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"Before he cheats" is a revenge fantasy of the wronged woman taking it out on her man's car. Tires get slashed, windows get smashed. Cathartic aggression. Anyone who's been betrayed can understand the anger. "Before he cheats" is American Idol-friendly country music. It's good campy fun.

In the aftermath of shooting spree at Fort Hood, Texas, that killed 13 people and injured another 30, Dierks Bentley learned that he had a connection to the civilian police officer who stopped the rampage. The singer was featured in a photo with the officer, Kimberly Munley, that made its way to television news shows and the Internet. Bentley met Munley earlier this year during a Fourth of July music festival at the U.S. Army post near Killeen, Texas. Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, opened fire Thursday (Nov. 5) at Fort Hood. Munley was at the scene and...

Doug Hoffman for Congress   Election Alert!!!!!!!!! 1 Day left   If you still see scary creatures in the 23rd Congressional district, it’s not because of Halloween. ACORN, the unions and Pelosi foot soldiers are flooding in to try and win this race. We need your help! Nothing can be left to chance!  Make time to volunteer at one of four critical district offices. We need our conservative army to help with phone calls, knocking on doors and driving people to the polls. We cannot let ACORN, the unions and Pelosi’s puppets win this! Come to one of these four critical...

It is high time Brad Paisley and Tim McGraw were taken to task for their support of Barrack Husein Obama. I first must admit that I have been a fan of Brad and Tim for a long time. I love the way they put to tune and words of how it is to be a man is in the world. After all, how can you not enjoy listening to the way Brad strings together the words in his song titled, “I'm Still A guy”, or how he seems to lay his heart out in the tune titled, “I'm Gonna Miss...

It is high time Brad Paisley and Tim McGraw were taken to task for their support of Barrack Husein Obama. I first must admit that I have been a fan of Brad and Tim for a long time. I love the way they put to tune and words of how it is to be a man is in the world. After all, how can you not enjoy listening to the way Brad strings together the words in his song titled, “I'm Still A guy”, or how he seems to lay his heart out in the tune titled, “I'm Gonna...

Doug Hoffman Country Superstar John Rich will give be in Watertownon Monday to play at a Get-Out-The-Vote Rally for my candidacy. The concert will start at 6:30 PM at the Jefferson County Agricultural Society Exhibition Hall (615 W.T. Fields Drive, Watertown, NY 13601). Come on out, and help get out the vote!

11-07-07 The CMT Awards just nominated Kellie for Performance of the Year.

NASHVILLE (The Borowitz Report) - President Barack Obama stunned the country music world today by picking up its highest honor, Country Music Entertainer of the Year. Mr. Obama was chosen unanimously, according to the Country Music Association, beating out such favorite as Carrie Underwood and Toby Keith.

Patsy Cline style clothes!!!, Patsy Cline Voice, she has a great voice.. one of the best female vocalists in country, I believe she was 13 when she sang this song.

Today AOL is spotlighting Toby Keith's new Music Video 'American Ride' Click to View American Ride Music Video

By Andrew W. Griffin Red Dirt Report, editor Posted: September 29, 2009 reddirtreporter@gmail.com OKLAHOMA CITY -- Although not available online, blogs, including AmericaWantsToKnow.com, report that the grocery store tabloid The Globe has revealed that 25 celebrities and well-known personalities, including Oklahoma's very own country music superstar Toby Keith, are on a so-called "enemies list," allegedly compiled by President Barack Obama. While some may scoff at such a report, since it was featured in The Globe, this particular tabloid has broken some big stories, like the John Edwards affair. The "insider" talking to The Globe says that Obama is concerned about...

By Andrew W. Griffin Red Dirt Report, editor Posted: September 24, 2009 reddirtreporter@gmail.com OKLAHOMA CITY – Despite the fact that the October 1, 2009 issue of Rolling Stone features a cover story on no-talent “actress” Megan Fox, America’s premier corporate-rock magazine Rolling Stone, features a terrific – and very long – story titled “The Fighter: The Life and Times of Merle Haggard.” It’s written by Jason Fine and it’s an epic profile on a true American original and one of the best artists in country music. And while we get the Hag’s history from top to bottom, we also get...

