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'Blake Shelton's Barn & Grill' Hits Stores October 26th

Blake Shelton's third Warner Bros. Records release, "Blake Shelton's Barn & Grill," will hit stores on Tuesday, October 26. Fans are already familiar with Blake's newest hit "Some Beach," which is currently at #10 on the Radio & Records chart and #13 on Billboard. Blake's street week will have him criss-crossing the country with "Blake Shelton's Barn & Grill" events, media appearances and in-store performances.

"Some Beach" is a portrayal of just one of the conversations that can be heard at one of the tables at "Blake Shelton's Barn & Grill." With this album, Blake sought to create a place. He envisioned a place with a jukebox that might be playing any of these songs, songs that reflect the everyday emotions that everyone can relate to and identify with. "I can picture every person in every conversation in this bar when I listen to the album," Blake says, "and it doesn't make me want to jump up and do the flash dance and it doesn't make me cry when it's over. It just makes me content with myself at that moment. Just kick back, drink a beer and have fun listening to it."

Known to most radio listeners as the tender balladeer behind the #1 hits "Austin" and "The Baby," Blake is now beginning to show his fans another side of his personality. His dry wit and self-effacing sense of humor come through on his video for "Some Beach," the story of a perfectly good day ruined by road rage, a stolen parking spot and premature drilling at the dentist's office -- any of which could make you long to be on some beach, somewhere! In the same vein, this week marks the start of a series of television commercials on CMT and GAC in which Blake manages to unwittingly offend various farm animals while hanging out at his "Barn & Grill." He also brought a few laughs to CMT last night as he helped Lance Smith out with the "Top Twenty Countdown," which will be aired again this weekend, and he was featured on GAC's "Country Music Across America" earlier in the week. The new album is covered extensively in the latest issue of "Country Music Weekly," with an album review and a feature article. Fans will continue to get to know Blake as he hosts GAC's "Country Request Live" on his album's release date, October 26th, and as he narrates the world premiere of his album on XM Satellite Radio's "Highway 16 ShortCuts," airing October 22-25. Blake's fans seem to like this new side of him, propelling the "Some Beach" video into CMT's Top 20.

"Blake Shelton's Barn & Grill" is filled to the brim with great drinking songs. The melancholy "I Drink" shows a man who has resigned himself to alcoholism and "The Bartender" knows all of his customers by the drinks they order, rather than by name. Love can be lost and found at "Blake Shelton's Barn & Grill" as well, from "Goodbye Time," Blake's beautiful homage to Conway Twitty, to the fun and frolicking lovers in "Cotton Pickin' Time." From the man who declares that he is the only one for his girl in "Nobody But Me," to the girl who should find herself a new love in "Good Old Boy, Bad Old Boyfriend."

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Blake Shelton's Barn & Grill
1.) Some Beach
2.) Nobody But Me
3.) Good Old Boy, Bad Old Boyfriend
4.) Love Gets In the Way
5.) Goodbye Time
6.) Cotton Pickin' Time
7.) What's On My Mind
8.) When Somebody Knows You That Well
9.) On A Good Day
10.) The Bartender
11.) I Drink