Root 49 Records recording artist Bridgette Tatum is calling for many loud music and sports fans to appear as extras in a music video for the upcoming 2010 ACC Football season. Tatum’s song “Loud” has recently been named the 2010 ACC Football theme song. The shoot, performed for ACC Advanced Media and Raycom Sports Productions, will take place this Thursday, July 8th at 12th and Porter at 1:30 p.m. To RSVP to the video shoot as an extra, email BTLOUD@gmail.com.

Tatum hasn’t slowed down this year as she criss-crosses the states promoting her music and 6 song EP entitled A Taste Of Sex. Church & Chicken throughout the summer. Her current single, “That’s Love Y’all,” just debuted at #51 on the Billboard Indicator chart and is climbing steadily.

The firecracker brunette was raised on the tent revival brand of soul-shaking gospel, swirling with the Holy Spirit and saturated with raw passion. Music coursed through her veins, seeping deep into her bones, and manifesting as the powerful sultry wailing and soulful crooning that brand Bridgette’s sound uniquely as her own. Bridgette moved to Nashville and worked her way up to the honky-tonks on Broadway and a regular Friday night gig at the Star Café in White’s Creek. It wasn’t until she found a kindred spirit in manager Carolyn Miller, however, that her career began to really take shape.

It was through the encouragement of Carolyn, that Bridgette collaborated musically with the man whom came to be her future producer, Danny Myrick. Their partnership proved as successful in songwriting: they co-wrote “She’s Country,” a #1 hit for Jason Aldean, as well as many of the songs on Bridgette’s new album set to be released this fall.

About the ACC
The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is a collegiate athletic league in the United States. The ACC sponsors competition as a Division I member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association for its twelve member institutions: Boston College, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Maryland, Miami, North Carolina, NC State, Virginia, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest. ACC football teams participate in the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), and the ACC Football Champion receives an automatic bid each season to the Orange Bowl, one of the Bowl Championship Series games. Since the league’s inception in 1953, ACC schools have captured 120 national championships, including 64 in women’s competition and 56 in men’s. In addition, NCAA individual titles have gone to ACC student-athletes 130 times in men’s competition and 91 times in women’s action.

Chris Allums

Quarterback Records

P.O. Box 40465

Nashville, TN  37204

phone 615.300.5321

Race fans visiting Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the NASCAR ‘Sprint Cup Series Brickyard 400’ this coming weekend will have the chance to enjoy a concert from Root 49 Record’s artist Bridgette Tatum. The concert will take place on Friday, July 23, 2010, at 1:00 p.m. on the Chevy Stage following a Q&A session with some of the sport’s biggest stars. Tatum will do a meet/greet following her performance. See a detailed schedule below.

“Chevy Day” will provide fans the opportunity to experience the all-new Team Chevy Racing Display and participate in autograph and question-and-answer sessions and check out show cars, as well as test drive the following 2010 Chevrolet vehicles: Malibu, Equinox, Traverse, Silverado, Tahoe, Camaro and Corvette – and receive a Camaro t-shirt at the Team Chevy Test Drive, located next to the Team Chevy Racing Display. Test drives will take place from 8 a.m.-6 p.m. on Friday and 7 a.m.-6 p.m. on Saturday. Fans can pre-register at www.teamchevytestdrive.com.

Chris Allums

Quarterback Records

P.O. Box 40465

Nashville, TN  37204

phone 615.300.5321

Root 49 Records recording artist Bridgette Tatum is calling for many loud music and sports fans to appear as extras in a music video for the upcoming 2010 ACC Football season. Tatum’s song “Loud” has recently been named the 2010 ACC Football theme song. The shoot, performed for ACC Advanced Media and Raycom Sports Productions, will take place this Thursday, July 8th at 12th and Porter at 1:30 p.m. To RSVP to the video shoot as an extra, email BTLOUD@gmail.com.

Tatum hasn’t slowed down this year as she criss-crosses the states promoting her music and 6 song EP entitled A Taste Of Sex. Church & Chicken throughout the summer. Her current single, “That’s Love Y’all,” just debuted at #51 on the Billboard Indicator chart and is climbing steadily.

The firecracker brunette was raised on the tent revival brand of soul-shaking gospel, swirling with the Holy Spirit and saturated with raw passion. Music coursed through her veins, seeping deep into her bones, and manifesting as the powerful sultry wailing and soulful crooning that brand Bridgette’s sound uniquely as her own. Bridgette moved to Nashville and worked her way up to the honky-tonks on Broadway and a regular Friday night gig at the Star Café in White’s Creek. It wasn’t until she found a kindred spirit in manager Carolyn Miller, however, that her career began to really take shape.

It was through the encouragement of Carolyn, that Bridgette collaborated musically with the man whom came to be her future producer, Danny Myrick. Their partnership proved as successful in songwriting: they co-wrote “She’s Country,” a #1 hit for Jason Aldean, as well as many of the songs on Bridgette’s new album set to be released this fall.

About the ACC
The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is a collegiate athletic league in the United States. The ACC sponsors competition as a Division I member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association for its twelve member institutions: Boston College, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Maryland, Miami, North Carolina, NC State, Virginia, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest. ACC football teams participate in the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), and the ACC Football Champion receives an automatic bid each season to the Orange Bowl, one of the Bowl Championship Series games. Since the league’s inception in 1953, ACC schools have captured 120 national championships, including 64 in women’s competition and 56 in men’s. In addition, NCAA individual titles have gone to ACC student-athletes 130 times in men’s competition and 91 times in women’s action.