Here is video from the Friends of America Rally held in Holden, West Virginia yesterday, where 100,000 people were expected to attend. This video shows Hank Williams Jr. performing. At around the 1:50 mark of the video, Williams points to a flag in the crowd and says he has a flag like that at his house and on his cars which say, "Don't Tread on Me." Williams then said, "Don't Tread on Us, Barack." . . . (VIDEO)

A country boy can survive the Obama administration. Just ask Hank Williams, Jr. The country music artist -- best known to millions of Americans regardless of their musical taste for his "Are You Ready For Some Football?" theme to Monday Night Football -- was profiled yesterday by Bill Lynch of the Charleston [W.V.] Gazette. Lynch spent a considerable portion of his profile focused on Williams's politics, including his upcoming gig at a Labor Day TEA Party:

LeAnn Rimes questioned in Brentwood hit-and-run August 21, 2009 Country singer LeAnn Rimes was questioned Thursday by LAPD officers after she was accused of a misdemeanor hit-and-run in Brentwood, officials said today. Officers with the West Traffic Division went to Rimes’ home to question her following the 7:45 p.m. accident in the 11000 block of Montana Avenue. If police decide there is enough evidence to pursue the case, they would forward it to the Los Angeles city attorney’s office for further review. No details about the accident were available, and Rimes could not be immediately reached for comment.

As expected, the King of Pop steps aside for the King of Country as George Strait's "Twang" replaces Michael Jackson's enduring "Number Ones" as the best selling album in the country. Strait's new set sold 155,000 copies according to Nielsen SoundScan, earning the country legend his fifth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200. "Twang" follows in the footsteps of Strait's 1997 album "Carrying Your Love With Me," 2004's "50 Number Ones," 2005's "Somewhere Down In Texas" and 2008's "Troubadour." The last time one of Strait's studio albums opened with less than 100,000 was in 1994, when "Lead On" started...

By Andrew W. Griffin Red Dirt Report, editor Posted: August 17, 2009 reddirtreporter@gmail.com OKLAHOMA CITY – Norman resident and country superstar Toby Keith is back on the charts with a new “politically-charged video,” “American Ride,” that was released last Friday on country music video channel CMT and is being called by some critics as “equal-opportunity satire” This is demonstrated by showing a “tidal wave” of illegal aliens coming across the US-Mexico border or Barack Obama as a tool of the bankers or George W. Bush giving Pat Robertson a piggy-back ride. Excellent!. With it’s martial feel and driving fiddles, Jib-Jab-styled...

In a remarkably disturbing display of what happens when Hollywood is in control of a child, the once-sweet Miley Cyrus, in shorts that would make Madonna blush, did a pole dance on the Teen Choice Awards. Miley, the Hanna Montana star, is just 16-years-old.

FORT HUACHUCA — It’s not likely that one fan will be washing his right hand anytime soon. Not after Charlie Daniels shook it. “He just strolled off that burgundy bus wearing a Hawaiian shirt, walked right over to me and shook my hand,” Rick Hawkins said, holding it up for all to see. “I was completely shocked.” The Charlie Daniels Band performed Wednesday evening on Fort Huachuca, delivering an energized concert that opened with a string of hits, kicking off with, “Drinkin’ My Baby Goodbye” (Sitting on a bar stool, actin’ like a dern fool), then rolling into “The South’s...

On Tuesday, July 21, Brad Paisley, Alison Krauss and Charley Pride played to a very special audience. As part of the White House Summer Music series, the country music luminaries were in charge of serenading the First Lady and President Barack Obama. “I know folks think I’m a city boy, but I do appreciate listening to country music,” President Obama said as he introduced the concert. And what followed was a series of emotional performances from some of country’s biggest icons. The evening was especially meaningful for Charley Pride, who remains one of the few black performers to find success...

Live From The White House, It’s Tuesday Night! Tomorrow night is music night at the White House, and you can have all the action streamed live to your desktop. Charley Pride, Brad Paisley, Alison Krauss + Union Station feat. Jerry Douglas

Country music has always had something of an image problem, particularly among people who fancy themselves as progressives. Immigrant-trashing, gay-bashing, race-baiting, women-hating songs aren't hard to find in the country catalogue. Heck, sometimes you can find them all on a single album.snipBut, for all of its redneck revelry, country music also supplies many examples of forward-thinking artists who served up traditional hits while subverting traditional stereotypes: Johnny Cash, Loretta Lynn, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton and the Dixie Chicks, to name just a few, not only upended perceptions, they became country superstars in the process.snip Now add to that list Brad...

