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TOBY KEITH'S SINGLE HOTTER THAN A JULY 4TH FIRECRACKER

Written by Neil Haislop
Jul 02, 2009 at 09:26 AM
TOBY KEITH'S SINGLE HOTTER THAN A JULY 4TH FIRECRACKER cf.com Toby Keith's new single is being promoted with phrase, "Spin it Now or Fits Gonna Hit The Shan!", but no scrambled letters were needed, "American Ride," will have a fast ride to the top. MEANWHILE TOBY GIVES BACK TO THE TUNE OF OVER HALF A MILLION Toby Keith's sixth annual golf and music fundraising weekend to benefit Ally's House raised more than half-a-million dollars to help children with cancer and their families in Keith's native Oklahoma. The $550,000 raised brings the to-date total to nearly $3 million. During the golf outing, Kelsey Cline won the Built Ford Tough Shootout and a brand new Ford F-150 truck. The dinner, music and auction gathering saw several big ticket items drawing huge bids. A dinner party for 20 with Toby Keith earned not one bid of $32,500, but two. The Alaskan Adventure with Deadliest Catch star and boat captain Sig Hansen brought in $13,000 and a Costa Rica getaway to the Four Seasons drew a $19,000 bid. ______________________________ TAYLOR'S COOL INTERVIEW IN GLAMOUR One of Taylor Swift's most winning attributes is her candor and straightforward answers to probing questions. The result, she explains to Glamour Magazine, is she can remain a regular person. countryforever.com Taylor explains, "I’ve never felt like I needed to tone down being seen as a regular person. When I first started doing MySpace, I wrote my bio in the first person. I didn’t want my MySpace page to look like a publicity promo site, so I was the one doing all the commenting, and I was the one putting up pictures and videos. And I’ve approached my whole career like that—I don’t see that ever changing. Glamour: A lot of people who reach a level of fame similar to yours become guarded. TS: I get some paparazzi, but not enough to make me ever not appreciate what I have. It’s like, I wanted one thing [my] whole life…. I’m not going to get it and then complain about it. You have said, “Music is my boyfriend.” How do you date when you’re as famous as you are? TS: I don’t date a lot. The other day I was in my dressing room with one of my closest friends, [American Idol alum] Kellie Pickler, who is also my opening act, and she said something really interesting to me: “We can only give someone what’s left over.” She does the same thing I do, so she knows what it’s like to do interviews all day and give your heart and soul on stage every night. After all of that is taken, we can only give someone what’s left. So it’s hard." ____________________________ BLAKE SHELTON "TWITTICALLY INCORRECT" cf.com BLAKE SHELOTN IS AN AVID tweeter and comes off funny a quirky as always. Reba McEntire is also a fan of Twitter, and her husband just happens to be Blake Shelton’s manager, so she recently called Blake out in her own tweets. She said, "Do u think Blake Shelton Drunk Tweets? Read his Tweets! Sounds like it to me... I'm just sayin'..." Later she posted a tweet that said, "To all my Tweebas! I told Blake to clean up his Tweets! My mama is reading them! Yes, he does spell better when he drinks..." Blake responded to Reba with a tweet that said, "Just found out Reba's mom is following me. So... like I was saying, I'm about to have some kool-aid and watch cartoons..." _____________________________________ JOE NICHOLS MAKING BELIEVERS While Joe Nichols is making believers among the Broadway set as he works on his lead role as "Dusty" in the Broadway adaptation of "Pure Country" slated to go up on stage in 2010, he continues to make believers at radio with "Believers" as it charges up the charts. ___________________________ LUKE BRYAN HAS BUSY SUMMER ON BOOKS A Twitter “FIRST”--Last night Luke hosted Yahoo! Music’s FIRST-EVER Country Music Wednesdays on Twitter! To join in on the conversation with Luke add twitter.com/lukebryanonline and twitter.com/yahoo_music to your follow list, then watch the conversation. ___________________________ ASTONISHING JULY 4TH HISTORY WE BET YOU NEVER KNEW Our friend Cathy Gurley shared this amazing bit of history that puts the meaning of patriotism for out founding fathers into a whole new perspective. LEST WE FORGET !! GOD BLESS AMERICA...... Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence ? Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army; another had two sons captured. Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the Revolutionary War. They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor. What kind of men were they? Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists. Eleven were merchants, nine were farmers and large plantation owners; men of means, well educated, but they signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full well that the penalty would be death if they were captured. Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and trader, saw his ships swept from the seas by the British Navy. He sold his home and properties to pay his debts, and died in rags. Thomas McKeam was so hounded by the British that he was forced to move his family almost constantly. He served in the Congress without pay, and his family was kept in hiding. His possessions were taken from him, and poverty was his reward. Vandals or soldiers looted the properties of Dillery, Hall, Clymer, Walton, Gwinnett, Heyward, Ruttledge, and Middleton. At the battle of Yorktown , Thomas Nelson, Jr.., noted that the British General Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson home for his headquarters. He quietly urged General George Washington to open fire. The home was destroyed, and Nelson died bankrupt. Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed. The enemy jailed his wife, and she died within a few months. John Hart was driven from his wife's bedside as she was dying. Their 13 children fled for their lives. His fields and his gristmill were laid to waste. For more than a year he lived in forests and caves, returning home to find his wife dead and his children vanished. It's a reminder of how much our founding citizens were willing to give up for the freedom we enjoy today.
Last Updated ( Jul 02, 2009 at 10:49 AM )