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About HaleighT

HaleighT grew up in rural Sallisaw, Oklahoma, completely immersed in the country music lifestyle. She works with CMNB as our field assignment journalist, gathering concert reviews and exclusive interviews from every artist she can. When she's not out on the road, she's in our web studio filming "Takin' a Break With HaleighT" a short weekly opinion and news segment that launched in 2011.

Top 10 4th Of July Songs

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The Best Songs To Hear While Showing Some American Pride ! First off this is just my opinion, there hasn’t been an official vote or anything, they are just all some of my favorites. Second, they aren’t all country. I know this is Country Music News Blog, but some of these songs are just too good for me not to mention them. So here it goes… 1. Only In America – Brooks & Dunn 2. American Girl – Tom Petty 3. 4th Of July – Shooter Jennings 4. The Fightin’ Side Of Me – Merle Haggard 5. Where The Stars & Stripes & The Eagle Fly – Aaron Tippin 6. American Child – Phil Vassar 7. Made In America – Toby Keith 8. America – Waylon Jennings 9. American Pie – Don McLean 10. God Bless The USA – Lee Greenwood Now this doesn’t mean I don’t like others, “If You’re Reading This“, “Have You Forgotten“, and “Letters From Home“, are also some favorites but I decided to keep the list as happy and upbeat as possible. I wouldn’t want a tear jerker thrown in the middle if you were to make a playlist off of this small lineup. What are some of your favorites? We want to know! I hope everyone has a FANTASTIC weekend! Have fun, stay safe and remember what the day is about! All of us at CMNB also want to thank all those HEROES out there that let us live life the way we do, FREE!. HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jake Owen The One That Got Away Video

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Here Is The Official Music Video For Jake Owen’s “The One That Got Away.” Jake Owen’s latest single, “The One That Got Away,” is a love song about an unexpected love. It speaks about a summer fling, that wasn’t meant to be too serious, but has the voice of the song reminiscing about that special person years later. I think it is great timing that we post this video today because in the video there is a mention of the 4th of July and some pretty fireworks on display. Watch the video below and tell us what you think. Is this going to be another hit for Owen?! As soon as you are done watching, scroll on down to see some great behind the scenes footage (you get a glimpse at Owen’s twin brother!). Watch NOW! Behind the scenes

Josh Turner 4th Of July Performance

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Josh Turner Will Celebrate Independence Day On PBS! Josh Turner will be celebrating the 4th of July on PBS’s A Capitol Fourth. It will air at 8pm ET/7pm CT tonight. He will perform “Firecracker” and “The Star Spangled Banner,” backed by the National Symphony Orchestra. Turner is also set to appear on Good Morning America July 11th. Here is the official video for Turner’s “Firecracker!”

Alan Jackson Plays Show For Colorado Wildfire Relief

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Alan Jackson Does His Part To Help During The Colorado Wildfires. Last week Alan Jackson played the famed Red Rocks Amphitheatre. Recognizing the devastation the state of Colorado is currently experiencing with wildfires, Jackson expressed his support by partnering with AEG and KYGO/Denver to offer front row reserved tickets at a special premium price – all proceeds were donated to the Denver Foundation (the state’s oldest and largest community foundation) for use by the Colorado Wildfire Relief Fund created and designated by the governor. KYGO announced the tickets were available on the morning of show (Thursday, June 28) and within hours, several thousand dollars were raised. “It’s just the saddest thing. I’m just heart broke about all the fires out here. We really appreciate all the great people that have been helping them out here. They sold some of the seats down here on a special deal to try and raise some money to help fight that battle – whoever bought those, that was mighty nice of y’all and I really appreciate it.” -Jackson told the crowd during the performance. Donations for wildfire disaster relief efforts can be made by calling 1-800-RED-CROSS or by visiting the Colorado chapter’s website at www.coloradoredcross.org Photo below by Scott Scovill.

