The first place Nashville Sounds return home to historic Greer Stadium this Saturday, June 27 to open a four-game homestand against the Oklahoma City RedHawks (Triple - A -Rangers) after returning from an eight-game road trip.
Highlighting the four days' worth of promotions will be a postgame fireworks show, Dollar Dog Night, and a Purity Faith Night Concert featuring former Lone Star performer Richie McDonald. [More]
Saturday, June 27th 6:00pm
Nashville Sounds vs. Oklahoma City RedHawks
Fireworks / Hit a Home Run For Education Night
Sunday, June 28th 6:00pm
Nashville Sounds vs. Oklahoma City RedHawks
Faith Night / Lance Family Sunday / Purity Sundae Sunday
Monday, June 29th 7:00pm
Nashville Sounds vs. Oklahoma City RedHawks
Red Hot Chicago Dollar Dog Night
Tuesday, June 30th 7:00pm
Nashville Sounds vs. Oklahoma City RedHawks
Tunica Tuesday / KRAFT Single Tuesday Night Tickets
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Sounds Continue Homestand on Saturday
Friday, June 26, 2009
Dolly Parton Releases First Children's Book: I Am a Rainbow
Dolly Parton created a charity 13 years ago to provide books to children and encourage literacy.
Now her first children's book, I Am a Rainbow, will be featured in the philanthropy.
The 63-year-old Parton says working on projects for children gives her a chance to play and live a second childhood.
The book she wrote describes how colors can be used to explain emotions children have.
Parton had no say in the book's selection for her charity, Imagination Library. A committee of teachers, child development experts and parents picks the books supplied to 1,000 communities in 47 states, the United Kingdom and Canada.
Proceeds from the sale of Parton's book will benefit the charity.
Charlie Daniels Salutes U.S. Army on Spirit of America Tour
On June 14, legendary artist Charlie Daniels helped the U.S. Army celebrate their 231st birthday at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., courtesy of the Spirit of America Tour. A standing-room-only crowd of 3,000 soldiers enjoyed a 90-minute set from the iconic musician. Founder of the Spirit of America Tour, Robert Rosenthal, was honored during the show for bringing more than 110 shows to military bases in the United States since Sept. 11, 2001. Thousands of military personnel and their families have been treated to private, full production shows at no cost to them through the Spirit of America Tour.
Shown left to right are Major General Gregg Martin, Rosenthal, Daniels and Command Sgt. Major Corbly. Photo: Courtesy of Spirit of America Tour.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Sugarland's LIVE CD/DVD and ABC TV Special
Multi-platinum superstars Sugarland, composed of lead singer Jennifer Nettles and co-songwriter/guitarist Kristian Bush, has become one of the most consistent and popular artists in music today with a string of #1 country singles and an appeal far beyond the genre.
Now, the powerhouse duo is set to release a live CD/DVD on August 4th (“Sugarland: Live on the Inside”), exclusively available at Wal-Mart. The duo's first network TV special will air on MONDAY, AUGUST 3rd (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on ABC.
Filmed at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky by director Shaun Silva, the duo’s artistic and innovative live show comes to life with 20 cameras in a spectacular, unforgettable night featuring some of their biggest hits (“Settlin,’” “Stay,” “All I Want To Do” and “Something More”), as well as never before televised performance footage.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
A Man is a Man by Kymberly Bryson and Jim Colyer
A Man is a Man
Song by Kymberly Bryson
Written by Jim Colyer
When we're out on the town
He's in his tight bluejeans
Women give him the eye
As they pass by
Once in awhile
He might return their looks
But I understand
A Man Is A Man
Sometimes he seems
A million miles away
Talking sports to the guys
On a long Saturday
And he might mention
An old romance
Well, nobody's perfect
A Man Is A Man
A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do
That's okay if he takes care of you
A man's gotta be what a man's gotta be
But he'd better save his last dance for me
He's gotta take care of me
When I need a friend
Stand by me
Until the end
He's gotta be there at night
When the lights go down
Love me like nobody can
A Man Is A Man
solo
A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do
That's okay if he takes care of you
A man's gotta be what a man's gotta be
But he'd better save his last dance for me
He's gotta take care of me
When I need a friend
Stand by me
Until the end
He's gotta be there at night
When the lights go down
Love me like nobody can
A Man Is A Man
He's gotta love me like nobody can
A Man Is A Man
Jim Colyer ascap
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Listen to "Love Me Just a Little"
Love Me Just a Little
Song by Kymberly Bryson
Written by Jim Colyer
The lights go down
Time to go home
I face the night
All alone
Love Me Just A Little
Hold me in the darkness
The night can be so lonely
Love Me Just A Little
Lying here
Safe in your arms
I feel alright
I'll be strong
Love Me Just A Little
Hold me in the darkness
The night can be so lonely
Love Me Just A Little
The morning sun!
