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Country hit-maker Ronnie McDowell, best known for his string of hits in the ’80’s including “Older Women,” is also an artist of the painting kind! After having a piece of his work discovered by the folks at Disney Fine Art, he has now signed a 5-year deal with the Disney company to produce artwork for them. His paintings will be seen in Disney parks and galleries all around the world!

“All of my kids are involved in this project,” says Ronnie, “My youngest daughter Athena told me I should do some paintings featuring Disney characters, so my youngest son Tyler and I came up with the idea of Walt leaving Kansas City making his way to California from Union Station at 8 o’clock with Mickey in front of him.” Ronnie Dean, my oldest son along with being my drummer and tour manager for 20 years now, gave me the idea for Elvis teaching Mickey how to dance on the Ed Sullivan Show.”

Disney Fine Art is available in art galleries throughout Europe, Japan and North America as well as Disney Cruise Line and Disney Theme Parks around the world.

Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard to Release “Django and Jimmie”

Posted by admin at 1:28 pm on April 17, 2015

Apr 172015

Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard are teaming up again to release a new album on June 2nd! The album will be titled Django and Jimmie and will feature 14 tracks.

“Me and Merle got a new album coming out called Django and Jimmie and the title track is about Django Reinhardt and Jimmie Rodgers,” said Willie Nelson. “Both of those guys were very influential in both of our careers.”

According to Merle Haggard, there’s “new songs, a couple of classics and Willie sang like he was a teenager.”

Among the 14 recordings on Django and Jimmie, Nelson and Haggard each pay musical tribute to the other through heartfelt solo performances: Willie singing Merle’s “Somewhere Between” and Merle covering Willie’s “Family Bible.”

Willie sums up the duo’s new collaboration simply saying, “It’s good music, I got a good feeling about it.”

Here’s the track listing!

1. Django and Jimmie – written by Jimmy Melton and Jeff Prince
2. It‘s All Going To Pot – written by Buddy Cannon, Jamey Johnson and Larry Shell
3. Unfair Weather Friend – written by Marla Cannon-Goodman and Ward Davis
4. Missing Ol‘ Johnny Cash – written by Merle Haggard
5. Live This Long – written by Shawn Camp and Marv Green
6. Alice In Hulaland – written by Willie Nelson and Buddy Cannon
7. Don‘t Think Twice, It‘s Alright – written by Bob Dylan
8. Family Bible – written by Walter M. Breeland, Paul F. Buskirk, and Claude Gray
9. It‘s Only Money – written by Willie Nelson and Buddy Cannon
10. Swinging Doors – written by Merle Haggard
11. Where Dreams Come To Die – written by Willie Nelson and Buddy Cannon
12. Somewhere Between – written by Merle Haggard
13. Driving The Herd – written by Willie Nelson and Buddy Cannon
14. The Only Man Wilder Than Me – written by Merle Haggard

Drummer Garrett Goodwin Launches Charity Campaign

Posted by admin at 10:48 am on April 17, 2015

Apr 172015

In a day and age when most country music sites are busy posting gossip and controversy, it’s nice to see a story about a good cause. Check out this press release we recently got about some good that Garrett Goodwin, Carrie Underwood’s drummer, is taking part in!

KMLM.org is changing the way that we’re changing the world, by providing backpacks full of educational materials to children in need within poverty stricken regions of Latin America and the Caribbean while also providing jobs for skilled workers in the Dominican Republic. The organization is co-lead by Garrett Goodwin, longtime drummer for Carrie Underwood.

With every $25 donation made at KMLM.org, a backpack is manufactured, filled with educational materials, and donated to a child in need. Even more, KMLM employs a team of talented sew professionals in the Dominican Republic to manufacture those very backpacks for the children in need. This unique approach not only provides the educational materials needed for children, but creates jobs within a poverty stricken region of a third world country. KMLM believes with the production of sustainable backpacks within the Southern region of the Dominican Republic they can help sustain a constant income for families that are unemployed and struggle to live day to day. We are not only providing hope for children, but for designers of a third world.

By educating and liberating children throughout the third world, but with a primary focus on Latin America and the Caribbean, KMLM is addressing the most important issue affecting poverty in the world today. Educational support breaks the poverty cycle. KMLM sees an opportunity to implement a break in this poverty cycle by implementing action into a sustainable educational project. By providing a child with a backpack full of simple educational tools, such as pencils, paper, and other necessary resources they are ultimately becoming a performing activist within the aspect of breaking the cycle of poverty.

Schools within developing nations are not only a place where children go to be educated, but a safe haven where they receive food, some children only eating that one meal per day. By providing a simple backpack, KMLM is able to remind each child that everyday they are known, they are loved and they have been given the opportunity to make a break from the poverty cycle of their country and ultimately change their position in life forever.

For more information visit kmlm.org.