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After positioning herself as a new traditionalist in the late 1990s, Lee Ann Womack broke through in a big, big way when her album, I Hope You Dance, was released on May 23, 2000. The title track brought her mainstream airplay, multiple awards, an inspirational book and the unique opportunity to sing at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Norway. In other words, the Texas singer was everywhere — even selling paper towels on TV. With 3 million in sales, the album also helped a few lesser-known songwriters make a name for themselves in Nashville, including Buddy and Julie Miller (”Does My Ring Burn Your Finger”) and Bruce Robison (”Lonely Too”). As the first track, “The Healing Kind” sets an elegant tone while a respectful cover of Don Williams’ 1981 country hit, “Lord, I Hope This Day Is Good,” modestly closes the album. She hasn’t always included “I Hope You Dance” in her set list, but when I saw her open for George Strait and Reba McEntire earlier this year, she delivered a sterling rendition. I’m happy about that. As the Opry stars like to say, you should dance with the one that brought you.

Though you’d like to see the video!!!!!

As TMZ reports:

Mindy McCready’s rep tells TMZ the singer did not OD on drugs — she just had a bad reaction to a painkiller and her mom “overreacted.”

Brent Young, Mindy’s rep, tells us she broke her toe 2 days ago and has been complaining about the pain.

We’re told Mindy’s mom gave her four Darvocet pills this morning. Darvocet is a narcotic painkiller.

Young says Mindy told her mom that she wasn’t feeling well — possibly from a bad reaction to the Darvocet — and her mom “overreacted” and called 911.

McCready and her mom have been fighting over custody of Mindy’s son. Young says McCready’s mom may have simply been trying to make her custody argument stronger by calling the paramedics.

Young says he just spoke with Mindy, saying, “She’s totally coherent. She can’t believe her mom did this.”

Young says, Mindy wants him to call Dr. Drew to say she hasn’t fallen off the wagon.

UPDATE: Dr. Drew Pinsky just told TMZ … he’s spoken with Mindy over the last few days and there was “no evidence of any relapse.” Pinsky says the Darvocet was an appropriate med for her pain.

I don’t know about you, but I love this show - check out Wynnona Judd as she tries to be just regular person working at a tire shop.

Faith Hill and Emmylou Harris will sing to honor Paul McCartney. And, it’ll be at the White House. McCartney is getting the third-ever Gershwin Prize for Popular Song from the Library of Congress. It’ll be presented at a concert June 2 in the East Room of the White House. Other performers for that evening include Jack White of the White Stripes, the Jonas Brothers, Stevie Wonder, Jerry Seinfeld and more. Although the event is a week from tomorrow, it’ll air July 28 on PBS.

In between songs during his May 20 Washington, D.C., sold-out show, Dierks Bentley shared with his audience that he met with President Obama earlier in the day.

“I went in and dropped off a copy of my latest CD at the Oval Office,” Bentley said.

Bentley was talking about his latest album, Up On the Ridge, that will be released on June 8. No additional information has been made available about the private meeting, but the mention of meeting with Obama was enough to excite Bentley’s fans.

He told his presidential story to the fans after thanking them for buying tickets during such a rough time. He also recounted a story from last summer in which he remembers sitting in a bar when he received several text messages on his cell phone. The first one was from Miranda Lambert’s tour manager, reading how President Obama had quoted Bentley during the White House music series.

“I said Country Music was the best shrink $15 can buy,” Bentley repeated.

Bentley’s next concert, which also happens to be sold out, is Saturday, May 22, at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. Del McCoury and the Punch Brothers will also be performing.

Brad Paisley’s H2O World Tour kicked-off this past weekend in Virginia Beach, Va. and a sold-out show in Washington, D.C. More than 42,000 fans came out to the debut weekend of a tour with opening acts Darius Rucker and Justin Moore.
As Paisley took the stage in Virginia Beach on Friday evening, Paisley shouted, “You have no idea what we went through to get here tonight,” as he burst into his current single and show opener, Water.
Later in the show, referring to the struggles of the past few weeks after the deadly Nashville flood, Paisley said, “It was emotional, it was heartache, and it took perseverance to get here tonight. Every member of my team made this a reality, and I am so proud of them. Thanks to you guys for making this difficult time that much more rewarding for all of us out here on the road.”
The tour continues this weekend with shows in Kansas City, Mo. on Friday and St. Louis on Saturday.