Country Throwback

It's WE Fest weekend, which means a lot of great music will be heard and a lot of beer will be consumed in Detroit Lakes.  While the main headliners are Blake Shelton, Miranda Lambert and Rascal Flatts, I think by the end of the weekend a lot of people will be talking about Hank Williams Jr.

The Howling Moon Music Festival is Friday at Bayfront Festival Park in Duluth.  Jon Pardi returns to the Northland, with special guests, so my Country Throwback revisits his first top 10 hit.

With Kenny Chesney bringing Jason Aldean, Brantley Gilbert and Cole Swindell to Target Field this weekend, my Country Throwback remembers the top country song in 2002.

It's Nude Recreation Week and if you haven't done a thing yet to celebrate, you still have time to drop trou and join the revolution.  My Country Throwback this week is inspired by this annual celebration as I revisit the second number 1 of Joe Nichol's career.

With the 4th Of July holiday coming, the obvious choice for my Country Throwback was a song honoring America.  There are so many great songs about our country, but I thought I'd focus on the last big hit from Aaron Tippin.

Recently we announced that Minong, Wisconsin will be the home to the first year of the Northwest Music Festival, starring Trace Adkins and Rodney Atkins.  In honor of the new festival, I decided to revisit Rodney Atkin's first top five hit in my Country Throwback.

With the 39th Annual Grandma's Marathon and the 25 Annual Gary Bjorklund Half Marathon up on us I thought it only fitting that my Country Throwback should focus on running.

In a little over a week, runners of Grandma's Marathon and the Gary Bjorklund Half Marathon will board buses for what feels like a thousand mile ride the their respective starting lines.  In honor of that feeling, I decided to choose a Dwight Yoakam favorite for this week's Country Throwback.

This weekend "Spy", the new Melissa McCarthy comedy is being released.  Early reviews have been very positive, saying this could be her funniest and best movie yet.  In honor of that, I thought I'd explore a spying situation with my Country Throwback.

With the Insane Inflatable 5K happening Saturday in Superior, I thought I'd go a little insane with my Country Throwback.

This week David Letterman signed off as most of us wished he would continue to be a late night mainstay.  For my Country Throwback this week, I started thinking of country artists he's had on over the years and one obscure episode has always stuck with me.

After completing her 105-show residency at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Shania Twain announced a final tour that did include a July 28 show at Target Center.  Recently, Shania announced she will make one more visit to Minneapolis later in the summer.