DARRYL WORLEY NEWS

Yes! He has signed a recording contract with Tenacity Records/Crazytown and in March we'll get his first single from them called "You Still Got It." We haven't had a new CD from him since 2009's "Sounds Like Life" for Stroudavarious Records which went out of business. Because of that he never had a chance to release his seventh album "God & Country." Very disappointing! I've been waiting for new music from Darrly, and can't wait to get the new music and play it for you!

ACM NOMINATIONS 2012

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR

• Jason Aldean
• Kenny Chesney
• Brad Paisley
• Blake Shelton
• Taylor Swift

TOP FEMALE VOCALIST

• Sara Evans
• Miranda Lambert
• Martina McBride
• Taylor Swift
• Carrie Underwood

TOP MALE VOCALIST

• Jason Aldean
• KennyChesney
• Brad Paisley
• Blake Shelton
• Chris Young

VOCAL DUO OF THE YEAR

• Love & Theft
• Montgomery Gentry
• Steel Magnolia
• Sugarland
• Thompson Square

VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR

• The Band Perry
• Eli Young Band
• Lady Antebellum
• Rascal Flatts
• Zac Brown Band

NEW ARTIS TO THE YEAR SEMI-FINALISTS

(see previous post for details on this category)

• Brantley Gilbert
• Hunter Hayes
• JT Hodges
• Scotty McCreery
• Justin Moore
• David Nail
• Jerrod Niemann
• Thompson Square

SINGLE RECORD OF THE YEAR (award to Artists/Producers/Record Company)

• Crazy Girl - Eli Young Band
• Don't You Wanna Stay - Jason Aldean w/ Kelly Clarkson
• Red Solo Cup - Toby Keith
• Tomorrow - Chris Young
• You and Tequila - Kenny Chesney w/ Grace Potter

SONG OF THE YEAR (award to Composers/Publishers/Artists)

• Crazy Girl - Eli Young Band
• Home - Dierks Bentley
• Just a Kiss - Lady Antebellum
• Threaten Me With Heaven - Vince Gill
• You and Tequila - Kenny Chesney w/ Grace Potter

VOCAL EVENT OF THE YEAR

• Country Boy - Aaron Lewis f/ George Jones & Charlie Daniels
• Don't You Wanna Stay - Jason Aldean w/ Kelly Clarkson
• Old Alabama - Brad Paisley f/ Alabama
• Remind Me - Brad Paisley w/ Carrie Underwood
• You and Tequila - Kenny Chesney w/ Grace Potter

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

• Chief - Eric Church
• Four the Record - Miranda Lambert
• Hemingway's Whiskey - Kenny Chesney
• My Kinda Party - Jason Aldean
• Own the Night - Lady Antebellum

VIDEO OF THE YEAR

• Homeboy - Eric Church
• Just a Kiss - Lady Antebellum
• Mean - Taylor Swift
• Red Solo Cup - Toby Keith
• Tattoos On This Town - Jason Aldean

STEEL MAGNOLIA NO LONGER WITH BIG MACHINE RECORDS

The duo of Joshua Scott Jones and Meghan Linsey have parted with their label, Big Machine Records. They were signed in 2009 after winning CMT's Can You Duet. Their CD dropped last January. It's been an up and down year for the duo. They announced their engagement in June, but in September Joshua went into a substance abuse rehab facility.

We don't really know what's going to happen with them now. I'm hopeful they will sign to a new label, as they are a wonderful, fresh sound for country radio. Best of luck to them. You know I'll keep you up to date.

LISTEN TO "EMOTIONAL TRAFFIC" FOR FREE!

Curb has teamed with National Public Radio to give you a chance to hear "Emotional Traffic" before it drops next Tuesday. For FREE! It's part of the "First Listen Series" offered at NPR.org.

Give your iTunes account a workout too. Today a fourth single, "Halo" is up for your downloading pleasure.

Here's the link to listen to the CD - which I find to be fantastic.

http://www.npr.org/2012/01/13/145186496/first-listen-tim-mcgraw-emotional-traffic

GO HOME WITH DIERKS

If you want to win a cool contest that Dierks Bentley is putting on - check out his Facebook page. Click on the Vevo "Meet Dierks Benltey" link to find out how you can enter to win airfare, hotel, ground transportation, concert tickets and a meet-and-greet with Dierks for his February 2nd show at the Mother Church of country music - the Ryman Auditorium. Soooooo cool. What a great Valentines present this would be.

HUNTER HAYES WANTS TO MEET YOU

Yet another reason to get on Twitter.

If you get a chance to see him in concert this year note your seat number. Once you are at the show Tweet #HunterIsWanted with your seat location (section number, row and seat). He'll pick a winner and friend for a meet-and-greet. All the details at HunterHayes.com.

ACM NEW ARTIST SEMI-FINALISTS

The ACM's collapsed all of their New Artists categories into one. The semi-finalists have been announced and you can now vote. You have until 11am January 30th to cast your vote at VoteACM.com or GACTV.com/ACM. Three finalists will then be slected and the winner will be announced on the ACM Awards April 1st.

