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Red Dirt Road Leads to Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame
BROOKS & DUNN TO PERFORM FULL CONCERT FOR OKLAHOMA MUSIC HALL OF
FAME; VINCE GILL TO ATTEND
MUSKOGEE, Okla. (Monday, August 11, 2003) – The Red Dirt Road’s headed
toward Muskogee. On November 20, 2003, country music’s hottest duo,
Brooks & Dunn, will be appearing live in concert at the Muskogee Civic
Center in celebration of Ronnie Dunn’s induction into The Oklahoma Music
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Brooks & Dunn's "Today" Won't Be Tomorrow History Making Duo Won't
Be Waking Up In Manhattan, Scramble To Save Shrevport!
Nashville/New York: "We said we wanted it hot, but we didn't
literally want New York City burning," said a quite chagrined Ronnie
Dunn, as he, Kix Brooks and their band disembarked from a flight that
was slated to take them to New York City to appear as part of "The Today
Show's Summer Concert Series.
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Brooks & Dunn Take NBC Wake-up Show Down a "Red Dirt Road"
History Making Duo Take NBC Wake-Up Show Down A "Red Dirt Road"
New York: With "Red Dirt Road" sitting at #2 with its foot on the gas,
initial sales reports the strongest ever on a Brooks & Dunn release and
the critical raves stacking up for Red Dirt Road, Ronnie Dunn and Kix
Brooks turn their sites to the other end of the path -- as the 4-time
Entertainers of the Year get ready to bring the heart of Saturday night
to early Friday morning. currently in the midst of their third wildly
successful Neon Circus & Wild West West Show, the industrial strength
honky tonkers are set to kick out the lights at Rockefeller Plaza Friday
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Brooks & Dunn Work On Cancelled Shows Red Dirt Road Kicks Up
Allergens for Stoppage in Atlanta
Brooks & Dunn Cancel Tampa, West Palm Beach Shows -- With a #1 Single
+ Album, Red Dirt Road Kicks Up Enough Allergens for Stoppage in Atlanta
Nashville: Eight songs into their set at the Hi-Fi Buys Amphitheatre in
Atlanta Friday night, Ronnie Dunn stepped up to the microphone and
announced, "I'm sorry. I've been to the doctor all day. This has only
happened to me three times...This is the third..." to acknowledge the
struggle he was having vocally. Finally just before 10 p.m., the 4-time
Entertainers of the Year left the stage -- and the following two nights'
concerts in Tampa and West Palm Beach were cancelled.
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Brooks & Dunn Take A "Red Dirt Road" To #1
Nashville: With their mandolin-drenched song about recognizing wisdom
comes along the journey, Ronnie Dunn and Kix Brooks roll into the #1
slot on Billboard and Radio & Records' Country Singles chart with "Red
Dirt Road." The title track from the just released return-to-roots CD
captures the reality the 4-time Entertainers of the Year have found to
be defining in their own lives.
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"Red Dirt Road" Album Review
You know that things have certainly changed when the intro to a song
by America's most popular country duo reminds the listener of Stevie
Wonder's "Living For The City." Such is the case, though, on "Caroline,"
the second track on Brooks & Dunn's terrific new LP.
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Dale Earnhardt Tribute Concert Concert to air July 10 on FOX
MOORESVILLE, N.C. – For fans that couldn’t make it down to Daytona
Beach, Fla. for the Dale Earnhardt Tribute Concert on June 28; Dale
Earnhardt, Inc., Kraft/Nabisco and Fox Television are bringing it to
you. Tune in on Thursday, July 10 (8-10 p.m. ET) when Fox will air a
prime time, two-hour special from the Tribute Concert as it happened.
Fans turned out to pay tribute to Dale Earnhardt and none were
disappointed with the show.
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Ronnie Dunn To Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame
Ronnie Dunn To Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame 4-Time Entertainer of the
Year Picks Up Honor at the Root of his Musical Foundation
Muskogee, Oklahoma : He cut his teeth in the beer joints, icehouses and
honky tonks that served as a major stomping and romping grounds for Bob
Wills, Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker and the Mad Dogs & Englishmen, Bonnie
Raitt, J.J. Cale and so many more -- so it's no wonder that that fertile
musical hotbed produced one of country music's most incendiary vocalists
ever: Brooks & Dunn's Ronnie Dunn. And on November 20 in Muskogee,
Oklahoma, Dunn joins many of his peers and compatriots as a member of
the prestigious Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame.
