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🔥 RAGWEED REUNION CONFIRMED

according to Josh Crutchmer at @rollingstone‼️

🎸 YOUR DREAMS HAVE COME TRUE‼️ Cross Canadian Ragweed has just confirmed The Boys From Oklahoma Reunion Concert with Turnpike Troubadours ONE NIGHT ONLY on Saturday April 12, 2025 at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater, Oklahoma including special guests The Great Divide, Jason Boland & The Stragglers as well as Stoney LaRue‼️

🎟️ WE HAVE THE CURE FOR YOUR RAGWEED FEVER‼️ TICKETS GO ON SALE—October 11th, with pre-sales beginning on October 7th at 10:00 AM Central. Tickets can be purchased at www.okstate.com/concert. Sign up to get your pre-sale password at www.theboysfromoklahoma.com from October 1st through October 5th.

🎶 Since we all have Ragweed Fever, we’ve created a Spotify link to enjoy your “Texas Music Daily—Ragweed” playlist full of your favorite Cross Canadian Ragweed songs…and remember just yesterday we said The Boys From Oklahoma WILL reunite on stage first in 2025 where the water is still…north of the Red River in their Red Dirt homeland‼️

🎥: Cross Canadian Ragweed Jim Nash 105.7 Texas Knockout

🔥 RAGWEED REUNION PRE-SALE UPDATE LINK‼️

🎸 YOUR DREAMS HAVE COME TRUE‼️ Cross Canadian Ragweed has just confirmed The Boys From Oklahoma Reunion Concert co-headlining with Turnpike Troubadours ONE NIGHT ONLY on Saturday April 12, 2025 at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater, Oklahoma including special guests The Great Divide, Jason Boland & The Stragglers as well as Stoney LaRue‼️

🎟️ PRE-SALE is NEXT Monday 10/7 at 10am CT Fans can sign up to get a pre-sale password at www.theboysfromoklahoma.com from October 1-5.

🎟️ PUBLIC ON SALE—Next Friday October 11th at 10am CT where tickets can be purchased at www.okstate.com/concert

🎤 “We are excited to bring the first-ever concert to Boone Pickens Stadium this spring and look forward to hosting this fantastic Oklahoma-based lineup in the home of the Cowboys,” OSU Athletic Director Chad Weiberg said. “We are grateful to the team at DMG for helping make this happen. This show will benefit OSU’s NIL efforts but will also be a great event for our student-athletes, student body, alumni, fans and the community of Stillwater.”

🎶 Since we all have Ragweed Fever, we’ve created a Spotify link to enjoy your “Texas Music Daily—Ragweed” playlist full of your favorite Cross Canadian Ragweed songs…and remember just yesterday we said The Boys From Oklahoma WILL reunite on stage first in 2025 where the water is still…north of the Red River in their Red Dirt homeland‼️

📸: Cross Canadian Ragweed Turnpike Troubadours

🔥 THANK YOU, CROSS CANADIAN RAGWEED‼️

🎸 SHE’S BEAUTIFUL‼️❤️

🎟️ PRE-SALE is NEXT Monday 10/7 at 10am CT Fans can sign up to get a pre-sale password at www.theboysfromoklahoma.com from October 1-5.

🎟️ PUBLIC ON SALE—Next Friday October 11th at 10am CT where tickets can be purchased at www.okstate.com/concert

🎶 Since we all have Ragweed Fever, we’ve created a Spotify link to enjoy your “Texas Music Daily—Ragweed” playlist full of your favorite Cross Canadian Ragweed songs.

It's the all Ragweed Texas Music Daily edition. Here's the official press release.

Them Boys From Oklahoma Confirm the Rumors are True

Cross Canadian Ragweed Reunites to Co-Headline Massive Show with Turnpike Troubadours in April 2025

Nashville, TN-(Tuesday, October 1, 2024)-Today “them boys from Oklahoma” confirm that the rumors are true. Cross Canadian Ragweed and Turnpike Troubadours will co-headline one of the biggest shows of the year at the Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater, Oklahoma on April 12, 2025. A reunion of epic proportions, the show will additionally feature the who’s who of Red Dirt music icons including The Great Divide, Jason Boland and The Stragglers and Stoney LaRue. Tickets go on sale October 11th, with pre-sales beginning on October 7th at 10:00 AM Central. Tickets can be purchased at www.okstate.com/concert. Sign up to get your pre-sale password at www.theboysfromoklahoma.com from October 1st through October 5th.

