Ya Gotta Love Kellie Pickler
I've always been a fan of Kellie Pickler...during her Idol days, her break into country music, the live shows I've seen her on...but she did something yesterday that made my respect for her go through the roof. She shaved her head...in support of a friend who is undergoing treatment for breast cancer. Kellie Pickler...all of that beautiful blonde hair gone...to show support for her best friend. What a great, unselfish thing to do. She didn't have to do it...she could have just made a donation and moved on. But, she decided to get right in the middle of it to show her compassion. The complete story is here, courtesy of GAC, and thanks to Russ Harrington and Essential Broadcast Media for an awesome pic.
Meet Baker...the newest member of the Hillary Scott, Lady Antebellum clan. Hillary and her fiance, Chris Tyrell, introduced the puppy Saturday night by "tweeting" a message from her older sister "Hobbs" a puppy that Hillary got in November. According to a resident dog expert at "Taste of Country", Baker is a Goldendoodle. I just think it's a big ol' ball of "cute". Dogs...ya gotta love 'em! 
As part of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum's education program, Keith Urban has signed on to be a teacher for a day...September 6th...to close to 200 Nashville high school juniors and seniors. Not open to the public, but just to arts and music students from 4 schools, Urban will talk in the class about his job, songwriting, who his influences have been, and how he is inspired creatively. If you want to see how he does, there will be a live stream on CMT.com at 11am Eastern time on Sept. 6th. Get the 
If you've been listening to WEZL for any length of time, you know by now that my youngest son David loves the thrill of the chase! His latest adventure was this past weekend in Louisville Kentucky at "Ironman Louisville" . He's been training for over a year for this one particular competition...swimming, running, biking, everyday! The competition started at 7:15am Sunday morning with a 2.4 mile swim in the Ohio River, followed immediately by a 112 mile road course bicycle ride, followed immediately by a 26.2 mile marathon run. His time for the entire event...14 hours, 48 minutes, 47 seconds. He injured his leg during the bike ride, but didn't let that stop him...he did the entire marathon run with a bad leg...amazing! If you'd like to check out the ironman website and see some great pics, 
How would you like to have Taylor Swift visit and play an acoustic set at your high school or college? Pretty Awesome, I'd say. Here's the deal...Taylor is hosting an acoustic set at one very lucky high school or college and it's going to be filmed by the Storytellers series on VH-1. The contest runs now through September 21st and you can get complete details at 