Kidd Manning
What Was Your First Country Concert? [VIDEO]
What was the very first "Country" concert that you attended. Maybe at that point and time folks still called it "Country and Western." My first concert was at the Lubbock Fair Park Coliseum . My mother took me to see Eddie Arnold and I will never forget him singing "The Cattle Call...
Two Year Old Dances Like Elvis [VIDEO]
It makes you wonder. How many hours does a toddler have to set in front of a TV watching Elvis perform to actually pick up the moves. I am not talking about one or two... this toddler has picked them all up. From what appears to be a video from a wedding or family event comes two year old William Stokkebroe...
Lubbock Arts Festival April 13-15 [VIDEO]
Spring time always brings on the Lubbock Arts Alliance sponsored Lubbock Arts Festival running from April 13th through the 15th at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center. The 34th Lubbock Arts Festival is expecting over 30,000 people during the three day festival with over two thousand of those being 2nd grade students from the Lubbock Independent School District...
Yank It or Crank It Casey James and Hunter Hayes [VIDEO]
Casey James did incredibly well in last weeks Yank it or Crank it against Jana Kramer so we decided to see how long Casey James can hold the crown. This weeks Yank it or Crank it has Casey James "Let's Don't Call It a Night" against Hunter Hayes and the song "Wanted...
2012 ACM Awards Live Wedding
The 2012 Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas was different from all the other ACM awards, and why you ask? If you watched, you know right off what we're talking about. A live wedding proceeded during the song "Mary Me" written by Bruno Mars and performed by Martina McBride and Pat Monahan of the band TRAIN...
Eli Young Band Wins at ACM Awards
The Eli Young Band puts Texas/Red dirt officially on the map winning an ACM award with Song of the Year, "Crazy Girl."
Thompson Square Wins ACM Duo [VIDEO]
Thompson Square took home the ACM Duo of the year award a night early on Saturday night in Las Vegas.
10 Things to Do When You Win a Half Billion Dollars
With over a half a billion dollars up for grabs in tonight's mega mega power-whatever multi-ball bonanza lottery, I expect there are a bunch of folks who truly believe it may very well be their lucky day. The odds are incredibly large, and would have to be to win the big cash...
Bonnie Bishop Live in the Bear Studio [VIDEO]
A bright ray of sunshine arrived in the Bear studios last week. Her name is Bonnie Bishop. Fresh off the release of her brand new song "Bad Seed," from the new album called FREE. Bonnie's voice literally shook the wall hangings in our studio...
Rock and Roll vs US Oil Production
I stumbled across this graph that I thought was pretty darn interesting. I was talking with some folks in our industry about the decline of rock music and how there aren't any great songs anymore from the rock genre. One reason may be that the great songs just don't get the airplay that they used too...
Yank or Crank Casey James or Jana Kramer
It's time for another sizzling round of The Bear's "Yank it or Krank it!" You'll remember Casey James from "American Idol" a year ago. Casey was one of my favorite artists from that season and according to Casey, he lucked out coming in third place...
Eli Young Band Live in Adelaide, Australia [VIDEO]
The Eli Young Band has risen to the top of the field. It wasn't but a few years back that the guys were chasing me around Lubbock for a shot on the air while I was on location and it really didn't matter where I was,.. they found me. Two years back the Eli Young Band hosted our free show at the South Plains Fair and the Fair Park Coliseum was packed...