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2008 Hoedown Artist Profiles *
HOEDOWN
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Downtown
Detroit
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Holiday
Inn Express Hotel & Suites Downtown Detroit
1020
Washington Blvd.
Detroit, MI 48226 U.S.A.
(313)
887-7000 |
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Josh
Gracin*
Lyric
Street recording artist
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Birthdate
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October 18, 1980 |
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Birthplace
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Westland,
MI |
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Members
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Hit
Songs
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"I
Want to Live," "Brass Bed," "Nothin' to
Lose," "I Keep Coming Back," "Favorite State
of Mind" and "We Weren't Crazy" |
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Latest
Album
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We
Weren't Crazy in 2008 - Buy
the album now! |
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Website
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www.joshgracin.com |
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Scheduled
Performance
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Friday,
May 9, 2008 @ 9:35 p.m. (Upper Stage) |
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Fisher
Stevenson*
Big
Machine recording artist
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Birthdate
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June 13, 1978 |
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Birthplace
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Richmond,
Virginia |
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Members
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Hit
Songs
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"Why
Me" and "No Tomorrow Here Tonight" |
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Latest
Album
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TBA
-- Buy the album now! |
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Website
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http://www.myspace.com/fisherstevenson |
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Scheduled
Performance
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Saturday,
May 10, 2008 @ 4:30 p.m. (Acoustic Stage) |
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Jypsi*
Arista
Nashville recording artist
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Birthdate
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Birthplace
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Galena,
Illinois |
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Members
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Amber-Dawn
Rische, Frank Rische, Lillie Mae Rische, Scarlett Rische |
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Hit
Songs
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"Love
is a Drug," and "I Don't Love You Like That" |
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Latest
Album
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TBD
-- Buy the album now! |
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Website
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www.jypsi.net |
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Scheduled
Performance
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Sunday,
May 11, 2008 @ 3:15 p.m. (Lower Stage) |
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Whiskey
Falls*
Midas
recording artist
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Birthdate
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Birthplace
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Nashville,
Tennessee |
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Members
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Seven
Williams, Buck Johnson, Wally Brandt, Damon Johnson |
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Hit
Songs
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"Last
Train Running," "Load Up the Bases (The Baseball Song)"
and "Falling Into You" |
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Latest
Album
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Whiskey
Falls in 2007 - Buy
the album now! |
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Website
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www.whiskeyfallsmusic.com |
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Scheduled
Performance
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Sunday,
May 11, 2008 @ 2:25 p.m. (Lower Stage) |
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Lee
Brice*
Asylum-Curb
recording artist
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Birthdate
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June 10, 1979 |
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Birthplace
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Sumter,
South Carolina |
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Members
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Hit
Songs
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"She
Ain't Right" and "Happy Endings" |
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Latest
Album
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Picture
of Me in 2008 -- Buy the album now! |
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Website
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www.leebrice.com |
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Scheduled
Performance
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Saturday,
May 10, 2008 @ 3:50 p.m. (Lower Stage) |
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Drew
Davis Band*
Lofton
Creek recording artist
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Birthdate
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Birthplace
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Los
Angeles, California |
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Members
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Drew
Davis, Loren Ellis, Roger Malinkowski, Mo Levone, Dave Kelly |
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Hit
Songs
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"Back
There All the Time" |
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Latest
Album
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Drew
Davis Band (EP) in 2005 -- Buy
the album now! |
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Website
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www.drewdavisband.com |
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Scheduled
Performance
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Saturday,
May 10, 2008 @ 2:25 p.m. (Lower Stage) |
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Jewel
Big
Machine recording artist
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Birthdate
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May 23, 1974 |
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Birthplace
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Payson,
Utah |
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Members
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Hit
Songs
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"Pieces
of Me", "You Were Meant for Me", "Who Will
Save Your Soul" and "Foolish Games," and "Stronger
Woman" |
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Latest
Album
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Perfectly
Clear on June 3, 2008 -- Buy the album now! |
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Website
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www.jeweljk.com |
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Scheduled
Performance
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Friday,
May 9, 2008 @ 8:00 p.m. (Upper Stage) |
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Lady
Antebellum
Capitol
Nashville recording artists
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Birthdate
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Birthplace
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Atlanta,
Georgia |
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Members
