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Chase Rice has really showed the artist side of himself with his work lately.

He displayed his late father’s picture as the cover artwork of his last full-length album, “I Hate Cowboys & All Dogs Go To Hell”. He’s now getting ready to pay tribute to his mother after displaying a picture with her in it, while pointing out “this is the cover for Fireside” on his Instagram.

The singer-songwriter poured out a lot of his emotions on what he describes as “the best album of my career”, “I Hate Cowboys & All Dogs Go To Hell”, which dropped in February of 2023. I mean it was a damn good piece of work.

Chase shared on Monday May 6th that the Cowboys album “was the start of a whole new creative life for me.” Since then, he said others have asked whether his next project will be similar.

The short answer? “Yes,” he confirmed.

“This next album for me will be a bit of a continuation to close out this new process of how I write songs and record them,” Chase wrote in a caption on his Instagram with a throwback picture of his parents.

He went on to say, “this is just the very beginning of my next full album, which to me is another level up from the Cowboys record. The theme continues with some pictures of my childhood and not only what got me here today, but who did. My dad gets a lot of the credit for being on the cover of my last record, but now it’s my mom’s turn, and mannnnn wasn’t she a smoke!!!”

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Driving is hard enough for some people. You see the stupidity in people on your commute daily.

Some people also have no business driving a vehicle or much less a tractor. I’m going to go out on a limb here and speculate. I don’t think they had experience in driving a tractor.

Johnny Paycheck had the workers anthem in 1977 with “Take This Job And Shove It” and it still rings true today.

Adulting is hard. Waking up everyday to just go to work and pay bills. It’s why neighborhood liquor stores can be a great place to frequent.

This kid already knows how adults feel about work somedays.

Your morning commute is really trying to kill you. Even if you always try and follow the rules of the road.

You carefully avoid bad drivers…don’t use your cell phone…you keep the music at a safe volume…don’t smoke…drive an older car to avoid the “new car smell” carcinogens…and roll the windows up so you aren’t breathing exhaust.  Now there’s this.

A new study has found that 99% of cars test positive for cancer-causing chemicals in cabin air. These are from chemical flame retardants, which are added to vehicle interiors (like in the foam) to meet safety standards. Damn safety standards aren’t exactly safe from what I’m reading.

Apparently, they can seep into the air you breathe and that can be bad…especially in the summer when interiors get hot. As if swamp ain’t bad enough.

It’s not enough to be concerning, though…right? After reading the bad and good news coming out of this. It’s a little concerning.

The bad news is…researchers are concerned, and say “cars are a significant source of our exposure to these chemicals,” which “are associated with cancer, brain harms, developmental problems, and reproductive issues.”

The good news is…we’re exposed to trace amounts of many chemicals in our daily lives, and our bodies are pretty good at processing them. At least for now…this contact is largely unavoidable.

The only tip to help is this. You open the doors and let some air clear out before getting in, particularly on a hot day. The more air circulation and ventilation the better. That’s really it.

“Consumer Reports” created this petition urging the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to ensure cancer-causing chemicals are kept out of cars…especially ones that may do more harm than good. This should be common practice and knowledge.

Yes. The music video is finally here y’all.

In case ignored this or just accidentally missed this. In April, HARDY shared some news on how Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre reached out to HARDY to personally ask him to record a completely reimagined version of Snoop Dogg’s iconic 90’s song “Gin and Juice”. HARDY did just that.

The song was also produced by the legendary Dr. Dre, and today, they put out a short film to accompany the song.

The video features Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre and actress Nicola Peltz Beckham. She is the daughter-in-law to David and Victoria Beckham, for whatever that’s worth. It finds HARDY in the year 1930, ready to sell Snoop and Dre a very special concoction alongside Nicola.

It’s very obvious that this is all a promotion of Snoop and Dre’s new premium spirits brand Gin & Juice by Dre and Snoop, which is a ready-to-drink cocktail named after their iconic 90’s song. HARDY did what he does best and totally rewrote the song with a very country flair for his rendition of the song. It’s definitely unlike anything you’ve ever heard and it’s sounds pretty different from the original 90’s hit.

HARDY said working with Snoop and Dre was “a dream,” from recording the song and making the music video, and he hops to hang out with them again soon.

As for the video itself. It’s really well-done and high quality, full of live action and plenty of gin. You can check it out here.

What a nice week to be Lainey Wilson.

So, she is getting her own bar in Nashville on Broadway in the same spot that Florida Georgia Line’s bar used to be. The “FGL House” opened in 2017 to much fanfare, but now, much like the band itself, it is no more.

Lainey’s new bar will be called “Bell Bottoms Up” and it’s set to open this summer. It will have two stages, four bars, and some disco-themed décor. The bar will give a shout-out to Lainey’s Louisiana roots with Cajun-inspired entrees. Amen to that.

Lainey joins Miranda Lambert as the only two women to own bars on Broadway in Nashville.  

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In other Lainey news, she just scored her seventh number one hit with her song “Wildflowers and Wild Horses”. She said, “this song has such a special place in my heart, as a fifth-generation farmer’s daughter and someone who grew up on wide open land.”

She finished it off by saying, “yhank you to my collaborators…and to my fans, my wild horses, this is your theme song. None of this would be possible without you.”

Here’s another country music festival that will gladly take your money and I’ll gladly give it to them too.

The lineup for the 5th annual Greenville Country Music Festival in Simpsonville, South Carolina, was recently announced and it features some of the hottest names in all of country music.

Jon Pardi, Megan Moroney and Whiskey Myers are set to headline the three-day party, with a ton of other artists you need to see live. Including 49 Winchester, The Red Clay Strays, Muscadine Bloodline, Wyatt Flores, Flatland Cavalry, Chase Rice, Dylan Marlowe, Tucker Wetmore, Ole 60, Charley Crockett and more.

The Greenville Country Fest will take place at the CCNB Amphitheatre from October 18th through the 20th and it’s going to feature more than 30 artists with camping sites available. Camping and country music is what li

Tickets go on sale to the general public Friday, May 10th. For everything you need to know, visit gvlfest.com.

When they say everything is bigger and better in Texas. They’re right.

This dog is living his best life and doesn’t even know it. This also falls under the category of “things you’ll only see in Texas”.

This man is riding a long horn, while holding an American Flag with his dog…riding shotgun. God bless Texas.