Aug 6, 2011

Ricky Skaggs is one of the warm-up acts as Texas governor Rick Perry holds a Prayer-Palooza event at Houston's Reliant Stadium

Aug 6, 2011

Chris Young racks up a #1 country single in Billboard with "Tomorrow"

Aug 7, 2011

Bass player Marshall Grant, of Johnny Cash's Tennessee Two, dies at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro, Arkansas. He played on most of Cash's hits plus "Flowers On The Wall" by his management client, The Statler Brothers

Aug 7, 2011

LeAnn Rimes and husband Eddie Cibrian cause a stir dancing at Studio Paris in Chicago as they celebrate her hair stylist's birthday

Aug 7, 2011

Craig Morgan wraps his two-day motorcycle ride and benefit in Dickson, Tennessee. The closing show features Pam Tillis, Sarah Darling and Bucky Covington

Aug 7, 2011

John McFee and The Doobie Brothers play a green-energy benefit at Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California, with Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, John Hall, Jason Mraz and Crosby, Stills & Nash

Aug 7, 2011

Blake Shelton appears on the cover of Parade magazine, where he comes out in favor of gay marriage: "I have a life, and I want everyone else to have one, too"

Aug 7, 2011

Kenny Chesney and opening act Uncle Kracker perform the final concert at Roberts Stadium in Evansville, Indiana

Aug 8, 2011

The video for Lauren Alaina's "Like My Mother Does" debuts on GAC and CMT

Aug 8, 2011

Loretta Lynn cancels her live appearances through September 3 to accommodate reconstructive knee surgery