Brianna Nicole was born Tuesday, July 27th at 04:54AM. She weighs 9lbs. 13oz., and is 22in. long. She is an absolute angel! I will post pictures as soon as I have the chance! Bridget and I thank everybody for the well-wishes and presents - it's been very overwhelming! Mama, baby and daddy are all doing well - thanks again.

Here's one from loyal listener, Brad:

Fuzz,

As a reader of your website, here are a few comments and feel free to use them anyway you see fit.

First off - In regards to Friday's “A Chick's Hatchling” article… “F” Natalie Maines and her new commie baby. Are we assuming that because this country seems to be run by such a bad leader that she will be moving overseas to, oh I don't know… maybe Iraq to raise this child. I highly doubt it. Having a cute little baby boy does not make us forget the way you cursed this country, the men and women who fight for it, and the man who leads it.

Reply: Amen to that. Notice the chicks haven't been in the spotlight as of late? It really shows how tight-knit the country music family (artists and broadcasters as well as listeners and fans) is. Linda “End of Career” Ronstadt should have had a talk with Natalie before she made her trip to the casino.

Second - Gretchen Wilson… she fine. I'll give her a “Hell Yea” if you know what I'm saying. All those redneck girls in her video, ummmmm…. where would one go to find women like that? As the resident country music and redneck expert of our group, I expect, no wait… I demand that you tell me where these women are. Country music keeps gettin better and better. I might have to go out and buy a CD or two.

I love how a few hot country singers pop up and all of the sudden my friends who used to make fun of country are all wagging their tongues. Welcome to the team Brad, the hot redneck women are located… at Wal-Mart and Discount Liquor. Enjoy. Honestly, you can find some snickety redneck women at The Mineshaft during Pure Country Friday nights, and at the Rubicon Ranch just west of Hartford. If you know of any other places in Wisconsin to find hot Redneck women, feel free to send me an email: fuzz@fuzzmartin.com.

The Dixie Chick's Natalie Maines and her husband Adrian Pasdar welcomed new baby “Beckett Finn Pasdar” into the family last Wednesday. Beckett weighed in at 7lbs, 7oz and both he and mama are doing fine.

Rachel Proctor tells the Charleston Gazette that she is “still kind of surprised it's happening” in regards to the success of her latest single “Me and Emily.” Two years ago Rachel wrote “Where Would You Be” for Martina McBride, and now she is enjoying her own success on stage and in the studio. Rachel told the Gazette's Rusty Marks, “I always tend to write more from life experiences. If I can get it out through a song, I think it might help people. And the message behind ‘Me & Emily’ is a very positive message.” “Me and Emily” spends this week at #16 on the Radio and Records chart and #18 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart.

Brooks & Dunn celebrated the sales of 25,000,000 CD's this week with a big party in Nashville - and now they have announced that they are not only releasing a “Greatest Hits” CD on October 19th, but they are also recording a new studio album to debut shortly after “Greatest Hits” reaches stores. They are rumored to be in cahoots with Sheryl Crow and Jewel on the new project.

This weekend the Grand Ole Opry welcomes SHeDAISY, Craig Morgan, Joe Nichols, Charley Pride, and Bering Strait.

The “Tennessean,” Nashville's most prestigious newspaper, is reporting that Metro Police have recovered the videotape which was stolen from LeAnn Rimes's home earlier this week. The police report names Raymond Martin, who had worked on LeAnn's alarm system that week, lifted the video from her garage. A search of Martin's home turned up the videotape. Martin was arrested on charges of 'theft of property,' and freed on $10,000 bail. According to Metro Police detective Thomas Jarrell, the videotape “did not contain embarrassing material.”

Toby Keith is getting ready to kick off his “Big Throwdown Tour,” but the word “Big” doesn't quite cut it. The tour's lineup includes Toby's song-writing companion Scotty Emerick as well as Terri Clark, and it officially gets underway on July 30th in Bonner Springs, KS. A complete list of tour dates is available at TobyKeith.com, and more and more dates are being added everyday.

You only have about a week left (August 1st - last day to sign up) to get on the Fuzz Martin/Carol's Tours trip to see the Green Bay Packers take on the Colts in Indianapolis on September 26th.

The trip includes:
Deluxe Motorcoach Bus (round trip)
Game Ticket
Tailgate Party
Hotel Stay (Saturday Night at Hampton Inn, Downtown Indy)
1 Deluxe Continental Breakfast
1 Lunch

Trip departs from Beaver Dam, Horicon and West Bend on Saturday, September 25th and will return home after the game - we should be back by 1AM on Monday morning.

Prices:
$279/per person double occupancy
$269/per person triple occupancy
$339/per person single occupancy

To sign up, call Carol's Tours of Beaver Dam at 920-887-7701.

Heidi Newfield of Trick Pony and her new husband Bill Johnson are both okay, but slightly injured after a two-car accident Monday night near the Tallahassee airport in Destin, FL. Heidi suffered neck and back injuries and was treated and released from the hospital. Bill suffered multiple fractures in his left hand and will require surgery. Heidi is back on the road today, ironically, pushing their new CD “R.I.D.E.,” which is set to be released on September 28th.

