BamaJam 2012 is excited to announce the addition of over 35 acts (listed below) to its superstar-packed line-up. The newly-added acts will join previously announced performers Kid Rock, Tim McGraw, Zac Brown Band, Alan Jackson, Eric Church, Willie Nelson, Sheryl Crow, NEEDTOBREATHE, Casey James, Gov’t Mule, Uncle Kracker, Yelawolf, Ronnie Milsap, Jamey Johnson, Third Day, Stryper and more. BamaJam 2012 is the premier festival of the South, slated for Thursday, June 14th through Saturday, June 16th in Enterprise, Alabama.

This is the last weekend to purchase 3-day BamaJam 2012 passes for the discounted price of $119, with the price set to increase to $135 Monday, May 14th. Buy now to ensure the lowest price! For more information or to purchase tickets, please visit www.bamajam2012.com, or Ticketfly.com, or charge by phone at (877) 4FLYTIX or (877-435-9849).

See Daily Line-up After the Jump…

Thursday, June 14th
Tim McGraw
Eric Church
Willie Nelson
Darryl Worley
Third Day
Outlaws
Herrick
Dustin Lynch
Tyler Reeve
The FARM
David Kroll
The Lost Trailers
John Nemeth
Joanna Smith
ConnorChristian & SouthernGothic
Bill Gentry
Martin McDaniel
Buffalo Clover
Honey Island Swamp Band
Aerias

Friday, June 15th
Zac Brown Band
Alan Jackson
NEEDTOBREATHE
Ronnie Milsap
Stryper
Michael Sweet
John Elefante
Casey James
Wood Brothers
Badfinger
Sonia Leigh
Nic Cowan
Aaron Parker
Levi Lowrey
Dugas
Albert Castiglia
Wheeler Boys

Saturday, June 16th
Kid Rock
Sheryl Crow
Jamey Johnson
Gov’t Mule
Uncle Kracker
Yelawolf
Randy Montana
Breaking Laces
Drake White
Rosehill
Big Smo
Mockingbyrd
Tyler Farr
Moreland & Arbuckle
Jaida Dreyer
Bridge To Grace
Greg Bates
Downside Up

BamaJam 2012 is pleased to offer the VIP Artist Area ticket for only $399. The VIP Artist Area ticket will grant you access to get up close and personal with the stars themselves while they are performing! There are a limited number of VIP Artist Area Tickets, so act fast. VIP Artist Area Tickets do not have to be purchased in addition to General Admission Tickets. Lawn chairs are permitted in the VIP Artist Area.

Fans of all music genres will experience non-stop entertainment by today’s most popular acts from dual headline stages set at the pristine 1600-acre BamaJam Farms, “Where God and Country Coincide.” Come for the music, cool down in the new water park (opening spring 2012), explore the ATV trails, tailgate at the camping sites, park the RV with full service amenities or swing a club or two at the par 3 executive golf course onsite. Country star and BamaJam Farms spokesman Darryl Worley will perform and host the opening night of what promises to be one of the grandest outdoor entertainment extravaganzas.

BamaJam 2012 is a production of BamaJam Productions, LLC. For more information about BamaJam 2012 artists, tickets, camping, directions, parking, sponsors, jobs and vendors, please visit www.bamajam2012.com

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BamaJam 2012 is excited to reveal the latest additions to its exceptional and ever-growing line-up. Country veteran and Grammy-winner Ronnie Milsap, Grammy-nominated and Alabama native Jamey Johnson and Grammy-winners Third Day are the latest to join the upcoming BamaJam 2012 festival to be held Thursday, June 14 through Saturday, June 16 in Enterprise, Alabama.

Acts previously announced include Kid Rock, Tim McGraw, Zac Brown Band, Alan Jackson, Eric Church, Willie Nelson, Sheryl Crow, NEEDTOBREATHE, Casey James, Gov’t Mule, Uncle Kracker, Yelawolf and more, with more to be announced in upcoming weeks. For more information or to purchase tickets, please visit www.bamajam2012.com, or Ticketfly.com, or charge by phone at (877) 4FLYTIX or (877-435-9849).

