Grits n’ Whiskey

from cmt.com:

Travis Tritt will play a free concert in Austin, Texas, on April 20 to commemorate Earth Day, which will be observed on April 19. As part of the Green Apple Festival, Tritt’s show will be one of 10 national concerts. Other participating artists include Galactic, Soulive and Cracker. All audience members will be environmental volunteers. In addition, a flagship concert presented by the Green Apple Festival will be held on April 19 in Washington, D.C., but performers have not been announced.

yay for do-gooders!

Heidi Newfield played what we think was a somewhat impromptu show over the weekend in Jasper, Alabama. She performed at a breast cancer benefit, “Pink Ribbon Race for a Cure”. Yay for do-gooders.

Thanks to Heather for the heads up on this show and the pictures.

The Boot has a great article on Jimmy Wayne almost missing out on opening for Alan Jackson. Jimmy was asking to open for Alan on April 16, 17 and 18, but he had a conflict. While get could perform on the 16 and 17, the 18 was his annual benefit concert he has every year in his hometown.

Initially, he had to commit to all three shows otherwise it was a no go. Jimmy wrote Alan a letter explaining why his benefit concert was so important to him. In the end, Jimmy got the best of both worlds. He’ll be opening for Alan and still having his benefit concert.

Jimmy Wayne is always such a do-gooder. Way to give back to your community.

You should definitely check out the whole article HERE.

Jimmy Wayne with Alan Jackson - April 16 Tupelo, Mississippi

Jimmy Wayne with Alan Jackson - April 17 Corbin, Kentucky

CRKA Benefit show in Boiling Spring, North Carolina on April 18.

Carrie Underwood

Taylor Swift

Keith Urban

Keith Urban, Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood have signed a construction hardhats that are being auctioned off for the ‘Clothes Off Our Back‘ campaign.

All money raised in this auction goes toward childrens charitys.

‘Clothes Off Our Back’ was started by Jane Kaczmarek and Bradley Whitford. Celebrities off up their clothes for auction with all porceeds going to childrens charitys.

Click HERE to bid on Taylor Swift’s hat

Click HERE to bid on Keith Urban’s hat

Click HERE to bid on Carrie Underwood’s hat

Julianne and Kellie both took the stage in Washington DC on Tuesday for the fourth annual Challenge Champions Gala. Dale Earnhardt Jr, was also at the Gala which was hosted by the National Guard Youth Foundation.

Giving back is the best way to go!

Pictures HERE.

We told you earlier this week about Bucky Covington’s USO tour. Well, thanks to Sammie, we’ve got some great pictures from the event.

We hope more starts get on the USO bandwagon. It is such a great way to give back!

It’s great that so many stars are using their fame for good. Bucky Covington is currently in Kosovo on a USO tour.

From Kosovo

Hello from Kosovo!

Thought I’d give you a USO update.

We all made it just fine into Budapest and then Kosovo.  The country here is really beautiful, and meeting with the soliders so far has been really cool.  They are from all over the country, and because we tour so much, so it seems we always have some common ground to talk about.  We have our show tonight, then tomorrow it’s on to the next coutry.  I’m a little jetlagged, but I’ll catch up on sleep soon.

Did anyone make it to the Wildhorse Saloon last night? If you got any good stories send them our way, we’d love to hear about it and post. Pictures are also encouraged! We don’t live in Nashville so we have to live vicariously through our fans who live there.

send pictures and stories to: bella@gritsnwhiskey.com

If you’re in Nashville tonight, then you should definitely head over to the Wildhorse Saloon. We told you about this show a few weeks ago. Dolly Parton, Kellie Pickler and Ronnie Dunn will be performing to benefit the W.O. Smith Music School.

Tickets are $45 for general admission. Doors open at 5pm, show starts at 7pm.

Go support a good cause!

If you get pictures, send them our way, we’d love to post them! Looks like it’s going to be a spectacular show!

If you’re going to be in Nashville on February 2, you must get tickets to the Wildhorse Saloon. Dolly Parton, Ronnie Dunn, Keith Anderson and Kellie Pickler will be performing a show benefiting the W.O. Smith Music School. Tickets start at $45.

The W.O. Smith Music School is a nonprofit music school that provides music lessons for children from low income families for 50 cents a lesson.

Click HERE to donate to the W.O. Smith Music School.