Country Music History

I have been the host of the Indiana 105 Dawn Patrol for the Last 15 years. I originally hail from Louisiana, but have lived in Indiana since 1983. So at this point I think it is safe to say I'm a Hoosier. However I will always be a New Orleans Saints Fan, no matter what kind of trouble they may get into. My man cave is called the Voodoo Lounge Deux. The Original Voodoo Lounge was taken out by what was left of Hurricane Ike a few years back. The center piece of the Voodoo Lounge Deux is my hot sauce collection. Some people collect coffee mugs on vacation, I collect Hot Sauce. The Sauce of choice right now is brewed in Northwest Indiana by the Scoffeld Brothers. Be very careful with the Heavy Metal Sauce. However my favorite is a sauce from Barbados called Delish Bajan Sauce. Very hard to find. If you are going to Barbados and can hook a brother up......

My wife Colleen and I were married in 2000. Her grandmother used to own Ma Cole's dinner for all you old timers. And yes we met on the the radio. She was my first winner with Movie trivia 15 years ago. We have helped to for a new Theatre Company that raises money for charity. The Valparaiso Theatrical Company give 60% of every ticket sold back to a 501C3 charity. We have two sons and 4 grand children.

Today in Country Music Histroy June 5th

Country Music History

Wednesday, June 05, 2013 | 9:31 am

2007 Tim McGraw & Faith Hill receive the Academy of Country Music's Career Achievement Award when they kick off their Soul2Soul 2007 concert tour at the Qwest Center in Omaha, Nebraska

2003 Days before the opening of the movie "Hollywood Homicide," Dwight Yoakam receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

1993 Conway Twitty dies from a stomach aneurysm in a Springfield, Missouri, hospital. The former pop-rocker was a steady country hitmaker from 1968-1991, eventually earning a place in the Country Music Hall of Fame

1992 Wynonna Judd's first solo album, "Wynonna," goes gold and platinum

1989 Toronto's Skydome officially opens, with Anne Murray singing both the American and Canadian national anthems. Milwaukee beats Toronto, 5-3

1980 The John Travolta movie "Urban Cowboy" premieres. It includes music by Kenny Rogers, Johnny Lee, Mickey Gilley, Anne Murray, The Eagles, The Charlie Daniels Band, Jimmy Buffett, Bonnie Raitt, Linda Ronstadt and J.D. Souther

Today in Country Music June 4th

Country Music History

Tuesday, June 04, 2013 |11:26 am

2011 The Brentwood, Tennessee, home of Trace and Rhonda Adkins is destroyed by fire. No one is hurt, though the singer's career memorabilia is almost completely wiped out

2006 Loretta Lynn breaks her left shoulder during a fall at home in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee, requiring her to cancel nine concerts through July

2005 San Benito, Texas, dedicates its new water tower, which hails the community as the "Hometown Of Freddy Fender"

2003 CMT tapes a concert at Nashville's Gaylord Entertainment Center for its special "100 Greatest Songs Of Country Music." The lineup of performers includes Vince Gill, Marty Stuart, George Jones, Deana Carter, Kenny Chesney, LeAnn Rimes, Martina McBride and Sara Evans

2002 Kenny Chesney's "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems" album goes gold and platinum

2001 Brooks & Dunn's "Steers & Stripes" album is branded gold

1982 Alabama sponsors the first June Jam in Fort Payne, Alabama. More than 30,000 attend the charity concert near the high school, where the hometown band shares the stage with Janie Fricke, The Oak Ridge Boys, Louis Mandrell and R.C. Bannon

Happy Birthday

Country Music History

Monday, June 03, 2013 |11:49 am

1968 Jamie O'Neal born in Sydney, Australia. Her 2000 debut album nets several hits, including "There Is No Arizona" and "When I Think About Angels," helping her pick up the Academy of Country Music's top new female award

Today in Country Music History June 3rd

Country Music History

Monday, June 03, 2013 |11:49 am

2011 Kenny Chesney's "You And Tequila" video, featuring Grace Potter, debuts on CMT

2009 George Strait's "Troubadour" album is certified platinum

2006 Dierks Bentley's "Settle For A Slowdown" settles in at the top of the Billboard country singles chart

2005 Big & Rich's "Save A Horse (Ride A Cowboy)" earns a platinum single

2000 Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney are arrested in Buffalo, after a backstage skirmish at Ralph Wilson Stadium on the George Strait tour, as Chesney takes a ride on a policeman's horse, and McGraw gets in a fight with cops. They are acquitted in May

1997 Curb releases Tim McGraw's "Everywhere" album

1989 Reba McEntire marries manager Narvel Blackstock in Lake Tahoe, where McEntire is performing at Caesar's