STUPID HILLBILLY NEWS: A Robbery At The Half Ass Bar Was Half-Assed

If you’re going to rob a place called the “Half Ass Bar”…you aren’t going to get away with doing it half-assed.

Two women have been charged after stealing more than $3,500 from the “Half Ass Bar” in Bland, Missouri. I mean this town could probably do a better job at hyping itself up.

They broke into the safe…a “cash-to-coin exchange machine” was taken…and they attempted to break into an ATM on the site. They were also caught on security cameras, along with their vehicle.

Turns out, one of the women was the daughter of the owners…and the motivation was probably financing a drug habit, because one of them had fentanyl and meth on them when they were caught. Remember. Illegal drugs will make you literally stupid kids.

The owners even called out their daughter on social media when they found out she was responsible. The police asked them to take down her actual name while the legal system sorts it all out. As their parent…they had every right to call their daughter out.

(KRCG-TV / Facebook)

Parker McCollum Turned Down A $1 Million Offer To Preserve His Integrity

If you have no integrity…no amount of money can make you a better person.

Parker McCollum turned down a $1 million offer to not sign a record deal with Universal. He said, “I remember thinking…the last thing I want to do is go to Nashville and immediately let everybody know I can be bought.

I was like, if they can buy you, you know, how you going to have any respect? How you going to have any dignity, integrity?”

And don’t get me wrong, a million dollars can help pay off a lot of bills and help make you financially stable. The money will always run out though and if you burned bridges to earn that money…there’s no repairing that damage you did to earn that paycheck. Integrity and self respect is worth more than any amount of money in life.

Zach Bryan Yelled A Vulgar Quote From “I Think You Should Leave” To A Fan Asking For A Photo And They Were Not Amused

Zach Bryan doesn’t have the greatest track record when it comes to fan interactions.  And here’s a fresh example.

As Zach was seen driving through stadium gates, a fan asked for a picture. He responded by yelling a vulgar quote from the sketch comedy series, “I Think You Should Leave”. He said, “you think any ghosts ever come out of the walls with a big [c-shot]?”

It’s from a sketch where Tim Robinson is touring a haunted house and can’t stop asking inappropriate questions.

It’s possible that Zach never heard the fan, but the fan was not amused. He posted the entire interaction and said, “I love the guy’s music a lot, but it’s hard to support someone with this intention and personality towards others.”

Well, Zach responded and said, “a world you can’t yell ‘I Think You Should Leave’ references out the window in is a world I don’t want to be in. You guys are so soft and weird.”

Cody Johnson Doesn’t Like To Be Compared To King George Strait

Cody Johnson really doesn’t like to be compared to King George Strait. He explained why when he opened for George at Clemson’s Memorial Stadium on Saturday (5/2/26).

He said, “I have an issue with the fact that people say, ‘Oh, you’re the next George Strait.’ When I get 62 #1 singles on the Billboard charts, we can talk. There will only ever be one King of country music and he’s here tonight.”

Cody also delivered a powerful message about human kindness and unity to a record-breaking crowd of over 90,000 fans at Clemson’s Memorial Stadium. He reminded the audience that “there’s three things that bind us all together in my United States of America”, which is the “red, white and blue”.

Then he proceeded to sing “God Bless America”.

Jelly Roll Surprised A Disabled Fan with Backstage Access To His Show

I ain’t gonna lie. I teared up a little watching this.

Jelly Roll just finished a taping of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on Monday when he went out of his way to meet with a disabled fan and his mom. And after tapping with Jimmy Kimmel you have do something nice for a little redemption because Jimmy is a real life douchebag.

Jelly said, “you don’t know how much this means to me.  You don’t know how much I need this. I’m glad I got to come say hi.”

When the mom shared that they have tickets to see him Friday, Jelly told her that they’ll roll out the red carpet for them. He said, “we’ll bring you all backstage and meet everybody, okay? We’ll party Friday…making my soul smile man…it almost brings a tear to my eye.”

Darius Rucker’s “Wagon Wheel” Cover Joined Spotify’s Billions Club

This makes my country heart happy.

If you’re an artist putting out music…you want your music on Spotify. Even though there’s some real competition from Apple Music, there’s no doubt that Spotify is the top streaming platform since its official launch in the United States back in July of 2011.

Spotify has over 696 million monthly active users, 276 million of whom pay for premium, the platform has become nothing short of a staple in terms of music consumption in today’s world. Boasting over 100 million songs available to be streamed right now (excluding Garth Brooks’ entire discography, of course), Spotify has nearly every notable song ever released over the past century.

Darius Rucker’s has gotten one of his songs into a prestigious club on the streaming platform now. His cover of “Wagon Wheel” has surpassed one billion streams on Spotify. It’s now the 15th country song to join the Billions Club. In case you’re wondering, there are over 1,200 songs that have hit this milestone.

Out of those 1,200+ songs, until today, only 15 of those fall under the country category as of now. So, to be a part of small group of country artists that have joined Billions Club is not a bad place to be. Let’s get some more country songs in that club too.

Country Stars Who Got Their Start on Reality TV

The hard working people at Taste of Country put together a list of country stars that you might not know got their start on reality TV. And we need more Buddy Jewell in country music too. That man can sing.

Here are 10:

1. Miranda Lambert: She finished third on “Nashville Star” Season 1 in 2003. She was beat out by Buddy Jewell who won that season and “Sweet Southern Comfort” from him is a damn fine country song too.

2. Chris Young: He won “Nashville Star” Season 4 in 2006.

3. Kacey Musgraves: She finished seventh on “Nashville Star” Season 5 in 2007.

4. Chase Rice: He was the runner-up on “Survivor: Nicaragua” in 2010.

5. Jamey Johnson: He was on Fox’s “Nashville” in 2007.

6. Riley Green: He won the fifth season of “Redneck Island”.

7. Michael Ray: He won “The Next: Fame Is at Your Doorstep”.

8. Sawyer Brown: They won “Star Search” in 1983.

9. Chuck Wicks: He was on Fox’s “Nashville” in 2007.

10. Justin Timberlake: He went country on “Star Search” in 1992.

Aaron Watson Responded To Billie Eilish’s Silly “You Can Eat Meat, Go For It…You Can Love Animals, But You Can’t Do Both” Statement

Billie Eilish really thought she was saying something poetic and intelligent. But in reality…she was saying something stupid again.

Aaron Watson is the king of responding to people on the internet in country music. That’s also the reality I’m proud to be alive in to witness. Billie Eilish made some statement regarding eating meat and how if do you obviously don’t love animals.

Billie’s exact words in a recent interview were , “I love all animals so much and I eat meat. You just.. they’re just.. you can’t do both, sorry. You can eat meat, go for it. You can love animals, but you can’t do both”. Well she actually sang the last few words of “you can’t do both”.

Regardless of what she said…it was more stupid shit from the Eilish camp for me. Luckily Aaron Watson responded with a video on social media with the caption, “@billieeilish but can we “inherently” chew on puppy ears? Girl you are silly…”. And he further commented in the video, “also, ‘Inherently’ 63% of animals eat other animals so…”.