The latest from Jimmy Carter in Nashville

They cant seem to catch Taylor Swift and her new boyfriend hitting all the coffee shops but they seem to follow Nicole and keith...this time in Green Hills at the Whole Foods grocery with keith's parents... They claim the photo was taken TUESDAY but that's impossible...poured down rain all day..ground is dry...   the truth is not part of what these people do....maybe it was Monday before the rain.....Keith is in Edmonton,Alberta Canada this afternoon...but..he could have done this before lunch....I feel bad for them..Nashville has most always been paparazzi free,,,,This photog or photogs is using expensive gear and is no amateur...we shall see if they get revealed..

  BRAD  PAISLEY ’S  H2O WORLD  TOUR WRAPS FOR 2010 NASHVILLE ,  Tenn.    (Nov. 29, 2010)  Brad Paisley ’s  H2O World  Tour finished out 2010 in  Tulsa ,  OK  at the  BOK   Center  last weekend.  Paisley invited 1973 CMA Entertainer of the Year  Roy Clark , to join him on stage and they ripped through  Clark ’s instrumental hit “Ghost Riders in the  Sky ” for the sold-out crowd.   Paisley  commented, “I learned how to play guitar with a  Roy Clark songbook, so I blame all this on him.”  Over the past year Paisley has played to nearly a million fans in over 73 markets including over 51,000 at Boston’s Gillette Stadium, 70,000 at AquaPalooza, over 35,000 at Gulf Shores for “Concerts for the Gulf,” two sold-out shows in London, England and Notodden Norway’s  Musikkfestival. Darius Rucker and Justin Moore have been special guests on the tour and Steel Magnoli...

Luke Bryan’s Debut Country Weekly Cover             Nashville – (November 29, 2010) – The 2010 Academy of Country Music’s  Top New Artist  and  Top New Solo Artist  Luke Bryan will be the featured cover artist in the December 6 th  issue of Country Weekly, on stands today.  This is Luke’s solo cover debut for the magazine. Country Weekly gives the readers and fans a glimpse of his personal life with exclusive family photos taken at his  Nashville  home. The magazine sat down with Luke, and his wife Caroline, as they discussed how they met, what makes their family life special and how thrilled Luke is to be raising two sons.  “I just love the outdoors and sports and I’m already looking forward to teaching them hunting and fishing and taking them to football games. I know I’m going to have so many fun times with them,” shared Luke. Bryan  heads to  Las Vegas  this weekend...

THE BAND PERRY HITS #1 WITH “IF I DIE YOUNG” PERFORMANCES ON THE AMERICAN COUNTRY AWARDS ON FOX (12/6) & ON ABC'S THE VIEW (12/15) Nashville,Tennessee  (Nov. 29, 2010) – The Band Perry has a new  reason to be thankful as their powerful single “If I Die Young” hits #1 on the Country radio charts, according to both Billboard Magazine and Country Aircheck/USA Today powered by Mediabase. The #1 is a career-first for The Band Perry and a label-first for Republic Nashville (Big Machine Label Group), which launched in July 2009 and literally hit the ground running to introduce the trio of siblings to Country Radio. The Band Perry always says, “it takes a village to break a band,” when referring to the love and support they’ve received from fans, radio and the artist community this year. Thanking supporters, Kimberly Perry said today, “There is nothing more important to us than family and over the past year our family has grown to include everyone who has encouraged us along th...

Riders In The Sky are Big Winners at WMA Awards Show America’s Favorite Cowboys WIN Entertainer-Group of the Year!!! Nashville, TN  -- “America’s Favorite Cowboys”  Riders In The Sky  were the big winners at the 2010 Western Music Association Awards show held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, last week.  Riders walked away with three trophies including the “big two” of “Outstanding Entertainer-Group of the Year” and “Album of the Year,” in addition to “Collaborative/Composite Album of the Year.”  The album awards were for the monumental project Riders recorded with the Nashville Symphony entitled “Lassoed Live at the Schermerhorn”. “We are stunned and deeply honored to be so recognized by our peers” said “Idol of American Youth”  Ranger Doug , vocalist and guitarist for the quartet.  Bunkhouse bass-player and funnyman  Too Slim  added "When we heard we'd won three WMA awards we threw our huge hats in the air, yodeled in perfect outdoor harmony...

FOR IMMEDIATE  RELEASE THE SHOTGUN RED VARIETY SHOW RFD-TV GIVES SHOW THE GREEN LIGHT Congrats to Steve Hall, his little buddy Shotgun Red, and Miss Sheila.  This is going to be a great show and I urge all of you to mark your calendars for this super show.  Let’s make sure that we give Steve & Shotgun the great ratings that it deserves.  Tell all of your friends and neighbors to be sure and watch the show.    When:                                    January 6, 2011 Where:                                   R.F.D. TV Times:                      Thursdays at 8pm (E...

RASCAL FLATTS  NOTHING LIKE THIS  ALBUM DEBUTS AT #1 TODAY Vocal Group Becomes One of Only 4 Country Acts To Debut 6 Consecutive Studio Albums at #1 Nashville – (November 24, 2010) –  The best selling country group of the decade, Rascal Flatts, continues their run as their first album on Big Machine Records,  Nothing Like This , debuts at #1 today with nearly 165,000 units.  With this #1 album debut, Rascal Flatts has the distinction of being one of only 4 acts to have 6 consecutive studio albums debut in the top spot on the Country Albums chart this decade.   Nothing Like This  also debuts at #6 on the Top 200 chart and has earned nearly 280,000 digital tracks sold to date. The guys launched the record with numerous television, radio and online appearances including  The  Late Show With David Letterman,  Ellen DeGeneres Show,   Today Show,   Sean Hannity Show,   Late Night with Jimmy Fallon , GAC’s  Backsto...

The "group fry" from l to r: (back row) Keith Burns, Matt Kennon, Bo Bice, Lathan Moore, Jake Dillon, Michelle Poe, Matt Gary, Lee Roy, Becca Lawrence, Tracy Lawrence, Preston Brust,  Glen Templeton, Chris Lucas, Brad Arnold,  (middle row) Elaine Roy, Chelsea Field, (front row) Titans Cheerleaders Tracy Lawrence poses with Turkey Fry mascot and 95.5's "The Wolf." Burns & Poe (Keith and Michelle) prep the bird. Blue Steel Records' Lathan Moore pairs up with 17 Music Entertainment's Matt Gary. NASHVILLE , Tenn. ( November 24, 2010 )—Twenty-year veteran of country music  Tracy Lawrence , some famous Music City friends, MTSU students, local media and volunteers from the Nashville Rescue Mission joined together yesterday (Tuesday, November 23, 2010) to donate their time at the  5th Annual Tracy Lawrence Mission Pos...

Danny Gokey Is Getting in the Holiday Spirit with the Release of “ Tennessee  Christmas” Digital Single Available Now! Nashville, TN – 19 Recordings/RCA Nashville recording artist Danny Gokey hails from Wisconsin, but living in Tennessee now may have given him a little extra incentive to record “Tennessee Christmas,” the holiday favorite first made famous by its co-writer, Amy Grant.  Serviced to country radio last week and available to fans now as a digital single, the song is one that Danny was delighted to sing as the first holiday music he’s ever released. “I love Amy Grant’s version of ‘Tennessee Christmas,’” Gokey says.  By recording the song, Danny offers, “I wanted to add my own soulful country touch to this wonderful classic.” The song is available for download at your favorite online music retailer, as well as on Danny’s site at  www.dannygokey.com . After co-hosting this past weekend’s online red carpet broadcast for the  America...