A writer for WhiskeyRiff.com recently had a kid, and realized a lot of country songs make for really good lullabies. And since newborns don’t know English………..He came up with a list of, “Ten Country Lullabies for Degenerate Parents.” 1. “The Bottle Let Me Down” by Merle Haggard. He chose it because babies like bottles. But…… MORE
Scotty McCreery and Wife, Gabi, Welcome Their Son, Merrick Avery McCreery
Congrats to Scotty McCreery and his wife Gabi as the happy couple welcomes their first son, Merrick Avery McCreery into the world. Arriving 11 days before his due date, Merrick Avery was born on October 24th 2022 at 7 lbs 13 oz. Scotty shared, “Never known a love like this. Thank yall for all of…… MORE
Kenny Chesney Honored with a Doctorate from His Alma Mater
This past weekend Kenny Chesney went back to college! The country superstar returned to East Tennessee State University to honor the man who taught him how to play guitar in college, Dr. Jack Tottle. Dr. Tottle founded the Bluegrass, Old-Time and Roots Music Studies Program, which is internationally acclaimed and has graduated GRAMMY, International Bluegrass…… MORE
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2022
Jake Owen was under the weather last weekend, but he still did shows in Minnesota . . . Nebraska . . . and Iowa. And then he finally got some medical care. “I pretended to feel well all weekend, but ended up back in the hospital.” He didn’t say what he was suffering from, but…… MORE
MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2022
The Zac Brown Band canceled their show in Vancouver, Canada on Friday after some crew members were denied entry at the border. It was NOT because of Covid. Zac released a statement saying some crew members had charges on their records from over a decade ago, and even though they “have since been removed” they…… MORE
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2022
The NBA season started this week, and beer is EXPENSIVE at the arena. The priciest beer is in San Francisco and Boston, where Warriors and Celtics fans fork over more than $17 for 16 ounces. The Denver Nuggets are next, followed by the New York Knicks . . . the Brooklyn Nets . . .…… MORE
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2022
Carrie Underwood said performing with Axl Rose at Stagecoach earlier this year was the best night of her life. They did two Guns N’ Roses songs . . . “Sweet Child O’ Mine” and “Paradise City”. The hard part was getting him to do it. In a new interview with “Rolling Stone” she talked about…… MORE
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2022
Randy Travis was spotted playing beer pong . . . with rapper Post Malone over the weekend. Post had a show in Nashville Sunday night, and a few country stars came out for it. Randy was backstage, and so was Luke Bryan. In an Instagram photo he’s posing with Luke and Post. If you scroll…… MORE
MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2022
Did you know some of your favorite country artists used to play football in college? Here are five: 1. Trace Adkins: An offensive lineman at Louisiana Tech. He had to quit after his freshman year because of a knee injury. 2. Sam Hunt: Starting quarterback at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. And even tried…… MORE
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2022
The 2022 “American Music Award” nominees are out. For Favorite Country Album, there’s Carrie Underwood’s “Denim & Rhinestones”, Luke Combs’ “Growin’ Up”, Cody Johnson’s “Human: The Double Album”, Taylor Swift’s “Red (Taylor’s Version)”, and Walker Hayes’ “Country Stuff: The Album”. It’ll air Sunday, November 20th on ABC. Pickleball seems to be getting a lot of…… MORE
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TUESDAY, MAY 13, 2025
TV Tonight: “Joan Rivers: A Dead Funny All-Star Tribute” and the series finale of “Andor” BIRTHDAYS Here’s some facts about 32 year old Morgan Wallen: 1. His full name is Morgan Cole Wallen and he was born on May 13th, 1993. 2. He was raised in Sneedville, Tennessee by his parents Tommy and Lesli Wallen…
MONDAY, MAY 12, 2025
Morgan Wallen wasn’t at the ACMs last week, but he had a good reason. He was in Northern Ireland playing golf with Tom Brady. In the post Morgan shared from the golf course, he’s even catching a football thrown by the G.O.A.T. himself. His caption was, “Had a little mustard on it.” In addition to…