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Can you name the country music artists featured in this sand sculpture? We had lots of fun at the National Cattlemens Beef Association Trade Show in Nashville last week. Theres more on my AgProud blog. - [Read more]

Here it is Wednesday again, time to roll out some Texas Country tunes to get you through the middle of the week.Check out the Texas Country Music page for a list of artists featured on my blog. Be sure to let me know via comment or email if you have any suggestions. This weeks artist is someone probably more associated with Outlaw Country than most. Ray Wylie Hubbard is also one of the elder - [Read more]

Real life isnt always going to be perfect or go our way, but the recurring acknowledgement of what is working in our lives can help us not only to survive but surmount our difficulties. -- Sarah Ban Breathnach - [Read more]

Well, I can now say Ive watched hockey games in two different leagues. Friday night I went to see the Knoxville Ice Bears (22-9-3, No.2 in SPHL) take on the Fayetteville FireAntz (11-21-3, No.9 in SPHL) in a Southern Professional Hockey League match. The SPHL consists of 9 Southern teams from Columbus (GA), Fayetteville (NC), Knoxville (TN), Huntsville (AL), Augusta (GA), Biloxi (MS), Southaven - [Read more]

Here it is Wednesday, Hump Day, the middle of the week. And to get us through I have some more of my favorite Texas Country artists for ya. Be sure to join me in sharing your favorite songs by this weeks artists in the comments below. This weeks is Casey Donahew Band. Caseys one of the more popular bands that has had success farther from the Texas Region and has had some pretty big hits. One - [Read more]

Its Wednesday once again! To help us all get over this Hump Day, Im sharing some of my favorite Texas Country artists and hope youll join along. This weeks artist is Robert Earl Keen. Share your favorite REK song in the comments or better yet join my Wednesday Video series with a post of your own. Just leave a link in the comments below! Heres Gringo Honeymoon (1996) - [Read more]

Well so far I am 2-0-1 on hockey games attended (better than my uncle can say!) Although I shouldnt really rag him too hard, because he is the one that introduced me to the NHL world... But at least the Preds gain points every time I make it to a game. Saturday I watched the Preds take on the Flyers in Bridgestone Arena. Too bad Im a Preds fan first, because I really like the Flyers Orange (I - [Read more]

Heres to a new start and an awesome 2012! Lets see how long this blog series lasts. Im a huge fan of Texas Country Music and if youre not a fan, youre missing out. Each Wednesday Ill post a video or two from my favorite artists and share the fun. One of my first red dirt/texas country concerts to attend in college was an acoustic Jason Boland show for one of my friends birthday. Hes - [Read more]

Have you seen the latest show to premiere on NBC? John Grisham finally makes it to prime time with the adaptation of The Firm; one of his earliest bestselling novels (1991). The television series features Josh Lucas (Mitch McDeere), Juliette Lewis (Tammy Hemphill), with John Grisham behind the scenes as Executive Producer. The Firm was first brought to the big screen in 1993 featuring Tom Cruise - [Read more]

"Go West, young man" is a popular saying in the United States about Manifest Destiny popularized by American author Horace Greeley. Greeley favored westward expansion. He saw the fertile farmland of the west as an ideal place for people willing to work hard for the opportunity to succeed. The phrase came to symbolize the idea that agriculture could solve many of the nations problems of poverty - [Read more]

Someone needs to remove Spotify from my computer for me. Or Im gonna have to get a bigger data plan. Pandora mixes too many Nashville tunes in the list. This player hits it just right. Select one of my favorite Texas Country artists and the room is filled with awesomeness. Pretty sure in another life I was a Texas artist. Too bad all that talent was left behind. I may have left Texas a year ago - [Read more]