We've been super busy this past week traveling and playing lots of shows. The recent shows I've done have benefited Soles4Souls. We've been fortunate enough to raise money for the organization. Our Knoxville show went very well and I'd like to thank WIVK for all their support and involvement in the cause. I actually went by the station earlier that day and was interviewed by Alan Jackson - OH, I mean Gunner - lol.. Gunner is an absolute spitting image of Alan Jackson, and supposedly his wife looks a lot like Alan's wife as well. What are the odds of that? Gunner said that that's the reason he hadn't been to the CMA's or ACM's in a while because he couldn't go anywhere without people coming up to him asking for autographs and such, lol. I thought it was pretty funny, and Gunner if you are reading this, sorry one more thing and then I will let this rest. Gunner said that last year during the CMA's somebody called into the station claiming that the show is taped and not live. This person said this because they were sitting in a restaurant and saw Gunner thinking he was Alan, yet saw Alan on the award show too, lol.
Mike from the station is awesome as well and was introducing me to everyone at Cotton Eyed Joe's that night, so thanks for everything Mike and for all the support. I want to also mention that we had a few of our dedicated fans at the show - Bert and Melanie, who usually spoil us with cookies! At this show, Bert handed me a cookie the size of my face, which is a pretty big face, lol. Needless to say that poor cookie didn't stand a chance when the 8 people in the band got their hands on it! haha. Thanks Melanie and Bert and I hope to see Wyvetta out again soon. Chattanooga was our next stop and this was promoted by US 101. I had a station visit there as well with Dex and Big Al, and both of them were so awesome to me and complimentary...which is always nice. That night we played at the Rhythm & Brews bar, It was a two level club right near the big Tennessee Aquarium, with a cozy atmosphere to it. We played a 90-minute set. Earlier in the day, the band and I were a little adventurous and went up the Incline Railway. This train goes right up the side of Lookout Mountain and is said to be the fastest man made transportation in the world for any kind of mountain lift/train. I took some pics on my phone as well as video footage for my AG-TV, which y'all will be able to see soon.
Our next gig was in Tucson, AZ. We actually flew into Phoenix, rented a couple of vans and then drove to Tucson. In Tucson, we played at the Cactus Moon. I visited KIIM-FM earlier in the day where I was welcomed by the lovely Lois Lewis who has been nothing but supportive of me. They had a little pup running around the station while we were there (a little baby lab named Huffley) and it was adorable. I got to meet some nice folks while we were there too, and I was smothered in hugs by a little girl at the station. She was awesome! The club really pumped us up, and was supportive of the whole Soles4Souls promotion. They really did it right and got the crowd pumped for the show! As well as having a great crowd, I had some fellow Canadians attend the show. They were sitting in the front row. I also had some other friends of mine from the Phoenix area come out. The next day we traveled back to Phoenix where I was reunited with my great friends at KMLE. I did a dinner with some winners at Cadillac Ranch and it was great because I got to hang with Gwen and her daughter and 4 other guests.
The show later that night was held right in the square of Tempe Marketplace. I've been there before a few times, but never to play. The weather couldn't have been any better for us. Thanks to Gwen Foster for being a huge supporter and friend, and for helping this show be a success.
From Phoenix we hopped a flight to Colorado Springs. I did a show at the Carey On Saloon and LeShawn and everybody at the club were so great...thanks guys! We can't wait to come back! And thanks to Cat Country for putting this show together with us! Letty and Lindsey -two of my biggest supporters- surprised us by coming out and they were bearing gifts with them! A big box filled with homemade cookies, brownies, chocolate covered pretzels and much much more...filling this box to the rim. It was incredible! Thank you Letty and Lindsey, you two are so awesome and I really appreciate you both. This point in the journal brings me to where we are now...Norfolk, VA. We have a show with Kate & Kacey Coppola at the Saddle Ridge tonight. This is sponsored by The Eagle and I'm looking forward to seeing my friend Shomby and Mark from the station! Hope you've all had a great week and I will be sending out more AG-TV videos for y'all to see soon. God Bless!
