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This is an industry-only version of an email that Country stations in dozens of top markets deliver to their loyal listener databases. For details click here. June 18, 2010 » He Really Let It Go To His Heart: He might be making a name for himself in Hollywood, but Tim McGraw is a true Tennessean. So the decision he and wife Faith Hill made to host next week's (6/22) celebrity-packed Nashville Rising benefit for flood victims was easy. As was the recruiting. "All we've done is ask people, and all our friends, to a person, jumped right in," McGraw says. "People outside of this industry – movie stars – are making videos and sending them in to show on the screen between acts. I can't believe how quickly and how well it's come together. And my band and crew [are] putting in a lot of work." McGraw says his connection to the town runs deep. "When I moved here in 1989, I instantly knew that, whether I was going to be plugging songs or carrying guitars for somebody, I was going to live in Nashville for the rest of my life. I really love this city ... the community and the people. It's a hard-working city ... full of people who bust their asses every day. They go to work. They go to Little League on Wednesday and Friday nights. It's a blue-collar place. I can't think of any place I'd rather raise my kids. And you feel for people because these things always seem to happen to [those] who really can't afford [it] – people who are living paycheck to paycheck and barely getting by." » Stronger Woman: How does Jewel stay fit? Shape's July cover girl says it starts with cutting herself some slack. "I had seen so many performers develop eating disorders or try to control their weight with drugs, and I decided I would do no harm to my body," she says. Read her "Rules for a Rockin' Body," get her at-home ab workout and watch a behind-the-scenes video from the cover shoot here. » Axe Men: John Mayer and Keith Urban will meet at the Crossroads – the CMT Crossroads, that is – Friday (6/18) when the episode premieres at 8pm ET. "I find a great common ground with John as we play because we have very different music styles that we were influenced by," Urban says. "I like the language of guitar players. I like it when they speak through playing, and I think that's why I like collaborating with different people because it's different conversations." The two guitar slingers traded licks on Urban's "Tonight I Wanna Cry," "Til Summer Comes Around" and "Sweet Thing," as well as Mayer's "Gravity," "Say" and "Slow Dancing In A Burning Room." They closed the show with George Michael's "Faith" for Taylor Swift, who was in the audience. » Home Wares: Sweet Home Alabama – The Country Music Tribute To Lynyrd Skynyrd features covers from Eric Church, Shooter Jennings, Jamey Johnson, Uncle Kracker, Randy Montana, Ashley Ray and the Eli Young Band. Houser's "Simple Man," Church's "The Ballad Of Curtis Loew" and Ray's "Sweet Home Alabama" can all be heard on the album, which will be available at Wal-Mart June 20. » Free As We'll Ever Be: The third installment of the Zac Brown Band's For Those Who Serve documentary about their April USO Tour finds the group singing the National Anthem at a memorial for EOD (Explosive Ordinance Disposal) soldiers. Watch here. » Have You Seen This Dog? Rocky Comfort's Tracy Lawrence and a local Nashville radio station have issued a $1,000 reward to anyone with information surrounding the theft or whereabouts of his English bulldog Tank. The dog was taken from Lawrence's truck Tuesday (6/15) at approximately 8:30pm while parked at a Walgreens in Mt. Juliet, TN. "Tank was my Father's Day present two years ago," Lawrence says. "He's not only a member of our family, but [also] a part of our road crew. We'd sure like to have him back home with us, and appreciate your help." Regrettably, Tank had just been bathed and was not wearing his collar or ID. »Hit List With Father's Day approaching, Zac Brown and his father Jim collaborated for an iTunes Celebrity Playlist Podcast. Find out which song brings a tear to dad's eye here. The ninth annual Marty Stuart Late Night Jam raised more than $30,000 for MusiCares flood relief efforts during last week's CMA Music Fest. Keith Urban, Vince Gill, Gene Watson and Connie Smith were among the performers joining Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives. iPhone/iTouch/iPad and Android users can now download a free Jamey Johnson app. It includes music, videos and the latest news and tour information. Get it here. Birthdays Blake Shelton (6/18) The late Chet Atkins (6/20) Chuck Wicks (6/20) Allison Moorer (6/21) Kris Kristofferson (6/22) On TV Friday (6/18): Keith Urban, John Mayer, CMT Crossroads. Saturday (6/19): Uncle Kracker, Lee Brice, CMT Top 20 Countdown. Sunday (6/20): Tim McGraw, Conversations From The Road (GAC). Monday (6/21): Brad Paisley, The Making Of The H20 Tour (GAC). Upcoming Album Releases Mark Chesnutt Outlaw (6/22) Jaron And The Long Road To Love Getting Dressed In The Dark (6/22) » Sugar Lands: Ace Of Cakes Chef Duff Goldman (r) and Sous Chef Geof Manthorne deliver a custom creation celebrating the Grand Ole Opry's 85th birthday last week in Nashville. Designed and made by Baltimore's Charm City Cakes, the cake is four feet tall and fashioned after the Opry's famous mic stand, flanked by guitars. Goldman and Manthorne, who are musicians themselves, joined Opry member Charley Pride on the song "Kaw-Liga" following the cake presentation. © 2010 LH Publications, LLC 1102 17th Ave. S, Ste. 205 • Nashville, TN 37212 • 615.320.1450

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