is hunter hayes the next big thing?

Will Hunter Hayes be the next big thing? The 19-year-old won CMT's Next Big Thing TV show contest.


CMT will air the premiere of Hunter's new video, Storm Warning. The song, written by Hunter, Gordie Sampson and busbee, is the debut single from his forthcoming album set for release later this year. The single is available now at all digital retailers. Hunter wrote or co-wrote every song on the album, played every instrument and co-produced with Dann Huff.


Hayes will join Taylor Swift for select dates on her Speak Now World Tour 2011 beginning July 28.


Hayes, the Louisiana raised multi-instrumentalist (acoustic guitar, bass guitar, drums, electric guitar, mandolin and keyyboard), performed Jambalaya with Hank Williams Jr. in front of 265,000 people at the age of 4 (now tracking more than 15 million YouTube views), has played with Johnny and June Cash and Charlie Daniels and has co-written songs recorded by Rascal Flatts and Montgomery Gentry.

eddie montgomery - served divorce papers

Montgomery Gentry's - Eddie Montgomery has been served with divorce papers.

Montgomery Gentry's publicist has confirmed that Eddie was served with the documents in Kentucky, filed by his wife Tracy.
The publicist declined to talk about it further, saying only that Eddie's camp would have further comment later.
Eddie also recently stated that he has prostate cancer.

montgomery gentry ~ to build playground

Montgomery Gentry will join volunteers to build a playground at Booker T. Washington Academy in Lexington, Ky., on Wednesday, October 20, 2010.  As recipients of the Academy of Country Music/The Home Depot Humanitarian Award in April 2010, Montgomery Gentry (Kentucky natives) received a KaBOOM! playground to be built in their honor. The site was chosen by an online poll. Montgomery Gentry's humanitarian endeavors include the U.S. military, the T.J. Martell Foundation, Camp Horsin' Around in Lexington, Ky., and the Make-a-Wish Foundation of Middle Tennessee.