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Kenny Rogers 'Buy Me A Rose' KLAW Classic [VIDEO]

KLAW Morning Crew — Mon, 13 May 2013 14:52:38 +0000

A recent KLAW Classic from Kenny Rogers. This song hit the top of the country charts on this day in the year 2000, and featured background singers Billy Dean and Alison Krauss. In fact, it was the only number one song to the credit of both of those background artists. And at the time, Kenny [...]

Billy Dean's Barn Destroyed in Fire

Billy Dukes — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:54:14 +0000

Early ’90s hitmaker Billy Dean received horrible news while on tour with Kenny Rogers shortly before Christmas. His 1,500-square foot barn burned to the ground after a fire started on Dean Acres, his farm in Smithville, Tenn., a small town located 65 miles east of Nashville.

Billy Dean Promotes Local Farming with New Album, 'The Seed'

Jeff Giles — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:10:29 +0000

It’s been awhile since Billy Dean released some new music — and even longer since he tasted the kind of chart success he enjoyed with his first few albums in the early ’90s — but he’s making plans to change all that.

Dean has partnered with the Naturipe Farms collective for a series of new recordings, starting with a digital EP that’s currently available on iTunes). He also has plans for a full album in the fall. It might sound like an unusual partnership, but country music and farming is a pretty natural fit — and Dean stands squarely behind the company’s mission to help promote the sale of locally grown produce.