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Dave
Haywood, Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott |
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Hit
Songs
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"Love
Don't Live Here" |
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Latest
Album
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Lady
Antebellum on April 15, 2008 -- Pre-order
it now! |
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Website
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ladyantebellum.musiccitynetworks.com |
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Scheduled
Performance
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Friday,
May 9, 2008 @ 6:45 p.m. (Upper Stage) |
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Rissi
Palmer
1720
Entertainment recording artist
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Birthdate
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1981 |
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Birthplace
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Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania |
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Members
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Hit
Songs
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"Country
Girl" and "Hold Onto Me" |
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Latest
Album
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Rissi
Palmer in 2007 -- Buy
the album now! |
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Website
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www.rissipalmer.com |
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Scheduled
Performance
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Friday,
May 9, 2008 @ 5:35 p.m. (Upper Stage) |
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Phil
Stacey
Lyric
Street recording artist
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Birthdate
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January 21, 1978 |
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Birthplace
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Richmond,
Kentucky |
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Members
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Hit
Songs
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"If
You Didn't Love Me" |
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Latest
Album
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Phil
Stacey on April 29, 2008 -- Buy
the album now! |
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Website
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www.philstacey.com |
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Scheduled
Performance
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Friday,
May 9, 2008 @ 4:30 p.m. (Upper Stage) |
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Carter's
Chord
Show
Dog Nashville recording artists
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Birthdate
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Birthplace
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Nashville,
Tennessee |
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Members
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Becky
Robertson, Emily Robertson, Joanna Robertson |
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Hit
Songs
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"Young
Love" |
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Latest
Album
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Carter's
Chord on July 1, 2008 -- Buy
the album now! |
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Website
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www.carterschord.com |
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Scheduled
Performance
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Friday,
May 9, 2008 @ 3:40 p.m. (Lower Stage) |
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Jason
Michael Carroll
Arista
Nashville recording artist
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Birthdate
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June 13, 1978 |
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Birthplace
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Houston,
Texas |
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Members
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Hit
Songs
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"Alyssa
Lies", "Livin' Our Love Song" and "I Can
Sleep When I'm Dead" |
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Latest
Album
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Waitin' in the Country in 2007 -- Buy
the album now! |
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Website
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www.jasonmichaelcarroll.com |
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Scheduled
Performance
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Friday,
May 9, 2008 @ 2:50 p.m. (Lower Stage) |
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Trisha
Yearwood
Big
Machine recording artist
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Birthdate
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September 19, 1964 |
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Birthplace
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Monticello,
Georgia |
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Members
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Hit
Songs
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"I
Would've Loved You Anyway", "Squeeze Me In",
"I'll Still Love You More", "There Goes My Baby"
and "In Another's Eyes" |
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Latest
Album
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Heaven,
Heartache and the Power of Love in 2007 -- Buy
the album now! |
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Website
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www.trishayearwood.com |
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Scheduled
Performance
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Saturday,
May 10, 2008 @ 9:50 p.m. (Upper Stage) |
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Chris
Cagle
Capitol
recording artist
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Birthdate
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November 10, 1968 |
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Birthplace
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DeRidder,
Louisiana |
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Members
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Hit
Songs
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"Laredo",
"My Love Goes On and On", "I Breathe In, I Breathe
Out", "What a Beautiful Day", "Chicks Dig
It" and "What Kinda Gone" |
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Latest
Album
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My
Life's Been a Country Song in 2008 -- Buy
the album now! |
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Website
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chriscagle.musiccitynetworks.com |
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Scheduled
Performance
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Saturday,
May 10, 2008 @ 6:55 p.m. (Upper Stage) |
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Little
Big Town
Equity
recording artists
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Birthdate
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Birthplace
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Nashville,
Tennessee |
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Members
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Karen
Fairchild, Kimberly Roads Schalpman, Philip Sweet, Jimi Westbrook |
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Hit
Songs
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"Boondocks",
"Bring it on Home", "Good as Gone", "A
Little More You" and "I'm With the Band" |
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Latest
Album
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A
Place to Land in 2007 -- Buy
the album now! |
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Website
