I love a good sandwich.  I'm not picky at all, I am pretty much in favor of all sandwiches.  The Cuban is probably my fav, but there are a few others that are not far behind.

Tuna Melts, Patty Melts and a great Club are right up there too.  See a trend? These are all sandwiches that require far more effort to make than just slapping something between bread with mayo.  (Which I love too). But a great sandwich that takes time and effort is amazing, and that is this Tuna melt!!!  It's DELISH!

EAT THIS!   -  The Tuna Melt That Beats All Tuna Melts

Zac Brown Band released a new single called "Out in the Middle" which was co-written by Zac Brown and Luke Combs. This is the first time that the two have collaborated on a song along with Ben Simonetti and Jonathan Singleton. "Out in the Middle" is one of two songs Combs co-wrote for ZBB's new album, The Comeback, the other is called "Old Love Song".  

Zac Brown Band goes out on the road for their Out in the Middle Tour beginning April 22nd.

Elvie Shane is following up his #1 single "My Boy" with his new release "County Roads". The song is featured on his debut EP of the same name and also appears on his full length debut album Backslider. 

Evlie Shane will be performing at The Country Fest on Friday, June 17th. Click here to purchase tickets! 

Dustin Lynch sat down for a virtual interview with Good Morning America host Michael Strahan this morning, which is when he made the announcement that he will be releasing his fifth studio album. 'Blue In The Sky' will be available on February 11th and includes his hit single "Thinking 'Bout You" his duet with MacKenzie Porter. The album will also feature collaborations with Chris Lane and Riley Green! 

Watch the interview and the performance of "Thinking 'Bout You" with MacKenzie Porter below!

'Blue in the Sky' is available to pre-order now, and here is the track listing for you: 

"Party Mode"
"Thinking 'Bout You" (featuring MacKenzie Porter)
"Stars Like Confetti"
"Somethin' That Makes You Smile"
"Break It On a Beach"
"Tequila On a Boat" (featuring Chris Lane)
"Tennessee Trouble"
"Summer Never Ended"
"Back Road TN"
"Huntin' Land" (featuring Riley Green)
"Pasadena"
"Not Every Cowboy"

It used to e more than common for careers with country artists to get going at about 40 years old.  That of course is not the norm anymore as breakthrough singers are now in their very early 20's for the most part.  But Walker Hayes is 42, and starting to hit his stride.

Fancy Like was of course a huge song in every way possible, so now what?  FL is a funny sort of novelty song like that can be really hard to follow up sometimes.  It's a smash, and people want to hear it.  So, his new song AA, yes it is a funny ditty about many peoples real life and the tune is exceedingly catchy. But there is much more to both songs.

But As funny as Fancy Like is, and as amusing as AA is, the strength of both songs is their blatant honesty. Both lyrically speak directly to millions of people that can relate in every way. And that has been the separator for country music since it's beginning.  Honest stuff here.

AA -  My Song Of The Week

Box Office Results - Scream  - 70 million

New This Week - The Kings Daughter / Redeeming Love   (Huge Book)

The Kings Daughter -  Was filmed in 2014 and just now released.

Paramount Plus - Has renewed Star Trek: Discover, Star Trek: Lower Decks and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.  (Story)

Lord of the Rings - TV series will be called The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. It premieres September 2nd on Amazon Prime Video.   (Story) 

French Actor Gaspard Ulliel - Who stars in Marvel’s upcoming Moon Knight mini series, died in a ski accident in the French Alps Wednesday - He was 37.  (Story)

This Weekend – Check out my Country Music Memory Lane (link)

There's lots of excitement about Neal McCoy coming to the Dusty Armadillo next weekend, and a few of you suggested that now would be a good time to feature him. Good call.  (I also featured him as part of my series on the 1990's)

McCoy is a really fun story.  His fans love him dearly and he never disappoints in any way.  He is possibly the best example of a guy that was not going to be denied. He certainly traveled a long road, and he carved out a very successful career primarily during country's biggest decade - the 1990's.  And along the way developed a gigantic fan base that is loyal to him today.  I have played all of his songs on the radio, tha majority when I was doing mornings in Florida on WPCV.

