Randy Montana received a surprise visit and performance from Nascar great Kyle Petty last Thursday, July 8th while playing a gig at Joe’s Bar in Chicago. Kyle took his weekly Nascar documentary series titled “The Ponytail Express” on the road and joined Randy on stage for a rendition of Georgia Satellites’ “Keep Your Hands To Yourself”.

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Mark you calendars for April 25, 2010 for the 2nd Annual Reckless Kelly Celebrity Softball Jam at Dell Diamond in Round Rock, Texas. The event brings together Austins musical roots with the great American sport to raise funds for the Miracle League at Town & Country, Little League of Austin, and Miracle League of San Antonio.

With the help of the Round Rock Express, celebrity friends, (Cross Canadian Ragweed, Ray Bensen, Roger Creager, Paula Nelson, Micky & the Motorcars), and renown baseball legends (Brooks Kieschnick, Greg Swindell, Kirk Dressendorfer), the band surpassed their fundraising goal and attracted over 6,000 fans and raised over $35,000 in 2009.

Reckless Kellys 2010 Celebrity Softball Jam will include appearances by NASCAR legend Kyle Petty, boxing champion Jesse James Leija, Cross Canadian Ragweed, Cory
Morrow, Dale Watson, Patty Griffin, The Trishas, Band of Heathens and many more.

Tickets went on sale January 25th at www.recklesskelly.com orat the Dell Diamond box office and will be available for purchase for $12 in advance or $15 day of show. Children 12 and under get in free with an accompanying adult. Gates open at 1 p.m. (CST), the softball game begins at 2 p.m. (CST) and
music kicks off at 4 p.m. (CST).

For more information about Reckless Kellys Celebrity Softball Jam, visit www.rkcsj.org

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This two day event that combines country music and race car driving is happening THIS WEEKEND in Nashville at the Ryman Auditorium and Nashville Municipal Auditorium.

Some of the greatest names in country music will kick off the two-day event at the Grand Ole Opry when Sprint Sound & Speed Presented by SunTrust hits the stage of the Ryman Auditorium on Friday, Jan. 8. The special night of music will feature Vince Gill, Hank Williams Jr.,Chris Young, Danny Gokey, Holly Williams, Jason Michael Carroll, Kyle Petty and his band and many more. There will also be appearances by NASCAR standouts Michael Waltrip, Jamie McMurray and Greg Biffle during the Friday night event. Shows are at 7:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. See opry.com for the complete artist line-ups for each show.

At 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 9 the fun continues at Nashville Municipal Auditorium, where fans of racing and country music will have the opportunity to get up-close and personal with drivers and top-name artists for autographs, story-telling, and question-and-answer sessions. Attendees will have the chance to view NASCAR showcars of yesterday and tomorrow, check out sponsor displays, and bid on memorabilia from the racing and entertainment industries as part of a silent auction fundraiser.

This year, fans of NASCAR stars Dale Earnhardt Jr., Tony Stewart, Kasey Kahne and Kyle Busch are in luck, as limited (200) early autograph passes will be available. Fans who would like to wait for the chance to obtain these passes will have access to the Exhibition Hall at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium beginning TODAY, Jan. 8 at 12:00 p.m., with distribution taking place at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 9. These are the only early passes available and patrons must show their Festival Ticket to enter the Exhibition Hall. For more information, read the rules and regulations at http://soundandspeed.org/schedule.

NASCAR stars slated to appear at the festival are:
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Tony Stewart
Denny Hamlin
Kasey Kahne
Michael Waltrip
Clint Bowyer
Reed Sorenson
David Stremme
Aric Almirola
Justin Allgaier
Kyle Petty
Michael Annett
Carl Edwards
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
Kyle Busch
James Buescher
Brad Kesolowski
Logan Ruffin
Brian Scott
Morgan Shepherd

Country music stars slated to appear at the festival are:
Chris Young
Jason Michael Carroll
Josh Turner
Members of Diamond Rio
Danny Gokey
Mallory Hope
Danielle Peck
Ashton Shepherd
Nathan Lee Jackson
Duo Kate & Kacey
Love and Theft
Alabama’s Jeff Cook
Bucky Covington
Ranger Doug
Fast Ryde
Chuck Wicks
Whitney Duncan

TICKET INFO: Tickets range from $42 to $54 for the Opry at the Ryman shows on Friday, Jan. 8 and tickets for the festival on Jan. 9 are $20 for adults and $15 for children. Combination tickets (good for the Opry and the festival) are also available and range from $55 to $69. To purchase tickets visit TicketMaster (www.ticketmaster.com) or www.opry.com. For more information and updates check out www.soundandspeed.org

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Mark your calendar for January 8th and 9th as Sprint Sound & Speed Presented by SunTrust takes over Nashville for the
fifth consecutive year!

