http://kicks105.com Thu, 23 May 2013 15:05:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://kicks105.com/the-first-country-record-and-the-loss-of-a-legend-this-day-in-country-music-june-30th-video/ http://kicks105.com/the-first-country-record-and-the-loss-of-a-legend-this-day-in-country-music-june-30th-video/#comments Sat, 30 Jun 2012 16:01:51 +0000 Sean Ericson http://kicks105.com/?p=71743 This date is a very important day in Country music. June 30th marks the making of the first Country music record and the passing of a legend.

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]]> http://kicks105.com/a-big-day-for-babies-this-day-in-country-music-history-june-20th/feed/ 0 Mike Coppola, Getty Images http://kicks105.com/this-day-in-country-music-history-march-18th/ http://kicks105.com/this-day-in-country-music-history-march-18th/#comments Fri, 18 Mar 2011 12:19:16 +0000 Sean Ericson http://kicks105.com/?p=4256 On this day in 2010, Blake Shelton played his first headlining show at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium to a sold out crowd… before the show he told the press, "I cannot wait to stand-up on the historic Ryman stage, in front of my family and fans, and give the best performance of my life".

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