BAM's Blog » Brooks & Dunn http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog Entertainment blogging from The Oklahoman's Brandy McDonnell Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:28:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Entertainment blogging from The Oklahoman's Brandy McDonnell BAM's Blog no Entertainment blogging from The Oklahoman's Brandy McDonnell BAM's Blog » Brooks & Dunn http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/category/brooks-dunn/ What to do in Oklahoma on Feb. 9, 2012: Hear Ronnie Dunn in Tulsa or Jonathan Tyler & the Northern Lights in Oklahoma City http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/2012/02/09/what-to-do-in-oklahoma-on-feb-9-2012-hear-ronnie-dunn-in-tulsa-or-jonathan-tyler-the-northern-lights-in-oklahoma-city/ http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/2012/02/09/what-to-do-in-oklahoma-on-feb-9-2012-hear-ronnie-dunn-in-tulsa-or-jonathan-tyler-the-northern-lights-in-oklahoma-city/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:14:10 +0000 brandy http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/?p=42619

Ronnie Dunn

Today’s featured events:

CATOOSA – Hear country music star and former Tulsan Ronnie Dunn play at 8 tonight at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa, 777 W Cherokee.

“Tulsa is a great music town – and it was a crazy town in the day,” said Dunn in the concert announcement. “So Tulsa was this crazy mix-match of music styles at the time, and it was all there and very much alive. Live music was really important, and the club scene there …

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Country music star and former Tulsan Ronnie Dunn has released the video for his song, “Let the Cowboy Rock,” the raucous anthem from his 2011 self-titled solo debut album.

The video features Blake Knowles, a pro steer wrestler who is ranked 10th in the world. The crew shot most of the video in Pendleton, Ore., to capture the true cowboy culture.

They production also shot scenes in Oregon, too, at Crabby’s Underground Saloon, and some at the Stage in Nashville. But some of the best scenes are the ones that …

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The 13 Days of Oklahoma Music continue here at BAM’s Blog, as we look back on the musical milestones state artists experienced in the past year as 2011 draws to a close.

Following the breakup of Brooks & Dunn in 2010 after two decades of hit-making, former Tulsan Ronnie Dunn embarked on a new career as a solo artists this year.

His self-titled debut album was released in June, and the …

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For two decades, former Tulsan Ronnie Dunn was half of country music’s most successful duo. When Brooks & Dunn disbanded in 2010, Dunn realized he had unfinished business in a career as a solo artist that started in Tulsa in the late 1970s.

On Feb. 9, Dunn is returning to the city where it all began when he plays The Joint inside Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa. Tickets start at $65 and go on sale Dec. 29.

“Tulsa is a great music town – and it was a crazy …

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Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores are helping fans of country music superstar and former Tulsan Ronnie Dunn with the “Cost of Livin.’”

According to RonnieDunn.com, the Oklahoma City-based fuel station chain is giving away a $5 Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores gift card with the purchase of Dunn’s album.

Love’s also is giving away an autographed Ronnie Dunn guitar to one lucky fan. You can enter this contest by texting “RDguitar” to 41411. The contest ends on Monday. For full contest rules, go to Mylovesstores.com/contestrules.

Dunn released …

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Country music star Ronnie Dunn performed a great rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner” before Game 3 of the World Series Saturday in Arlington, Texas

The Texas native and former Tulsan also performed the National Anthem prior to the Dallas Cowboys’ home victory against the St. Louis Rams on Sunday.

Game 6 of the World Series was delayed tonight due to rainy weather in St. Louis, where the Cardinals and the Texas Rangers will resume play at 7:05 p.m. Thursday. The game will air on Fox. The Rangers lead the series …

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Ronnie Dunn (AP file)

Thompson Square

Former Tulsan Ronnie Dunn and husband-and-wife duo Thompson Square, which includes Miami, OK, native Keifer Thompson, have been added to the list of participants for the fifth annual ACM Honors program set for Sept. 19 at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn., reports CMT.com.

Presented by the Academy of Country Music, the event celebrates the special honorees and non-televised category winners from the 46th annual ACM Awards, which took place in April in Las Vegas. Joe Nichols will host the event.

Those being …

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Carrie Underwood (AP file)

The ICM Faith, Family & Country Awards Top 5 finalists were announced this week in 22 key categories, advancing the presentation of the 17th Annual Inspirational Country Music Awards in award ceremonies set for Friday, Oct. 28 at Nashville’s Schermerhorn Symphony Center.

The ICM Faith, Family & Country Top 5 ballot, as determined by first round membership voting by the members of the Inspirational Country Music Association, includes a stellar array of major names in a broad cross section of categories that include entertainer, new artist, …

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From left, Tulsa native Ryan Tedder, frontman of the band OneRepublic, performs onstage with B.o.B during the taping of the Do Something Awards on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2011, in Los Angeles. The awards show will air at 8 p.m. Thursday on VH1. (AP Photos)

David Spade, left, and Olivia Munn, who was raised in Oklahoma City, are seen onstage during the taping of the Do Something Awards on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2011, in Los Angeles.

From Wednesday’s Life section of The Oklahoman.

Do Something Awards to air Thursday, feature Oklahoma …

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Ryan LaCroix, intrepid founder/owner/editor of OklahomaRock.com, has compiled a list of the top 100 Oklahoma country songs, and he is unveiling five songs from the list every weekday through Wednesday, Aug. 31, when the top five will be revealed.

To compile the list, LaCroix consulted with state experts such as disc jockeys, musicians and journalists; polled the public on Twitter and Facebook; and consulted chart rankings and non-Oklahoma-specific greatest country songs lists.

He was kind enough to consider me an expert and ask me to share my list of …

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