The honorable Judge John Brown administered the services on the historic stage that Willie Nelson, Hank Williams, Ernest Tubb, and Waylon Jennings made famous. Wedding was witnessed by The Palm restaurantís Rae Krenn and Nashville publicist Kirt Webster. But the fun didnít stop then!!!

Fast forward 13 hoursÖKid Rockís rebel father Hank Williams Jr. flies into Nashville and the party begins!!!!

ìI am so happy for my rebel son Kid Rock,î says Hank Williams Jr. ìItís about time these two rowdy friends got back together and tied the knot.î

The party began at Kid Rockís Nashville home and from there it was Tootsies Orchid Lounge for a night of fun. Both Kid Rock and Hank Williams Jr. joined country newcomer John Stone on-stage trading the microphone singing songs ranging from Lynyrd Skynyrdís Sweet Home Alabama to Hank Williams Srís I Saw The Light to Hank Williams Jrís Family Tradition to Merle Haggardís I Think Iíll Just Stay Here and Drink. Kid and Hank remained on stage over an hour, while Pam smiled and cheered them on.

ìMan, what a night!î exclaims Hank Jr. ìTootsies and lower Broadway will never be the same again. The fans and people in the streets were going nuts. And I have 2 words for TootsiesÖTHANKS!î

Hank Jr will be performing in Detroit, MI on Friday night (9/1) and in Nashville, TN (9/2).

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Vassar stepped aside from his piano and
motioned for Dale Wallace, Emerson Driveís own ìpiano man,î to take the
keys during the song, while other Emerson Drive band members sat in on
their own instruments and Brad Mates offered up vocals.

When asked about the impromptu jam, Wallace said, ìI have always been a
huge fan of Phil Vassar and sharing the stage with him while performing
one of Billy Joelís greatest songs was such an honor.î

Emerson Drive is hot on the road, preparing for the release of their
debut album from Midas Records Nashville, titled COUNTRIFIED, which
features the bandís current single, ìA Good Man.î

For a complete list of upcoming tour dates and keep up with all things
Emerson Drive, visit them online at www.emersondrive.com
or befriend them on MySpace at
www.myspace.com/emersondrive .

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Heartland and Shawn King enters the list of stars (stars of stage, screen, music and comedy) scheduled to appear including: Celine Dion, Goo Dolls, Joshua Bell, Dave Matthews Band, Cheap Trick, Steve Holy, Julie Roberts, Sean Hayes, Jo Dee Messina, Rita Rudner, Village People, Ray Romano, Billy Crystal, ñ and many more!

Originating from the South Coast Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, with remotes in Chicago and New York, the 21 ? hour network show airs from 9:00PM EDT Sunday, September 3, to 6:30PM EDT, Monday, September 4. (Broadcast times vary in some markets. Check local listings for start times.)

The broadcast raises funds for and awareness of MDAís programs of research and services benefiting people with any of more than 40 neuromuscular diseases. Some 60 million viewers in the United States and Canada are expected to tune in to the Telethon, and another million worldwide will see the show on MDAís Web site, www.mdausa.org, via streaming video.

Heartland will perform their first hit single, ìI Loved Her First,î from their debut album entitled I Loved Her Frist that hits stores on October 3rd.

Shawn King will appear in a segment dedicated to Runaway Bunny on Monday morning.

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Walker, who has scored 31 chart singles, 4 platinum albums, 2 gold albums, will be releasing a new single and album on Asylum/Curb Records in the coming months. Clay will co-headline during the September 8 & 9 event with Irish pop superstar Ronan Keating. KEATING also makes a return to Gstaad after a special appearance two years ago with LeAnn Rimes to sing their duet – a number 1 all over Europe. Keating has sold 25 million albums OUTSIDE THE USA -as yet an untapped market for him. His number one hits in England and Europe (not released in the USA) include ìWhen You Say Nothing At Allî and ìI Hope you Dance.î He wrote ìThe Last Goodbye, ìcovered by Brooks and Dunn and a number one for them in the States. Rhett Akins and the Cornell Hurd Band from Austin will also perform on the bill.

