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Loretta Lynn celebrates her 87th birthday early with a special concert in her honor in Nashville.  Music Row insider Preshias Harris has the details; plus more highlights of last week's Tin Pan South Songwriters Festival.  CBS Sports Digital's Jonathan Leifheit preps us for Virginia's first Final Four in 35 years.  Plus, when will noisy cicadas roar back in the South?  

Harvard professor Matthew Blackwell discusses his new book that addresses slavery's continuing impact on the South.  Barbecue aficionado Matt Heermans returns to talk Texas Tech to the Final Four – and his insightful menu recommendations for Jon Rawl's first trip to Memphis' Bar-B-Q Shop.  Plus, I-10 in the Pelican State could be renamed "Who Dat Nation Highway" by the Louisiana legislat...

Camp Ozark in Mount Ida, Ark., has been a popular spot for Southern kids for generations; and assistant director Connor Hennessey drops by to discuss activities, enrollment, and more at the Christian summer camp.  Auburn, Virginia and Texas Tech are three of the four teams headed to college basketball's Final Four.  Plus, Jerry Short recalls a hilarious prank from April Fools' Day way ba...

Texas Tech and Virginia get wins Thursday to advance to the Elite Eight; while Tennessee and Florida State hit the exits of March Madness.  President Trump exhibits a little madness in March while at a rally Thursday night in Grand Rapids, Mich.  Golf insider Jason Nall files his first "Southern Golf Report," discussing the debut of next weekend's Augusta National Women's Amateur.  Plus, John Foge...

Zach Stone talks baseball on  Opening Day of MLB  – and his new country music EP, "Ashes." Holly Warlick is fired as head coach of the Tennessee Lady Vols; and Nate Oats becomes the new leader of the men's basketball team at the University of Alabama.  Four SEC teams are in the Sweet 16 of March Madness.  Plus, host Jon Rawl shares great fiction books to read on spring break; a...

Five ACC teams punch their Sweet Sixteen ticket, and CBS Sports Digital's Jonathan Leifheit has the breakdown of their upcoming games in March Madness.  Rascal Flatts is honored by Pandora; while Music Row scribe Preshias Harris reports on this week's Tin Pan South Songwriters Festival in Nashville.  Also, host Jon Rawl relays the best place to buy sweet tea in a bottle.

Former congresswoman Karen Handel announces her plans to run in 2020 for the Georgia 6th seat.  Matt "Barbecue Barrister" Heermans is back to chat March Madness, grilling for NCAA Tournament, and Nashville hot chicken.  Also, a South Carolina man is caught on a college campus with his pants off.

Toccopola storyteller Jerry Short just endured a total knee replacement.  We check in on the patient; and get his thoughts on the Mueller Report summary of possible collusion with Russia, released Sunday by attorney general William Barr.  Several SEC and ACC men's basketball teams are off to the Sweet 16.  Also, Johnny Manziel gets a few passes in for the AAF's Memphis Express.

VisitMississippi.org's Tom Van Hyning drops by the Y'all Show on location in Daytona Beach, Fla., to talk spring training, MLB projections, and tourism in the Hospitality State.  Cleve Marsh educates us on some new terminology during his outdoors feature.  Also, former president and Plains (Ga.) peanut farmer Jimmy Carter becomes the oldest living former commander-in-chief.

Mobile tourism official Emily Gonzalez joins host Jon Rawl at the Southeast Tourism Society meeting in Daytona Beach, Fla., discussing the history and attractions in Alabama's "Azalea City."  Alpine Helen and White County is set to host its first songwriters' festival in the North Georgia mountain town this weekend. Plus, former Florida Gators pitcher-turned-tourism industry pro John Pricher...

Daytona Beach welcomes the Southeast Tourism Society's annual conference.  Jon Rawl has traveled to the Sunshine State to chat with tourism industry veteran Georgia Turner, of the West Volusia (Fla.) tourism office. CBS Sports Digital's Jonathan Leifheit previews the NCAA-bound teams from the ACC.  Music insider Preshias Harris shares info on the induction of Ray Stevens, Jerry Bradley a...

"Rocket City" edition.  Show host Jon Rawl ventures back to Huntsville, Ala., for a quick meal at Rosie's Cantina and a gander at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center.  Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball coach Mike Anderson and Mississippi State Bulldogs coach Ben Howland speak on the eve of their teams playing in the SEC Men's Basketball Tournament in Nashville.   Plus, country mus...

Virginia and North Carolina enter this week's ACC Men's Basketball Tournament tied atop the standings.  UVa coach Tony Bennett talks about his team's position entering Charlotte.  Preshias Harris shares insider info on Garth Brooks' haircut, John Anderson's 40th year on the charts, and sales success for Maren Morris.  Plus, we learn all about "sittin' shoes."

