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NOVEMBER 2008

ARTISTS IN ALPHA ORDER
AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS Country Winners
42ND CMA AWARDS
WINNERS

RED CARPET PHOTOGRAPHS  
BY BARRY McCLOUD
 
Australian News
30th Anniversary Toyota Star Maker Grand
Finalists Announced
Australian News
Bellamy Brothers
Bellamy Brothers’ Mega Hit, “Let Your Love Flow,”
Is Revived Through Barclay Ad And Charting At #25
In England
Bozeman Media
Rand Bishop
Hit songwriter Rand Bishop of Nashville has written
a new book on songwriting.  The book will launch
on Amazon on Dec. 4.
Chuck Whiting
Jeff Black
Jeff Black Returns With Fresh Format For His New
"Black Tuesdays" Podcast Season
Lotos Nile
Black River Music Group
CELIA FROEHLIG JOINS BLACK RIVER MUSIC
GROUP
Morris PR
Luke Bryan
LUKE BRYAN LANDS THE BIG ONE -
A SPONSORSHIP DEAL WITH MILLER LITE
Capitol Nashville
Cerrito
CASA NASHVILLE SPONSORS CHRISTMAS
BENEFIT CONCERT
Checo Records Artist Cerrito To Host
Savvy Media Solutions
Mark Chesnutt
MARK CHESNUTT AND A LIST OF
CELEBRITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN HOLIDAY
EVENT
Music City News Media
Colgate Country Showdown
JOHNNY BULFORD WINS COLGATE COUNTRY
SHOWDOWN SOUTHEAST REGIONAL
Colgate Country Showdown
Kevin Costner
KEVIN COSTNER & MODERN WEST
ANNOUNCE TOUR DATES
Universal Records South
CountryAngel's Network
CountryAngel’s Network Charitable Efforts Gets
"Desperate"!
Star Country Media
Country Music Marathon
WALK FOR POWER!
Saturday April 25, 2009
PLA Media
Cross Country Records
CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME FOR COUNTRY
CROSSING RECORDS
Label To Release Album To Benefit The Rebuilding
Of Destroyed High School
Music City News Media
Bart Crow Band
THE BART CROW BAND’S 4TH ANNUAL MUSIC
FOR MIKA EVENT RAISES THOUSANDS FOR
CHILDREN’S CHARITY!
RPR Media
Emerson Drive
Emerson Drive’s David Pichette Is a New Dad
Arrivals
Richie Fields
Richie Fields' Swampy Country Rocker, "Devil In
The Mirror," Lands On Deejays' Desks Today Via
CDX Volume 461
So Much Moore
Richie Fields
Richie Fields Takes #1 Spot On Y'ALLWIRE.com
Top Country Video Chart With "Man Enough To
Cry"
So Much Moore
Lee Greenwood
Lee Greenwood accepts Presidential
Appointment to National Arts Council
Webster & Associates
Ray Griff
I am glad to hear from Ray that he is on the mend
after a brush with throat cancer. Last week SOCAN
(Canada's ASCAP/BMI) awarded him with their
"Life Time Achievement Award," which is quite an
honor, especially since he was the first country
writer/artist to receive this award. Well deserved my
friend and I am glad that you are recovering.
 
Randy Houser
Randy Houser’s Anything Goes Debuts Today,
Featured As iTunes Discovery Download
Morris PR
Randy Houser
HOUSER TOPS BILLBOARD'S HEATSEEKERS
CHART
Morris PR
Jason Isbell
JASON ISBELL AND THE 400 UNIT TO RELEASE
SELF-TITLED CD ON FEBRUARY 17, 2009
Lightning Rod Records
Alan Jackson
ALAN JACKSON & FANS DEBUT IN “COUNTRY
BOY” VIDEO TONIGHT ON GAC