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www.littlebigtown.com |
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Scheduled
Performance
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Saturday,
May 10, 2008 @ 8:15 p.m. (Upper Stage) |
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The
Road Hammers
Montage
recording artists
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Birthdate
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Birthplace
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Canada |
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Members
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Jason McCoy, Clayton
Bellamy, Chris Byrne, Corbett Frasz |
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Hit
Songs
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"I'm
a Road Hammer", "East Bound and Down", "Nashville
Bound", "Girl on the Billboard" and "I Don't
Know When to Quit" |
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Latest
Album
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Blood, Sweat
and Steel on June 1, 2008 -- Pre-order the album now! |
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Website
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www.theroadhammers.com |
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Scheduled
Performance
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Saturday, May 10,
2008 @ 4:40 p.m. (Upper Stage) |
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Billy
Currington
Mercury
Nashville recording artist
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Birthdate
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November 19, 1973 |
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Birthplace
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Rincon,
Georgia |
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Members
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Hit
Songs
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"Walk
a Little Straighter", "I Got a Feelin'", "Party
for Two", "Must Be Don' Somethin' Right", "Good
Directions" and "Tangled Up" |
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Latest
Album
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Doin' Somethin'
Right in 2005 -- Buy
the album now! |
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Website
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www.billycurrington.com |
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Scheduled
Performance
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Sunday, May 11,
2008 @ 7:10 p.m. (Upper Stage) |
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Lonestar
CO5
recording artists
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Birthdate
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Birthplace
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Nashville,
Tennessee |
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Members
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Michael Britt, Cody
Collins, Keech Rainwater, Dean Sams |
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Hit
Songs
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"No
News", "Come Cryin' to Me", "Everything's
Changed", "Amazed", "Smile", "What
About Now", "Tell Her", "I'm Already There",
"My Front Porch Looking In" and "Mr. Mom" |
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Latest
Album
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Mountains
in 2006 -- Buy
the album now! |
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Website
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www.lonestarnow.com |
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Scheduled
Performance
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Sunday, May 11,
2008 @ 5:35 p.m. (Upper Stage) |
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Ashton
Shepard
MCA
Nashville recording artist
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Birthdate
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August 16, 1986 |
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Birthplace
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Coffeeville,
Alabama |
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Members
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Hit
Songs
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"Takin'
Off This Pain" |
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Latest
Album
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Sounds So Good
in 2008 -- Buy
the album now! |
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Website
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umgnashville.com/artist/default.aspx?aid=207 |
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Scheduled
Performance
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Sunday, May 11,
2008 @ 4:25 p.m. (Upper Stage) |
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Sarah
Johns
BNA
recording artist
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Birthdate
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Birthplace
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Pollard,
Kentucky |
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Members
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Hit
Songs
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"The
One in the Middle" and "He Hates Me" |
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Latest
Album
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Big Love in a
Small Town in 2007 -- But
the album now! |
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Website
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www.bnarecords.com/artists/details.cfm?artistid=1000019 |
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Scheduled
Performance
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Sunday, May 11,
2008 @ 1:35 p.m. (Lower Stage) |
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Gretchen
Wilson
Columbia
recording artist
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Birthdate
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June 26, 1973 |
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Birthplace
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Pocahontas,
Illinois |
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Members
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Hit
Songs
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"Redneck
Woman", "Here for the Party", "When I Think
About Cheatin", "Homewrecker", "All Jacked
Up" and "You Don't Have to Go Home" |
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Latest
Album
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One of the Boys
in 2007 -- But
the album now! |
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Website
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www.gretchenwilson.com |
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Scheduled
Performance
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Sunday, May 11,
2008 @ 8:45 p.m. (Upper Stage) |
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Emily
West
Capitol
Nashville recording artist
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Birthdate
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July 9, 1981 |
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Birthplace
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Waterloo,
Iowa |
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Members
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Hit
Songs
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"Rocks
in Your Shoes" |
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Latest
Album
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Emily West (EP)
in 2007 |
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Website
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myspace.com/emilywestmusic |
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Scheduled
Performance
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Saturday, May 10,
2008 @ 5:45 p.m. (Upper Stage) |
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Road Hammers
AmericaJR.com
announces that The Road Hammers will perform at the Downtown
Hoedown on Saturday, May 10, 2008. In support of their upcoming
performance, we're giving away three prizes to three separate
winners: an autographed hat, a t-shirt and three stickers.
