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Take three honky-tonk heroes - JoeDiffie, Mark Chesnutt and Tracy Lawrence - mix in 75 cities, andyou've got country's biggest traveling party! The stars are callingit the Rockin' Roadhouse Tour and will hit the road this summerbeginning in Fargo, N.D. Read More
The cold is unbearable in Clear Lake, Iowa. Twenty-one-year-oldWaylon Jennings, playing bass on tour for Buddy Holly, has just givenup his prized seat on a chartered plane to J.P. "Big Bopper"Richardson. He will travel by bus instead. Read More
After 45 years, country croonerLeroy Van Dyke continues to log thousands of road miles and plays 100shows a year. Read More
The compelling message in the songGeorge Strait took to No. 1 in 1990 is so enduring it's now beencaptured in a must-read book, Love Without End, Amen - highlighted bybeautiful photos, inspirational verses, a moving introduction byGeorge and a CD of his hit song. Read More
It's high noon. Troy Gentry andEddie Montgomery are on a couple of beefed-up Harleys rumbling down aribbon of blacktop in the desert near Las Vegas. The road snakestoward the distant Spring Mountain Range, jutting into a cloudlesssapphire sky. Read More
Everything's coming up roses forLorrie Morgan. She's got a new marriage to fellow singer SammyKershaw, a new single, "The Color Of Roses," and now a new DVD of thesame name that's due in stores March 12. Read More
In 1955, a young man patiently waited on the steps of a studiocalled Memphis Recording Service. He was hoping to catch the owner,Sam Phillips, arriving for work. Upon seeing Phillips, the young manstood up. "Mr. Phillips, sir," he boldly stated, "if you listen tome, you'll be glad you did." Read More
For 18 months Freddy Fender has stayed alive by taking four-hourdialysis treatments every other day. Last April, he almost died ofcardiac arrest. And he's got diabetes, hepatitis C and cirrhosis ofthe liver, a condition that may eventually require a livertransplant. Read More
Mindy McCready is standing in aNashville-area laundromat, intently preparing to flip a quarter. Shepops it into the air - and it flies astray, landing a couple of feetaway. Read More
Paul Overstreet knows how to writechart-topping songs. He's piled up 27 Top 10 singles for starsincluding George Jones ("Same Ole Me"), Randy Travis ("Forever AndEver, Amen") and Kenny Chesney ("She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy"). Buttoday, Paul has bigger fish to fry. Read More