Brad Paisley Makes Surprise Appearance

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Brad Paisley Made A Surprise Appearance On The “Virtual Opry” Stage. This past weekend Brad Paisley continued his highly successful Virtual Reality World Tour in Saratoga, NY and Camden, NJ. On Saturday, in Camden, Paisley surprised The Escape Plaza crowd with appearances on the “Virtual Opry” stage. Paisley, with guitar in hand, joined Kristen Kelly mid-way through Conway Twitty’s classic “Slow Hand” and continued to play as Kelly performed her current Top 40 hit “Ex-Old Man.” Next to perform on the “Virtual Opry” stage was Jana Kramer and Paisley came back out to the crowd’s delight. He joined Kramer on Sheryl Crow’s “All I Wanna Do” and Kramer’s party tune, “One of the Boys.” Recently it was announced Paisley would be taking his tour to Scandinavia for four shows in November and now he has added a show in Dublin, Ireland on November 13. The Band Perry will join him as special guests on the international dates. Photos below by Ben Enos.

Kip Moore New Single-Beer Money

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Kip Moore Set To Release His New Single, “Beer Money.” Kip Moore is set to release his new single, “Beer Money,” July 9. This is the follow up to his very successful “Somethin’ ‘Bout A Truck,” which spent two weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart. He will be performing his hit tomorrow on NBC’s Today Show for their 4th of July episode. Moore had a hand in writing every song on Up All Night, including “Beer Money,” which he co-wrote with Blair Daly and Troy Verges. “Blair Daly said, ‘I’ve got this title ‘Beer Money,’ but I don’t know exactly what to do with it.’ We laughed and joked around about the idea. I know where I grew up in South Georgia, nobody had any money in high school. That is what the weekends were about: there was nowhere to go and there were no clubs, so it was all about who has the money to come up with the beer and where can we go.” -Moore. “It was the same thing in college: you are holding out spending money on food so that you’ve got enough money that weekend to go to the beer store and have a good time. I think that is the way small-town America still is everywhere.” -Moore continues. Take my advice, the song is great! To get a full review of his entire album by Miss Molly click here! Moore has been pretty busy touring, performing his own shows and joining Billy Currington and David Nail on the road. He will also be joining Eric Church on his Blood, Sweat and Beers Tour in the fall!

Lady Antebellum Wanted You More Video

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The Official Music Video For Lady Antebellum’s “Wanted You More.” Here is the official music video for Lady Antebellum’s latest single, “Wanted You More.” It is track 8 on their Own the Night album and is the follow up to “Dancin’ Away With My Heart.” The song is a very passionate one and the video really captures that feeling! After you watch the official video below, scroll down to see the behind the scenes video. It gives you a look at some of the special effects and introduces you to some of the key players that make it all happen! Behind The Scenes Look!

Jake Owen And Wife Expecting

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Jake Owen And Lacey Buchanan Are Expecting A Child! Jake Owen and new wife Lacey are expecting their first child! Owen proposed to the 22-year-old, long-time girlfriend on stage in April and a month later they were married. They are quick to say this isn’t a shotgun wedding by any means! Owen told People magazine that he had already asked Lacey’s father for her hand when they found out she was pregnant. “The way we saw it, the baby news was a bonus on top of the engagement but we didn’t want anyone to think we were getting married because Lacey was pregnant, and we wanted to celebrate our wedding first.” -Owen to People Congrats to both of them and their families! Babies are a blessing and we wish Lacey a healthy and happy pregnancy!

Andy Griffith Passes Away At 86

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Beloved Actor, Andy Griffith Passed Away Early This Morning. Andy Griffith passed away this morning at his home in North Carolina at the age of 86. The beloved actor entertained millions throughout his career, with two of his most memorable roles being the star in The Andy Griffith Show and Matlock. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family, friends and millions of fans as everyone deals with the loss of a true American entertainer! Here is the video for Brad Paisley‘s hit, “Waitin’ On A Woman,” which stars Griffith. Enjoy!