I’m a native Texan and proud of it. I was born and raised in the BBQ Capital of Texas, Lockhart, but I’ve been in East Texas for about 25 years, so this is where my family and I call home. I have a patient, beautiful wife (she’s a Big Sandy Wildcat) who has kept me in line since 1994, plus I have three great kids, even though they were the cause of my premature balding and greying. I went to college at UT-Austin and Texas A&M, mainly to become a meteorologist. But my love of country music took over, plus, in radio, you never have to grow up. As strange as this may sound, my perfect day would be to spend an entire day in a theater watching nothing but Disney movies. Bring on the popcorn!
Danny Merrell
Kenny Chesney To Perform Free Concert In Houston
NCAA's Final Four is coming to Reliant Stadium in Houston during the first weekend of April.
Houston is also hosting a weekend JamFest featuring concerts and events, including a free show by Kenny Chesney!
Brad Paisley Teams Up With Alabama For His New Release [AUDIO]
A couple of weeks ago, Brad Paisley played a small concert in Nashville for a group of radio station programmers.
During that show, Brad gave the audience a taste of his new single, 'Old Alabama'. And sure enough, during the middle of the song, all four members of the group Alabama came on stage to sing along with the song.
Tatum Eagles To Play For The 2A State Championship
Congratulations to the Tatum Eagles basketball team!!
They will be playing Saturday afternoon at 2 for the Class 2A State Championship against Idalou.
Little Big Town Going For Daily Duel Hall Of Fame
Little Big Town's 'The Reason Why' has notched another Daily Duel victory. This time scoring with over 68% of the vote to defeat Ashley Gearing's new song.
If Little Big Town wins this next round, they will go into the Daily Duel Hall of Fame.
But, if you like good 'ol traditional, honky-tonk country music, you may side with the challenger this time around.
Randy Houser’s Bus Catches Fire [VIDEO]
If you caught our Music News Minute from Taste of Country.com today, you probably know about the misfortune that Randy Houser had in South Carolina.
Randy was getting ready for a concert when his tour bus caught fire. Luckily nobody was injured, but the bus and many of its contents sustained heavy damage.
Tenaha Tigers Advance To State Championship Game, Tatum Plays Friday
Congratulations to the Tenaha Tigers basketball team as they have now advanced to the state championship game in Division 1 of Class 1A in Austin.
The Tigers didn't have to rely on late game heroics this time as they dismantled the tournament's number one seed Thursday morning.
Little Big Town Takes On Newcomer Ashley Gearing In Today’s Daily Duel
Little Big Town takes over 66% of the vote in yesterday's duel with Taylor Swift.
So today, LBT will take on the new song from newcomer, Ashley Gearing.
Take a listen to both songs after the bump.
Taylor Swift’s New Song Featured On Today’s Daily Duel
The new song from Taylor Swift is titled 'Mean', and it's our challenger on today's Daily Duel.
Taylor will be trying unseat our champion song 'The Reason Why' by Little Big Town.
Check out both songs after the bump.
Little Big Town And Gloriana Do Battle On The Daily Duel
After a few days off, Little Big Town is back on the Duel ready to defend their title with their latest single 'The Reason Why'.
However, another foursome is gonna try to take their title. Gloriana has a new song out and they are today's challenger.
Give a listen to both songs after the bump.
Cyndi Lauper Gives An Impromptu Performance At An Airport [VIDEO]
Cyndi Lauper, one of the biggest stars of the 1980's MTV age, was recently at Buenos Aires airport terminal and all flights were getting delayed or cancelled.
Cyndi noticed that a lot of other folks were getting angry and restless, so the eternal optimist decides to grab the p.a. microphone and starts belting out her signature song of 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun'.
Tom Hanks Pageant Video
You may have already seen this mock pageant piece done by Tom Hanks and Jimmy Kimmel, but I keep on hitting the replay button.
This is just dang funny.
Daily Duel Feature Song – ‘Shotgun Girl’
Little Big Town takes another easy victory as 'The Reason Why' gets about 80% of the vote against Frankie Ballard yesterday.
Today's challenge song is 'Shotgun Girl' by the JaneDear Girls.
Take a listen to the challenger after the bump.