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Whatever your motivation is to get healthy…be proud of it.

This man found his and this is a good one. Luke Combs says he’s down 30 pounds, and one of his big motivators was getting in better shape for hunting season. There can be a lot of walking involved in hunting and a little less weight is to haul is definitely helpful.

So to celebrate…Luke just went on an elk hunting trip and finally tagged a six-point bull after coming up empty on a New Mexico hunt last year.

Luke has been open about his struggles with weight and says his long-term goal is simple. He wants to stay healthy enough to take his sons on an elk hunt of their own someday. That’s a beautiful father and son goal too.

Real country music is still in a damn good place.

Riley Green’s new album “That’s Just Me” debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200 all-genre chart.  That’s the biggest debut of his career, and his first-ever Top 10 on the chart.

“That’s Just Me” features collaborations with Brooks & Dunn, Randy Owen, Jake Worthington, and Hannah McFarland. And that Randy Owen collaboration on “Lookout Mountain” is as good as a country song comes. It’s song about life and wherever the hell it takes you.

Even though Riley is now one of the biggest names in country music, he said he still makes a point of writing from the perspective of his small-town Alabama roots.

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Boo y’all! And welcome to October…and it’s anothernew country music Friday, October 2, 2026.

PROJECTS (Albums & EPs):

Gavin Adcock – “The Day I Hang It Up”
Dexter & The Moonrocks – “Friends That I Don’t Like”
Flatland Cavalry – “Work of Heart – Heartstrings”
Miranda Lambert – “Crisco”
Lee Brice – “Sunriser”
Just Jayne – “A Lil More Jayne”
Paige Fish – “Midnight Crisis”
Blake Proehl – “Hearts Don’t Break”
Ella Hooper – “Overnight Success”
Maddie Lenhart – “Why in the World”
Wild Horses – “The In Between”
Slagheap – “Stupid Dreams”

SINGLES:

Kameron Marlowe – “Take You Down With Me”
Bayker Blankenship – “Make Trouble”
Cody Jinks and Alice Cooper – “Moving Mountains”
Conner Smith – “Fall Down”
Colin Lynch – “In Due Time”
Cigarettes @ Sunset – “Carolina Shakedown”
Dustin Lynch & Ashley Cooke – “How You Been”
Brendan Walter – “Model Maniac”
Clay Walker – “All Wrapped Up In You”
Thelma & James – “Good By Now”
Ian Harrison – “30 or 21”
The Band Loula – “Other People”
George Arbuckle – “Good Luck”
Colin Stough & Kenny Wayne Shepherd – “Bone Dry (Revisited)”
DELTONA – “Party’s In The Back” (feat. Billy Ray Cyrus) – Remix
Timmy McKeever – “Drove Her Away”
HARDY – “Man In The Box”
Joe Noto – “Gotta Know About That”
Hailey Benedict – “Chem History”
Josh Mirenda – “Outta Dodge”
Becca Bowen – “If Grandpa Could See Me Now”
Kalsey Kulyk – “Your Side of the Bar”
Carlisle Wright – “Born In A Dive Bar”
Payton Sullivan – “F150”
Antwane Tyler – “Polaroid”
Braxton Hamblen – “Super 8”

We are grateful for this news.

The Red Clay Strays announced that they are in fact extending their “Grateful Tour” into 2027. The expanded 2027 North American road trip kicks off on January 22, 2027, at the Lenovo Center in Raleigh, North Carolina. And it wraps up on September 19, 2027, at the Moody Center in Austin, Texas.

The tour of course supports their Dave Cobb-produced album, “Greatful”. The band is bringing Avery Anna, The Bends and St. Paul & The Broken Bones who will be rotating in and on the tour as openers.

The diehard/fan presales begin October 5th through the 8th. Then the general public sales will begin Friday, October 9, 2026, at 10:00 AM local time. For everything Red Clay Strays, please visit redclaystrays.com.

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Tracy Lawrence and Wheeler Walker Jr. recently crossed paths for an unfiltered and a highly entertaining conversation on Episode 130 of Tracy’s podcast, TL’s Road House.

Wheeler talked about his plan to retire from country music. He explained that he wants to walk away while he is still having fun rather than being on stage when he no longer wants to be there. He announced his final upcoming show at the Ryman Auditorium on May 15th.

