Big and Rich

John is the first artist that has ever been presented with this awardNASHVILLE, TN – (January 17, 2012) – John Rich received the Randy Owen Angels Among Us Award during the Country Cares for St. Jude Kids® Seminar in Memphis, TN this past weekend. The award is presented to a member of the country music industry who demonstrates commitment and dedication to children battling cancer and other deadly disease at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Randy Owen, who founded the Country Cares program in 1989, gave the award to a country music artist for the first time.John Rich’s fundraising efforts for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital began when he won the hit NBC show “Celebrity Apprentice” on behalf of St. Jude Children’s Research. During the show John raised over $1.4 million dollars for the organization."St. Jude holds a very special place in my heart," said Rich. "It's like no other place and I'm just so honored to help raise awareness for this organization and to receive the first-ever Angels Among Us Award from Randy."

Thanks for everybody coming out to see us in Reno! We really did want to play longer, we were having a BLAST with yall! The venue had a curfew at 11:15pm and made us wrap it up. If it was up to us, we would have stayed on stage until 12:15am! See pictures from the event here.