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Before It’s Too Late

April 16, 2009 Leeann Ward 22

In May of 2004, Bill and I were excited about the prospect of seeing Willie Nelson in our small town, in Maine, of about 13,000 people. We knew it was a once in a lifetime opportunity to see such an icon without even having to travel ten minutes to reach the venue. Furthermore, he was on both of our lists of people to see before we died.

Sadly, we did not get to see Willie after all. On the same week he was supposed to visit our small town, he had to get carpal tunnel surgery. We had the option of either getting a refund or using our tickets for the rescheduled show in September. Once again, our luck was bad, because we were moving to Michigan the month before Willie’s make up date.

If you can’t tell, I still haven’t completely recovered from that disappointment.

Sweet Spot

April 2, 2009 Leeann Ward 19

In the comment section of my recent Brad Paisley review of “Then”, Country Universe’s Kevin Coyne revealed that the last verse of “Waitin’ on A Woman” hit his sweet spot. He said: “I fell for

Giveaway: Dan Milliken’s Entire CD Collection

April 1, 2009 Dan Milliken 8

HAPPY APRIL FOOLS’! But wouldn’t it have been nice? I do have a lot of great digipaks and all.

Bargain Hunter: Dolly Parton (Today Only)

March 18, 2009 Dan Milliken 4

Dolly Parton, The Grass is Blue – $1.99

If you don’t like Dolly doing bluegrass…we can’t be friends.

Reviews:

All Music Guide (4.5/5 stars)

Downloading Instructions:

Click on the big “Play” symbol to play the clips. When they start playing, a little box with information about the track will appear at the bottom of the box. Click where it says the album’s name (The Grass is Blue) to reach the full album. Alternatively, you can click the yellow “Buy MP3″ button to go to the page of the individual song that’s playing, from which you can also reach the full album’s page.