Parra News May 28 2024

COUNTRY
CORNER
Lainey Wilson, winner of
Entertainer of the Year.
Lainey’s big win
No surprises that Lainey
Wilson was the big winner
at the ACM Awards, held
earlier this month.
Wilson beat out the likes
of Chris Stapleton, Luke
Combs and Morgan Wallen
to win the coveted Entertainer
of the Year award.
She also won Female Artist
of the Year and Music Event
of the Year for ‘Save Me’ with
Jelly Roll.
The heartstring-pulling
‘Next Thing You Know’ by
Jordan Davis won Song of
the Year.
Luke Combs won Single of
the Year for ‘Fast Car’ while
Chris Stapleton’s ‘Higher’
won Album of the Year.
Stapleton also won Male
Artist of the Year.
Strait back to it
On the heels of sharing
the news of his 31st studio
album with fans during a
sold-out show at Indianapolis’
Lucas Oil Stadium
earlier this month, Country
Music Hall of Fame member
George Strait has debuted
the first release from
‘Cowboys And Dreamers’
with ‘MIA Down in MIA’.
Written by Adam Craig and
Dean Dillion, and produced
by Strait with Chuck Ainlay,
the song features the Texas
native’s Ace in the Hole
Band, including longtime
fiddle player Gene Elder.
“I’m dedicating this
record to my longtime
manager and friend Erv
Woolsey and my longtime
fiddle player and friend
Gene Elders (a player on
four of these tracks), who we
lost on the same day, March
20, 2024, as well as my
longtime friend and road
manager Tom Foote, who
we lost on April 29, 2024,”
shared Strait.
“I will never forget all of the
good times we had together.
May they rest in peace with
our Lord Jesus Christ.”
The follow-up to ‘Honky
Tonk Time Machine’,
Strait’s 27th No. 1 Billboard
Country album, ‘Cowboys
And Dreamers’ will feature
13 new songs, including
‘Honky Tonk Hall Of Fame’
featuring Chris Stapleton,
which the pair debuted
during the sold-out show
at Lucas Oil Stadium on
May 4, and his own rendition
of Waylon Jennings’
‘Waymore’s Blues’.
‘MIA Down in MIA’ is
available to
stream.
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