ag)
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
3/24/09: Canadian Album Released Today
Hey Everyone,
My new album "CRAZY DAY'S" is in stores today in Canada everyone and I am pumped about it!!! Thanks so much for hanging in there guys, I along with so many other people made this album the best it could be for your listening enjoyment. I hope y'all like it and just to let you know a brand new journal along with more AGTV will be on its way to y'all soon. Thank you and God Bless!
ag)
My new album "CRAZY DAY'S" is in stores today in Canada everyone and I am pumped about it!!! Thanks so much for hanging in there guys, I along with so many other people made this album the best it could be for your listening enjoyment. I hope y'all like it and just to let you know a brand new journal along with more AGTV will be on its way to y'all soon. Thank you and God Bless!
ag)
Thursday, March 19, 2009
3/19/09: Here is a story on Adam 's upcoming Soles4Souls Pittsburgh show.
Check it Out!
http://www.wpxi.com/vj/18959426/detail.html
http://www.wpxi.com/vj/18959426/detail.html
Monday, March 16, 2009
3/13/09: Album Release Date Announced!
Hey everyone, I hope you’ve all had a great week.
I’ve been staying busy traveling all over the place and singing my songs. Also I’ve literally had my phone strapped to my ear calling my friends at radio stations across not only the U.S, but Canada as well. For any of my Canadian fans/friends who are reading this, I figured you might want to know that my brand new album is set for release in Canada on March 24th. I’m super excited that it’s finally coming out. To my new American friends/fans, I'm excited that it is going to be released in the U.S later this year as well.
In other news, I had the opportunity to write with Billy Dean this past week. Billy has had lots of success with songs such as “Let Them Be Little,” “Billy The Kid,” and the list goes on. I actually just recently found out that Billy and Richie McDonald (former lead singer from Lonestar) wrote “Let Them Be Little” together. My parents get emotional every time they hear that song. I guess when you’re a parent, a song like that hits you a little differently and tugs at the ole heart strings. If there is anything that I miss telling you guys about I do, I apologize because everything is important to me it’s just that we cover so many things in a given week, it’s hard to keep track of it all.
Some of my more memorable moments that stick out in my mind though, is us going to Jordan’s Furniture in Boston, for my friends from WKLB. The event was based around their St. Jude Marathon, to raise lots of money for St. Jude. I met a 12-year old boy there named Colt who completely inspired me and showed me another reason why St. Jude is a blessing. Colt has already had to overcome so many obstacles in regards to his health for such a young guy, and he’ll tell you himself that he’s thankful and owes a lot to St. Jude. This young man totally blew me away and I guess if you had to go through everything he’s gone through in his life, it would force you to have to grow up a little faster. I just sat down and chatted with him one on one and seriously, I have never before met a young man like him. I say young man because he’s so much beyond a 12-year olds maturity and way of thinking. I really felt like I was sitting there talking to an adult. I gave him my number and we're going to keep in touch. I’ve talked to Colt now a few times on the phone and he left me a message a few days back giving me the total earnings for WKLB's St. Jude Radiothon...and it was over $400,000, WOW!! Think of how much that’s going to help out. And Colt, if you are reading this buddy, I’ll keep you in my prayers bro.
This Jordan's Furniture place where I performed was absolutely amazing. The area where I performed had all these things made out of Jellybeans. I think I heard there were about 35 million jellybeans in there, it was crazy. And, they were giving trapeze lessons...all kinds of stuff. Pretty cool place. You can check it out on my website on a segment of my AGTV!
After I performed at Jordan's, I went to dinner with Mike & Ginny from WKLB. They are such great people. Their son Ben came too, he's such a great kid. And, my labelmates - Kate & Kacey Coppola joined us for dinner as well, we had a great time. I'm looking forward to several more dates on the road with them. Thanks to Ginny & Mike and WKLB for having me in for the St. Jude Show, I'm so happy to have been a part of it.
