Thursday 23rd January 2025

The List for Tuesday, February 23rd 2021

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Darius Rucker On His Song, “Beers and Sunshine.” ... ” I really thought the song, especially right now in the winter and with everything that’s going on, it was just such an upbeat song, a happy song, and I thought people would resonate with it and eventually they did.  And that was really cool. He says it’s also the first song he ever done that was all recorded over the internet. lead single from his forthcoming sixth country studio album and ended up being Darius’s ninth number one song.

Somebody’s got the acting bug or at least they would like to try it out if the opportunity came up.  The boys from FGL were asked…what if?

Brian Kelley “You know, I think of just kind of takin’ the opportunities as they come. And I’m not trying to call my own future here, and I don’t know what is to come, but it’d have to mean something if I’m gonna go put out energy to go do that.

Tyler Hubbard “I’m personally open. I’ve never considered myself a great actor. I’ve never really done it,  So, I’m always open to good ideas and good opportunities, and acting would be fun if the right opportunity came along.”

Eddie Murphy talks about his new ‘Coming 2 America’ movie… saying it took four to five years to develop the script…and asked about the most important part of the movie to him? “It’s the spirit, the spirit of the movie.  We had to capture the spirit of the original movie the feel of the picture.  If you watch this new movie, right after you watch the first movie.  You feel it, it’s connected to it and you capture the spirit of it and that was the most important part. ‘Coming 2 America’ comes to Amazon Prime on Friday, March 5th.

The Daily Star says Zac Efron has given up his Hollywood lifestyle in exchange for a life in the Australian Outback. He is quarantining in a $140,000 fifth wheel RV. The motorhome has a double bed, a leather couch, a shower, automatic pop-up televisions, hot water and a full kitchen.

Music Mayhem magazine says Blake Shelton is gifting each of the upcoming singers on ”The Voice” with a bobblehead doll of himself…I liked it better when he was giving them guitars….

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The List for Wednesday, January 22nd 2025

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Kenny Chesney, is set to push the boundaries of concert experiences with his upcoming residency at Sphere in Las Vegas. His 2025 residency will bring a revolutionary twist to his signature performances, immersing fans in a cutting-edge, 4D musical adventure.

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The Express Tribune says Ryan Gosling is in talks to star in a new Star Wars film directed by Shawn Levy. The standalone movie will not be connected to the Skywalker Saga. The highly anticipated project is gaining momentum.

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Fans were concerned after Billy Ray Cyrus' performance at the Liberty Ball.  They called it, quote, "an epic disaster" . . .  "heartbreaking" . . . and "cringeworthy."

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The Razzie nominees were announced yesterday.  "Borderlands""Joker: Folie à Deux""Madame Web""Megalopolis", and "Reagan" lead with six each.  Winners will be announced March 1st, the day before the Oscars.

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Ira Dean Tel-Man, Johnny Cash, Trick Pony and more

What a pleasure it was to talk with Ira Dean. The interview was recorded in August when Iowa was dealing with "corn sweat".  We talked about how he got his job with Tanya Tucker, I asked him about Trick Pony and how Heidi Newfield join the group.

Ira shared how he met Johnny Cash, his wife June through their son John Jr. So many great stories one that hit Ira pretty hard-a conversation he had with Charlie Daniels.

His current single was a tribute to his mom who had recently passed. Then he shared about this new song...Tel-Man!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEFKI4oLZuU

A special thank you to Lynne Connolly for setting up this chance to talk to Ira. I hope it won't be the last. Also a huge shoutout to Ira's label 8-Track Entertainment for this beautiful autographed Telecaster guitar!!!

 
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The List for Tuesday, January 21st 2025

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With the Inauguration yesterday…the question is…Who was the most bad A** movie president??  Harrison Ford's character in "Air Force One" tops the list followed by Bill Pullman in "Independence Day" and Jamie Foxx in "White House Down".

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Carrie Underwood had to sing "America the Beautiful" a cappella at the inauguration thanks to a technical glitch.  She was also just on the floor with no stage, and "The Daily Mail" claims she was annoyed about that.  Everyone online thought she shined though, and handled the moment very well.

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Zach Bryan promised to release a new song called, "Blue Jean Baby" on Sunday . . . But only if the Philadelphia Eagles win the NFC championship against the Washington Commanders…something tells me he’ll release it anyway…

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Is Demi Moore dating Andrew Garfield?  We don’t know but the two were seen together at Demi's Sun Valley home in Idaho. She is 62 while he is 41.

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

 
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