The trucks idled in the long line on the dirt road leading to this place called the Redneck Yacht Club. The Turbo Diesels and the Power Strokes rumbled while waiting. Big trucks pulled trailers with even bigger trucks. This started on Friday morning of Memorial Day weekend, and continued into Friday night, and on into Saturday morning, and still on Saturday night. They had come to put their four-wheelers, their swamp buggies and their jacked-up trucks into 800 out-of-the-way acres of muddy, goopy, chocolatey slop. The signs on the roadside were rules. No littering. No underage drinking. No burning tires....

Dixie Chick Natalie Maines worked on her fitness by hiking in L.A. this weekend. The recently shorn 34-year-old mother of two is not ashamed to break a sweat in public.

I’m gonna blame Bush foreversung by King Hussein to the tune of Forever and Ever, Amen with apologies to Randy Travis You may think that I’m acting foolish You’ve heard that I’m new & I’m green You may wonder how I can promise you now We’ll spend a trillion dollars while we still owe three And it’s not my blood that is spilling When I give up memos of the CIA It’s not my money that I will be spending On every left-wing program that enters my brain I’m gonna blame Bush forever, forever & ever amen As long as...

In these hard times, Americans are trying hard to relax and take refuge in entertainment. But The Washington Post is insisting that country music fans are not really sympathetic figures. They are prone to self-congratulation and "closing ranks" behind the thought that they live in the "real America." The Post music critic going by the name Josh Freedom du Lac -- that just can't be his name -- doesn't really seem to like patriotic music, despite the patriotic byline. He worries that songs like Jason Aldean's "Hicktown" or the Zac Brown Band's "Chicken Fried" do something wrong: They are "narrowcasting...

In these hard times, Americans are trying hard to relax and take refuge in entertainment. But The Washington Post is insisting that country music fans are not really sympathetic figures. They are prone to self-congratulation and "closing ranks" behind the thought that they live in the "real America." The Post music critic going by the name Josh Freedom du Lac – that just can’t be his name – doesn’t really seem to like patriotic music, despite the patriotic byline. He worries that songs like Jason Aldean’s "Hicktown" or the Zac Brown Band’s "Chicken Fried" do something wrong: They are "narrowcasting...

In these hard times, Americans are trying hard to relax and take refuge in entertainment. But The Washington Post is insisting that country music fans are not really sympathetic figures. They are prone to self-congratulation and "closing ranks" behind the thought that they live in the "real America." The Post music critic going by the name Josh Freedom du Lac – that just can’t be his name – doesn’t really seem to like patriotic music, despite the patriotic byline. He worries that songs like Jason Aldean’s "Hicktown" or the Zac Brown Band’s "Chicken Fried" do something wrong: They are...

They heat up the concert stage when they perform for legions of screaming fans, and they steam up the small screen with their music videos. Who are these country music hotties, and what are the secrets of their sex appeal? Viewers will find out in CMT 20 Sexiest Women hosted by Hollywood actor Patrick Dempsey (Sweet Home Alabama). Dempsey will lead viewers through a bevy of beauties. Who will claim the No. 1 spot -- Faith Hill, Deana Carter, Shania Twain, Julie Roberts, or another sexy star?

If Kelly Clarkson is tired of pregnancy rumors, she might want to avoid clothing choices like she's donned recently. The singer looked considerably heavier performing at the KIIS-FM Wango Tango in California this weekend (below, right). Contrast how the original American Idol looks compared to just two months ago, when promoting her new album on the current season of the hit show. Maybe she was channeling her inner Jessica Simpson and just picked a really unfortunate outfit. Sorry, that's a huge insult to Kelly Clarkson to even be mentioned in the same sentence. Our bad! Anyway, is she with child?...

