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  Kid Rock, Brad Paisley, and Other Stars Honor George Jones at Grand Ole Opry Funeral

  May 3, 2013 – George Jones was laid to rest yesterday the way he lived his life, surrounded by music. A nearly three-hour public funeral yesterday at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee, featured live performances by Kid Rock, Brad Paisley, Alan Jackson, Randy Travis, Vince Gill, Patty Loveless, and more. …
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  Tha Real Mother****ing Doggfather

  March 5, 2013 – Jerry Williams, Jr. would rather be writing a song than wasting his time trying to wrangle a dumb-love mistake. "That's the intention most motherfucking mornings," he says in a reedy southern accent as he stands in the doorway of his six-bedroom San Fernando Valley bungalow. "Then some shit happens." "Shit" is a car that he wants back. …
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  5 Reasons to Watch the 2012 Kennedy Center Honors

  December 3, 2012 – The surviving members of Led Zeppelin will appear on tonight's episode of Late Show With David Letterman. But Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, and John Paul Jones already spent time with Letterman, President Barack Obama, and other grandees over the weekend at various events commemorating this year's Kennedy Center Honors. Meryl Streep and Hillary Clinton snapped an iPhone self-portrait. …
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  Kid Kid Rock: Son of the Bullgod Rap-Rocks Like His Daddy

  October 17, 2012 – "Nepotism works," said New York Times publisher Arthur "Punch" Sulzberger, who died last month at age 86. Bullshit. …
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  Romney Scores Kid Rock's Support, Obama Gets the National

  August 27, 2012 – As we hurdle headlong toward the November presidential elections, musicians are drawing lines in the sand. A pair of nearly identical tweets from Soundgarden's Chris Cornell and Brooklyn lit-rockers the National have confirmed that these strange bedfellows will be sharing a triple bill with Obama himself at a September 1 speech stop in Des Moines, Iowa. …
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  Kid Rock's 'Made in Detroit' Clothing Line Not Actually Made in Detroit

  February 6, 2012 – If you had been hoping that your diehard Kid Rock fandom and merch purchases were justified by the good cause of supporting local industry, we're sad to let you down: Kid's clothing line Made in Detroit, it turns out, is so not made in Detroit. …
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  5 Reasons Kid Rock's 'Born Free' Might Not Be Mitt Romney's Smartest Choice

  December 7, 2011 – Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has chosen Kid Rock's "Born Free" as the theme song for his campaign. A Michigan native with a well-earned reputation for squareness, Romney has a few obvious tactical reasons for aligning himself with Detroit's hard-partying native son, but he might wind up regretting his decision further down the road to the White House. Which, in next year's election, will inevitably run through Michigan. …
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  Kid Rock Hosts Star-Studded Hometown B-Day Bash!

  January 18, 2011 – How, exactly, do you celebrate your 40th birthday when you're a musical icon whose 20-year-plus career leaps from hard-partying hip-hop to hard-rocking arena pomp, shit-kicking outlaw country revivalism to Soccer Mom-approved radio ballads? …
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  Kid Rock, 'Born Free' (Atlantic)

  November 16, 2010 – History has proven writing off Kid Rock imprudent--his albums always seem to mosey out the gate, then months later get jump-started when some Midwestern country station picks up the fourth single. Next thing you know, he's moved another three million units. His latest already has Big Event written all over it: Rick Rubin production, Martina McBride and T.I. …
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  Ryan Adams' Pizza, Kid Rock's Lack of Fans

  March 12, 2010 – Here are some of the weirdest stories we found on the web this week: --While under oath, Kid Rock admits he has zero fans in Los Angeles. That's the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth -- so help me god! [LA Weekly] --Vote for your best (and worst) rock star mustaches. So, which takes first place: Lemmy Kilmeister's muttonchops or Carlos Santana's 'stache? …
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