ACM New Artist Semi- Finalists

• Brantley Gilbert
• Hunter Hayes
• J.T. Hodges
• David Nail
• Jerrod Niemann
• Justin Moore
• Scotty McCreery
• Thompson Square

NEW BABY

Congrats to Jo Dee Messina and her husband Chris Deffenbaugh! On Wednesday their second son was born. Jonah Christopher Deffenbaugh joins his three-year old brother Noah. Jo Dee said, "Noah couldn't wait to hold his little brother. He's so good with him. god has blessed us so much." Jo Dee will continue to write her blog at FumblingMom.com. Check it out.

COUNTRY DANCE CLUB HITS

The list is out for the 2011 Marco Club Connection top Ten Country Dance Club Hits.

1. "Country Girl (Shake It For Me)" - Luke Bryan
2. "Footloose" - Blake Shelton
3. "Fake ID" - Big & Rich f/ Gretchen Wilson
4. "Honey Bee" - Blake Shelton
5. "Wanna Take You Home" - Gloriana
6. "Love Done Gone" - Billy Currington
7. "Dirt Road Anthem" - Jason Aldean
8. "Am I the Only One" - Dierks Bentley
9. "Kickin' Up Mud" - The Lacs
10. "You" - Chris Young

WAYLON JENNINGS TRIBUTE CD VOLUME 2

There will be three volumes of this tribute to the late great Waylon Jennings.

The album comes out February 7th, but pre-orders begin January 24th at WaylonJennings.com.

Here's the track listing for The Music Inside: A Collaboration Dedicated to Waylon Jennings, Volume Two.

"Lonesome, Onry and Mean" - Dierks Bentley

"Waymore Blues" - Hank Williams Jr.

"Good Ol Boys" - Montgomery Gentry

"I Ain't Livin' Long Like This" - Justin Moore

"Bob Wills Is Still the King" - Jack Ingram

"Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line" - Colt Ford

"Rainy Day Woman" - Pat Green

"Love of the Common People" - Josh Thompson

"Mama" - Jessi Colter

"Dreaming My Dreams With You" - Jewel

"A Long Time Ago" - Wyatt McCubbin

REPOSTED FROM FACEBOOK

I found this hilarious - and it really has some meaning too.

Checking out at the grocery store recently, the young cashier suggested I should bring my own grocery bags because plastic bags weren't good for the environment. I apologized and explained, "We didn't have this green thing back in my earlier days." The clerk responded, "That's our problem today. Your generation did not care enough to save our environment for future generations." She was right about one thing -- our generation didn't have the green thing in “Our” day. So what did we have back then…? After some reflection and soul-searching on "Our" day here's what I remembered we did have.... Back then, we returned milk bottles, soda bottles and beer bottles to the store. The store sent them back to the plant to be washed and sterilized and refilled, so it could use the same bottles repeatedly. So they really were recycled. But we didn't have the green thing back in our day. We walked up stairs, because we didn't have an escalator in every store and office building. We walked to the grocery store and didn't climb into a 300-horsepower machine every time we had to go two blocks. But she was right. We didn't have the green thing in our day. Back then, we washed the baby's diapers because we didn't have the throw-away kind. We dried clothes on a line, not in an energy gobbling machine burning up 220 volts -- wind and solar power really did dry our clothes back in our early days. Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or sisters, not always brand-new clothing. But that young lady is right. We didn't have the green thing back in our day. Back then, we had one TV, or radio, in the house -- not a TV in every room. And the TV had a small screen the size of a handkerchief (remember them?), not a screen the size of the state of Montana. In the kitchen, we blended and stirred by hand because we didn't have electric machines to do everything for us. When we packaged a fragile item to send in the mail, we used wadded up old newspapers to cushion it, not Styrofoam or plastic bubble wrap. Back then, we didn't fire up an engine and burn gasoline just to cut the lawn. We used a push mower that ran on human power. We exercised by working so we didn't need to go to a health club to run on treadmills that operate on electricity. But she's right. We didn't have the green thing back then. We drank from a fountain when we were thirsty instead of using a cup or a plastic bottle every time we had a drink of water. We refilled writing pens with ink instead of buying a new pen, and we replaced the razor blades in a razor instead of throwing away the whole razor just because the blade got dull. But we didn't have the green thing back then. Back then, people took the streetcar or a bus, and kids rode their bikes to school or walked instead of turning their moms into a 24-hour taxi service. We had one electrical outlet in a room, not an entire bank of sockets to power a dozen appliances. And we didn't need a computerized gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 2,000 miles out in space in order to find the nearest pizza joint. But isn't it sad the current generation laments how wasteful we old folks were just because we didn't have the green thing back then? Please post this on your Facebook profile so another selfish old person who needs a lesson in conservation from a smart-ass young person can add to this.