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Locust Ridge Music Superstar

March 23, 2012 by · Comments Off on Locust Ridge Music Superstar 

Locust Ridge Music Superstar, One of 12 children, she grew up “dirt poor” in a one-room cabin on a run-down tobacco farm in Locust Ridge, Tenn. She moved to this country music mecca and made a name for herself as a songwriter. Today, she has several Grammy Awards, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, a place in the Country Music Hall of Fame and a National Medal of Arts

Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best known for her work in country music. She starred in the movies 9 to 5, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Steel Magnolias, Straight Talk, Unlikely Angel and Joyful Noise. She is one of the most successful female country artists of all time; with an estimated 100 million in album sales, Dolly Parton is also one of the best selling artists of all time. She is known as “The Queen of Country Music”.

Tow Truck Driver Rescues Man Fire

March 17, 2012 by · Comments Off on Tow Truck Driver Rescues Man Fire 

Tow Truck Driver Rescues Man Fire, Tow truck driver rescues man fire-A wreck on Interstate 24 that shut down traffic for hours in Rutherford County on Saturday was the scene of an amazing rescue. Tow truck driver John Murray has lots of stories about interstate wrecks, but none quite like this one.

“If you look at the Ford Escape that got hit you would say OK, that’s too bad. But when you look at the semi that hit the Escape, wow!” Murray said. The crash Saturday morning in the eastbound lanes of I-24 near Sam Ridley Parkway in Smyrna unfolded right in front of Murray.

“The truck come up in the air, landed on its side and slid 500-600 feet. It was on fire and the man was still inside,” Murray said. Murray and another driver stopped and raced to the trapped truck driver, who appeared to have a broken pelvis. “All we could think to do was get him out of the truck,” Murray said.

Murray wanted the man to kick the window instead of getting glass kicked in on him, but he couldn’t do it, so they did it for him and then carried him to safety. “We knew we had to get him out of the truck. No one would have lived through a burn like that,” Murray said. Of course Murray and the other driver risked their lives to save a stranger.

Mandisa: American Idol Mandisa: Mandisa Lost 120 Pounds

January 16, 2012 by · Comments Off on Mandisa: American Idol Mandisa: Mandisa Lost 120 Pounds 

Mandisa: American Idol  Mandisa: Mandisa Lost 120 PoundsMandisa: American Idol Mandisa: Mandisa Lost 120 Pounds, Mandisa Hundley (born October 2, 1976) is an American gospel singer, who was the ninth-place finalist in the fifth season of American Idol.
Mandisa Lynn Hundley was born and raised in Citrus Heights, California. After graduating from El Camino Fundamental High School, she attended American River College in Sacramento where she studied Vocal Jazz. Then she studied at Fisk University in Tennessee and graduated with a bachelor’s of music degree with a concentration in vocal performance.
Exactly five years to the day she got booted off of American Idol’s Top 9, former Idol hopeful Mandisa is releasing her third studio album, What If We Were Real. Mandisa was at The Grove Tuesday to promote her new album on Extra and to sing the title cut live – you can catch her performance video below.

Mandisa’s first album True Beauty debuted at #1 on the Top Christian Albums charts, making it the first time a new female artist has debuted at #1 in the chart’s 27-year history. So there is plenty of expectation that this album will also do well.

If you see Mandisa now, chances are, you will not recognize her from her Idol days. The girl with the powerful soulful voice has lost an incredible 120 pounds since Simon Cowell said about her, “We are going to have a bigger stage this year.” Simon was relentless on Mandisa’s weight until she stood up for herself and told Simon: “What I want to say to you is that, yes, you hurt me and I cried and it was painful, it really was. But I want you to know that I’ve forgiven you and that you don’t need someone to apologize in order to forgive somebody. I figure that if Jesus could die so that all of my wrongs could be forgiven, I can certainly extend that same grace to you.” Simon told Mandisa that he was “humbled” and apologized to her immediately.

Mandisa told Extra host Mario Lopez that she lost the weight through exercising, eating right and having a healthy mind. She told Mario that she is in a happy place. Mario asked her if she has a man in her life and she said no. And a puzzled Mario said, “But you said you were in a happy place!?” Mandisa laughed and said, “I am, but that doesn’t mean a man has to be in it!”

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