Three concert promoters have formed an alliance and opened offices on Music Row. Gary Weinberger, President of Red Mountain Entertainment (RME); Russell Doussan, President of Blue Deuce Entertainment (BDE); and Jim Green, President of Green Machine Concerts (GMC) have set up offices at 1028B 18th Ave. S., Nashville, Tennessee. They can be reached at 615-320-7800.

“Over the years [RME partner] John Ruffino, Russell Doussan, Jim Green, Jay Wilson, Jill Wheeler and I have developed many meaningful relationships with artists, managers and agents based in Nashville,” Weinberger said. “In order to maximize the services we provide to our clients, now seems the right time to have a more prominent presence in Nashville.“

RME is the promoter/operator of concerts and events at The Woods at Fontanel. RME is also known for booking concerts for the 9,600 capacity Amphitheater at The Wharf in Orange Beach, Alabama, and co-producing with BDE the highly successful Rowdy Frynds Tours starring Hank Williams Jr. and guests.

Collectively, RME, BDE & GMC co-produced the sold out 2010 Jagermeister Tour with Eric Church in 30 cities and currently books several festivals and colleges throughout the Southeast. In 2009 the group produced over 250 concerts. The group’s sponsorship division has recently worked with major companies including Coca-Cola, Anheuser-Busch, Miller-Coors, The National Guard, Merrell and Abita Beer.

Recently singled out by Country Weekly magazine as an “artist to watch in 2010,” Open Road/Lofton Creek Records artist Gwen Sebastian is starting to see her dreams come true. Her new single, “V.I.P. (Barefoot Girl),” moves up from No. 37 to No. 33 on MusicRow’s CountryBreakout chart.

Raised in rural Hebron, North Dakota, and now living in Nashville while maintaining a heavy touring schedule, Sebastian can completely relate to “V.I.P. (Barefoot Girl),” which she wrote with Dean Miller (Terri Clark’s “A Little Gasoline” and Trace Adkins‘ “I’m Gonna Love You Anyway”) and Brian Eckert. When she sings, “I’m a barefoot girl walking in a high heel world,” she means it.

Sebastian and her band have a full schedule of summer tour dates with more than 30 shows in July and August. She’s also taking time to visit country radio stations along the way. She calls performing in front of a crowd “my favorite thing to do. That’s my outlet.”

“I want to make sure that everybody that comes out to see me has an experience, that they’re forgetting about everyday life,” Sebastian says. “When people are paying money to come see you, you have to make sure they’re getting something special. So I want to make sure they are part of the show, that each and every person feels like they are on stage with me, and that every song means something.”

UPCOMING TOUR DATES
July 21                       Washington County Fair, Washington, Iowa
July 22                       WXFL Radio Concert (with Bo Bice), Muscle Shoals, Ala.
July 23                       Fairibault County Fair, Blue Earth, Minn.
July 27                       Stevens County Fair, Hugoton, Kan.
July 30                       Rhythms Bar & Grill, Englewood, Colo.
Aug. 6                         Sublette County Fair (with Luke Bryan), Big Piney, Wyo.
Aug. 7                         Private party, Rock Springs, Wyo.
Aug. 13-21                 Montana Fair, Billings, Mont.
Aug. 26-27                Minnesota State Fair, St. Paul, Minn.
Aug. 29                      WOKO Country Club Music Festival, Essex Junction, Vt.

Don Williams is set to come out of tour retirement for a two-night stand at Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium on October 20 and 21. The shows are in celebration of WSM-AM’s 85th anniversary and fall just days before he will be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame on October 24.

Known as the “Gentle Giant” Williams scored at least one Top Five single every year between 1974 and 1991. Between 1972 and 1992 his warm baritone voice graced fifty-six chart records, with seventeen hitting No. 1 including “You’re My Best Friend” (1975), “Tulsa Time” (1978), “I Believe in You” (1980), and “That’s the Thing About Love” (1984). He has also written such classics as “Lay Down Beside Me” (1976) and “Till the Rivers All Run Dry” (1979).

Williams’s last concert in Nashville included surprise appearances by Keith Urban and Josh Turner. A limited number of tickets are available for only $6.50 via wsmonline.com. The winner of WSM’s annual “Tootsies to the Ryman” talent contest will get to open for Williams. Tickets for both nights will go on sale Friday, July 23 at 10 a.m. at all Ticketmaster outlets, the Ryman Box Office, ryman.com or by calling 800-745-3000.

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Ticket packages for Brooks & Dunn’s final show on Sept. 2 at Bridgestone Arena are still available. The concert, which is the final stop on the duo’s Last Rodeo Tour, will benefit the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum and include performances from a host of special guests.

There are 25 “Play Something Country” packages left ($300 each) which include one concert ticket, a Brooks & Dunn merchandise package, and an item autographed by the duo.

There are over 100 “Friend of the Museum” packages left ($250 each) which include a concert ticket and a Museum membership.

Packages here.

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Tickets for Buddy Miller’s run as the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s 2010 Artist-in-Resident go on sale tomorrow (7/20) at 9 AM. Options include the ticket only for $45, or a $99 package which comes with a ticket, dinner and reserved parking. Tickets here.

Miranda Lambert will headline this year’s CMT on Tour outing, kicking off Sept. 29 in New York City, according to CMT.com. She will be joined by special guest Eric Church and rising artist Josh Kelley for the 28-city run. CMT on Tour: Miranda Lambert Revolution will be produced by AEG Live.

Lambert has been on hot streak of late, scoring her first No. 1 single, “White Liar.” She followed that with “The House That Built Me,” which also went to the top of the charts and earned writers Allen Shamblin and Tom Douglas a MusicRow Award for Song of the Year.

CMT has a track record of bringing fans top talent, past runs have featured superstars Trace Adkins, Jason Aldean, Randy Houser, Jamey Johnson, Brad Paisley, Rascal Flatts, Sugarland and Keith Urban.