Hey y'all!  I hope everyone is doing great. Well, the time is almost here. My new cd – Chicken and Biscuits - comes out this Tuesday April 20^th! It has been hard work by so many people to make this record. I feel like I have gotten better as a song writer but I haven’t forgotten who I am and where I’m from.

This album has some really great songs that I am so proud of. I’ve got songs for all my country girls and songs for my hard working country boys. I’ve got songs for my hunting and fishing folks and 4-wheel driving friends. I’ve got stuff for my truck driving buddies. I’ve got songs for all ages and I was very lucky to have some of my favorite artists help me out. What I’ve got are songs for y’all and our lives.

I hope that next Tuesday y’all will go get my new record - Chicken and Biscuits. I want to prove to everyone that I have the BEST friends and fans in the world. It would sure freak everyone out if I had the # 1 record on the Chart. I can't wait to hear what y’all think because I listen to y’all and I make music for y’all. I hope you enjoy this record and I can't wait to see all y’all on the road!

Thanks for allowing me to be a part of your lives and for making mine amazing. I love y’all.

God Bless,

Colt

Colt will be taking over XM-11 “Nashville” this Saturday, April 17 from 7pm – Midnight (Eastern).  It will be 5 hours of Colt, his music, music he likes and the “send us a picture of your ‘Chicken & Biscuits’ contest” to win CDs and virtual concert tickets.  If you don’t have Sirius/XM you can go HERE to listen Saturday evening. You don't want to miss it!

Chicken & Biscuits will be in stores on April 20, 2010!!!

Starting today you can stream Chicken & Biscuits in its entirety at CMT.com. That's right folks...the amazing folks at CMT and Rhapsody are allowing you to hear the entire album a whole week before it is released in stores! What are you waiting for click HERE to listen now!

There are many ways to describe Colt Ford. You can call him an entertainer. You can call him a recording artist. You can even call him a little different, and as it turns out, he would be the first to agree with that assessment. However, one description that gets under the Georgia native’s skin is to label his music as “country-rap.” When asked about his feelings on that term, Ford tells LimeWire Music Blog, “Man, I hate that, I really do. It’s not because there aren’t elements of that ion what I do. I do have some songs that are certainly more rap in my delivery or vocal style, I would say. But, when you say that to people, there’s a real negative connotation. That’s what I don’t like about it, because if you listen to what I do, and think it’s something that’s never been done before, you’re wrong. “The Devil Went Down To Georgia” is what I do. “A Boy Named Sue.” “Convoy.” “I Wanna Talk About Me.” That is exactly what I do. Nobody says that Toby Keith is a country-rapper. Is there anything more country than squaredancing? What does that guy sound like when he’s calling a square dance? I’m not doing anything new.” The singer has a point when describing some of the format’s biggest hits of all time. If you wanted to research things a little further, talking blues (which many consider to be the forerunner of rap) definitely had a place in some of the earliest recordings of country music. Ford knows that he doesn’t sound like everyone else on the airwaves, and that’s exactly the point.

“Certainly, with what’s going on in country music today, it’s very different. And, when you do something that is that different, there’s a lot of people that are scared and afraid of it…and I get it. My thing is….just give it a chance. I don’t want to stand in anyone’s way. I mean, I love Taylor Swift. I think she’s brilliant. But, I can’t sound like her. Do you want everybody to sound the same? That’s not what we want, is it? We want variety. We want Jamey Johnson. We want the Zac Brown Band, Randy Houser, and Jason Aldean. All those people are different. I feel like I am a country artist, but I just deliver it a little different. I’ve got some stuff on my new album  that hopefully, will make people say ‘Ok, I didn’t know he could do that, and he’s singing a little bit. I didn’t know he could do that.’  But I think you just try to grow as an artist, but stay who you are.”

As an artist, Ford has already been quite successful—though you might be asking yourself who he is. Without the help of radio play in major markets or a major top-40 single, he is selling records at an astonishing rate. His latest album, Ride Through The Country, has scanned past the 150,000 unit mark, and fans are getting ready for the release of his newest work, Chicken and Biscuits, on April 20. Where his music has gotten played though, fans have made songs like “Mr. Goodtime” and “No Trash In My Trailer” as huge as anything else that might be out at the time. Needless to say, numbers (in this case—sales) don’t lie.

 

(Myrtle Beach, S.C.) Monday, April 12, 2010 – Hootie & The Blowfish’s 16th Annual Monday After The Masters Celebrity Pro-Am Golf Tournament is pleased to announce this year’s tournament winners were a six-person team led by PGA TOUR player DJ Trahan and country music singer Steve Azar with a score of 18-under par. Placing second in the event was Hootie & The Blowfish drummer Jim “Soni” Sonefeld’s team paired with Pro Dustin Johnson; third was Darius Rucker with Pro Jim Furyk; and fourth place was Colt Ford paired with Tommy Gainey—all three teams boasting 17-under par.  Jack Ingram placed seventh with Pro Darron Stiles.  For the fifth consecutive year a sellout crowd of 6,000 fans packed The Dye Club at Barefoot Resort & Golf to see their favorite celebrities, athletes and musicians compete in North Myrtle Beach, S.C.

“This is our eighth year at Dye Club, and we couldn’t be happier with the turn out, beautiful weather, and stellar field of celebrities and pros attending this year,” said Tournament Director, Paul Graham.

Darius Rucker, lead singer for Hootie & The Blowfish and 2009 CMA New Artist of the Year, commented, “This year’s event has been phenomenal, and we’re so thankful to all our sponsors, friends, pros, and supporters for making this our favorite golf event each year.”

The 2010 Monday After The Masters Tournament featured one of the most star-laden fields in tournament history with many of the biggest names in the music, television and movies, sports and the professional golf world. Headlining the 16th annual tournament were PGA TOUR players Jim Furyk, John Daly and former Coastal Carolina University star Dustin Johnson; professional wrestling legend Ric Flair; NFL Hall of Famer Dan Marino; former Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon; former Cleveland Browns quarterback Bernie Kosar; NASCAR drivers Kyle Petty and Michael Waltrip; LPGA golfer and Myrtle Beach area native Kristy McPherson.

Representing the music world were country sensations Colt Ford, Jack Ingram, Steve Azar and Johnny Lee; R&B singer Javier Colon; pop rock performer Edwin McCain; musician Branford Marsalis; Alter Bridge drummer Scott Phillips; Andrew Copeland and Ken Block of Sister Hazel and Dan Tyminski of Union Station. Actors participating in the 2008 Monday After The Masters included Tom Berenger and actress Paula Trickey.