Cowboy Corner

By Michael W. Stout

"Redneck Woman" Continues Winning Streak

Fresh off her November CMA Horizon Award win, the "Redneck Woman" herself, Gretchen Wilson, took home two Billboard Music Awards last month. Wilson was named New Country Artist of the Year and Female Country Artist of the Year. The only other country award handed out went to Wilson's fellow Muzik Mafia members, Big & Rich, who were named New Country Duo/Group of the Year.

Congratulations, Gretchen and Big & Rich!

"Coal Miner's Daughter" Tops Grammy Nominees List

When the nominations for the 47^th Annual Grammy Awards were announced just last month, the country artist who nabbed the most nods was none other than Butcher Holler, Kentucky's very own "Coal Miner's Daughter, " Loretta Lynn. Lynn had a stellar year last year, thanks in great part to the release of her critically acclaimed Van Lear Rose album. She received a whopping five nominations, including Country Album of the Year, Female Country Vocal Performance for "Miss Being Mrs.," Country Collaboration with Vocals along with Jack White on "Portland Oregon," and two songwriting nods for "Miss Being Mrs." and "Portland Oregon." Unable to complete SELECT *, lm_olads.adid, lm_olads.redirurl, lm_olads.filename AS ad2use FROM lm_adselector LEFT JOIN lm_apporders ON lm_adselector.apporid=lm_apporders.apporid LEFT JOIN lm_olads ON lm_apporders.adid=lm_olads.adid WHERE ((selectorname='StoryID' AND selectorvalue='3021') AND lm_apporders.enddate>2010-09-09) query.