CMT HONORS JACKSON ON GIANTS THIS
SATURDAY, DEC 6
d baron media
Larry LeBlanc
Former Billboard Writer Larry LeBlanc Joins
CelebrityAccess with New Column
News Item
Victor Lewis
Victor Lewis Dies
Obituary
Dennis Linde
LEGENDARY SONGWRITER REMEMBERED
THROUGH DAUGHTER'S ART
Hallmark Direction
Cody McCarver/Amanda Henkel
CODY MCCARVER AND AMANDA HENKEL TO
KICK OFF
“THE MIRAGE PRESENTS RODEO VEGAS”
AT THE MIRAGE HOTEL AND CASINO
DECEMBER 4-13
Holley•Guidry
James Otto
JAMES OTTO NOMINATED FOR TWO
GRAMMY® AWARDS
Warner Nashville
Rebecca Owen
REBECCA OWEN…A TRULY INTERNATIONAL
SENSATION!

EMERGING COUNTRY SINGER/SONGWRITER
WINS BEST INTERNATIONAL COUNTRY
ALBUM NOD FROM THE 2008 TORONTO
EXCLUSIVE MAGAZINE AWARDS
Luck Media
Collin Raye
The Restless Collin Tour Kicks Off Next Week
Webster & Associates
Steve Richard
STEVE RICHARD SIGNS WITH
ACTS NASHVILLE AND THE CONSORTIUM
Luck Media
Blake Shelton
PEOPLE MAGAZINE ANNOUNCES BLAKE
SHELTON AS ONE OF2008’S “SEXIEST MEN
ALIVE”
Warner Nashville
Soles4Souls
Chris Hope To Host the 1st Annual  “Night with the
Secondary" To Benefit Soles4Souls On December
4, 2008 at Shogun
Team Strategies
Songwriters Guild of America
SONGWRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA BRINGS
PAM TILLIS AND FELLOW
SINGER-SONGWRITERS TO WALTER REED
MEDICAL CENTER
The Press Office
John Stephen
John Stephen Scores with "Good At Startin'
Fires!" and CMAA Awards Nomination
JCS Media
Taylor Swift
TAYLOR SWIFT’S FEARLESS MAKES HISTORY
WITH #1 DEBUT ON BILLBOARD’S TOP 200
ALL – GENRE ALBUM SALES CHART
SHATTERS ALL-GENRE RECORD FOR
MOST TOP 20 DEBUTS IN A CALENDAR YEAR
SWIFT HAS BIGGEST DIGITAL COUNTRY
ALBUM DEBUT IN SOUNDSCAN HISTORY
MYSPACE MUSIC PLAYS TOP 120 MILLION
Erickson PR
Taylor Swift
TAYLOR SWIFT WINS AMERICAN MUSIC
AWARD FOR FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST –
COUNTRY

SWIFT ENTERS ELITE GROUP WITH RECORD-
BREAKING BILLBOARD SINGLES CHART
DEBUT

SWIFT IS COSMOGIRL MAGAZINE’S GIRL OF
THE YEAR
Erickson PR
3 Doors Down
Switchfoot, MuzikMafia with Big Kenny, Jon
Nicholson, Shannon Lawson, Damien Horne, and
Rachel Kice join 3 Doors Down for
“The Better Life Foundation” concert
Webster & Associates
Aaron Tippin
AARON TIPPIN RETURNS HOME FROM
SPENDING YET ANOTHER THANKSGIVING IN
WHAT HE CALLS “THE SANDBOX”
The Press Office
Clay Walker
CLAY WALKER PRESENTS $100,000 DONATION
FROM HIS CHARITY BAND AGAINST MS
(BAMS) TO THE NATIONAL PEDIATRIC MS
CENTER
Webster & Associates
Mark Wills
Mark Wills Shoots 50,000 Volts Into 102.5 KNIX's
Barrel Boy
Loudmouth PR
Mark Wills
Mark Wills Heats Up the Kitchen During A Holiday
Special on Food Network's "Paula's Party"

Special to air December 13, 7/6c on Food Network
Loudmouth PR
Lisa Wysocky
CBS/Hallmark Hall of Fame Television Movie
Based on Book Co-Written by Nashville Author
White Horse Enterprises
Matt York
MATT YORK SIGNS WITH ROCK RIDGE MUSIC
Skye Media & Design