Earnhardt is scheduled to participate in the driver/artist autograph
sessions at the Gaylord Entertainment Center on Saturday, January 14.
The 31-year-old recently picked up his third consecutive award from the
National Motorsports Press Association as NASCAR’s most popular driver.
The NMPA Awards are the oldest and most traditional awards in NASCAR
racing.

Earnhardt has been featured on more than 40 magazine covers and has
claimed spots on both People Magazine’s "Most Beautiful" and Forbes’
"Top 100 Celebrities" lists and has appeared on numerous television
entertainment shows.

In addition to the autograph sessions, other activities at Sound and
Speed include the display of the 2006 NEXTEL Cup Series and Grand-Am
show cars, an exhibit of vintage cars, historic artifacts from racing
and country music, interviews with both current and legendary stars of
NASCAR and country music, performances by country music’s top
up-and-comers and a concert finale.

All proceeds from Sound and Speed will benefit the Victory Junction
Gang Camp for chronically ill children and the Country Music Hall of
Fame and Museum charities.

Tickets are $20 for the festival, $30 for the finale concert
(Montgomery Gentry, LeAnn Rimes and Keith Anderson) and are available
through all TicketMaster outlets or at Sound & Speed.

A purchase of a festival ticket and a concert ticket also includes a free 12-month subscription to Country Weekly Magazine.

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It has been embraced by both fans of country music and music
lovers outside of the genre.  In a recent interview, Sir Elton John said
“I’m the first person to go out and by the new Gary Allan cd,
because I love Gary Allan…it’s an incredible cd.”  

Pop and rock music critics alike have fallen in-love with
Gary Allan as well.  TOUGH
ALL OVER was named #28 by Blender
on their TOP 50 Albums Of The Year List (no small feat for a country
artist).  The first single “Best I Ever Had” was called “an
anthem” in the Los Angeles Times and
was named #4 by SPIN on their TOP 10 songs you want
to download list.  The album received 4 stars in Rolling Stone, 4 out of 4 stars in USA Today and was called “elegant and dazzling” by
the New York Times.

The album also received an A in Entertainment Weekly in a review that read “The music of
California honkey-tonker Allan has always set itself apart with a dark, dreamy
vibe and and edge of hypnotic danger.  Tough is a bold album of soul-piercing
beauty.”

Bold it is, without a doubt.  Allan took big risks when
writing and recording this album.  Enlightening and heartbreaking, Tough strips
away the barrier between the artist and listener, allowing his fans and critics
to be a fly on the wall.  Bearing witness to the raw and real emotions
he’s  struggling with while grieving.    

Allan is a gifted singer and an intoxicating entertainer. 
He’s poured his heart into TOUGH ALL OVER, and his fans and critics are
thanking him for it.

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"This has been a phenomenal year for country music, so we have dedicated
this month to celebrating the successes," said Sarah Trahern, vice president
of programming at GAC. "Our look back began December 19 with ‘Awards Week,’
a special airing of four awards shows that GAC broadcasted earlier this
year, and we will continue with the best of country music in 2005 with the
‘Best of Week’ as the year comes to a close and we want to give our viewers
a final glance at the most memorable moments and videos of 2005."

After gifts, lunch and leftovers on Christmas Day, the ‘Best of Week’ will
kick-off with a special episode of "Country Music Across America" at 8 pm
ET. Host Storme Warren will look back on his memorable interviews with
artists Garth Brooks on his surprise proposal to Trisha Yearwood, George
Strait, Kenny Chesney and interviews from the Country Music Association
(CMA) Awards in New York. The show will have an encore airing on December
26 at 10 pm ET, after the first block of Top 50 videos.

The countdown of "GAC’s Top 50 Videos of 2005" hosted by Blake Shelton and
Nan Kelley will begin December 26 at 5 pm ET with videos 50-41. Viewers
were given a chance to weigh in on which videos they wanted to see on the
Top 50 countdown by choosing up to 10 of their favorite videos on GACtv.com.

The programming format for the Top 50 Videos is as follows:

"GAC’s Top 50 Videos of 2005" (5 pm, 8 pm, 11 pm ET each night)
Dec. 26 (Videos #50-41)
Dec. 27 (Videos #40-31)
Dec. 28 (Videos #30-21)
Dec. 29 (Videos #20-11)
Dec. 30 (Videos #10-1)
Encore airing in entirety on January 1 from 1-6 pm ET.

About Great American Country
Great American Country (GACtv.com) is America’s country music source, with
its music-intensive format and the latest in country news and events. As the
home of the legendary Grand Ole Opry Live, GAC is best known for its mix of
current and past country music hit videos, original programming, special
performances and live concerts. GAC engages its viewers in a unique way,
allowing them to pick their favorite videos each week at GACtv.com for the
on-air series, GAC Top 20 Country Countdown.

GAC is a property of Scripps Networks, which is headquartered in Knoxville,
Tenn., with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit, Atlanta, and
Nashville, Scripps Networks is the leading developer of lifestyle-oriented
content for television and the Internet, including Home & Garden Television
(HGTV), Food Network, DIY Network, FINE LIVING and electronic retailer Shop
At Home. Scripps Networks is owned by The E.W. Scripps Company, a diverse
media concern with interests in newspaper publishing, broadcast television,
national television networks, interactive media, and television retailing.
Scripps operates 21 daily newspapers, 10 broadcast TV stations, Scripps
Howard News Service, United Media and Shopzilla.com.

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“That’s What I Love About Sunday,”
Morgan’s first single from My Kind Of
Livin’ was a smash hit – staying atop the Billboard country singles
charts for 4 consecutive weeks and Radio & Records country singles chart for
5 consecutive weeks.

Craig was in an
undisclosed location on a USO tour for the soldiers in
Iraq when he heard the
news.

"When I heard
this song, I immediately felt attached to it unlike any other song I’d ever
heard," said Craig. "There are very few songs I didn’t write where I have
this kind of emotional attachment, but this one really talks about the things
that are important to me. I’m extremely honored to have ‘That’s
What I Love About Sunday’ named Most Played and Heard Song of 2005.
My friends at radio have been so supportive of my career and these are
definitely the biggest awards I could ever ask for…it means to the world to
me!"

According to
Billboard, Morgan celebrates being #6 in the Hot Country Songs Artists category
(based on audience listeners); #8 in the Top Country Artists – Male category as
well as having two songs on the Hot Country Songs list: #1 – “That’s What I Love About Sunday”
and #25 – “Redneck Yacht Club”.