Big & Rich to headline PBR’s Last Cowboy Standing
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Big & Rich to Headline Professional Bull Rider’s Last Cowboy Standing on March 10 in Detroit, MI
The Professional Bull Riders announced that Big & Rich with special guest Cowboy Troy have been added to the PBR Built Ford Tough Series Last Cowboy Standing event at Ford Field on March 10, 2012.
Comprised of Big Kenny Alphin, and The Celebrity Apprentice winner John Rich, the duo has garnered multiple GRAMMY, ACM, CMA and CMT Music Award nominations. Their hits include their infectious smash-hit singles, “Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy),” “Comin’ to Your City” for ESPN College Game Day, “8th of November” and “Lost in this Moment.”
Big & Rich with special guest Cowboy Troy will perform at 8 p.m., prior to the world’s top ranked bull riders, and the fiercest bucking bulls taking the field for an action-packed event. Together and separately, they have raised funds for many organizations and causes. Kenny has been part of efforts to combat mountaintop removal of coal mining and been part of relief efforts in Darfur. John was declared the 2011 winner of The Celebrity Apprentice and raised $1.4 million for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
The PBR Built Ford Tough Series event will be a progressive-elimination format with all of the Top 35 bull riders in the world riding a bull in
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Round 1. Riders who reach 8 seconds in Round 1 will advance to the next round, where they will each ride another bull. The elimination format continues until there is only one cowboy left. There will be a maximum of five rounds. The event winner will receive a minimum of $100,000.
It is the first visit to Ford Field for the premier bull riding organization that features the world’s highest-paid best bull riders competing against the toughest bucking bulls on the planet. Riders scheduled to compete in Detroit include 2011 World Champion and 2010 Rookie of the Year Silvano Alves, who has earned almost $1.8 million in his first 18 months competing in the BFTS, and Luke Snyder, who won the inaugural Last Cowboy Standing in front of a sellout crowd in Las Vegas in 2011, earning $216,500 – the highest one-day payout of the season, and the second-highest in history.
The event will be televised live on NBC Sports.
Randy Miramontez - Downtown Sacramento - Bay Area ConcertsThe Rhythm Riders bring Cash to Thunder Valley
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Johnny Cash and Patsy Cline came to life at Thunder Valley Casino Resort Saturday as husband and wife duo Johnny and Dee Price performed to a sold out crowd.
Prior to the show, Glenda Gonzales and Bart Ruud, co-chairs for the charity organization Arts and Kids, thanked everyone in attendance for their support. They also presented a plaque to the United Auburn Indian Community for their efforts in bringing this, the second annual, charity event to Thunder Valley Casino Resort.
Arts and Kids comprises three charitable organizations; Auburn Placer Performing Arts Center, Boys & Girls Club of Auburn, and Friends of Vinh Son Montagnard Orphanage.
Ok, enough. Back to the show!
Johnny and Dee, along with the band known as The Rhythm Riders, were flawless in their delivery of hits. The band included David Johnston (guitar), Larry Tracy (guitar, dobro), Brett Boyle (bass), and Charlie (drummer).
Starting off the show was Dee with the mostly older crowd erupting into cheers as she started singing Patsy Cline’s “Walkin’ After Midnight,” followed by “That’s How a Heartache Begins.”
Dee belted out hit after hit with her smooth, crystal clear vocals. She sounded wickedly similar to Patsy
Dee Price as Patsy Cline - Click for more images
Cline and the audience simply ate it up.
Dee performed a complete set of fifteen songs ending with “Blue Moon of Kentucky.”
After a brief intermission Johnny opened up his set with “Folsom Prison Blues.” He thanked the audience for being there for charity, pointing out the importance of organizations such as the Cinh Son Montagnard Orphanage that helps under privileged children in Vietnam.
In between songs Johnny would talk about The Man in Black and provide a bit of historical content around some of the songs. After “Folsom Prison Blues,” he explained how Cash had to introduce himself when he performed at Folsom Prison, leading Cash to introduce himself at all his performances.
As for Johnny’s vocals? In a word – perfection. If you closed your eyes you would have thought Cash himself was up there singing.
Johnny even worked in many of the mannerisms of Cash, like the way he handled the guitar and sang into the mic.
Johnny performed over twenty songs, Dee came back onstage to help out towards the end. Specifically for the song “Jackson,” which Cash originally performed with his wife June Carter Cash.
The Rhythm Riders Back in Black show is the real deal with a Vegas feel. Johnny Cash’s only drummer for 37 years, W.S. “Fluke” Holland, flew in from Jackson, Tennessee last year to join them onstage at their Thunder Valley debut.
You can catch the The Rhythm Riders starting in March, and running for 16 weeks, at Harrah’s Reno.
About Auburn Placer Performing Arts Center:
The Objective of APPAC is to raise the funds necessary for the acquisition, design and reconstruction of the State Theatre and to maintain funding for the continuing operation of a state-of-the-art regional performing arts center within the 1930-vintage State Theatre located in Historic Downtown Auburn.
About Boys & Girls Club of Auburn:
Boys & Girls Club of Auburn provides hope and opportunity to many Auburn area youth. The Club offers our members what they need and want most: adults who respect and listen to them; a safe environment where they can have fun and be themselves; and interesting, constructive activities that channel their energy into challenging pursuits.
Our Club members benefit from a broad range of programs offered daily with our trained, caring, professional staff and volunteers who help them take control of their lives, envision productive futures and achieve their goals.
About Friends of Vinh Son Montagnard Orphanage:
Raise resources (cash and in-kind gifts) to directly benefit the children. The orphanage is administered by The Sisters of the Miraculous Medal who, with our help, provide:
- Primary and secondary education
- Life skills to ensure the children become self sufficient
- A safe environment
- Food, clothing, shelter and medical care
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Whitney Houston Dead at 48
Publicist Kristen Foster stated Saturday that pop music queen Whitney Houston has died, but the cause and location were unknown. She was 48.
UPDATE: Houston was found dead Saturday by her bodyguard at approximately 3:48 p.m. on February 11 on the fourth floor of the Beverly Hills hotel where only hours later she was to attend a pre-Grammy bash hosted by her longtime mentor, Clive Davis.
Houston reigned as pop music queen up until her erratic behavior, professed drug abuse, and troubled marriage to singer Bobby Brown, brought her career to a halt. The drugs ravaged her voice and she could no longer carry the high notes as she did in her earlier years.
Houston also starred in several movies including “Body Guard,” which spawned one of her greatest hits “I Will Always Love You,” written by Dolly Parton.
Just recently it was rumored that Simon Cowell had approached Houston to be a judge on the X-Factors, after letting go Paula Abdul and Nicole Scherzinger.
UPDATE: Simon Cowell has confirmed that he was considering Houston for one of the vacated judges positions on X-Factor.
In the past few days Houston was in Southern California to perform at Kelly Price & Friends Unplugged, just prior to the Grammy’s. Apparently X Factors Stacey Francis and Houston had some harsh words after their performance together onstage. As Houston was leaving she appears dazed and aggressive, yelling at the paparazzi.
was found dead Saturday by her bodyguard on the fourth floor of the Beverly Hills hotel where only hours later she was to attend a pre-Grammy bash hosted by her longtime mentor, Clive Davi
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