Have you seen the new Bush/Kerry spoof? It has been carried by CNN, Fox News, all the major networks. It's hilarious - This Land Is My Land.

This just in - CNN is a load of crap. That's big news to most of you, I know. Here's the latest in unintelligent partisan reporting. Headline: “Jenna Bush Sticks Tongue Out” Story:

WASHINGTON (AP) -- When first lady Laura Bush counseled her twin daughters on how to behave while campaigning with their father, she may have skipped the part about not sticking your tongue out at the media.

That's what Jenna Bush did Tuesday after President Bush arrived at St. Louis' Lambert International Airport.

After Bush joined his daughters in a limousine, Jenna stuck her tongue out at about a dozen photographers and reporters.

As the reporters started to laugh and snap photographs, the 22-year-old looked at them for a few more seconds, smiling and laughing.

The Bush twins recently joined their dad on the stump for his last political campaign.

WTF??? You are running a story about a girl sticking her tongue out. Her tongue. Running the story about Dick Cheney telling Senator Patrick Leahy to go F himself was bad enough. They aer both non-stories. Unless, of course, you are trying to make the President look bad - and if that is what you are trying to do on the front page of your politics section, then you ought to claim your employees wages as Kerry-Edwards campaign dollars. I have to go now before I pull my hair out.

Gretchen Wilson expected to receive a coveted platinum record last night for selling 1,000,000 copies of her debut CD “Here for the Party.” The surprise was on her at the Sony Nashville record party as they awarded Wilson a Double-Platinum record! Which means she has actually sold 2,000,000 copies of the CD. Gretchen is on tour through the end of the year and has stops in IA, MA and ME this weekend.

GeorgeStrait.com is reporting that George Strait's two-night stand at Edmonton, Alberta, Canada's Rexall Place went down in history as the highest grossing concert at the arena. George played to sold out crowds of 18,000 on both nights and brought in $2.1 Million dollars. (US) It had been 15 years since the last time Strait played at the Rexall Place, and fans were surely craving his performance. Originally only one show was scheduled, which sold out immediately, promoters then added another concert which also sold out. “It was an incredible event,” said Events Marketing Cooridnator, Pauline Hughes, to GeorgeStrait.com. “We just hope it’s not going to be another fifteen years before we can welcome him back!” George heads back to the United States this weekend for shows in Cheyenne, WY, Omaha, NE, and Eau Claire, WI.

His next dual-CD set “Fifty #1 Hits” featuring all 50 of his #1 solo singles and his latest single “I Hate Everything” will be in stores October 5th.

Martina McBride has been all over country music lately, teaming up with different artists on albums and on the road. Currently you can hear Martina on Jimmy Buffett's latest CD “License to Chill,” Big & Rich's “Horse of a Different Color,” and see her in concert with Alan Jackson. Her latest single “How Far” is currently #11 on Radio and Records Top 50 Country Singles chart.

According to the Los Angeles Times, Linda Ronstadt says she'll continue to praise controversial director Michael Moore while on stage. This comes despite the angry response she received at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas last Saturday. “This is an election year, I want people to get their head up out of their mashed potatoes and learn something about the issues and go and vote. … I'm not telling them how to vote. I'm saying, get information about the issues.” Her comments at the Aladdin Hotel sparked a near mob scene with objecting fans throwing drinks and defacing Linda's posters. Nearly 100 concert-goers called the Universal Ampitheater in Los Angeles requesting refunds to her Tuesday night show.

Brad Paisley recently helped legendary guitar amplifier designer Dr. Z with the design of a new amp. The amp is based off of Dr. Z's original design called “the Prescription,” the new amplifier will be called “Prescription Extra Strength.” Paisley is currently using it on the road and in his television appearances. “Prescription Extra Strength” will be in stores very soon.

This week's Billboard 200 All-Genre's chart shows Jimmy Buffett's “License to Chill” in the number one slot just one week after it was released. This is the first time Buffett has topped the Billboard 200 in his 30-plus-year career. Gretchen Wilson moves up 5 spots to number 3 with her “Here for the Party” disc, and her MuzikMafia coherts Big & Rich round out country music's presence in the sales top 10 with a strong number 6 showing.

Keeping it in the Hill-McGraw family, Tim McGraw's first full-length film Friday Night Lights is set to be released on October 15th. The movie is based on H.G. Bissinger's best-selling book of the same title and stars Tim, Billy Bob Thorton, and some lesser-known young stars. The film, produced by Brian Grazer (8 Mile) depicts the entire 1988 Permian High Panthers (Odessa, TX) high school football season. McGraw character portrays an overbearing father of one of the players.

Expect new music from Jo Dee Messina later this summer. Jo Dee told the Pittsburgh Post Gazette that her new CD “Delicious Surprise” will be released before the end of the year. Messina refers to the album as “…more like the 'I'm Alright' record than like 'Burn.'” Jo Dee is on tour through the end of September. Tour dates are available at www.jodeemessina.com.