Wheeler asked Tracy a question saying, “I have a theory that I just think country dudes are wilder than any of the rock and roll dudes. Two questions. One…do you agree with me?”

Tracy answered by saying, “I believe that is a very true statement for a lot of us from the 90s.”

He cited the Mötley Crüe documentary, “The Dirt”, as being mild compared to what went down in country music before the era of smartphones and social media. That led Wheeler to his next question where he asked Tracy if he could write a tell-all autobiography. Tracy countered saying he would have to wait for a few people to die first so he wouldn’t end any careers.

Before selling millions of records and packing arenas, Darius Ruckerand Hootie & The Blowfish were just a college band trying to make it work in South Carolina.

Darius was recently on the “Bussin’ with the Boys” podcast, and he got talking about the band’s early days. You know…from the late 1900s. When Hootie & The Blowfish were young and broke.

Darius said, “our first probably 10 gigs, 15 gigs, were strictly for beer.” But when they got more popular the compensation went up from two cases of beer to three.

And money was so tight, they didn’t even have all their own equipment.  He said, “we had to steal the PA from the university because we couldn’t afford a PA.”

Hootie & the Blowfish played their first 15 shows for one form of payment: cases of beer 😂 pic.twitter.com/87XvLfiE1t

— Bussin' With The Boys (@BussinWTB) September 29, 2026

A music sales and chart tracker called Chart Data released a list of the 10 highest-selling songs released in 2026 so far. And country music is doing very well.

Country music actually dominates half the list including the top spot.

Here they are:

1. “Be Her”, Ella Langley

2. “I Just Might”, Bruno Mars

3. “Janice STFU”, Drake

4. “Boston”, Stella Lefty

5. “E85”, Don Toliver

6. “I Can’t Love You Anymore”, Ella Langley and Morgan Wallen

7. “Be by You”, Luke Combs

8. “drop dead”, Olivia Rodrigo

9. “Risk It All”, Bruno Mars

10. “Sleepless in A Hotel Room”, Luke Combs

Best selling songs released in 2026 so far by total units (US):

#1 Be Her
#2 I Just Might
#3 Janice STFU
#4 Boston
#5 E85
#6 I Can't Love You Anymore
#7 Be By You
#8 drop dead
#9 Risk It All
#10 Sleepless In A Hotel Room

— chart data (@chartdata) September 28, 2026

And if you’re wondering, “Choosin’ Texas” has now logged its 24th week at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

This week's top 10 on the Hot 100 (chart dated Oct. 3, 2026).

Details: https://t.co/g8FQxiRwWs pic.twitter.com/N4lqb4dNv8

— billboard charts (@billboardcharts) September 28, 2026

This not what you want to happen when you come home.

If this happened to me…there would be divorce proceedings happening after my hospital stay. I would’ve thought my spouse was trying to kill me by not waning about the door to the basement/crawlspace was open. Especially when that hole to the door is right when you open the front door.

This looks painful. And thank God America’s Funniest Hone Videos posted this video. It’s almost like a national PSA for people coming home from work.

I get the point of this…but this play on words is in the wrong place.

As a parent, I would be having a parent teacher and an administrator who can actually make decisions meeting. This shouldn’t be post in a damn middle school.

Is it comical? Absolutely. But it’s also wrong. Very f*cking wrong.

There’s no good excuse for speeding recklessly…but some are better than others.

A motorcyclist in Virginia was pulled over for speeding last month, and he was going ridiculously fast. For kind of a good reason though. He was doing 72 in a 25 mile-per-hour zone.

The local PD just released the body-camera footage from the traffic stop, and it includes the man saying, “I was movin’ a little too quick, wasn’t I?”

The cop said, “yeah, way too quick.” And the man responded, “I was trying to hit the McDonald’s breakfast.” He also noted that he woke up late, and didn’t even take the time to put on socks. If you’re not putting on socks in the morning…it really means you’re in a hurry.

The cop said, “the first thing that’s going to fly off of that bike is you. 72, someone pulls in front of you…dude, you’re done.” Not to mention the others drivers and pedestrians he was putting at risk for his fast-food fix.

He ended up with a ticket for reckless driving…and probably also didn’t get a McMuffin.

(WJLA)