Country star Alan Jackson came out to sign autographs for the first time in 10 years at the CMA Music Fest exhibition, but he had to share the spotlight with his wife.
Denise Jackson set up shop to sign her best-selling 2007 book, “It’s All About Him” which traces her marriage’s ups and downs, including infidelities.
“It does take the pressure off of me because he doesn’t do very many signings anymore,” said Denise.
The couple greeted over 1,000 fans for more than two hours. Together the duo signed photos, baseballs, T-shirts and guitars for more than 320 fans. Alan did offer his wife some advice, stating: “Don’t talk so much; just sign. I’m not being rude, but you’ve got a lot of people. She’ll sit down and write a paragraph!”
Country star Tim McGraw made one 9-year-old boy very happy during an Oklahoma City concert Friday night, by singing a duet with the young fan.
“My son Luke has been a fan since he was 3 years old and always has said that he was going to sing with Tim McGraw someday,” said the mother of Luke Wood, Kendra Wood, who brought her son to the concert.
“He made a simple sign, ‘Can I sing with you?’ And brought it with us. I was completely shocked when Tim started singing ‘Last Dollar (Fly Away)’ and motioned for him to come forward. Before I knew it he was whisked onstage, Tim handed him a mic and began singing with Luke,” she explained.
“I have NO idea how I am going to top this birthday present!” said Wood.
Country music star KENNY CHESNEY has denied rumours he split from RENEE ZELLWEGER because he is gay.
The couple checked the word “fraud” on their legal separation documents when they split, which fuelled rumours about the singer’s sexuality.
Speaking for the first time about the annulment to US news show 60 MINUTES he says, “The only fraud that was committed was me thinking that I knew what it was like… that I really understood what it was like to be married, and I really didn’t.
“We thought the least harmful (stated reason) was fraud because it (is) kind of broad… doesn’t specify (the reason for the separation). And boy… we were wrong!”
Speculation Chesney was gay grew because Zellweger was the one citing fraud as the reason for the split.
He says, “Its not true. Period. Maybe I should have come out and said, ‘No, I’m not (gay),’ but I didn’t want to draw any more attention to it. I didn’t have to prove to anybody that I wasn’t (gay).”
But Chesney insists he has no regrets about marrying the Oscar winner: “I loved her… It was real.”
Zellweger, 37, and Chesney, 38, married just four months after they met in 2005 and split four months later.
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Country star DOYLE HOLLY, who doubled as BUCK OWENS’ bass player, lost his battle with prostate cancer on Saturday. He was 70.
Born in Oklahoma, he became a big name on the live country circuit when Owens hired him to play bass in his backing band THE BUCKAROOS in the early 1960s.
Holly features on Owens’ THE CARNEGIE HALL CONCERT album, which is considered among the best live country albums of all time.
He quit the group in 1973 to concentrate on a solo career and enjoyed hits with tracks like LILA throughout the 1970s.
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The Dixie Chicks aren’t the only ones who are not ready to make nice, it seems their fans aren’t either.
With their new record, “Taking the Long Way” set to drop in stores tomorrow, it is safe to say the album probably won’t sell close to what the Chicks’ three former albums did, according to Billboard magazine.
Billboard is basing this guess on the disappointing numbers the first two singles from the album to hit the billboard charts so far. “Not Ready To Make Nice” peaked at number 36, while its successor “Everybody Knows” is only at number 50 so far.
The magazine says reasons for the decline in the performance of the Chicks? new singles is partly because the Chicks are trying to move away from Country, a genre which is full of fans and radio stations who have not forgiven lead singer Natalie Maines for the remarks she made about U.S. President Bush three years ago ? mostly because Maines herself has retracted the apology she made regarding the incident and “Not Ready to Make Nice” has driven that point home to listeners and radio station executives.