The next morning Shelley, Mark and myself flew to Sacramento. Upon arrival, we immediately headed to visit with my friends from KNCI. I went on the air with Greg Cole, and totally unexpected when we got there, Richie McDonald was in the studio already and asked if I’d like to sit in with him. I thought that was pretty cool, so I went in and we all chatted. One of the first tours I ever went on in Canada was with Lonestar, so I figured it was a great opportunity to share some of my experiences with them, and all three of us were laughing. It’s great memories, and Richie is one of the coolest people. That night David Nail, myself and Richie did an acoustic show for an audience of about 2000 screaming girls. Yep, you guessed it, it was “Girls Night Out”. The three of us and maybe a hand full of other guys who were working there were the only guys allowed, lol. It was an awesome show we had so much fun. Thanks to Greg and Mark from KNCI for inviting me to be on the show. Later on that night, I was talking to Richie a little more and asked if he would consider writing with me sometime and he said he would love to, so hopefully we'll make that happen.
Now I’m at home in Nashville and it’s been a relaxing Sunday. My evening is looking open so I’m just gonna take advantage of the time and relax... Talk to y’all soon and have a great evening and week ahead.
God Bless!
ag)
I’ve been staying busy traveling all over the place and singing my songs. Also I’ve literally had my phone strapped to my ear calling my friends at radio stations across not only the U.S, but Canada as well. For any of my Canadian fans/friends who are reading this, I figured you might want to know that my brand new album is set for release in Canada on March 24th. I’m super excited that it’s finally coming out. To my new American friends/fans, I'm excited that it is going to be released in the U.S later this year as well.
In other news, I had the opportunity to write with Billy Dean this past week. Billy has had lots of success with songs such as “Let Them Be Little,” “Billy The Kid,” and the list goes on. I actually just recently found out that Billy and Richie McDonald (former lead singer from Lonestar) wrote “Let Them Be Little” together. My parents get emotional every time they hear that song. I guess when you’re a parent, a song like that hits you a little differently and tugs at the ole heart strings. If there is anything that I miss telling you guys about I do, I apologize because everything is important to me it’s just that we cover so many things in a given week, it’s hard to keep track of it all.
Some of my more memorable moments that stick out in my mind though, is us going to Jordan’s Furniture in Boston, for my friends from WKLB. The event was based around their St. Jude Marathon, to raise lots of money for St. Jude. I met a 12-year old boy there named Colt who completely inspired me and showed me another reason why St. Jude is a blessing. Colt has already had to overcome so many obstacles in regards to his health for such a young guy, and he’ll tell you himself that he’s thankful and owes a lot to St. Jude. This young man totally blew me away and I guess if you had to go through everything he’s gone through in his life, it would force you to have to grow up a little faster. I just sat down and chatted with him one on one and seriously, I have never before met a young man like him. I say young man because he’s so much beyond a 12-year olds maturity and way of thinking. I really felt like I was sitting there talking to an adult. I gave him my number and we're going to keep in touch. I’ve talked to Colt now a few times on the phone and he left me a message a few days back giving me the total earnings for WKLB's St. Jude Radiothon...and it was over $400,000, WOW!! Think of how much that’s going to help out. And Colt, if you are reading this buddy, I’ll keep you in my prayers bro.
This Jordan's Furniture place where I performed was absolutely amazing. The area where I performed had all these things made out of Jellybeans. I think I heard there were about 35 million jellybeans in there, it was crazy. And, they were giving trapeze lessons...all kinds of stuff. Pretty cool place. You can check it out on my website on a segment of my AGTV!
After I performed at Jordan's, I went to dinner with Mike & Ginny from WKLB. They are such great people. Their son Ben came too, he's such a great kid. And, my labelmates - Kate & Kacey Coppola joined us for dinner as well, we had a great time. I'm looking forward to several more dates on the road with them. Thanks to Ginny & Mike and WKLB for having me in for the St. Jude Show, I'm so happy to have been a part of it.