Singer-songwriter Vern Gosdin, who achieved mainstream country success in the '80s with hits such as "Set 'Em Up Joe" and "Chiseled in Stone," died late Tuesday (April 28) at a Nashville hospital at age 74. Gosdin, who was often referred to as "the Voice," reportedly suffered a stroke several weeks ago. Born in Woodland, Ala., he had already achieved success with his brother, Rex, as the Gosdin Brothers before launching his solo career. As a teenager, his family hosted The Gosdin Family Gospel Show on a radio station in Birmingham, Ala. Vern and Rex Gosdin moved to the Los Angeles...

BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan, April 28, 2009 – Country singer and troop supporter Toby Keith finished up a 15-show tour in Afghanistan yesterday as he drew near the end of his seventh tour with the United Service Organizations. Service members crowd the stage April 27, 2009, at Bagram Air Field, to catch a photo of Toby Keith during his concert in Afghanistan. This was Keith’s seventh tour with the United Service Organizations. U.S. Army photo by Capt. Michael Greenberger   (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Keith spent five days criss-crossing the war-torn country visiting bases large and small in...

NASHVILLE SKYLINE: State of Country Music: Going to Hell? Time for Hand-Wringing? Or Time to Cowboy Up? We're inexorably moving toward two separate and perhaps not equal country music societies. And I don't mean traditionalists vs. modernists or Americana vs. mainstream country radio. I mean a total, radical, separatist split. In this scenario, one segment will be comprised of people who know at least something about country music and listen to it for the qualities that have always appealed to them about the music. That group includes the George Jones and Strait trad fans as well as NASCAR dudes and...

LAS VEGAS — Ethan Hawke might want to avoid crossing paths with Toby Keith in the near future. The country star lit into the actor for an article Hawke wrote in the new issue of Rolling Stone about Kris Kristofferson. In it, Hawke refers to a blowup Kristofferson had with an unnamed country star back in 2003 that sounds a lot like Toby Keith. But a furious Keith, speaking backstage at the Academy of Country Music Awards, said it wasn't true, and added that Hawke did not name him in the story because he did not want to face him...

Even if you’re scrounging for change under the seat of your beat-up pickup, you may still be able to open a bank account, thanks to the "You’re Approved Checking Account" from Snyder, Okla.-based Redneck Bank. That’s right: Redneck Bank. A division of the Bank of the Wichitas, this tongue-in-cheek online consumer bank offers checking and money market accounts that you can open with $1 and keep open with a minimum balance of a penny. And they’re available to both rednecks and yanks alike. This play on pop culture may be, on the surface, “where bankin’s funner,” as its web site...

Country Singer Rips Obama Administration for Renaming Global War on Terror By Ken Shepherd Created 2009-04-01 17:05 The mainstream media has found little of alarm in the story, but conservative bloggers including musician Charlie Daniels have taken heed of the Obama administration's changes to the terminology the U.S. government uses to describe the war on terrorism. For example, "terrorism" will now be referred to as "man-caused disasters" and the Global War on Terror will now be referred to as "Overseas Contingency Operation [1]." Daniels, who performed at the 2003 Media Research Center Gala, pulls no punches in his March 27...

Country music legend Merle Haggard, who is recovering from cancer surgery, has condemned young country stars, insisting they are having hits with all the wrong tunes. The 71-year-old says he hates the songs of country music’’s current crop of leading ladies, with Carrie Underwood topping the list. “Carrie Underwear, or Underwood. I mean, I like her, but where’’s the songs. You have to get past the belly buttons and the videos, Contactmusic quoted Haggard as telling America’’s Globe. He also said country music today is so perfect. Maybe too perfect. “There are no surprises,” he said. “Everything is going to...

Country music singer Charley Pride dropped by the Arkansas Senate to lead lawmakers in a sing-along, and to praise the Little Rock hospital that removed a tumor from his vocal cords 10 years ago.

CBS has released more details about country music star Taylor Swift’s upcoming special guest role on “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.” The episode will be titled “Turn, Turn, Turn.” Here’s the network’s description: “When the CSIs are called to a murder scene at a familiar motel, Nick (George Eads) is thrown for a loop as he pieces together three separate murder investigations that all took place at the same establishment over the course of a year.”

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29, 2009 – Stephen Cochran was a normal 19-year-old with a dream of making music his life when the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks led him down an unplanned path to the Marine Corps. Country singer-songwriter Stephen Cochran is a former Marine and a wounded veteran. His back was broken in an ambush while he was serving in Afghanistan in July 2004. Now, with his music career on track, Cochran also works to promote programs that help to meet the needs of wounded veterans. Courtesy photo  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. “I dropped out of college....

