There is an undeniable division in Danielle Peck's voice. A bluesy pull, a reluctant smokiness that, when it breaks, yields soaring, ringing, soul-stirring power and clarity. That tantalizing slow-pour tension is a fitting reflection of the artist herself. Is she an exuberant young country singer or an experienced and purposed entertainer? Is she the self-described "plain Jane girl next door" or a statuesque brunette bombshell? Is she a former waitress fighting for her big break or a prolific songwriter who contributed eight of 11 songs to her upcoming album? Danielle Peck is all that and much more.
Born in Fort Payne, Alabama, Jeff Cook has been playing lead guitar and keyboard since the age of thirteen. Securing a broadcast license three days after his fourteenth birthday, Jeff went to work as Host and DJ of "The Jeff Cook Experience" at a local radio station. The "broadcast" bug got into Jeff's blood and later resulted in how owning a radio station and TV stations.
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Over 50 years ago, Larry, Steve, and Rudy Gatlin started singing in their little hometown of Abilene, Texas, and from there went on to make music history. Over the course of a four-decade career that has taken the Gatlin Brothers from dusty Texas stages to White House performances, from Broadway to Grammy Awards to the top of the country charts, there has been one unifying element, music. There's no harmony quite as pure as family harmony. "Gatlin harmonies spin with high and light precision and their music bleeds and screams of love and a lot of living" said Country Capsule in New York.
The five members of Nash Street are all in their teens and twenties, yet they have a knowledge and talent for music far beyond their years. That extremely rare combination of a love for tradition along with a modern, radio and TV-friendly sound and look enabled Nash Street to capture the national championship of the 26th Annual Colgate Country Showdown in January 2008, win the $100,000 prize at the Ryman Auditorium, and create a major buzz along Nashville's famed Music Row.
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Take a look at Pam Tillis' mantel and it's lined with three CMA awards, two Grammy awards, and a shiny new IBMA award. But look a little closer and you will see snapshots of Pam’s life, memories captured with family and friends. Pictures of Pam with Dolly Parton, Tony Bennett, Clive Davis and many others who Pam once may have idolized but now consider friends. "Those relationships nurture my music,” says Pam. "They're more important than any awards."
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Since his youth, Tay Humphrey has never been afraid to face new challenges or take chances. As a former PRCA (Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association) bull rider, he traveled much of his teen years in the Western circuit riding bulls at small town Rodeos. His love for the Cowboy culture and country music is undying. Influenced by great talent such as Garth Brooks, Waylon Jennings, Keith Whitley, Gary Allan and his all time favorite, his hero, a legendary Cowboy, the late Chris LeDoux. After a series of injuries, two major surgeries and not much in winnings, Tay took the advice of his family and left behind to rodeo life to get a “real job”.