The two-day event kicks off Friday, January 8th, with a special night of music at the Grand Ole Opry, when Sound & Speed hits the stage of the historic Ryman Auditorium. Choose from one of two shows – 7:00pm or 9:30pm – and see performances by Hank Williams Jr. (9:30 ONLY), Chris Young, Kyle Petty and his band, with more artists to be announced, plus appearances by some of today’s biggest names in NASCAR including
Kasey Kahne and Greg Biffle.

Sound & Speed continues on January 9th at Nashville’s Municipal Auditorium, bringing together the worlds of NASCAR and country music, with appearances by Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Tony Stewart, Kasey Kahne, Denny Hamlin, Michael Waltrip and Clint Bowyer alongside country artists, including Josh Turner, Jason Michael Carroll and DiamondRio. And the list of artists and drivers continues to grow!

You’ll also experience autograph sessions, storytelling from the stars, Q&A sessions, sponsor displays and be the first to see the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series showcars!

Once again, all proceeds benefit Victory Junction and the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.

For tickets, full schedule and updated news, please visit www.soundandspeed.org!

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Halfway to Hazard’s Annual Charity Trailride raised some big bucks this past weekend.  Nearly 25,000 country music fans flocked to the hills of eastern Kentucky, raising over $200,000 dollars for the Buckhorn Children’s and Family Center. 

Halfway to Hazard’s Chad Warrix says, “We were hoping to just double last year’s attendance of 7,500 and raise more than the $110,000. The fact we more than tripled attendance and doubled money raised this year is staggering! We applaud all the volunteers and artists for helping us in accomplishing and surpassing our goals.”

More than 1,000 people participated in the trailride this past weekend, including Nascar legend Kyle Petty.

Petty laughed while riding through the thick dust clouds kicked up by the ATVs, “This is just like when there’s a wreck on the racetrack. You just drive through the smoke and pray you make it safely to the other side.”

After the trailride, the fields were flooded with fans to watch Tim McGraw, Dierks Bentley, Danielle Peck, Keith Anderson, Lee Brice, and Halfway to Hazard perform.

Country Girl will be talking with the guys later this week to discuss the secret to their successful fundraiser.

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Our favorite country music cross over and now permanent fixture, Darius Rucker stopped by Victory Junction on Monday. While at the camp Darius had just as much fun as the kids fishing, playing kick ball, and doing what he does best- singing!

The camp founded by Kyle and Pattie Petty in honor of their son Adam opened in 2004. The mission of the camp is to enrich the lives of children with chronic medical conditions.

Darius plans to return in November to hold a private concert to benefit Victory Junction on Kyle and Pattie’s farm in Trinity.

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I started the day out at the Harley Davidson shop in Cool Springs where all of the motorcycle riders gathered to begin their ride down to Riverfront Park in Nashville. Before everyone got started we got to see a ton of country artists ride in on their motocycles while a few would stop for casual autographs and pictures with the fans who would be riding with them.

I was lucky enough to catch Charles Kelley from Lady Antebellum riding in. He was VERY nice and stuck around for quite a few autographs and pictures with fans.

Yep, that’s me – all smiles and giggles. Hot, Hot, Hot!  Really, it was hot outside.  : )

Charles only sang one song when we got down to Riverfront Park.  I must say, I was a bit disapppoined.  It was not a Lady Antebellum song but I supposed I will take what I can get when the rest of the group isn’t there.  He sang Tom Petty’s “Last Dace with Mary Jane”.

Once everyone arrived at Harley Davidson, Dierks and the gang got up on stage to thank everyone for coming out to help raise money for Monroe Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.

I must give it to this hunky country man.  He was up all night with his wife in labor and still came out to rock it with his fans. 

Here are a few pictures of the guys goofing off on stage.

Once we were given the “riding rules” for the day everyone got on their bikes and headed down to Nashville’s Riverfront Park where the real party got started.

There were so many people there to help support this great cause. People from all genres of music. Country, Christian, Race Car Drivers. You name it they were there.

Tim McGraw, John Rich, Charles Kelly, Jamey Johnson, Halfway to Hazard, the Warren Brothers, Kyle Petty, Stormy Warren who hosted the event, Troy Gentry was there but didn’t sing and kept pretty low key all day and music video producer Shawn Silva. There were a few others who performed but I am at a loss for who they were right now. I will update when my mind catches up with everything that happened yesterday.

The performances were awesome! John Rich just killed it! He was unbelievable. That man has every right to be cocky and arrogant. He rocks!

Tim McGraw should have performed longer, he only did three songs but they were amazing. There is nothing better that hearing a great artist like him perform acoustic.

I have a TON of picture to share with you from the day. Just visit our MySpace page at: www.myspace.com/countrymusictattletale to see them all.

If you were at the event email me at countrymusictattletale@yahoo.com and let me know what you thought!

I will definitely return next year and the year after that and the year after that! Dierks called it an institution last night so I am assuming that he plans to do this for many years to come!