Grits n’ Whiskey

Kellie Pickler and her family have decided to get a Marmoset Monkey. We weren’t exactly sure what a Marmoset Monkey was so we did some googling and found out that it is an adorable animal! Never heard of it being a family pet, but who knows, it could be the next animal craze like a Labradoodle.

Kellie still hasn’t picked a name for little animal and she’ll be asking for your help. She has posted a picture of the monkey on her myspace page, so be sure to stop by her page and suggest a name.

What do you think Kellie should name the monkey?

Check out her post below:

Monkey See…Monkey Do
Current mood: sassy

The “Pickler Family” has gotten bigger….(and no I didn’t have a kid)…I adopted a Marmoset Monkey! She is the cutest little thing. She is so tiny, only weighs 3 ounces right now. I’m not sure exactly what I am going to name her….so maybe you guys can help me out. I’ll post a picture of her and you guys can comment on what you think I should name her….she is so sweet and she has the best personality. I absolutely love her!!!….and I love you guys too….xoxo pickler

We know this was from last weeks Titans game and we’re searching for her performance from yesterday, so in the meantime, enjoy Martina singing the national anthem.

We’ve been reading rave reviews about Brad Paisleys concert in Memphis last night. We wish we had been there. Between Darius Rucker, Dierks Bentley and even Gene Watson, this show was a hit before it even started. The show supposedly went on for 4 hours!

If you have pictures from the show, send them over! We’d love to post.

Little Big Town is counting down the days until their ‘A Place To Land’ tour begins. They are very excited and have been taking to their blog to share their excitement with you.

Check it out below. The Coppola’s will be joining them on part of their town.

Kenny Chesney may be reining entertainer of the year and selling out shows definitely isn’t a problem for the star, but Chesney is treating is Detroit fans to a special ticket price for the ‘working people section’. “I’ve gotta lotta friends who live in and around Detroit. You know, you hear how rough it is with factories closing down” Kenny says on his website. “I don’t have any answers, beyond taking people away from the troubles for a few hours…and that’s what I can do, and I wanna make sure the people who need to come out the most can do it”.

The show will be held at Detroit Lions Ford Field on August 22 and for the past three years, Chesney has sold out the venue.

Alan Jackson has taken top honors on GAC’s list of top Country Dance Songs of 2008 with his line dancing hit ‘Good Time’. Check out the full list. Anything you wish had been on this list?

1) Alan Jackson, “Good Time”
2) The Zac Brown Band, “Chicken Fried”
3) Kid Rock, “All Summer Long”
4) Matt Stillwell, “Shine”
5) Toby Keith, “She’s a Hottie”
6) Lady Antebellum, “Love Don’t Live Here”
7) Sugarland, “All I Wanna Do”
James Otto, “Just Got Started Lovin’ You”
9) Adam Gregory, “Crazy Days”
10) Craig Morgan, “International Harvester”

Kate Coppola took to her blog today to announce the release of their album, and to vent about freezing temperatures in Nashville. We know how she feels!

Kate and Kacey were contestants on CMT’s ‘Can You Duet’ and came in a very respectable 4th place. We can’t wait to hear their new album. In the meantime they will be joining Little Big Town on tour, so be sure to look out for them!

Check out our interview with The Coppolas.

Arctic Freeze? In NASHVILLE??
Current mood:  cold

Um, so here I sit….trying to motivate myself and get my lazy behind to the gym before Kacey and I leave for Memphis in a couple hours…and I JUST saw a headline in the Tennessean saying “Arctic Chill Invades Nashville!” Now, how is a girl supposed to leave her warm, cozy house and go to the gym if it is going to feel like the ARCTIC outside!? come on! YOWZA!!!! It’s gonna be cold, kids! I think I have some gloves somewhere….I’ll probably spend the next 2 hours looking for them!! I feel like we’re back in Denver! Not in the south :>) Anyway, I digress :>) Just wanted to let you guys know the latest update on our CD…We are gonna start up a countdown to February 10th….BECAUSE that is the day that our CD will be available on Itunes!!! Yay! You would make us the happiest gals in the world if you would go and get the CD on FEBRUARY 10th! Well, you already do make us the happiest gals in the world - but you know what I mean! So, Feb. 10th is ….what? 26 days away….countdown starts….NOW! Ok, wish me luck on the cold - cuz here…..I…..gooooooooooooooooooooooo……brrrrrr xo, Kate

The suspense is over! Keith Urban has finally released his video for ‘Sweet Thing’ on myspace, and we really like it! Check it out below.

Sweet Thing

What do you think of Keith’s new video? Let us know.

Brad Paisley and his beautiful wife, Kimberly Williams-Paisley have an adorable son, William Huckleberry Paisley, ‘Huck’ for short.

Well now, he isn’t the only Huckelberry crawling around. Bear Grylls of ‘Man vs. Wild’ fame and his wife Shara welcomed son, Huckleberry Edward Jocelyne Grylls. Named after the famous author, he is the third child for Bear and Shara, and younger brother to, Jesse, 5, and Maramaduke, 2 1/2. Pretty awesome names.

Keith Urban has definitely been playing the field these days. Not only is he rocking a no. 1 single with Brad Paisley, ‘Start A Band’, but he also put in a cameo on LeAnn Womacks most recent album ‘Call Me Crazy’ that was released back in October. The song is ‘The Bees’ and LeAnn was stoked to work with Urban.

LeAnn says “Tony (Brown, LeAnn’s producer) called Keith. I kept rolling my eyes thinking, ‘Okay, now let’s get serious. He’s not gonna have time. He’s havin’a baby and all this stuff,’and I thought they were probably in Australia, and I just didn’t know, and one day I was on my way to the studio and Tony said, ‘Hey, Keith just got here,’and I said, ‘You’re kidding!,’so when I got there he was putting the part on.”

We love it when artists team up!