Happy Holidays!!!

Hi, everyone!! I'm preparing some end of the year posts reflecting on 2008, but before I start posting those, I wanted to take some time to say I hope you're having a wonderful holiday season and the New Year is a great one for you all. Thanks to everyone who has been reading this year. I really appreciate it! Take care and I'll see you tomorrow!! I'm going to leave you with a couple of my favorite performances from the Opry Special. Carrie Underwood's version of "Do You Hear What I Hear?" and Martina McBride's "O Holy Night". The Martina one in particular impressed me. It was a wonderful a cappella version where she stay pretty low-key vocally. Enjoy!

More Minnie....

As I promised yesterday, I wanted to share a few quick thoughts about a song I was recently able to here. It's called "Take Me to Texas" and is going to be Minnie Murphy's debut single. She's the half-sister of Jamie O'neal and is quite a talent in her own right.

Her voice has a very sweet tone to it and has a very old-school sound. The song's a classic slow love song with a very traditional sound to it. I can definitely picture the song being played in a honky tonk somewhere. If there's any justice in radio, this is going to end up as a hit. Keep on the look out for a release date and in the meantime, check out this video. It's a performance of a song called "Did It Look Like Love" from a writer's night at the Blackbird Cafe.



In other news, I just read that Craig Morgan has been invited to become the latest member of the Grand Ole Opry. Congrats to him and I'll be looking forward to seeing who's going to be involved in his induction. If GAC follows their pattern, we should be getting a "Road to the Opry" special and his induction aired on the channel. Well, that's about it. Take care and I'll see y'all next time!

Big Road Hammers News!!

To all the fans out there, don't forget to set those VCRs and DVRs tomorrow if you're going to be out. Why, you ask? The Road Hammers will be making their Grand Ole Opry debut tomorrow (Friday, the 5th)! The show airs on GAC, so check their website for the time. One of the members, Jason McCoy, said "As a lifelong country music fan, The Grand Ole Opry is a Mecca to me. With the passing of Jerry Reed, one of my true heroes, it will make it that much more special to pay tribute to him with our version of 'East Bound and Down.' He will be missed by all, but his incredible legacy will live on in country music forever." This looks like it could be a great show. Reed passed away earlier this week.

In other news, Jeremy McComb got to sing the National Anthem at the NHRA Mac Tools US National Finals on Labor Day. Go him... he's getting a lot of promo in before his new single, "Cold", hits radio on the 8th. Well, that's about it. Check back later, as I'll be sharing some cool pictures of Laura Bryna in flight and my "Video of the Week". Take care!!