His Breakthrough Hit Song -

McCoy, from Texas, gave up selling shoes and finally got a recording contract after winning a talent competition hosted by country legend, Janie Fricke in Dallas.  Then suddenly found himself opening on the road for another legend, Charley Pride for a few years. Word is Fricke and Pride had the same manager and Pride thought McCoy was a real talent. Pride also convinced Ronnie Milsap to go strictly country a number of years earlier -  and that worked out well too. Kudos to the late, Charley Pride.

Great Song On The Radio, Live And In The Clubs

McCoy recorded a couple of albums that really fell flat with no traction in the early 1990's. Then in 1994, he hit with the song, No Doubt About It off a new album of the same name.  It was a perfect song in many ways. Well written, timeless, easy to listen too, country and just flat out good.  It still holds up very well.   The song went #1 and changed Neal McCoy's recording life.  Wink was also a big number one and was very popular in the clubs.  The City Put The Country Back In Me was a top five hit and the album sold over a million copies.  It was tough sledding in the 1990's.  There were so many big stars, it was exceedingly hard to cut through and get noticed.

Loved This Song

The next album Ya Gotta Love That (also a single that I loved)  was a big hit with 4 singles, all top 3's.  It also sold a million nad McCoy was establishing himself as a real fan favorite. In a decade of absolute superstars I think McCoy gave fans sort of an underdog to root for.  He was/is likeable, affable, approachable and just flat out professional.  He puts on an incredible live show too, whether he's at the Dusty, or at an outdoor music festival in front of 20,000.  He has also been a champion for charity and his performing for the military has endeared him to millions of fans.  He has been married to his wife Melinda for over 40 years and fans love that too.

Very Underrated Song

Over the next number of years there was varying levels of chart success and some big songs, like The Shake, Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye, and Billy's Got His Beer Goggles on.  He continued to record, and in 2013 did a real nice album that was a tribute to Charley Pride. He is an incredible ambassador still for Country Music and one of the nicest stars I have ever worked with.  He has even showed up here at the WQMX studios in years past just out of the blue for a visit.

Huge Song With Fans

McCoy is the kind of act you are glad is in country music.  He fought and fought, stuck with it and made himself a viable star and has millions of fans to show for it that have gone on this journey with him. Most, if not all other music formats don't really have stories like his anymore.

Fans Love This Song

But Neal McCoy's is a good one.  Go see Neal McCoy!

Clay Walker announced that his next single from his latest album Texas to Tennessee would be "Catching Up With An Ol' Memory". 

Some of y’all may have guessed it already… but I’m so excited that “Catching Up With An Ol’ Memory” is my next single! Who’s ready to hear it on the radio? ? pic.twitter.com/iX0qtFxcsL

— Clay Walker (@ClayWalker) January 11, 2022

The song is about a heartbreak but it's ok, there is no sadness because of thinking about those old memories.

Of course this week we had the big snow of 2022, Izzy showed up.  I don't care if I even spelled her name right, anyone that dumps that much snow on the ground gets no love from me. 

We joked on the air Tuesday after playing a Menards commercial at 555 AM, about how many snowblowers they must have sold Monday, then we moved on. So Tuesday after the smoke had cleared and we are able to move freely about again with better weather, I stopped at a Home Depot to buy some very exciting Flex Tubing. (I know how to live).  BUT when I walked in there, it was amazing. CLEANED OUT!  One sad, skinny, scrawny snow thrower left. Almost like a power shovel.  I went down to Lowe's, same thing. 

SNOWBLOWER!!!!

So for a silly research project I went to another Lowe's and HD to investigate.   GONE, toast, Nada, zip, all gone.  Every store said they have never seen anything like it. They just flat out sold out quickly.  So,I DID hit a Menards, and the same sad story there, all gone!

Flex Tubing   (Exciting, Huh?)

I can't ever remember a snow incident that got as many people off their wallets as this one and people bought snowblowers.  Now you are covered for years. But that's what 20 inches of snow will do to you.  We had ours going, and every year when I fire that thing up and we get to snow throwing, I'm a happy guy, as my actual shoveling days are officially over.

And after my Lowe's, Home Depot and Menards visits  -   seems yours are too!

People Across The Street Got Serious!!  - My Heroes!

It was a snowy GO!

Luke Combs debuted a new song at the CMA's this past November called "Doin' This". So that may be where you've heard this new one from Luke before. In the song he sings about his love of music and performing and if he wasn't doin' this, he'd still be doin' this regardless of the fame. If you missed the CMA performance here it is!