Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Downtown Detroit

1020 Washington Blvd.
Detroit, MI 48226 U.S.A.
(313) 877-7000

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Win One of Three Special Prizes from Downtown Hoedown group The 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.

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.

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.

Win 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.

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 program and subsequent interview March 5, 2008.