The Road Hammers is an award-winning Canadian Country music
group composed of Jason McCoy, Clayton Bellamy, Chris Byrne
and Corbett Frasz. Their first self-titled album included
remakes of several classic truck-driving songs. |
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Win
an autographed copy of Downtown Hoedown group Little Big Town's
album "The Road to Here" and a copy of their latest
release "A Place to Land"
AmericaJR.com
announces that Little Big Town will perform at the Downtown
Hoedown on Saturday, May 10, 2008. In support of their upcoming
performances, we're giving away four autographed copies of
the album "The Road to Here" along with four copies
of their latest release "A Place to Land". Four
second-place winners will receive a copy of the Little Big
Town album "A Place to Land". Its lead-off single,
"I'm with the Band", has peaked at #32 on the country
charts. The second single from the album, "Fine Line",
is set for release in the spring of 2008. Courtesy of the
Equity Music Group.
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Win
an autographed copy of Downtown Hoedown artist Phil Stacey's
self-titled debut album
AmericaJR.com
announces that Phil Stacey will perform at the Downtown Hoedown
on Friday, May 9, 2008. In support of his upcoming performance,
we're giving away five autographed copies of his self-titled
debut album. Phil
Stacey was a finalist on the sixth season of American Idol,
where he performed for an average of 30 million viewers for
the eleven weeks he competed on the series. Phil's debut single,
"If You Didn't Love Me" is climbing the country
charts. The track is produced by Wayne Kirkpatrick and co-written
by Rascal Flatts' Gary Levox. |
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a copy of James Otto's latest album "Sunset Man",
courtesy of Warner Bros. Nashville Records
AmericaJR.com
has teamed up with Warner Bros. Nashville Records to give
you the chance to win a copy of James Otto's new album "Sunset
Man." It features the hit single "Just Got Started
Lovin' You". Sunset Man, was released in April 2008,
produced by John Rich (of Big & Rich) and Jay DeMarcus
(of Rascal Flatts), the latter of whom is Otto's brother-in-law.
In 1998, he moved to Nashville, Tennessee, and began attending
songwriters' nights there; three years later, he joined the
MuzikMafia, a group of country music songwriters which includes
Big & Rich and Gretchen Wilson. |
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Win
a copy of Downtown Hoedown artist Ashton Shepherd's debut
album "Sounds So Good"
Ashton
Shepherd performed at the Downtown Hoedown on Sunday, May
11, 2008. Now, we're giving away three copies of her latest
album, Sounds So Good. She was signed to Universal Music Group
Nashville's MCA Nashville division in April of 2007. Her debut
single, "Takin' Off This Pain", was released in
September 2007, the same month in which Ashton made her debut
on the Grand Ole Opry. She also received a boost in visibility
after appearing on CMT's Unplugged at Studio 330 Television
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