Past performers who have graced the stage of the GSTAAD FESTIVAL include; Dwight Yoakam, Emmylou Harris, Buck Owens, Loretta Lynn , Trisha Yearwood, Travis Tritt, Collin Raye, Conway Twitty, Tanya Tucker, Rhonda Vincent, Billy Ray Cyrus, Tammy Wynette and George Jones, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Lyle Lovett, Ricky Van Shelton, The Mavericks, Wynonna, JoDee Messina, Asleep at the Wheel, David Ball, Sara Evans, Kathy Mattea, LeeAnn Womack, Ricky Skaggs, Allison Moorer, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, LeAnn Rimes, Tracy Lawrence, Terri Clark, Joe Diffie, Mark Chesnutt, Wynonna, Joe Nichols, Lorrie Morgan and Chely Wright to name a few.

Marcel Bach, promoter of the festival states: ìMany of the above names have made their European debuts at our event which makes it very special for us and all of them have gone on to big careers afterwards. Itís a good feeling when you know you have helped an artistís international career and given them a wonderful first experience of Europe. Also, we have had some of the greatest legends in the business perform at the festival which is such a great honour for us.î

Walker-Cunningham concurs: ìWe have had so many ìfirstsî and because of our stellar line-ups, press people from seven European countries come to the festival each year. We also have national Swiss radio and television covering the event …… Swiss TV can be seen in other neighboring European countries, so the artists are actually performing in front of millions of people.î

Marcel Bach, has twice been honored with the International Promoter of the Year Award from the Country Music Association and native Brit, Trisha Walker-Cunningham, President of Trisha Walker International has produced and represented the Gstaad Festival since its inception and is the first recipient of the ìJo Walker Meador International Achievement Award from the CMA.

ìI am so proud to have worked with Marcel Bach and his wonderful team in Gstaad for years and to being part of making the festival into what it is today – an event described by the Nashville music industry as the ìCrown Jewel of European Events.î

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“I was devastated when I heard the news, I was so excited to have the opportunity to stop by and meet Tonya Campos. Los Angeles is a city that embraced all musical formats and has been faithful to music’s historical roots. I’m concerned that country has lost a major supplier of music to the millions of country fans in the Los Angeles market area.”/

Stevens was on the west coast in support of her */Welcome To My World/* project. Her current single from the project is /Say Hello To Heaven/. Stevens is continuing her radio tour into the Midwest.

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ìWhat a great night for Lynyrd Skynyrd to be honored by our good friends,î says Johnny Van Zant. ìWe had a wonderful time sharing the stage and our songs with all of these guys.î

Friend Hank Williams Jr. was excited to be a part of the event, ìAnytime Lynyrd Skynyrd wants me to join them on the stageÖIíll do it! What a night!î

Ranked as one of the best-selling artists of all time by the Recording Industry Association of America and recent Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inducteeís, Lynyrd Skynrd is still going strong with almost 65 albums recorded, 26 million sold to date, and over 80 performances annually. The band is currently writing the follow-up to Vicious Cycle, the bandís
May 2003 release on Sanctuary Records that spawned the single ìRed White and Blue,î which was the bandís strongest in over 25 years. To date, the Southern anthem ìSweet Home Alabamaî has passed the 1,000,000 mark in
downloaded master ringtones, proving that Lynyrd Skynyrd is a major industry icon that appeals to all generations.

For additional information on Lynyrd Skynyrd please visit www.lynyrdskynyrd.com. For additional information on Hank Williams Jr., please visit www.hankjr.com. For information on special guests and Decades Rock Live, please visit www.decadesrocklive.com.

*DeLana Stevens was one of the last to visit KZLA*

Nashville, TN – One of country’s newest voices, MachOne/Spinville
Records recording artist *DeLana Stevens* was one of the last country
artists to visit KZLA radio in Los Angeles prior to the station changing
from the Country format to the AC format.

/”I was devastated when I heard the news, I was so excited to have the
opportunity to stop by and meet Tonya Campos. Los Angeles is a city that
embraced all musical formats and has been faithful to music’s historical
roots. I’m concerned that country has lost a major supplier of music to
the millions of country fans in the Los Angeles market area.”/

Stevens was on the west coast in support of her */Welcome To My World/*
project. Her current single from the project is /Say Hello To Heaven/.
Stevens is continuing her radio tour into the Midwest.

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