"The thing that sticks out the most to me about Ragweed was all the people that we met. People that I'm still friends with, from Portland, Oregon, to Ybor City, Florida, and from New York to San Diego. That's why there's a part of me that never wants to quit doing this. I'm nostalgic for that. I think that everybody should have a little nostalgia in their life. So, let's get together, and let's make sure that we sound really good, and let's make people smile. Let's make ourselves smile, and let's make McClure and Jason and Stoney and the Turnpike boys smile too." -Cody Canada

“We are excited to bring the first ever concert to Boone Pickens Stadium this spring and look forward to hosting this fantastic Oklahoma-based lineup in the home of the Cowboys. We are grateful to the team at DMG for helping make this happen. This show will benefit OSU’s NIL efforts, and will also be a great event for our student-athletes, student body, alumni, fans and the community of Stillwater.” - Chad Weiberg, Director of Athletics/Oklahoma State University

For over a decade Cross Canadian Ragweed, a wildly influential indie country rock band from Stillwater, Oklahoma, dominated the touring circuit with sold out shows from coast to coast, amassing millions in touring revenue and sharing bills with some of the biggest names in music. Their fan base grew vastly beyond all borders, genres and demographics to what might be considered a cult following that included rockers, cowboys, hippies, executives and college crowds. It became a well-known and shared opinion that if Ragweed was coming to your town, that was where everyone was going to be. The onstage chemistry between Cody Canada, Jeremy Plato, Grady Cross and Randy Ragsdale was a recipe cooked up from childhood, a captured lightning bolt that shocked the system of every person in the crowd stunning them into a reverie. The love and support from fans were so enormous that you could almost hear hearts breaking when they disbanded in 2010, playing their last show at Joe’s on Weed Street in Chicago, Illinois. For the last 15 years those familiar stages have been void of that “thing” that only Ragweed could deliver, but their loyal bevy of fans and peers has continued to carry their torch. Frontman Cody Canada recently received a huge dose of that sentiment when he stood on the legendary stage of the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville listening to a packed room sing Ragweed favorites back to him. That kind of love and loyalty for a band that has not been together for so many years could no longer be denied. It was clear to Canada that it was high time to give back to the people who have given so much to them. 

On September 15th the Stillwater band reactivated their social media pages for the first time since 2011 with a cryptic image that sent fans into a frenzy immediately sparking rumors all over the digital landscape of a possible reunion show. With this official confirmation the excitement has reached a deafening clamor, fans overwhelmed at the chance to not only see, once again, one of the most notorious bands to ever come out of the renowned Red Dirt music scene, but also to lose themselves completely in the pure nostalgia of it all. The rise of the genre is well documented by Oklahoma native and Rolling Stone magazine contributor Josh Crutchmer in his previous book Red Dirt: Roots Music Born in Oklahoma, Raised in Texas, At Home Anywhere. On December 13, 2024, Crutchmer will release his new book Red Dirt Unplugged: Singers, Songs and Stories Shining a Spotlight on Heartland Roots Music with the foreword written by Canada himself, and the final chapter featuring all four members of Cross Canadian Ragweed discussing this comeback concert, marking the first full-band Ragweed interview in more than 15 years. Red Dirt Unplugged is the view from the wings as the Red Dirt music scene reaches heights with artists enjoying sustained worldwide attention at a large scale for the first time in history. Growing up in Oklahoma, Crutchmer had a front row seat to it all and shares his perspective through an endless stream of artist interviews, side-stage musings, and thoughtful, old-fashioned concert reviews. 

www.reddirt-unplugged.com   

From Dierks Bentley’s song “Free And Easy” in 2006 where he sings "Ragweed's rockin' on the radio" to Koe Wetzel’s 2019 song “Ragweed” where he sings about missing the band to the 2021 album The Years: A MusicFest Tribute to Cody Canada and the music of Cross Canadian Ragweed to references to the band’s music in two different Stephen King novels, the deep impact of the band’s music and influence has never been allowed to fade, rather it has been memorialized and preserved for the existing populous of fans and the coming generations who will no doubt one day discover the band that “smells like country, tastes like rock n’ roll.”

More About Cross Canadian Ragweed

Cross Canadian Ragweed released a total of 10 albums from 1998 until 2010. Their music has been featured in commercials, TV shows and films, and the band has toured with artists including ZZ Top, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Sammy Hagar, Jonny Lang, Robert Earl Keen and Dierks Bentley. Their first four independent releases (Carney, Live and Loud at the Wormy Dog Saloon, Highway 377, Live and Loud at Billy Bob’s Texas) were well received propelling them into wider audiences and a heavy tour schedule. In 2002, the group signed with Universal South Records and released 5 studio albums during their time on the label (The Purple Album, Soul Gravy, Garage, Mission California, Happiness and All the Other Things). The band charted multiple singles on the Billboard charts including "Sick and Tired" with Lee Ann Womack on backing vocals, “Alabama,” “17,” “Constantly,” “Fightin’ For,” “This Time Around” and “Cry Lonely.”

For interview or more information contact RPR Media

About Turnpike Troubadours

Pioneers of the Red Dirt music scene and one of America’s most beloved bands, Turnpike Troubadours has amassed a massive following throughout their renowned career with more than 1.5 billion streams globally and over 1.28 million equivalent units sold. Since their debut in 2005, the band has released six studio albums, performed countless sold-out headline shows and have been inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame.