South by Southwest in Austin is more than a music festival.  Barbecue aficionado Matt Heermans talks about the Texas capital city, Stubb's Bar-B-Q; and even gets a 'cue tip from host Jon Rawl, who just enjoyed Nashville's HoneyFire Barbeque Co.  Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin has something to say about the "sickouts" going on by teachers in the commonwealth.  Also, Southern teams rise in...

The Murray State Racers are the first NCAA team to punch its 2019 March Madness™ ticket.  An Atlanta-based evangelist inspires Jon Rawl during a weekend business workshop.  Also, "Toccopola Storyteller" Jerry Short weighs in on deadly tornadoes and salutes his fellow Special Forces member, Col. Robert Howard, who received the  Medal of Honor for  heroism in 1968.

Luke Perry died this week at the age of 52.  The soundtrack for the actor's 1994 movie, "8 Seconds," helped launch the career of country music's David Lee Murphy.  Cleve Marsh returns to talk duck blinds and spud poles in his latest "Marsh Land" report.  Also, No. 4 Duke and No. 3 North Carolina meet again Saturday during their ACC regular season finale.  

Tennessee Volunteers insider Austin Stanley, of AtoZSportsNashville.com, breaks down UT football, the Top 5 men's basketball program, Holly Warlick's sliding women's hoops program, and the Top 25 college baseball team on the Hill.   Pigeon Forge's Butch Helton drops by to promote the forthcoming Mountain Quiltfest (March 20-23).  Also, a South Carolina mayor's hate crime claim may just b...

Bradford Pears look pretty, but have plenty of haters in Dixie.  North Carolina's S&D Coffee & Tea has been going strong since 1927.  Preshias Harris files her report from Music Row: Garth Brooks breaks a new record for vinyl sales; Gyth Rigdon impresses "The Voice"; and Brooks & Dunn record a new CD.  Also, ACC insider Jonathan Leifheit's back with the latest report on...

At least 23 die in Sunday's tornado outbreak in Lee County, Ala.   New country music act Lockeland is the latest "CRS Tapes" feature.  We hear a sample of the trio's new single, "Til The Cows Come Home."  Jon Rawl looks at the latest AP Top 25 for college basketball.  Also, "Barbecue Barrister" Matt Heermans is back with a Fat Tuesday-themed report.

Jeff Roush shares photography tips as the business of taking pictures has evolved with digital imagery.  Toccopola storyteller Jerry Short recalls his days picking cotton; and his time in South Louisiana as Mardi Gras raged on.  Deadly tornadoes strike Lee County, Ala.  Also, Chattanooga native and former UGA golfer Keith Mitchell wins The Honda Classic in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.

Arkansas' state flag does not get redefined.  Atlanta rapper Future gets a spin of "March Madness" on this first day of the month.  Atlanta filmmaker Tyler Perry releases the final Madea movie this weekend.  Also, Tennessee Volunteers-turned-Dallas Cowboys tight end Jason Witten returns to America's Team.

John Schneider, "Bo Duke" on the 1980s TV show "The Dukes of Hazzard," discusses his acting and country music career with host Jon Rawl.  Lisa Chandler stops by to promote Clearwater, Fla., as a Dixie Destination.  The Tampa Bay-area city was just named the nation's top beach; and starting April 12th Clearwater hosts the popular Pier 60 Sugar Sand Festival.  Also, Mississippi State...

Dabo Swinney speaks to the South Carolina State House, as his defending national champion football team is honored with "Clemson Day" in Columbia, S.C.  North Carolina hitmaker Luke Combs hits No. 1 with "Beautiful Crazy," while Jon Pardi earns a platinum album.  Music Row insider Preshias Harris reports from Nashville.  Plus, host Jon Rawl sees his first blooming tree of the year....

Taylon Hope, a 13-year-old country music newcomer from West Jefferson, N.C., is Jon Rawl's latest guest on the CRS Tapes.  Hope previews her new single, "Could've Been A Country Song."  With an enrollment of 1,693, tiny Wofford College is ranked No. 24 in the latest men's college basketball rankings – the first such ranking for the Spartanburg, S.C.-based Terriers.  And we have an e...

Flooding across the South leads to a deadly weekend.  Toccopola storyteller Jerry Short remembers how flood control led his great-grandfather to be forced from his farm to Oklahoma.  Baltimore country music singer Charles Parker previews his new CD, "Party Girls & Chicken Wings." Also, South Carolina's Dustin Johnson wins his 20th PGA Tour event in Mexico.