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DENVER, May 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Start stomping your boots: Big & Rich and Gretchen Wilson are ringing in the 4th of July weekend, American country style, in support of Shriners Hospitals for Children®.

By Mark Jordan James Otto will always remember where he was when he learned of his first Country Music Award nomination. And if he forgets, they can always just run tape.

By Troy Espe, The Leader-Telegram, Eau Claire, Wis. Jul. 19--John Rich announced that Friday night's concert would be Big and Rich's last show of 2008. But he ensured the country duo departed in a blaze of glory.

By Brandy McDonnell, The Oklahoman Mar. 5--Oklahomans Rascal Flatts, Carrie Underwood, Vince Gill, Reba McEntire and Brooks & Dunn were on the list Tuesday when the nominees for the 43rd annual Academy of Country Music Awards were announced.