Hey everybody! I'm Kelly Sutton… so glad you’ve joined us for another Inside Music Row. Today is a very special day, as this is our 350th episode of Inside Music Row. We started in 2007 bringing you a fresh show every single week, and we’ve thoroughly enjoyed it, and hope you have, too. We've got another great show for you today, so let’s get started! Blake Shelton is more than just a co-host to the Academy of Country Music. As Blake announced new dates at Chicago’s Wrigley Field, L-A’s Hollywood Bowl, and Madison Square Garden to his “Ten Times Crazier Tour,” he also committed one dollar from every fan club presale ticket to the Lifting Lives Foundation…the charitable arm of the A-C-M. The tour kicks off June 21st in Dallas.
Four-time Grammy winning band The Doobie Brothers with Michael McDonald are teaming up with some of country music’s biggest stars for an album of all-new recordings of the Doobie Brothers’ biggest hits. The Doobies are one of music’s most enduring groups, selling more than 30 million albums in the last forty years. Look for Toby Keith, Brad Paisley, Zac Brown Band, and many more to join in on this Sony project to be released later this year.
Country music Hall of Famers Reba McEntire, Bobby Bare and Loretta Lynn are all set to perform at this year’s Johnny Cash Music Festival. The show is set for August 15th in Jonesboro, Arkansas, with proceeds supporting the restoration of Johnny’s boyhood home, as well as a scholarship fund established in his name. Check out Johnny Cash Music Fest dot com for ticket info, as this will be one incredible show!
Those guys from A and E’s “Duck Dynasty” seem to be everywhere these days! Now the Duck Commander is taking over as the new title sponsor of a bowl game. The “Duck Commander Independence Bowl” will be played in Shreveport, Louisiana at the end of the 20-14 college football season. This partnership will run through 20-19, keeping the bowl broadcast on E-S-P-N.
Country artist and actress Lucy Hale is seeing her dreams come true! After being named one of 20-14’s “One To Watch” by several media outlets, she made her Grand Ole Opry debut last month. Her first single “You Sound Good To Me” is doing well on the country charts, and now her new album “Road Between” is set to hit stores June third, just before CMA Music Fest.
Now it's time to go “Inside The Song.” Randy Houser hit number one with his single “Runnin’ Outta Moonlight,” but that song almost had a different title. We had a chance to catch up with Kelley Lovelace and his co-writers Ashley Gorley and Dallas Davidson to hear why that was changed.