Audrey Sheppard of the Shiloh community in Pike County and Hank Williams of Montgomery were married in December 1944 by a justice of the peace at his gas station in Andalusia. It was as simple as that. Just Audrey and Hank and the justice of the peace. “No, none of the family was there,” said Audrey’s sister, Loretta Sheppard Fleming of the Shiloh community. “The best I remember, Hank was playing a job down in that area and Audrey had gone with him. We weren’t surprised though. They had been talking about getting married and I guess they just decided...

12/9/2008 - RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFNS) -- The 2008 "Red, White and Air Force Blue Christmas" radio special featuring country music's multi-award winning artist Faith Hill is arriving this week at more than 3,300 country music radio stations across the nation. In its 14th year, the radio special includes a selection of holiday classics from Mrs. Hill. Produced and marketed by the Air Force Recruiting Service's Strategic Communications Division, the one-hour show also features an in-depth interview with the artist who reminds servicemembers serving away from home that they are not forgotten. "To all of the men and...

I'm trying to identify a odd country/western tune that I heard a few times a while back. As I recall it had 3 or 4 established country/ western singers (I seem to remember Willie Nelson as one, i think) each taking a verse. The song was based on the lives of people who lived and died around the early to mid 1800's. Each verse had the deceased person telling who he was, how he lived and how he was died. People such as a soldier, an outlaw, ect., and each verse ended with the deceased person proclaiming that they did...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3, 2008 – Country singer/songwriter Craig Morgan can relate to the veterans he meets when he performs, because he’s been there. Country music star Craig Morgan performs a song he wrote to honor servicemembers April 19, 2008, on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va. The performance was part of the Jack Daniel's-USO "Toast to the Troops" care package stuffing event. DoD photo by Samantha L. Quigley  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. “I was in Panama in 1989 for Operation Just Cause, [and] I was assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division during Operation Desert Storm,” the former soldier...

Country music singer Hank Williams Jr. said he plans to run for the U.S. Senate as a Republican during the next primary election. CMT.com said Williams has already talked with Sen. Lamar Alexander and former Sen. Bill Frist about his candidacy.

Will wonders never cease?! Hank Williams Jr. says he will run for the U.S. Senate as a Republican candidate during the next primary election. It is my understanding that Hank has already talked with Sen. Lamar Alexander and former Sen. Bill Frist -- both Republicans -- regarding his candidacy. Those of you who keep up with country music news by reading this weekly column are already aware that Hank spent a lot of time on the campaign trail with Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, John McCain's vice presidential running mate.

Listening to music that makes you happy, especially if it's country music, may be good for your heart, a new study suggests. In a small study of 10 participants, researchers found that music that makes the listener feel good causes the inner lining of the blood vessels to expand, which increases blood flow to the heart. On average, listening to joyful music led blood-vessel dilation in the upper arm to increase by 26 per cent, while music that induced anxiety caused the vessels to narrow by six per cent. The theory is that the positive emotions trigger the release of...

(CNN) — In the waning hours of the presidential race, the toughest shot against Barack Obama may not have come from the Republican ticket, but from country music star Hank Williams, Jr. The country-rocker, a campaign trail fixture who has penned a special song for the GOP ticket called "McCain-Palin Tradition," suggested Monday Obama doesn't like the national anthem. “You know, I’m usually at Monday Night Football tonight, but Colorado, this is a lot more important tonight. Join me now in our national — you know, that song that, uh, Mr. Obama’s not real crazy about, we’re singing it right...

Colorado Springs, CO–Country singer, Hank Williams Jr. is often by Sarah Palin’s side throughout her two months on the campaign trail. He opens up with the National Anthem, but at a rally in an airport hangar here, Williams Jr. veered off script and directly questioned Barack Obama’s patriotism before he sang the National Anthem. “You know, I’m usually at Monday Night Football tonight, but Colorado, this is a lot more important tonight. Join me now in our National—you know, that song that, uh, Mr. Obama’s not real crazy about, we’re singing it right now.” Williams then sang, “McCain-Palin Tradition” which...