Chris Allums

Quarterback Records

P.O. Box 40465

Nashville, TN  37204

phone 615.300.5321

Race fans visiting Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the NASCAR ‘Sprint Cup Series Brickyard 400’ this coming weekend will have the chance to enjoy a concert from Root 49 Record’s artist Bridgette Tatum. The concert will take place on Friday, July 23, 2010, at 1:00 p.m. on the Chevy Stage following a Q&A session with some of the sport’s biggest stars. Tatum will do a meet/greet following her performance. See a detailed schedule below.

“Chevy Day” will provide fans the opportunity to experience the all-new Team Chevy Racing Display and participate in autograph and question-and-answer sessions and check out show cars, as well as test drive the following 2010 Chevrolet vehicles: Malibu, Equinox, Traverse, Silverado, Tahoe, Camaro and Corvette – and receive a Camaro t-shirt at the Team Chevy Test Drive, located next to the Team Chevy Racing Display. Test drives will take place from 8 a.m.-6 p.m. on Friday and 7 a.m.-6 p.m. on Saturday. Fans can pre-register at www.teamchevytestdrive.com.

Chris Allums

Quarterback Records

P.O. Box 40465

Nashville, TN  37204

phone 615.300.5321

In addition, Stephen has been hand selected as an “Artist to Watch” on Clear Channel’s NEW!, the broadcast behemoth’s online new music showcase. “Wal-Mart Flowers” will be promoted prominently on over 900 Clear Channel station websites.   

“I knew I was listening to something very special the very first time I heard ‘Wal-Mart Flowers,’” Cochran says. “And now, with industry gatekeepers like R&R and Clear Channel embracing the new single, I know my instincts were right on the money.”  

Between his constant touring activities and his ongoing work on behalf of his fellow veterans (Cochran is a decorated Marine veteran of campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan) the singer found time recently to travel to Hammond, Louisiana, a region where he has a particularly strong fanbase, to film the video for “Wal-Mart Flowers.” Performing the song over and over for a packed house of rabid fans at Hammond’s Chevy’s Night Club, Cochran was able to capture both the magic of the song and incredible energy of his acclaimed live show. The video is completed and is currently being submitted to both CMT and GAC.  

For more information and up-to-the-minute tour dates, visit www.stephencochran.com. 

Country Star Stephen Cochran Rallies For Veterans In Pensacola

Nashville – With a new single, “Wal-Mart Flowers,” just hitting the country airwaves and his sophomore album nearly completed, rising country star Stephen Cochran is a busy man these days. But even with the relentless touring, constant radio station visits and studio work, Cochran is one artist that always finds time to lend support and encouragement to America’s returning veterans. The reason for that is simple. Cochran’s been there. A decorated Marine veteran, the singer survived two tours in the Middle East – one in Iraq and one in Afghanistan – returning from the battle with severe back injuries. After a long struggle, and with the help of his music, Cochran overcame those injuries to become one of country music’s fasting rising stars. But through it all, at every step, Cochran has gone beyond the call, weaving the plight of America’s returning heroes into the very fabric of his country music career. 

On Saturday, May 16, Cochran will be in Pensacola, Florida for the EscaRosa Independence Weekend. Severely wounded American heroes injured on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan will be “challenged, honored and cheered” during this special weekend of May 14-17. The Independence Fund, an organization that provides much-needed tools and therapies to returning vets, will bring 150 American heroes injured on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan to Pensacola in the middle of Military Appreciation Month for a “Wounded Warrior Bicycle Rally” and a “Family-Fun 5K Walk/Run.” Following those activities, Cochran and his band, the New Country Outlaws, will take the stage at Pensacola’s Seville Quarter entertainment complex, capping off the day by doing what he does best, throwing down his one-of-a-kind brand of 100 proof country music.

“It is always my honor to serve and assist the heroic men and women who have given, and continue to give, so much to the cause of freedom and to this great country,” Cochran says. “I may not be able to carry a gun anymore, but I can carry a guitar and do what I do best, which is playing real country music. And to be able do that for the benefit my fellow veterans? It just doesn’t get any better that.”

This is not Cochran’s first performance in support of the Independence Fund. Over the past couple of years, the singer has played a number of benefits that have helped the Fund purchase iBot wheelchairs for several veterans. The iBot employs the same technology as the Segway Personal Transporter, giving wheelchair-bound veterans amazing mobility, allowing them to rise to a full standing position and to accomplish previously impossible everyday tasks like climbing stairs, freeing the user to live a more mobile, productive life. 

“Each of these chairs costs close to $30,000, and I’ve been blessed to be able to raise enough money to purchase 15 of them,” Cochran says. “We have guys who are going to college and live on the fifth floor of their dorm and don’t have an elevator. Now they don’t need one because they have this chair. We have one veteran who’s a chef, and he wasn’t able to take his career to the next level. Now he has his iBot wheelchair and he can reach anything and he’s making a living.”

Advance tickets for the Stephen Cochran concert are $20 and will be available for purchase at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St., Pensacola, Fla., and online at Rosies.com through Thursday, May 14. Tickets will be $25 at the door the day of the concert. Concertgoers must be 18 years of age or older.

For more information or for a complete schedule of events, go online to www.EscaRosaIndependenceWeekend.com. For up-to-the-minute information on Stephen Cochran, visit www.stephencochran.com.

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“The Derby crowd, especially the infield crowd, is absolutely nuts,” said TelluRidelead singer Adam Craig. “We can’t wait to get up there and rock ‘em.”

The Crown Royal Festival in the Infield Club is a new 93,000 square foot facility in a secured hospitality area in the center of the tracks infamous infield. According to the Derby, it allows guests to enjoy the exuberant party atmosphere of the traditional infield with upgraded amenities.

Following the Derby performance, the band will be back on the road visiting radio stations promoting the “Pencil Marks” single. The group’s debut album, Four Square Miles, is currently available digitally at all major music sites.

 www.TelluRideBand.com