“We’re really proud of the level and variety of talent we’ve assembled for BamaJam 2012,” said Rendy Lovelady, executive producer of this year’s festival. “We’ve worked extremely hard to secure BamaJam 2012’s place as the premier entertainment and lifestyles event of the South.”

BamaJam 2012 is pleased to offer the VIP Artist Area ticket for only $399. The VIP Artist Area ticket will grant you access to get up close and personal with the stars themselves while they are performing! There are a limited number of VIP Artist Area Tickets, so act fast. VIP Artist Area Tickets do not have to be purchased in addition to General Admission Tickets. Lawn chairs are permitted in the VIP Artist Area.

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Our favorite non-country man, Andy Grammer, has been invited to perform as part of an all-star lineup with some of music’s biggest names for a celebration of THE MAN of Country Music. “We Walk The Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash” is a one-time event–taking place April 20th at Austin City Limits Live at The Moody Theater in Austin, TX will celebrate the life and legacy of Johnny Cash in honor of what would have been his 80th birthday this year. Others confirmed to perform include Kenny Chesney, Kris Kristofferson, Ronnie Dunn, Shooter Jennings, Lucinda Williams, Ray LaMontagne and Jamey Johnson with more legendary surprise guests to be announced soon.

Although he’s not country, Andy couldn’t be more excited to celebrate the country music legend.

This is an incredible event to be a part of. I am a huge fan of Johnny Cash and feel honored to be one of the artists remembering him. He is one of the greats.

I think he brought a very distinguishable point of view. We all get the same chords and words to choose from and few singers get across the raw honesty and vulnerability that Johnny Cash does. Music is supposed to make you feel, Johnny Cash will make you feel.

I am a fan of his lyric writing. His lyrics have a way of being simple and classic. You find yourself singing the words and knowing what rhyme is coming but it’s not a letdown, it’s more of a feeling that it’s exactly what should be there. That’s really hard to do, he was a master at it.

“Folsom Prison Blues” has a sad, somber lyric over chugging energetic chords. It leaves you snapping in your despair. Very Johnny. “I’d Rather Die Young” is basically a love song saying how much he needs his love. He takes it from the slow tragic point of view saying, “I’d rather die young then grow old without you.” There is a reality in his point of view that we have all felt. It’s weird and I don’t understand it but when I listen to his sad songs they make me happy.

It’s great to see respect for all country music has to offer from the non-country crowd.

On a side note, if you haven’t heard of Andy Grammer or if you have and you haven’t seen him live…You are missing out!!!  He spreads happiness and fun!  Check him out.

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On April 20th, music stars and friends will join together to celebrate the life of Johnny Cash in Austin, TX at “We Walk The Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash.” In the year that would mark his 80th birthday, the concert, which will take place at Austin City Limits Live at The Moody Theatre, will not only pay tribute to Cash and his music, but also to his roots and his heritage. Performances will include GRAMMY-winning and GRAMMY- nominated musicians Carolina Chocolate Drops, Kenny Chesney, Chris Cornell, Ronnie Dunn, Jamey Johnson, Kris Kristofferson, Ray LaMontagne, Amy Lee and Lucinda Williams, as well as performances by Brandi Carlile, Andy Grammer, John Hiatt, Shooter Jennings and Rhett Miller with more performers to be announced shortly. Tickets go on-sale to the general public on Wednesday, February 29th.

“Our family is honored to know that this amazing line-up of artists will gather together on one stage to pay tribute to the music and history of my father,” said John Carter Cash. “There is no doubt in my mind that, although he is no longer with us in body, his spirit will shine true on this night thanks to these inspired artists.”

“Having been a fan of Johnny Cash and his music for as long as I can remember I could not be more excited to produce an event that honors such a musical legend,” noted Keith Wortman. “His iconic voice, style and authenticity has inspired musicians for generations and we are proud to be able to celebrate his artistic legacy with some of today’s greatest entertainers while also benefitting such an amazing children’s cause ‘Charley’s Fund’.”