Last year, they released their album, A Cat in the Rain, which marked a major return for the band following a self-imposed hiatus in 2019. Produced by Shooter Jennings, the record earned the band their career-best first week and was released to overwhelming acclaim with the Associated Press praising, “they’ve returned with the kind of ferocity that feels destined to put them right back on that long-term upward trajectory…The earnestness is palpable,” while Billboard declared, “conveys the group’s superior, tightly-knit musicianship and ever maturing, evocative lyricism” and The Tennessean called them “a timelessly great country act…Turnpike Troubadours are thriving in their star-to-icon era renaissance because they're peerless rock stars.”

Originally from Tahlequah, OK, Turnpike Troubadours is Evan Felker (vocals, guitar), Kyle Nix (fiddle), Ryan Engleman (electric guitar), RC Edwards (bass), Gabe Pearson(drums) and Hank Early (steel, accordion). www.turnpiketroubadours.com

For interview or more information contact RPR Media

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New Music at Radio

Bart Crow "Stained Your Crown"

Colton Rice "Stay"

Cynthia Rausch "Coming Home"

David Adam Byrnes "More Afraid of Living"

Eli Young Band "Home in Hometown"

Ghosts of Hill County "Good Ol' Boys"

Hayden Haddock "Front Porch in the Rain"

Jake Bush "Her Way Ain't the Highway"

Jenni Dale Lord Band "Dinner and a Heartbreak"

Keller Cox "Good Again, Amen"

Kyle Park "Hill Country Home"

Matt Daniel "Keepin Me Alive"

Mike Ryan "Get Away With Anything"

Payton Riley "These Boots"

Rustic Rose "It Ain't Easy"

Ryder Grimes "One More for the Ride"

Tyler Halverson "Beatin' Around the Bar"

Wade Bowen "Friday Night"

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Upcoming Album Releases

10/4/24

Tanner Sparks

Some Kind of Crazy

Hayes Carll & The Heathens

Hayes & The Heathens

Trent Cowie

Checking Boxes & Crossing Lines

10/5/24

Jenni Dale Lord Band

A Million Moments

10/18/24

Shooter Jennings

The Road Back

Wyatt Flores

Welcome to the Plains

Various Artists

A Lone Star Salute to Little Texas

10/25/24

Jason Scott & The High Heat

High Country Heat

Tyler Halverson

Western Amerijuana (Pt. 2)

🎙️INDUSTRY JOBS AVAILABLE 🎙️

*Veteran PD and on-air personality, Shotgun Steve Kelly has left KKOW-FM in Pittsburg, KS and is looking for his next adventure. Contact him at DJdude68@yahoo.com

*KOXE/Brownwood, TX* is looking for a Co-Host for daily shows, interviewing guests, creating engaging contact, interacting with listeners and collaborating with producers. Candidates should send resumes and audio samples to Jeff Duncan at jeffduncan@koxe.com.

*KFWR/Fort Worth, TX* (LKCM) is recruiting for a future opening for a full-time on-air host. Candidates must have a desire to be involved in the local community, understand Texas country, Red Dirt and Americana, and the ability to connect with fans on-air and in person. Email cover letter, résumé and aircheck to PD Shayne Hollinger at jobs@theranchradio.com

*KKAJ/Ardmore, OK* (Stephens Media) is seeking a morning host. The company says, "This is a tremendous opportunity with a strong cluster that dominates the market in sales, promotions and on-air. KKAJ is a heritage country station with a little red-dirt heritage for flavor." Send resume, aircheck and references to SVP/Programming Bob Thornton at bob.thornton@smgnational.com

*KICM/Ardmore, OK* (Keystone) is seeking an Operations Manager (OM) who will work directly with the owners and the sales team, and oversee all aspects of the station’s programming. Please contact keystonebroadcastingok@gmail.com

*KMYY/Monroe, LA* (Stephens Media) is seeking a radio host and programmer to oversee its four-station cluster in the market, and likely co-host an AC morning show. Send résumé, aircheck and references to SVP/Programming Bob Thornton at bob.thornton@smgnational.com

Texas Radio & Artist Photos

Tami Millspaugh, before she was Texas Record Chick and Texas Music Daily with them Boys from Oklahoma during their Universal Distribution Dallas office visit in the early 2000's. Pictured from L-R - Randy Ragsdale, Jeremy Plato, Larry Howell (LH), Tami Millspaugh, Cody Canada and Grady Cross.

Kin Faux with Ashli Dansby (GM) KMHT Marshall, TX.

Corliss from Maverick 100.9/College Station, TX with Cross Canadian Ragweed at Stampede in Manhattan, KS, June 2007.

"Jamie from 94.5 Country in Topeka took me under her wing that weekend and took me backstage. I got my first job at our hometown station a few months later, March 2008. 

Over 16 years later, I still attribute it all to a meet-and-greet with those Boys From Oklahoma." 

Birthdays & Events This Week:

10/1: Sonny Burgess

10/2: Chris LeDoux, Kelly Willis

10/3: Randy Rogers Band 24th Anniversary; Sam Riggs

10/4: Will Payne - Payne Radio Group

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