Artist Pics: Jake Owen, Dwight Yoakam, Zane Williams

Jake Owen’s “Real Life” Journey From Waffle House To White House

Jake Owen’s fans followed him via Twitter on his journey from the Waffle House to the White House this week. He celebrated the release of new single, “Real Life,” by treating fans to a Waffle House lunch in Nashville as a nod to the lyrics of the song and the next day visited another famous house—the White House—while in Washington D.C. on Kenny Chesney’s The Big Revival Tour.

Pictured (L-R): Zeke Hunter, RCA Nashville’s SVP of Promotion Keith Gale, Jake Owen, Jon Andolina, RCA Nashville’s Elizabeth Sledge and Greg Fowler

Dwight Yoakam Almost Gets Clipped In New Clip

Dwight Yoakam took his life in his hands while shooting the video for his latest single, “Liar,” which debuted on his YouTube channel. Directed by longtime collaborator Gregory Alosio, the video captures Yoakam performing on the back of an El Camino in the middle of rush-hour traffic on Sunset Blvd. in L.A. The street was not shut down for filming, so cars were zooming by throughout the performance. “We almost got clipped once,” Yoakam told KTLA about the experience.

Dwight Yoakam

Texas Artist Zane Williams Makes Opry Debut

Be Music singer/songwriter  Zane Williams recently made his Grand Ole Opry debut, where he performed his latest single, “Jayton And Jill,” which is currently No. 1 on the Texas charts.

Pictured (L-R): Zane Williams and Grand Ole Opry VP/GM Pete Fisher

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Hollabaugh, a staff writer at MusicRow magazine, has over 20 years of music business experience and has written for publications including American Profile, CMA Close Up, Nashville Arts And Entertainment, The Boot and Country Weekly. She has a Broadcast Journalism and Speech Communication degree from Texas Christian University, (go Horned Frogs), and welcomes your feedback or story ideas at lhollabaugh@musicrow.com.

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