CROSS CANADIAN RAGWEED’S RED DIRT ROUNDUP RETURNS TO EAST TEXAS

from 2009 by blog.nospam@nospam.smithmusic.com (Leah Lavine)

Bud Light Presents the 2^nd Annual Red Dirt Roundup in Nacogdoches, October 17 - Tickets On-sale Today!

FORT WORTH, TEXAS (September 21, 2009) – Cross Canadian Ragweed’s 2^nd Annual RED DIRT ROUNDUP returns to Festival Plaza, Saturday, October 17. Presented by Smith Music Group and Cross Canadian Ragweed, last year’s inaugural Red Dirt Roundup drew more than 5,000 fans to downtown Nacogdoches.

The 2009 Red Dirt Roundup Lineup Includes Cross Canadian Ragweed, Shooter Jennings, Blackberry Smoke, Bart Crow, Matt King, Jonathan Tyler & the Northern Lights, Jason Boland, Johnny Cooper and Tom Gillam. There will be two stages of continuous entertainment and an expanded beer garden encompassing 60,000 square feet of the park. Beer and wine will be available for purchase within this area. Once you buy a ticket, concert goers will be permitted to leave and re-enter throughout the day.

Gates open at 11:00 am with local artist WHODUNNIT? hitting the stage first at 11:15am. Tickets are $25 and go on-sale today, Monday Sept. 21 at Baskins, Hastings, Brookshire Brothers, and Sutherlands locations and online at www.ccrreddirtroundup.com and www.ticketmaster.com Children 12 and under free with paid adult.

About Cross Canadian Ragweed: Grady Cross, Cody Canada, Randy Ragsdale and Jeremy Plato have known each other since kindergarten in the band’s hometown of Yukon, OK. The band has been a force on the alt-country scene since 1998. It’s hard to define their music...part country - part rock. Originally having a core fanbase in Texas and Oklahoma, they have recently performed to sold-out crowds from coast to coast. On September 1, 2009 they released their 10th album, Happiness and All the Other Things, selling over 15,000 copies in the first week.

About Smith Music Group: Smith Music Group produces the Cross Canadian Ragweed Red Dirt Roundup every Labor Day weekend (currently in its 4^th year) in the Ft. Worth Stockyards, and brought the event to Nacogdoches in the fall of 2008. Due to the success of the event they are back in 2009 with Stoney LaRue’s Party in the Pines (Saturday, August 29) and the 2^nd annual Red Dirt Roundup (Saturday, October 17). For more information on Smith Music Group, visit www.smithmusic.com.

Bud Light Presents the 2^nd Annual Cross Canadian Ragweed RED DIRT ROUNDUP, sponsored by Brookshire Brothers, BooKoo Energy Drink, Jack Daniel’s Country Cocktails, Sutherlands, Hastings, Eventide Water, Regions Bank, Riba Foods, Pop Images, KTRE TV station, KYKS and KJCS radio stations.