After standing in line at 2AM Saturday morning, Belinda and I, unfortunately, were not able to make it on to the next round of ‘Can You Duet’ Season 2. We were however, very close to the taping outside again, as well as to new host Lance Smith, also the host of CMT’s Top 20 Countdown. We were also much closer to judge Naomi Judd this year when she made her grand entrance into the Wildhorse. Stay tuned for pictures of the whole day and be sure and catch the shows when they air on CMT later in the Spring.

‘Can You Duet’ which turned out acts last year like Joey & Rory, Caitlin & Will, and the Capollas returns for its second season this Saturday March 7th at the Wildhorse Saloon in Nashville. Auditions will begin at 8AM sharp.

Thank you so much to everyone for taking the time to cast your vote for me (and the band) to be able to open up for Little Big Town; whether you just voted, told someone about it, forwarded e-mails on, etc…. I can’t thank you enough! Your support was truly amazing! My fans back home are such a blessing to me…….. So Thank You!! Also a big thank you to WXBC for allowing to do an interview about the contest with them and to WAMZ for their help in promoting it on their website.

Now for the results of the contest which ended Friday Feb. 27th 2009:

As you probably already know, we just came up a little short on placing in the top 4 to get the opportunity of a lifetime to open for Little Big Town. We did receive over 2500 votes and that was good enough to put us in 6th place overall out of 322 bands. I’d say that is pretty good. Even though we didn’t finish in the top 4, we still came away winners with all of the love and support shown by so many new friends and fans. For that I am forever grateful! Hopefully through this contest…… more people know a little more about Ryan Ross and his music. So thank you to everyone for putting your time and effort into trying to make an independent country artist’s dreams come true. I will never forget these last few weeks. It was an amazing journey. Thank you!!!!

Sincerely,
Ryan