The next morning Shelley, Mark and myself flew to Sacramento. Upon arrival, we immediately headed to visit with my friends from KNCI. I went on the air with Greg Cole, and totally unexpected when we got there, Richie McDonald was in the studio already and asked if I’d like to sit in with him. I thought that was pretty cool, so I went in and we all chatted. One of the first tours I ever went on in Canada was with Lonestar, so I figured it was a great opportunity to share some of my experiences with them, and all three of us were laughing. It’s great memories, and Richie is one of the coolest people. That night David Nail, myself and Richie did an acoustic show for an audience of about 2000 screaming girls. Yep, you guessed it, it was “Girls Night Out”. The three of us and maybe a hand full of other guys who were working there were the only guys allowed, lol. It was an awesome show we had so much fun. Thanks to Greg and Mark from KNCI for inviting me to be on the show. Later on that night, I was talking to Richie a little more and asked if he would consider writing with me sometime and he said he would love to, so hopefully we'll make that happen.
Now I’m at home in Nashville and it’s been a relaxing Sunday. My evening is looking open so I’m just gonna take advantage of the time and relax... Talk to y’all soon and have a great evening and week ahead.
God Bless!
ag)
Monday, March 9, 2009
3/6/09: CRS Week Wrap Up
Hey y'all! How you been? Things have been going real well for me...
This year's CRS (Country Radio Seminar) was held this past week in Nashville. It was a success and we got a lot accomplished in our three days there! I am in Muskegon, Michigan right now though, and the weather has been rainy and somewhat gloomy ever since we arrived, and not looking to let up at all.
I've really been getting into the AG TV flip videos a lot lately. They are being uploaded to my site for all of you to see real soon. I started doing AG TV so that all of you could see what the behind-the-scenes stuff looks like - kind of like a visual to the journals I already write. So, please go check out AG TV! You can see it on my website at adamgregory.com.
Speaking more on the CRS topic though, besides having done back to back interviews and tons of mingling, the band and I were given the opportunity to play in the Nashville Convention Center at the CRS New Faces Cocktail Reception. It was a prime time and prime location to capture a radio audience and I think we did just that. Not only was it great to see my radio friends I've gotten to know this past year, but for them to come watch the show and stick around even when the doors to the New Faces Show opened early....THAT was awesome!
Also, on Friday night I performed at Cadillac Ranch down on Broadway as part of the first ever Digital Rodeo Jam. I was part of a lineup that included a couple dozen other artists that played to a packed house. We each performed Top 40 cover songs, so I did my version of Justin Timberlake's "What Goes Around." It was a lot of fun! Thank you to my friends at Digital Rodeo for inviting me to be part of it. Anyways, I hope y'all can check out my AG TV videos for more of what I've been up to the last little while. And there will be more videos on the way.
Have a great day everyone...bye!
ag)
This year's CRS (Country Radio Seminar) was held this past week in Nashville. It was a success and we got a lot accomplished in our three days there! I am in Muskegon, Michigan right now though, and the weather has been rainy and somewhat gloomy ever since we arrived, and not looking to let up at all.
I've really been getting into the AG TV flip videos a lot lately. They are being uploaded to my site for all of you to see real soon. I started doing AG TV so that all of you could see what the behind-the-scenes stuff looks like - kind of like a visual to the journals I already write. So, please go check out AG TV! You can see it on my website at adamgregory.com.
Speaking more on the CRS topic though, besides having done back to back interviews and tons of mingling, the band and I were given the opportunity to play in the Nashville Convention Center at the CRS New Faces Cocktail Reception. It was a prime time and prime location to capture a radio audience and I think we did just that. Not only was it great to see my radio friends I've gotten to know this past year, but for them to come watch the show and stick around even when the doors to the New Faces Show opened early....THAT was awesome!
Also, on Friday night I performed at Cadillac Ranch down on Broadway as part of the first ever Digital Rodeo Jam. I was part of a lineup that included a couple dozen other artists that played to a packed house. We each performed Top 40 cover songs, so I did my version of Justin Timberlake's "What Goes Around." It was a lot of fun! Thank you to my friends at Digital Rodeo for inviting me to be part of it. Anyways, I hope y'all can check out my AG TV videos for more of what I've been up to the last little while. And there will be more videos on the way.
Have a great day everyone...bye!
ag)
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