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And how about a Twitter contest for an autographed Holly Williams CD?

Yep, I'm starting two contests in one day.  It's more fun that way.  But this go around I'm going to do another Twitter contest because the last one was so dang much fun. 

Today I have an autographed copy of Holly Williams' new CD, "Here With Me." I've listened to the CD multiple times and love it and am positive you will too.  

So all you have to do is follow me on Twitter at www.twitter.com/nashvillegab and wait for me to say something about the CD.  Once or twice or 10 times a day I'll mention the Holly Williams CD contest and you just reply to my Tweet and you're entered.  You can enter each and every time I mention the CD for multiple chances to win.  The contest will run until Friday, July 3. Good luck everyone.  

And here's a word about the CD.... 

Mercury Nashville recently released HERE WITH ME, the label debut album from singer-songwriter Holly Williams.  Holly comes from country music royalty -- Hank Williams (her grandfather), Hank Jr. (her dad) and Hank III (her half-brother) -- and HERE WITH ME contains a raw, emotional honesty that does her lineage proud.   Here's your chance to win an autographed CD copy of HERE WITH ME, courtesy of Nashville Gab.  

Check out the video for Holly's new single "Alone" here  

Visit www.hollywilliams.com for tour dates and more information on Holly. 

 

Holly Williams hits Playboy - stays fully clothed (I assume)

I suppose it's possible some people really do read Playboy and Playboy.com for the articles. 

Playboy.com recently had an interview with Miss Williams and asked her about her musical legacy, which song on her new CD "Here With Me" she thinks is the sexiest, and whether she's going to be the next Carrie Underwood. 

PLAYBOY: Will this album make you the next Carrie Underwood?

WILLIAMS:Not at all. I have paid my dues on tour, staying in Super 8 motels. But I will never be straight-up country. Nor am I a depressed, earth-is-falling-all-around-me songwriter. It's just that my music now is so left field by the standards of country, because country stars these days have to live or die by the radio. That is just not in my veins.

Check out the rest of the interview here (and yes, the page is safe for work).  You can also download Holly's song Keep The Change by clicking right here and choosing save to computer.

Hank Jr. visits Tootsies

 

Hank made a surprise appearance at Tootsie's in Nashville recently and from the look of the pictures, he did a bang up job of entertaining the crowd.  Hank was in town to accompany his daughter Holly for her appearance on Opry Classics Families in Country Music Night.

Holly's album "Here With Me" is set to be released on June 16.  You can listen to her song Mama which was written as a Mother's Day gift to her own mother by visiting Holly's website here.