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Frazer Harrison, Getty Images Greg Bates is a Nashville native, so he had friends who were songwriters and musicians long before he had his record deal. It's interesting, then, that his single "Fill in the Blank" was written with friends he was writing with for the first time.

Singer-songwriter Kayla Conn picked up her dad's guitar at age 3 and taught herself to play by the time she was 10. Born in Cypress, Texas, northwest of Houston, Kayla penned her first song at 12 years old. In the three years since then -- yes, she's just 15 years old -- Kayla has co-written with Billy Dean, Brian White (co-writer of Rodney Atkins' No...

Mike Coppola, Getty Images Trace Adkins, Dwight Yoakam, Rodney Atkins and Tanya Tucker are among the first artists announced by AXS TV as part of the network's live coverage of the upcoming Stagecoach Country Music Festival, April 26-28, The Boot has learned exclusively.

The Boot rounds up today's country music news from around the web. Tim McGraw has his 33rd career No. 1 song with "One of Those Nights," which tops the Billboard country singles chart this week. The nostalgic tune is second single from the superstar's Two Lanes of Freedom album (also a chart-topper)...

In country music, life often imitates art for the singers of our favorite love songs. To celebrate Valentine's Day, The Boot gathered quotes from some of the genre's most romantic stars to find out their sentiments on love and their holiday plans...