Gas to Tucson’s Electric Park =  2 tanks full - expensive!

Tickets to the show = $15 in advance, $30 at the gate

Parking = $5 

Travel Time - 90 minutes with lots of munchies!

Jake, Heidi, Clay and Steve in concert!  WORTH IT!!!  

Gates open at 3pm, show starts at 4pm.  Clay Walker headlines at 10:30pm.   Click here for a map and interactive directions.

Toby Keith was last year’s Country Weekly hunk.  The magazine is letting you decide who is Country’s Sexiest Man.  Trace Adkins?  Tim McGraw?  Keith Urban?  You can vote for one of these or write in your own choice.   Look for the winners in the September 22 issue.  Vote now at  www.countryweekly.com through Aug. 20. The results will be revealed in the Sept. 22 issue of Country Weekly.

If you have a soft place in your heart for cats, a friend of mine has two that are looking for a good home.  Their names are Thelma and Louise, but don’t let their names fool you.  I promise, they would never drive a car off a cliff!  

Contact Lelia at ChezHat@aol.com or 602/741-7638 if you are interested in adopting these two beauties.    

If you attended the KMLE’s Class of ‘07 concert last year at Graham Central Station, we know we’ll see you at this year’s Class of ‘08 show!  Definitely a party…um…a class…you don’t want to miss.   

Class will begin on Friday, August 29th when Graham’s opens it’s doors.  Students, both male and female, are encouraged to attend.  You don’t have to study, just be there and you’ll receive an A+!! 

Find out more about the KMLE’s STAR students by clicking on the links below:

Adam Gregory  - http://www.adamgregory.com/; www.myspace.com/adamgregorymusic

One Flew South - http://www.oneflewsouth.com/; www.myspace.com/oneflewsouth

Lance Miller - http://www.lancemiller.com/; www.myspace.com/lancemiller

Reserved Seats On Sale in September, 2008

All shows are FREE with your Fair admission on a first come, first served basis. Or, you may purchase reserved seat tickets through Ticketmaster and the Coliseum Box Office in September. Separate fair admission required.

Larry the Cable Guy
Oct. 11 • 7:00 pm
Reserved seating TBA

Goo Goo Dolls
Oct. 16 • 7:00 pm
Reserved seating $20

Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton
Oct. 17 • 7:00 pm
Reserved seating $20

Sheryl Crow
Oct. 21 • 7:00 pm
Reserved seating $20

2008 Nashville Star Melissa Lawson “What If It Goes Right”

“Ready to Stand”  orginal song by Melissa Lawson

The Lost Trailers CD will be in stores on Tuesday, August 26th.

Check out the answers and trivia below…..

DO YOU KNOW JACK?

1.  His character said “You can’t handle the truth!” in the film A Few Good Men. (Voted the 29th greatest American movie quote of all time by the American Film Institute.)    Jack Nicolson playing Colonel

2.   He fell down and broke his crown.   Jack from Jack and Jill. 

The origin of the rhyme is obscure and there are several theories that attempt to interpret the lyrics. The rhyme is known to date back to at least the eighteenth century.  Jack and Jill are the 18th century Louis XVI of France, who was deposed and beheaded (lost his crown), and his Queen, Marie Antoinette (who came tumbling after). The words and lyrics were made more palatable for the nursery by giving it a happy ending.

3.  He has a ping-pong ball head and wears a business suit.   Jack-in-the-Box restaurant was founded in 1951 in San Diego, California, where it is still headquartered today.

4.  Goes good with coke (or diet coke).  Jack Daniels.  According to the Jack Daniel’s web site, founder Jasper Newton “Jack” Daniel was born in September, 1850

5.  He insists that everyone call him Captain.   Captain Jack Sparrow as played by actor Johnny Depp in
“Pirates of the Carribean”.

6.  You’ll find a prize in every one.    Cracker Jack.  The product’s name is often misstated in a plural form, as in “Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jacks…” from the song “Take Me Out to the Ball Game,” even though it is in the singular in the proper version of the song.

7.  All he needs is some carving and a candle.   Jack-O-Lantern is associated chiefly with the holiday Halloween, and was named after the phenomenon of strange light flickering over peat bogs, called ignis fatuus or jack-o’-lantern.

8.  It’s really good on a sandwich.   Monterey Jack, Pepper Jack, Co-Jack, or any Jack cheese

9.  He can do just about anything.   Jack of all trades is a figure of speech used in reference to a person who is competent with many skills but is not outstanding in any one.

10.  He has played a guy named Hal and a friar turned wrestler named Nacho.   Jack Black

11.  His name was taken from a letter sent by someone claiming to have committed the murders.     Jack the Ripper

12.  He is the reigning Academy of Country Music New Male Vocalist of the Year.  Jack Ingram!!!

Jack Ingram

Daily qualifiers:  Monday - Sue Ladigo; Tuesday - Fan Edgar; Wednesday - Jonathon Matson; Thursday - Shawna O’Shea; Friday - Desert Jule.   Congratulations to KMLE Nation Citizen Sue Ladigo who will be Jack Ingram’s guitar tech at the concert!!!

 Keith is on the verge of his first #1 song!  “I Still Miss You” from his new cd “C’MON” is in the number 2 spot today!  (Taylor Swift is #1).  Keith called the KMLE this (Stuesday) morning (8/19).  Hear our entire conversation here….  

keith-anderson-interview.mp3

Who doesn’t want a XXL hug?!  Hugs make you happy, especially when they come from KMLE artist Keith Anderson!

 Keith’s new CD “C’MON”, in stores Stuesday, August 5th, includes his current hit “I Still Miss You”.  Other cuts on the CD include Keith’s own version of “Lost in the Moment” which he wrote with Big & Rich member John Rich, a remake of Foster & Lloyd’s “Crazy Over You” starring Foster and Lloyd!, and a new song called “Somebody Needs a Hug”.  

I got my XXL hug when Keith Anderson was here in May for the KMLE Nation Appreciation concert.  Now you can get and give a Keith Anderson XXL hug too!

Click here and give a HUG!  http://www.somebodyneedsahug.com/

John Rich offered to give John McCain something he didn’t have.  No, John didn’t give him his fur coat!  Rich wrote John McCain a theme song!

John Rich considers it an honor to be connected to McCain.  “This guy is a hero.  He was physically tortured for years, and yet he gets out of bed every day and serves our country for decades.”   

Hear “Raisin’ McCain” below:

raisin_mccain-8-1-08.mp3

John Rich is offering free downloads of his salute to John McCain at www.johnrich.com.