Inside Music Row

Little Big Town teams up with Harley Davidson of Cool Springs for a benefit ride and concert for the TJ Martell Foundation last month during the CMA Music Festival. The 3rd annual Ride For A Cure which helped raise money for Leukemia, Cancer and AIDS, was joined with a multitude of Country singers from Darryl Worley, Lonestar, The Roys, Ira Dean and many more who all performed a set in Columbia after the ride.

The latest news from Nashville and Country music includes: Sugarland, Outsider's inn, Charlie Daniels, Miley Cyrus, Hannah Montana, Country Gold Festival, Danielle peck, Dierks Bentley, George Jones, Ryan Shupe and The Rubberband, George Strait, and we go Inside The Song with James Otto as he talks about his #1 song Just Got Started Lovin You

The CMA Music Festival wouldn’t be complete without the hard-core fans hanging out at the Greased Lightning River stages area in the sun and the heat checking out lots of live music, while waiting for some of their favorite artists. Then we meet up with an international act from Belgium Kat Lee Jones And finally finish off with a montage of stage performances of the CMA Music Festival.

We’re going to focus on the 2008 CMA Music Festival. . There were so many things going on, so… in this video we go to Marty Stuart’s Late Night Jam. Benefiting MusicCares and CMA’s Keep The Music Playing, Marty and his friends think of the evening as a once-a-year treat. A great fan club party was Miranda Lambert’s, held at Nashville nightclub City Hall. We also got with Clay Walker over at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum as he wrapped up his fan club party in the Ford Theater.

We’re going to focus on the 2008 CMA Music Festival. . There were so many things going on, so… The week officially kicked off with a parade down Broadway, led by Grand Marshall James Otto. The Wildhorse Saloon on Nashville’s Second Avenue played host to the second annual Country Weekly Fashion Show presented by Wrangler. Artists such as Chuck Wicks, Sarah Buxton, and Trent Tomlinson, as well as host Neal McCoy strutted their stuff down the runway. Here’s Kelly and Mindy at the show and after party at the Hard Rock Café.

We’re going to focus on the 2008 CMA Music Festival. . There were so many things going on, so…let’s get things started with one of the pre-fan fair events…the global showcase. Then we head on over to Rodney Atkins’ Fan Party at Carl Black Chevrolet. Finally in this episode the City of Hope sponsors a celebrity softball game, pitting the After Midnite team against GAC’s Opry Live with the artists helping raise money for cancer prevention.

Behind the scenes of the making of the Colt Ford video "No Trash in My Trailer", with John Michael Montgomery and Rhett Atkins

Cory and Grant Batson found a way to combine their passion for woodworking and music, and start a small guitar business that has be around for ten years. After Cory's Guitar got stolen, he and his brother decided to try and build their own guitar. How hard is it to build one? We found out when we caught up with the brothers of the Batson Guitar Company at their custom shop.

Jeffrey Steele has written tons of hit for the top artists in Nashville, with the likes of Rascal Flatts, Phil Vassar, Montgomery Gentry to name just a few. The former lead singer for Boy Howdy is always searching for the next lyric and hit song. He has also teamed up with fellow songwriters Bob DiPiero, Tony Mullins, and Craig Wiseman as GAC's reality show the Hitmen of Music Row. he also talks about being a judge on this year's Nashville Star and his summer songwriters camp. All this and he still has time to make a new Cd and DVD Countrypolitan.

latest news in Nashville and Country music Includes:- Sugarland, Taylor Swift, Julianne Hough, Dierks Bentley, Reba McEntire, Kid Rock, Lynrd Skynrd, Tim McGraw, Lisa Dames, Chris Cagle, Phil Vassar. We also go Inside The Song with Jeremy McComb as he tells us about his hit "This Town Needs A Bar"