Nashville Music Minute: Fiddle For Christmas

Welcome to The List,

We start today with sad news, Tito Jackson, who rose to fame alongside his brothers in the Jackson 5, has died. Tito's sons — Taj, Taryll and TJ Jackson — confirmed his death in an Instagram tribute early this morning. The news was first reported by "ET" with Steve Manning, a longtime Jackson family friend and former Jackson family manager, telling the outlet he died Sunday. Tito Jackson was 70.

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At the Emmys last night, Jelly Roll sang a song about depression and suicide for the "In Memoriam" segment, which rubbed some people the wrong way.  And winners in the big categories included "The Bear", "Shogun", and "Hacks".

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Heather Locklear recently shared details about her date with Tom Cruise at 90s Con Florida this past Saturday. She mentioned meeting Cruise at an audition in the '80s and going dancing at Club Lingerie. Locklear found Cruise "very nice" on the date, but said he had poor dance moves. She felt their styles didn't match. Of course, you had those not so undercover…undercover dudes following him around.

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PopCulture.com says the younger brother of Johnny Cash, Tommy Cash, has passed away at age 84. The Johnny Cash Museum in Nashville confirmed the news.

You can catch The List, weekday afternoons at 4:20 with Jonathan Knight. Only on Iowa’s BEST Country KIX 101.1

Welcome to The List,

If you’re an 80’s party rock fan, you’ll love this!  Poison will not be touring in 2025 because Bret Michaels needs a health tune-up and some family time.  But 2026 is the 40th anniversary of the "Look What the Cat Dragged In" album, and he'd like to tour for that.

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Justin Moore has a love for eggs….He says,  “I eat eggs every day; I couldn’t go without them. I can eat them anyway: egg whites, fried eggs, sunny side up, scrambled, and I can eat them for breakfast, lunch and dinner.”

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Just in time for the Halloween season…The Hollywood Reporter reports…Steven Kings “’Salems Lot” is out on Max October 3^rd…you can check out the trailer…HERE

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"A Bar Song (Tipsy)" by Shaboozey is #1 on the Country Airplay chart for a seventh straight week.  This breaks the record set by Carrie Underwood in 2006 with "Jesus Take the Wheel".  Shaboozey now officially owns "the longest-leading hit to establish a Country career."

You can catch The List, weekday afternoons at 4:20 with Jonathan Knight. Only on Iowa’s BEST Country KIX 101.1