It's another day!
Another day!
solo
Love Me Just A Little
Hold me in the darkness
The night can be so lonely
Love Me Just A Little
The night can be so lonely
Love Me Just A Little
Jim Colyer ascap
Monday, June 22, 2009
Stonewell Jackson is Just An Old Country Boy Doing What He Loves
He's a fixture of the Grand Ole Opry, and his songs inspired, among others, Elvis Presley.
Yes, Stonewall Jackson has been around a long time — more than half a century, in fact. He continues to tour today, not because he has to, but because he wants to. The 76-year-old country legend isn't about to listen to anyone tell him he's too old to play.
"I was involved in a lawsuit recently that a lot of country fans may have heard about, and we ended up settling out of court," Jackson said in a recent telephone interview from Nashville, Tenn.
The lawsuit to which Jackson referred made headlines in 2006, when he sued the venerable Grand Ole Opry for $10 million, citing age discrimination. He believed the Opry was squeezing him out in favor of younger acts, and he wasn't content to sit on the sidelines.
"The point is that working the road and touring is exactly what I want to be doing with my time. I'm just an old country boy, and I'm doing this because I love it," he said.
Jackson will join country stars Bill Anderson, Jean Shepard, John Conlee and Jack Greene for the Opry Legends Fest on Saturday, June 27, at American Music Theatre on Lincoln Highway East.
Born in Emerson, N.C., a small town near the South Carolina border that Jackson described as "just a railroad crossing," the country icon spent much of his childhood growing up in nearby Tabor City, a rough-and-tumble community in the Tarheel state's tobacco country that earned the unfortunate nickname of "Razor City."
"Back in the day, it was like a wild frontier town," Jackson recalled, "and it was famous for what we called 'rooster fights,' like you see in the movies, where two men hold a knife or a razor in one hand and a handkerchief in the other, and they circle around and go at it," he said. "This was before my time, understand, but there were always stories floating around about how some guys there had gotten cut up real bad."
Jackson family lore has it that Stonewall was related on his father's side to the famous 19th-century Confederate general Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, who died of complications from an injury he sustained at the Battle of Chancellorsville in May 1863.
"Because my dad died when I was so young, I didn't get to learn much about the details of that side of my family," Jackson said. "I guess that today I could go and research the genealogy on the Internet, but my grandparents always told me that [Gen. Jackson] was an ancestor of mine, and that's why I got the name Stonewall.
"But even if I am descended from him, there's still a big difference," he said. "Stonewall Jackson shot people. Me, I write love songs."
Jackson did join the Army at age 16, lying about his age in order to enlist, but military authorities caught Jackson and sent him back to live with his grandparents until he was old enough to join for real. For his second go-round with Uncle Sam, Jackson chose the Navy.
Discharged in 1956, Jackson decided to head to Tennessee and try his luck as a singer. Scoring an audition with the Opry — which then, as now, broadcast a weekend radio show from Nashville — Jackson began appearing on the Opry's "Friday Night Frolics," hitting the airwaves with Ernest Tubb and the Texas Troubadors.
Jackson's appearances at the Opry eventually scored him a deal with Columbia Records, which for 16 years helped Jackson record such hits as "Life to Go," "Why I'm Walkin'," "B.J. the D.J." and "Waterloo."
In 1973, Jackson scored his last hit with "Herman Schwartz," and in 1991 he published his autobiography, "From the Bottom Up." Today he lives with his family in Nashville, making regular appearances at the place it all began, the Grand Ole Opry.
Recently, a new generation of fans has been discovering Jackson through the video-sharing Web site YouTube. His vintage hits have scored hundreds of thousands of views.
"I'm an older artist, so for this to happen makes me feel very, very lucky," said Jackson, who has recorded more than 300 songs on 32 albums. "I just wish I understood the Internet more. It's such amazing technology, and it's hard for me to dive in and wrap my head around it."
Technological impairment can be forgiven in a man who's been standing in front of a mic for some 52 years. His long career has had plenty of ups and downs, but one thing remains constant: his fans. "With me, I like to say that my fans aren't fans; they're friends. And I love going out and spending time with them."
Thanks to James Buescher
Sunday, June 21, 2009
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