An all-star band led by GRAMMY Award-winning Don Was – which includes Buddy Miller, Kenny Aronoff, Ian McLagen, and Greg Leisz– will back these once-in-a-lifetime performances. The concert event will be produced by Keith Wortman. Was, who worked with Cash on an album for The Highwaymen, will serve as musical director. Tisha Fein and Chantel Sausedo will serve as talent producers. A percentage of the net proceeds will be donated to Charley’s Fund, to help in the fight to find a cure for the fatal children’s disease Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.

Cash’s 80th Birthday celebration kicks off on February 26th, the day which would have been his 80th birthday, with the ground-breaking of the Johnny Cash Boyhood Home Project in Dyess, Arkansas. The house that Cash grew up in will become a permanent tribute to him and his family’s early life, as well as reflecting a historical slice of American life during the 1930s’ Great Depression. In addition, Legacy Recordings is set to celebrate this landmark year with a full slate of projects to be released throughout the next 12 months. First up is “Bootleg Vol. IV: The Soul of Truth,” a 2-CD, 51-track collection which comprises gospel and spiritual recordings made by Cash in the 1970s and ‘80s, to be released on April 3, 2012.

Tickets will go on-sale to the general public on Wednesday, February 29th at 10 a.m. CST and are available at http://www.acl-live.com/, at Waterloo Records or charge by phone 877-4-FLYTIX.

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This Saturday, January 7, on CMT’s Southern Fried Flicks, country music matriarch Jessi Colter and modern day outlaw, Jamey Johnson, visit Hazel Smith’s kitchen to talk-the-talk in preparation of the upcoming album, The Music Inside: A Collaboration Dedicated to Waylon Jennings, Volume II.

Over a delicious southern dish, Nashville’s favorite TV hostess Hazel Smith invites Colter and Johnson into her kitchen for a chat about one of country music’s original outlaws, Waylon Jennings. This weekend’s edition of Southern Fried Flicks features the 1984 hit film, Footloose.

The Music Inside: A Collaboration Dedicated to Waylon Jennings, Volume II, the second volume in the three-part musical dedication to the late Waylon Jennings, releases from Average Joe’s Entertainment in early 2012. Stay logged in to waylonjennings.com for more details and the official album release date, to be announced soon.

Tune in:
Saturday, January 7
8:00 PM ET
CMT – Southern Fried Flicks

(Re-air)
Sunday, January 8
4:00 PM ET
CMT – Southern Fried Flicks

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Brett Eldredge, Robin Meade and the Oak Ridge Boys have been added to the lineup for the ACM Honors. They join performers Rodney Atkins, the Gatlin Brothers, Randy Houser, Jack Ingram, Jamey Johnson, Montgomery Gentry, Thompson Square and Lee Ann Womack.

This year’s honorees include Garth Brooks, Taylor Swift, Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers and Reba McEntire. The ceremony will be held Monday in Nashville.

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The Grand Ole Opry® presented by Humana® threw an 80th birthday party for one of country music’s all-time most renowned voices, Grand Ole Opry star and Country Music Hall of Famer George Jones, during tonight’s (Sept. 13) sold-out Tuesday Night Opry.

Performances from the show included Jones tributes by several of today’s hottest stars. Alan Jackson performed “He Stopped Loving Her Today” and together with Lee Ann Womack sang “Golden Ring.” Jamey Johnson performed “Whose Gonna Fill Their Shoes,” while The Oak Ridge Boys entertained with “Same Ole Me.”

These amazing performances and more can be seen nationally Oct. 4 at 7 p.m. Central as “Opry Live” returns to GAC (Great American Country) with six new star-packed episodes.

The Grand Ole Opry® is presented by Humana®. Opry performances are held every weekend of the year and on Tuesdays through Dec. 13. To plan an Opry visit, call (800) SEE-OPRY or visit opry.com.