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Reba McEntire Wants Cowboys to Dance

Reba McEntire's recent performance at the opening of the billion dollar Dallas Cowboys Stadium featured a new -- and very appropriate song. 'I Want A Cowboy' will be among the tracks on the singer's 'Keep on Loving You' disc, set for release on August 18. The tune was co-written by singer-songwriter Katrina Elam, who included it on her self-titled debut album in 2004.

"I'm a huge fan of Katrina Elam," Reba tells AllAboutCountry.com. "I love her singing, and I loved her album she had out a few years back. So I was talking to my producer, Tony Brown, who had co-produced Katrina's album, and asked him if there were any plans to do anything with the song 'I Want A Cowboy.' Tony called Katrina and asked her if she had any plans for the song, and she said, 'No, I don't think so -- why?' He told her I wanted to record it, and she thought that would be great. So we immediately went into the studio and cut it."

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Free MP3 and Live Performance: David Nail, 'Red Light'

Rising country star David Nail has teamed with The Boot to offer fans a free download of his latest hit, 'Red Light.'

"This came to us after the record was done," David tells us of the song that almost didn't make his album. "To be honest, I wasn't real crazy about adding it, because any time you do a record you have to force yourself to close the book on it. Otherwise you'll just keep going back and wanting to fix and add things. But after I listened to it I said, 'I get it. Just tell me when and where we're recording.' And since we've been out on the road with it, introducing it to the world, it's been great. I think it was something that we were missing on the record, and I'm glad we had the opportunity to add it."

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Free MP3 and Live Performance: David Nail, 'Red Light'

Rising country star David Nail has teamed with The Boot to offer fans a free download of his latest hit, 'Red Light.'

"This came to us after the record was done," David tells us of the song that almost didn't make his album. "To be honest, I wasn't real crazy about adding it, because any time you do a record you have to force yourself to close the book on it. Otherwise you'll just keep going back and wanting to fix and add things. But after I listened to it I said, 'I get it. Just tell me when and where we're recording.' And since we've been out on the road with it, introducing it to the world, it's been great. I think it was something that we were missing on the record, and I'm glad we had the opportunity to add it."

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Keith Urban Fans Demand 'Summer'

Fans are hoping to get Capitol Records' attention, as they ask the Nashville record label to make 'Til Summer Comes Around' the next single from Keith Urban's 'Defying Gravity' album. The Urban Country blog is prompting readers to sign a petition requesting that the "compellingly beautiful song" be the next track released to radio.

"While we cannot exactly give a money back guarantee on this, we are still going to come out and say it: if this is the next single, we will buy it, download it and request it all the way to #1!" reads the petition. "Think about it, it could go out at the start of the summer and end up in the charts by September. Perfect timing!"

Watch Keith perform 'Til Summer Comes Around' live in our studios, after the jump.

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Mac McAnally's New Song Helps Wounded Soldiers

Just like the title of his new song says, Mac McAnally is putting others before himself. The famed singer/songwriter is donating all royalties from his new single, 'You First,' to the Wounded Warriors Project, a non-profit organization that helps wounded soldiers.

'You First' is the first single from McAnally's debut album on Show Dog Records, tentatively set to hit stores in June. Download the song and help out the brave men and women wounded in combat here.

Ray Stevens Asks Uncle Sam, What Would Jesus Do?

Funnyman Ray Stevens has always had his finger on the pulse of America. Just in time for Tax Day, he is resurrecting an old song, 'If Ten Percent Is Good Enough for Jesus (It Oughta Be Enough for Uncle Sam),' which takes a stand on the ever-increasing amount that the government takes out of our paychecks.

"Now I'm just as patriotic as the next man/And you know I love the red, white and blue/So I'll help pay this risin' price of freedom/But I'll be danged if I'll change my point of view," the song proclaims. "If ten percent is enough for Jesus/ Then it ought to be enough for Uncle Sam."

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Miranda Lambert on 'Dead Flowers' and Puppy Love

Miranda Lambert offered fans a sneak peek of her upcoming single, 'Dead Flowers,' with a lively performance during the ACM Awards show last week. On her website, Lambert reveals that she was inspired to write the song after throwing out a gift bouquet before going back out on tour.

"I had some flowers that I got for Valentines Day in a vase on the kitchen table," Lambert writes. "I was going on the road so I had to throw them in the yard. They were just laying there and it was a really sad image. The song came to me right away and was one of those ones that kinda wrote itself."

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