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Have you ever wanted to know how to write a song? Hit songwriter Odie Blackmon has put together an instructional DVD, 'The Craft of Writing Hit Songs,' for those aspiring tunesmiths who are interested in putting thoughts and ideas to music ...

Gary Allan has teamed with the Professional Bull Riders for their biggest one-day event ever, the 2010 Dickies Iron Cowboy Invitational, to be held at Dallas Cowboys Stadium on Feb. 20. Gary is slated to perform as-yet-unreleased songs from his upcoming album, 'Get Off on the Pain,' at the event...

The 2010 CMA Songwriters Series returns to the venue where it all began -- New York City's Joe's Pub -- on March 25. This year's lineup includes Dierks Bentley, David Lee Murphy and two of Nashville's hottest songwriters, Jim Beavers (co-writer of Dierks' hits 'Trying To Stop Your Leaving' and 'Sideways,' Gary Allan's 'Watching Airplanes,' and Billy Currington's 'Don't') and Bob DiPiero (Montgomer

It couldn't have happened any better if Gary Allan himself had planned to play a prank on his traveling buddy, Jack Ingram. The pair are currently sharing the bill on Gary's Get off on the Pain Tour, and while pranks have become a way of life for artists on the road, this one wasn't even Gary's doing...

Jack Ingram says being on the road with Gary Allan on the 'Get Off on the Pain' tour is "a natural fit." The trek also features the Eli Young Band, as well as Justin Moore and Stoney LaRue on select Texas dates. Jack tells The Boot he has been a fan of Gary's since the release of the singer's 'Used Heart for Sale' album in 1996...

Gary Allan embarked on his 'Getting Off on the Pain' tour a few weeks ago, with openers Jack Ingram and the Eli Young Band. We asked Gary what he "gets off on" when it comes to music. "It's always performing for me," the California native tells The Boot...

Gary Allan, who debuted tracks from his upcoming album 'Get Off on the Pain' this week at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium, has released the track listing for the new disc, which is due out Feb. 2, 2010. Gary wrote or co-wrote half of the album's 10 tracks...

It was a night of rock-infused country and heartwarming surprises at Nashville's famed Ryman Auditorium on Thursday, as Gary Allan brought his Get Off on the Pain Tour to Music City. Jack Ingram and the Eli Young Band served as opening acts, with Jack accompanied by a surprise music icon during his act...

This Thursday, Nov. 12, Gary Allan will headline the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville for the first time in his career. "The last time I played the Ryman, I opened for Mark Chesnutt and David Lee Murphy," Gary tells Nashville's Tennessean newspaper...

Gary Allan's Get Off on the Pain Tour kicked off Wednesday (Oct. 14) at Chicago's House of Blues. The country-rocker will stop in 25 cities across the country before the end of the year. When Gary called in to Jeff Foxworthy's country countdown show this week, he confessed to Jeff that he was calling from his back porch at home in Nashville, wearing UGG boots, Christmas pajama bottoms and a t-shir