Bucky Covington, Jason Michael Carroll co-headline tour
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Bucky Covington, Jason Michael Carroll co-headline tour

Wednesday, September 5, 2007 – Country music's two, best-selling new male artists this year - Bucky Covington and Jason Michael Carroll - will join forces for the Raisin' the Bar tour, starring, with special guest, Cole Deggs & The Lonesome. The tour starts Oct. 25 in Corpus Christi, with 19 shows. The tour ends Dec. 8 in Baltimore.

Carroll's Arista Nashville album, "Waitin' in the Country," debuted at number one and had hits with "Alyssa Lies" and the current "Livin' Our Love Song." Written by Carroll, "Alyssa Lies" made music history, entering Billboard's Digital Song chart with the highest first-week sales of any debut country artist since the inception of the chart.

Covington is 2007's best-selling debut country artist. His self-titled CD opened at number one on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart with the highest Top 200 debut for any new male country artist since Billy Ray Cyrus in 1992. His new single "It's Good To Be Us" has just delivered to country radio on the heels of the top five success of his first single "A Different World."

Cole Deggs & The Lonesome are a five-man band, whose self-titled Columbia Nashville debut, released earlier this year, includes their first single, "I Got More," and their new single, "Girl Next Door."

Tour dates are:
Oct. 25 Concrete Street Amphitheater Corpus Christi, TX
Oct. 26 Cowboys Dance Hall San Antonio, TX
Oct. 27 Mo's Place Katy, TX
Oct. 28 Cain's Ballroom Tulsa, OK
Nov. 1 Trocaderos Night Club Minneapolis, MN
Nov. 2 Val Air Ballroom W Des Moines, IA
Nov. 3 Waverly Beach Menasha, WI
Nov. 9 Northern Lights Theatre Milwaukee, WI
Nov. 10 The Intersection Grand Rapids, MI
Nov. 16 Longbranch Saloon Raleigh, NC
Nov. 17 Wildhorse Saloon Nashville
Nov. 23 Coyote Joe's Charlotte, NC
Nov. 24 The Blind Horse Saloon Greenville, SC
Nov. 30 Beaumont Club Kansas City, MO
Dec. 1 Billy Bob's Texas Fort Worth, TX
Dec. 5 Northern Lights Clifton Park, NY
Dec. 6 Pepsi-Cola Roadhouse Burgettstown, PA
Dec. 7 Crocodile Rock Caf� Allentown, PA
Dec. 8 Rams Head Live! Baltimore


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