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Brooks & Dunn's Red Dirt Road Moves To 7/15 Release Date
Title Track Scorches Radio, Prompting Accelerated Street for Most
Personal Work
Nashville: With "Red Dirt Road," their anthem of recognizing wisdom is
where you find it, closing out 99 radio stations in its first week at
radio, it's obvious that by digging deep personally and musically,
Ronnie Dunn and Kix Brooks struck a nerve with country fans.
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Brooks & Dunn Score 18th ACM Award
Brooks & Dunn Score 18th ACM Award -- Academy of Country Music Duo of
the Year Debuted "Red Dirt Road" on TV
Las Vegas: Dressed in denim and chambray plaid, Ronnie Dunn and Kix
Brooks took the stage at the Mandalay Bay to debut "Red Dirt Road," the
lead single and title track of their much anticipated July 15th release.
Mandolin-drenched and rafter-sweeping, the affirming song about the
knowledge we gain along the way more than set the stage for Brooks &
Dunn to pick up their 18th Academy of Country Music Award -- as the
high-energy pair again won Duo of the Year.
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Hole-In-One, Braves Game, Augusta National Give Kix Brooks' Neon
Send-Off
Augusta, Georgia: With the Neon Circus & Wild West Show gearing up
for its third straight year, Kix Brooks took a day before the Green Bay,
Wisconsin tour launch to fulfill every golfer's ultimate dream: playing
August National Golf Club, home of the Masters Golf Tournament. And the
cherry on top of his ultimate golf fantasy -- having his first ever
hole-in-hole on the club's groomed-to-perfection Par 3 9 hole lay-out.
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Brooks & Dunn Ready To Cross "Every River"
ACM Entertainers of the Year Enlist Writer/Raver Kim Richey for
Latest
Nashville: Having seen their first three singles from Steers & Stripes
go straight to the top of Billboard's Country Chart -- 2001's Single of
the Year, the 6 week #1 "There Ain't Nothing 'Bout You," the bulked-up
patriotism of "Only In America" and Paul Brady's yearning "The Long
Good-Bye" -- for the first time since their mondo-, mondo-platinum Brand
New Man debut, Ronnie Dunn and Kix Brooks have been stretching it out
musically for their seventh power-platinum project's wind-out by
embracing some pretty progressive songs: the Latin-steeped Top 5 "My
Heart Is Lost To You" and the surging definition of devotion "Every
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Brooks & Dunn Hook Up The Sleigh, Change Christmas Title -- It Won't
Be Christmas Without You Is Now Official, Still Due 10/22
Nashville: When it comes time for thoughts to turn to Christmas,
those seasonal elves on Music Row have a way of getting into some pretty
deep discussions. And when talk turned to what was Hangin' 'Round The
Mistletoe, B&D's first ever Christmas album, one song kept surfacing as
being the stand-out cut: the tear-stained ballad of the
Christmas-that-will-not-be "It Won't Be Christmas Without You."
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Kix Brooks Featured in Readers Digest Christmas Issue -- It Won't Be
Christmas Without You Catalyzes Magazine Appearance
Nashville: It's one of American's oldest and best read publications.
They're one of country music's most successful -- 24 million sold, 22
#1s, the wildly successful Neon Circus & Wild West Shows -- acts. In
December, Reader's Digest features Kix Brooks of reigning Academy of
Country Music Entertainers of the Year Brooks & Dunn in a special
version of their "Unforgettable" column on Christmas memories that
changed the lives of the people living them.
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Brooks & Dunn's CMA Awards Power Pair ACM Entertainers of the Year
Score Entertainer, Duo of the Year Nods
LaGuardia, NY: Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn were changing planes when
the reigning Academy of Country Music Entertainers of the Year heard
they had been recognized for that category, as well as Duo of the Year,
at the 36th annual Country Music Association Awards. En route to yet
another sold-out show in Hartford, Connecticut, the freewheeling pair
took the news with their usual aplomb -- and failed to call their
publicist until nearly closing time. More! |
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