Brett Young's latest album, Across the Sheets, ends with the remake of a Tim McGraw classic - "Don't Take the Girl". It was Tim's first #1 single off of his 1994 album Not A Moment Too Soon. I think it's an amazing song, as many of our listeners do as well. Now Brett Young has put his own spin to it.

Tim says he thinks Brett did an excellent job with the song and "He sings his butt off!" Find a link to hear Brett Young's version of "Don't Take the Girl" here.

Guitar Town - Steve Earle - 1986 - (Album - Guitar Town)

Steve Earle was and is a talented guy.  His incredible album, Copperhead Road  (1988) is the stuff of legend. It's worth a search and listen as it has been highly influential to many, many young country artists.   But a few years before that was this terrific #1 Country album.  Guitar Town  (song) was a top ten hit with two Grammy nominations for Steve Earle And The Dukes in 1986.  It was the second single from the album of the same name, as the first single off this album was a terrific song called Hillbilly Highway  that did not chart well, but was a song I really liked.  You could hear with this single and album there was a lot to like with Steve Earle.  But as far as country was concerned, it seemed he was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.  The format was in the embryonic stage of shifting more traditional. PLUS there were those who were still hanging on to pop country.  THEN there were those who were not willing to give up on the Old Schooler's too. We were split in thirds.  Earle was new, energetic and different, and I'm not sure where he was going to fit in.  Sadly, in the long run he didn't.  He just may have been a bit ahead of what many were ready for.  And of course just around the corner was Copperhead Road that became legendary and is massively loved by fans in many formats.  But first there was Guitar Town!

I spend a great deal of time outside, and there is no doubt my favorite season is fall. We're not quite there yet, despite pumpkin spiced and Halloween items already being available at many businesses in anticipation of the season. The worst part about fall is that it is kind of like Sunday, in that it's enjoyable, but you know what is coming up next won't be fun. 

Anyways, no matter what the season is, I'm always looking forward for it to not be the one that it is currently. Come August, I'm just about done with summertime and these hot and sticky days. My biggest grievance is all of the mosquito bites I'm sporting right now. There's two awful ones right on my chest inches from one another, and I am pretty sure I picked them both up whilst riding the motorcycle. The one actually hurt and was itching me, so it's possible there was another insect in the mix. 

It's easy to complain with this feeling of discomfort as a constant for me, but I am trying to be more appreciative of any given moment, and right now things aren't so bad. In the middle of winter when there is no snow but its like 3 degrees outside, I get cabin fever. Although I'll be out in it regardless, I hate the cold. In the spring it's rainy. My complaint with fall my entire life has been that it marks the end of my summer break from school, but as a recent graduate, that's no longer an issue for me. So really fall is perfect, but I digress.

Thinking about what's good about your current situation is a must. If you get caught up in all the reasons things could be better, its easy lose sight of how not-bad your situation really is. As they say, it can always be worse. On most any freezing winter day where I have an annual flu and can't feel my fingers, I would trade 1000 mosquito bites for it to be summer again. With this, I hope you will appreciate the remainder of this Northeast Ohio summer season and enjoy every single day not necessarily for what it is, but for what is is not. 

I think everyone is a huge fan of Shania Twain...

Wednesday Night is the Shania SuperFan Episode on CBS.  "Any Fan Of Mine" puns will rule the night, I am sure. (sorry had to)

We'll see who is "Still The One" that is Shania's SuperFan...

There are still Little Big Town and Kelsea Ballerini Episodes in the upcoming weeks.

It was announced this morning that Luke Combs has scheduled his "Growin' Up and Gettin' Old" Tour fo 2024. No local dates on the list, but WQMX wants to hook you up for a road trip to see him in Buffalo! Listen to Scott & Sarah the rest of this week at 7:40 fo your chance to win a pair of tickets to see Luke Combs, Jordan Davis, Mitchell Tenpenny & more April 20th at Highmark Stadium in Buffalo!

If you don't want to chance it on winning tickets, they go on sale next Friday (August 25th) at 10am.

Whenever fruit gets a little ripe in our house, we make sure to use it. Sure, you could make smoothies, but why not make muffins? Most of the time we make banana muffins, because let's face it, the minute you bring them home, they're ripe. Even if they were green when you bought 'em!

This time it was the blueberries, my eyes were bigger than my stomach when I bought them. I bought a lot. I happened to have a couple of lemons on hand too (gotta have that lemon water in the morning), so I decided to make Lemon Blueberry muffins, which was a first for me. They were so good, especially warm out of the oven! Next time I may add some more lemon zest into the recipe and maybe even make a lemon glaze to put on them. Obviously, I want more lemon!

Click here for the recipe I used, but there are so many out there to choose from if you do a quick Google search!

Suzy Bogguss - Drive South  -  1992

I couldn't wait for this song to come up.  I am a big Suzy Bogguss fan, and I have stated before that she is one of the best pure singers I have ever heard in any kind of music over my 40 plus years behind the mic.  Her voice is simply perfect, and her versatility is incredible.  This song was a bit different for her then.  Until this, Bogguss recorded seemingly much simpler songs that were more tame and showcased her God given singing voice.  But what this song did was have a much fuller, more produced sound, and guess what?  Her voice is still out front and center and clearly the star of the song.  This does what any really good song does.  It takes you someplace and creates a vivid vision in your mind.  This is a happy, uptempo song that has a singular focus, and that is to make your mood brighter than it was 3 minutes ago.  This was the third version of this song recorded since 1988, and the most successful. This was her highest charting song as it reached number 2 on the country charts.  Great song, great performance, perfect artist for this really slick song.  We were very lucky to have Suzy Bogguss - remarkably talented, and completely first class.

Last Week #19

My Full Profile On Suzy Bogguss

Do you ever have something happen to you and your first instinct is to look around for Ashton Kutcher because you feel like it is so ridiculous it can't even be real?

Let me take you back a step. Recently I cleaned out my car. I vividly remember taking out my four floormats to clean them. About a week later I notice that one of them is not in my car. Your guess is as good as mine as to where it is now, but the realization that my set is now incomplete was a hard pill to swallow.

There's nothing unique or even nice about this particular floormat. What eats at me is the cold truth that I only lost one. I am one of those people where every little thing I own needs to have its place, and for just one of my floormats to have vanished is borderline enfuriating.

I looked far and wide, and I have since come to peace with the fact that it is gone. There's nothing I can do to change this, and I've chosen the path of simply laughing it off, at this point. It's just a better feeling. We cannot control what happens to us, but we do manage how we react to things. Don't sweat the small stuff and fixate on that which you have no power over; find your peace in this chaotic world by rolling with the punches. It's just a floormat!

Every evening at 8:15, I play the Not-so Impossible Question. This week, your playing to win a family 4 pack of tickets to the Props & Pistons Festival happening this weekend (Aug 19-20) at the Akron Fulton Airport. Keep in mind I word the questions in a way that they should be very easy to figure out.

If you enjoy cars and planes (or one or the other) this weekend is for you! Here is the link to the festival website to get all of the 4-1-1.

Many have been asking where to get your Electric Green Send Me Backstage T-Shirts.

Look for me August 26th from 1-2:30 with Zombie John's at Countryside Campgrounds in Mogadore.  They will have plenty for you to check out and enjoy from the Massimo Line-up and all your powersport needs... Countryside Campgrounds is amazing.  Come sign up for Hardy/Lainey Wilson and Dylan Marlowe Tickets at the Covelli Center and show off your future country concert tickets to get your Send Me Backstage T-shirts....  Here's just some of the fun goin' on...  Let's Go!!!