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       PREVIEW 
        OF EPISODE 14 - NU COUNTRY TV 2ND SERIES 
      LEE 
        BAPTISES UTE  
         
      
         
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          Corowa 
            born country king Lee Kernaghan also performs the video clip for Baptise 
            The Ute from his huge selling eighth ABC Music album Electric Rodeo. 
            The boy from the bush, our No 1 member, is also featured in Nick Brenner's 
            ABC-TV documentary Nu Country - a finalist in the prestigious 35th 
            Nashville Film Festival. 
             
            Brenner's documentary is competing with films about Billy Joe Shaver, 
            also in the Nu Country docco, and late country star Gram Parsons' 
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       BRAD 
        A PAISLEY CELEBRITY  
      
         
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              Virginian born country star Brad Paisley also performs parodic smash 
              hit Celebrity from his third big selling album Mud On The Tyres. 
              Paisley, 32, and wed to soapie starlet Kimberley Williams, wrote 
              his hit about the reality TV fad that is dying on the Aussie TV 
              vine. 
               
              Ironically, Brad shares billing with Texan mother of twins Kelly 
              Willis whose husband Bruce is the brother of Charley Robison who 
              slammed Paisley for being a celebrity. 
            Brad 
              Paisley 
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       KELLY 
        WILLIS BEER CAN HILL GUEST  
      
         
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             Oklahoma 
              born Willis, a mother of three and in the cast of the Tim Robbins 
              movie, Bob Roberts performs her single If I Left You 
              from her firth album Easy.  
               
              Kelly, now 34, and Bruce performed live in the Beer Call Hill studio 
              and on the internet during their 2000 tour of Australia. 
               
              It was 18 months before the station was destroyed by fire on June 
              26, 2001, - first day of our 28th broadcast. 
               
              Bruce, proud owner of a Nu Country tee shirt featuring Fred Negro's 
              famous dingo, and Charlie wrote their Meryl Streep dingo parody 
              song after returning to Texas. 
               
              The song One In A Million from his third album Step Right 
              Up came out shortly before Easy. 
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        STEVE EARLE IN GURU 
      
         
          Texan 
            troubadour Steve Earle, making his fourth Australian tour, is featured 
            in the Guru segment in questions translated by lecturer Lawrie Weir. 
             
            Earle, signed to MCA at the same time as Willis, is touring here to 
            promote his 14th CD and latest DVD Just An American Boy. 
             
            Steve, 49, and his Dukes featuring Will Rigby, former spouse of Amy 
            Rigby, on drums, Eric Amble on guitar and bassist Kelly Looney, play 
            the Prince Of Wales in St Kilda on Thursday and Friday April 1 and 
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              Steve Earle 
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        THE FLOOD RETURNS  
         
         
      
         
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             Sydney 
              band The Flood, fresh from an appearance with Nashville star Kevin 
              Welch on the ABC TV series Live At The Basement, return to Nu Country 
              with their song Mary. 
             
              They cut Live Down Here On Earth with Welch on his 2002 tour 
              and recently performed at the Port Fairy festival, filmed by Nu 
              Country TV video camera aces Carol Taylor and Heather Rutherford. 
               
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        The Pheasant Pluckers, also a popular act at Port Fairy, and fellow Melbourne 
        band Roadhouse show why they're in big demand on the live circuit. 
         
        The Pluckers showcase their dexterity on a tune from third album Take 
        Me There. 
         
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        story from the Diary on August 28. 
         
        Roadhouse perform their tune Road Worn And Weary from their debut 
        disc  
         
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        Diary on August 28.  
        
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