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the 2008 Downtown Hoedown!!
AmericaJR.com
announces that The Road Hammers will perform at the
Downtown Hoedown on Saturday, May 10, 2008. In support
of their upcoming performance, we're giving away three
prizes to three separate winners: an autographed hat,
a t-shirt and three stickers. The Road Hammers is
an award-winning Canadian Country music group composed
of Jason McCoy, Clayton Bellamy, Chris Byrne and Corbett
Frasz. Their first self-titled album included remakes
of several classic truck-driving songs.
AmericaJR.com
announces that Little Big Town will perform at the
Downtown Hoedown on Saturday, May 10, 2008. In support
of their upcoming performances, we're giving away
four autographed copies of the album "The Road
to Here" along with four copies of their latest
release "A Place to Land". Four second-place
winners will receive a copy of the Little Big Town
album "A Place to Land". Its lead-off single,
"I'm with the Band", has peaked at #32 on
the country charts. The second single from the album,
"Fine Line", is set for release in the spring
of 2008. Courtesy of the Equity Music Group.
AmericaJR.com
announces that Phil Stacey will perform at the Downtown
Hoedown on Friday, May 9, 2008. In support of his
upcoming performance, we're giving away five autographed
copies of his self-titled debut album. Phil
Stacey was a finalist on the sixth season of American
Idol, where he performed for an average of 30 million
viewers for the eleven weeks he competed on the series.
Phil's debut single, "If You Didn't Love Me"
is climbing the country charts. The track is produced
by Wayne Kirkpatrick and co-written by Rascal Flatts'
Gary Levox.
AmericaJR.com
has teamed up with Warner Bros. Nashville Records
to give you the chance to win a copy of James Otto's
new album "Sunset Man." It features the
hit single "Just Got Started Lovin' You".
Sunset Man, was released in April 2008, produced by
John Rich (of Big & Rich) and Jay DeMarcus (of
Rascal Flatts), the latter of whom is Otto's brother-in-law.
In 1998, he moved to Nashville, Tennessee, and began
attending songwriters' nights there; three years later,
he joined the MuzikMafia, a group of country music
songwriters which includes Big & Rich and Gretchen
Wilson.
Ashton
Shepherd performed at the Downtown Hoedown on Sunday,
May 11, 2008. Now, we're giving away three copies
of her latest album, Sounds So Good. She was signed
to Universal Music Group Nashville's MCA Nashville
division in April of 2007. Her debut single, "Takin'
Off This Pain", was released in September 2007,
the same month in which Ashton made her debut on the
Grand Ole Opry. She also received a boost in visibility
after appearing on CMT's Unplugged at Studio 330 Television
program and subsequent interview March 5, 2008.
Detroit's
Downtown Hoedown is known
as the World's Largest Free Country Concert. The event is held each
year at Hart Plaza along Detroit's Beautiful Riverfront bordering
Windsor, Ontario. It is a three-day event featuring music, dancing
and fun for all ages. The music portion is filled with local bands,
newcomers and established artists.
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