Michael Ray has released his next single, "Holy Water", and this song really tells a story! It's about a Florida preacher who is running a moonshine business on the side. Michael says he was drawn to the song because of parallels in his own life. His great, great, great grandfather helped build a little church in his hometown, and there were rumors that his family may have been in the bootleg business, The Boot has more on that story!
When you talk about promotions on the WQMX they stick in your head.
Well for Valentine's Day we did a Love Meat Tender Promotion with great certificates from 3-D Meats and gave away a meat smoker.
My wife and I, don't go big for the Valentine's Holiday... Flowers for her and she surprised me with a dinner that was probably because I was singing "Love Meat Tender... Love Me True" like Elvis for about 3 weeks straight. The heart plate was delicious and now onto the next promotion!
I will continue belting out Son of A... Hot Beer until Saturday at Charger Lanes in Norton. Don't forget to get your lane for the 2nd Annual Red, White & Bowl... Click Here to reserve your lane while you can...
C'mon! Let's all take better pictures.
Last year I read that about 10% of ALL PICTURES EVER TAKEN - were taken just last year. Tons of reasons, phones, the slowdown, social media and the desire for many to document every second of their lives with pictures.
So, we may as well want to take the best pics possible!
How about the some of the BEST Valentines Day Songs EVER in Country. Let's list a few. No order just a great list right here! These are SOME of them, I chose some from many different era's and artists. Feel free to share this, as there are some great songs here. Some maybe you have not heard in a while.
Happy Valentines Day and ENJOY!
Keeper Of The Stars - Tracy Byrd
Still The One - Shania
It's Your Love - Tim and Faith
Amazed - Lonestar
Up To Heaven - Reba McEntire
To Make You Feel My Love -Garth
Meet Me In Montana - Marie Osmond / Dan Seals
Lady - Kenny Rogers
The Bones - Maren Morris
I'll Still Be Loving You - Restless Heart
Never Been So Loved - Charley Pride
Love, Me - Colin Raye
I'll Go On Lovin' You - Alan Jackson
You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like That - Toby Keith
Blue Ain't Your Color - Keith Urban
The Beautiful Windy - My Love
You love potatoes? Yeah me too! Sometimes we try to make great breakfast foods at home and we hit a home run, and sometimes it's like....eh...OK.....
Let's crank up your Home fries Game right here, right now!
Eggs, sausage, these, and English Muffin, and a Bloody Mary? I'm in!
Dustin Lynch not only released a new single today, "Party Mode", he released a whole new album called 'Blue In The Sky'! Getting back to the song though, this is a post-break up anthem about going out and having fun with your friends to get your mind off your ex. But, also looking at that silver lining in a heartbreak and the future that lies ahead.
Lots of yak the past few days about the fact that the Bengals are in the Superbowl and the Browns are not. There is no shortage of opinions on this from ESPN and local sports radio and TV. Reminder, the only people that thought is was preordained that Browns would be there are those - frankly talking heads and their lousy take about the Browns last August. The Browns had to earn it, they did not, but why?
Joe Burrow and Baker Mayfield have some things in common and some not. Both first pick QB's in the draft, both charged with turning around terrible teams and both in a tough division. Both suffering a big injury. The differences? Baker has played for more years, two of them with a clown show coaching staff that is now gone, and he is injured right now. Burrow has played two years with a solid coaching staff and plan and is over his injury and is healthy now.
Burrow is better, but that has nothing to do with Baker. Burrow is better than virtually all others from the neck up, and has incredible skills from the neck down. He is a generational guy. Cerebral, smart, prepared, Brady-like. If he stays healthy, he will be better than most that have ever played the game. And that again has nothing to do with Baker. Browns fans can't compare the two, but they do for some reason. If Burrow was there the year the Browns had the top pick, they would have taken him of course.
Baker was significantly hurt all year, as was the Browns offensive line, as was basically Kareem Hunt, and Jarvis Landry. Covid hit the Browns late in the year and cost us a win or two. The head coach gets bored watching the best running attack in the NFL for some reason and abandons it in big games and calls plays that are head scratching at best and ridiculous at worst. There were some players here doggin' it all year making it very problematic in the locker room too. They have absolutely awful special teams, and a kicker that doesn't make field goals in big games. Fair question, what team survives all that and has a great year?
Tough words? Yes, and all true. We are not in the Superbowl and those are among the reasons why. If the narrative over the next number of years is going to be about Burrow and Baker that's time and energy wasted. Burrow is a Bengal and Baker is a Brown and that's just the luck of the draft.
So, why is Burrow in the Superbowl? Or more accurately and honestly, why are the BENGALS in the Superbowl? He's 100% healthy, as is most of his team. They are well coached, and they have sunk about 200 million (fact) into their defense over the past two years. They have a GREAT kicker that they drafted and drafted an amazing receiver that Burrow wanted badly and he's made all the difference. They also beat the Steelers twice and the Ravens twice to get in position to make the playoffs. I have said that here for years, you must beat the Steelers TWICE a year and they did, we did not. If we would have, we would be in the playoffs. BTW who beat the Bengals TWICE this year? The Browns. And Baker has never lost to Burrow.
And another BTW, if the horribly coached Browns could have won just 1 more game of the five they SHOULD have won but blew from the sidelines, the last game against the Bengals would have been for the playoffs. Math says the Browns are not far away, but reality says they might be. The Browns issue is not solely Baker, who needs to get healthy and play the way he can. It's organizational. They need to be better in many avenues outside of that.
But here is the good news. With all that went wrong this year there is next year to learn from this and get it right. Sign Baker to a deal that makes sense and get that behind you, rid yourselves of guys who are not loyal and don't want to be here. Start beating the Steelers, and Ravens and beat Burrow when it's his turn. Get healthy all across the board, and get smart for the love of God and make play calls, coaching, roster and draft decisions that make at least some kind of sense. As a fan, I would ask you maybe lay off Baker (who needs to be better) and jump on the coaching staff, they are far more of the problem.
I will not moan about the fact they have Burrow and we have Baker. 30 other teams don't have Burrow either. I will look forward to the meetings where Baker and the Browns beat Burrows Bengals in the years ahead. I hope Burrow wins this weekend, it'll be fun to beat the best next year.
GO BROWNS!
In case you missed some of these from the recent past, let's get you caught up. Here's some GREAT stars from a few different era's I've written recently - Grab a coffee, and your earbuds, and get comfy! Thanks for reading!
The area team that many thought would never be be good again, is! The Cavaliers are one of the best teams in the NBA right now. Yep, the Cavs are still in the league and are really good!
For those who thought they would never be good again after LeBron left just simply watch too much ESPN, and probably never played the game or don't really know the game. The Cavs have been in the league since 1970 and had very good and very bad teams before Lebron was even born. And the same will be said long after he retires.
This team is fun to watch. I went to a game a couple months ago with the Beautiful Windy, and we want to go again. This team likes each other, plays hard and is very talented. If they stay healthy and make a move or two more this week, they will be very tough to beat in the regular season, and post season.
It's fun to see the Cavs good again. GO CAVS!!!
Box Office Results - Jackass Forever 24 million~!
New This Week - Blacklight (Neeson)
Death On The Nile
Marry Me (JLo)
Jackass – Is also a hit with movie critics surprising approval
Catherine Zeta-Jones - Will be in the upcoming Disney Plus series National Treasure, based on the Nicolas Cage movie.(Story)
NBC - Has renewed That’s My Jam, hosted by Jimmy Fallon, for a second season (Story)
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