palm Beach, Florida on May 3rd and features a total of 22 shows set to wrap up in the middle of August. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Brooks & Dunn (@brooksanddunn) Rising country star and frequent Morgan Wallen collaborator, ERNEST, will be opening for many of the dates, as well as David Lee Murphy, known for…

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Jelly Roll has never been one to hold back his opinion… Last year, Jelly Roll sat down with the boys from the FLAGRANT podcast and sparked a controversial debate on how the modern church is portraying Jesus in this day and age. The 39 year-old rapper-turned-country artist released his seventh studio album, “Whitsitt Chapel,” back in June and referred to it as his “reconciliation with the church.” When asked to expand, he predicted the church will suffer as a result of people “americanizing” Jesus and “weaponizing God:” “Jesus and the church is gonna die, again, if they don’t find a…

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Texas native, Parker McCollum, recently uploaded a live performance video from his show at the Moody Center Arena in Austin, Texas. Playing for a sold out crowd of over 15,000 people, the concert was held back in October of last year and the new video posted to Parker’s YouTube features the 31 year-old rising country star performing his latest single at country radio, “Burn It Down.” The single, written by Parker, as well as Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna and Liz Rose, is off his recent fourth studio album, titled “Never Enough,” and has recently cracked the top 15 on the…

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Just three months ahead of the release for his eighth studio album, “Leather,” Cody Johnson released the lead single, “The Painter,” back in August of last year, a heartfelt tribute to his wife, Brandi, of almost 15 years. Although the song was written by Benjy Davis, Kat Higgins and Ryan Larkins, and not actually by CoJo himself, he explained why the song meant so much to him and his marriage upon announcing the songs release: “My favorite lyric in ‘The Painter’ is ‘for every wall I built, she saw a canvas.’ If there’s anything that describes my marriage with my…

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