Love and Theft

Three struggling musicians who found each other when they had

absolutely nothing but talent and dreams,

even watched from the street

as their car was repoed, and all this, just less than a year ago.

 We've followed Brian Bandas, Eric Gunderson, and

Stephen Barker Liles rush to country stardom from their humble

beginnings, making auto-biographical videos of each other to post

on You Tube, from the front porch of their rented home in Tennessee. 

"Just to be near Music Row"...at the time that was all they knew to do.

Now, a LNT music video shoot brings 5th Avenue in downtown

Nashville to a halt and they're even gearing up to tour with Mega

Country Superstar Tim McGraw in 2010.  Good for you guys!

We saw something in you early, maybe just the unbelievable

harmonies, but we think it was more than that, more than just

determination, there was destiny. 

The new single "Dancing In Circles"

was shot last month, and premieres this Monday. 

Here's a sneak peek!

Love and Theft's music has also been featured

on The Today's Show,

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Access Hollywood,

and ABC Daytime.

Honkytonk Badonkadonk's

History and a very different

Jamey Johnson

Yes, it is Jamey in the video below, we did our research. 

He looks much different than he does "In Color"

(no pun intended.)  

We think you will find the story behind the

song made famous by Trace Adkins interesting,

as well as how good looking Jamey could be if

he purchased a razor or looked in a mirror.

The truth is, the hit "Honkytonk Badonkadonk"

was co-written at the Wildhorse Saloon on 2nd Avenue

in Nashville by Jamey Johnson and Randy Houser

and was later recorded by Trace Adkins, who took the

song to  #2 on the U.S. Hot Country Songs chart

and the Top 40 on Billboard, as well. v

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Meanwhile, Trace Adkins is busy endorsing

the headache pain reliever "BC Powder."

The over-the-counter analgesic consists of 650 mg of aspirin,

33.3 mg of caffeine, and 195 mg of salicylamide.  Adkins

says he remembers the first time his grandfather gave him

B.C. and he is not the first country musician to endorse the

product.  Trace follows Faron Young, who endorsed the

product in the 1970's.  Songwriters continue to share this

common bond.  While we haven't done any scientific

studies here at New Country Star, we have certainly

talked with many songwriters who have experienced

at least one, or battle migraine headaches on a regular basis.

Wynonna Says...

"Too Much Too Soon!"

Last Wednesday, Taylor Swift became the youngest

artist ever to win the Country Music Association

Awards' top honor, "Entertainer of the Year."

On Thursday, reports started circulating that 

Wynonna Judd did not think Swift, age 19, is ready

for such a top honor.  "You want my honest comment?

 It’s too much too soon," Judd told USA Today

before the show. "Time is God’s way of keeping

everything from happening at once.  It’s just too much

of a good thing too soon."

Judd, 45, added: "My thing is, being a homeschool mom,

I want kids to earn it, and I think some time ... "cause mom

and I rode in a car for the first year of our career to

visit radio stations. There was a making of the star,

 there was a rising up, and the fans went with us."

"Now it’s over coffee breaks, the success, almost,"

she added. "You have to play catch up ...

It's like the girl who wins an Oscar and she's under 20.

What do you do from here?"

Actor, Director and

Screenwriter, James Franco best known for his work on the big screen for his portrayal of Harry Osborn in the

Spiderman Trilogy,

is taking a break from major

motion picture work to see

what daytime television

feels like.  Could he be

trying it out for size?

We wondered, maybe

with his resume, he could

most certainly slide into

a permanent position,

directing or producing.

Regardless, Franco says

he enjoys the daytime

venue very much, and

for now it seems, he's

having fun with his

very mysterious character

and so are the fans!

James Franco talks about his new job on the Daytime

Television series "General Hospital"

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Enrique Iglesias

" The Tiger Woods of Music "

Minus all the latest scandal of course!

Enrique has done it again, and

we are so glad he finally did!

After a long absence of anything new from his solo career, we were more than pleased with what we found.

Last month, an Iglesias concert was broadcast on the

Telehit Mexican Cable Satellite Television Network

and featured a few of Enrique's best performances yet, and that's saying something!  In at least one part of the concert, Iglesias brought long-time back-up vocalist and road/air companion, Laura Jane, to the forefront on stage, in a duet of his hit "Takin Back My Love."

The two definitely had chemistry and gave

an absolutely unforgettable performance.

U2 Can Find Big Kenny...

Bono Did !

Country music's Big Kenny met U2's Bono at a

concert stop in Norman, Oklahoma,

on October 18.  The two were introduced by a mutual friend

due to their similar philanthropic passions.

Ryan Newman winner of the 50th Anniversary Daytona 500 and 12 additional Sprint Cup races feels that his marketing experience with his own racing career will be an asset to the new artists coming up under the Nashville record label they are helping to build, Root 49 Music.

Ryan said,  “Krissie and I are involved in all aspects of my racing career – from marketing and promotion to creative and PR; we can help bring new opportunities to Bridgette’s already skyrocketing career.”

The first artist signed on Root 49 Music, Bridgette Tatum, is also the co-writer of Jason Aldean's #1 hit, "She's Country", and Tatum certainly sounds country to us.  In fact, she reminds us quite a bit of Gretchen Wilson with her own unique guitar skills and husky vibrato voice.  Her publicist describes Tatum this way...