Tuesday Newsday

Taylor Swift now has her own signature model guitar to be built and distributed by Taylor Guitars. The “Taylor Swift Baby Taylor” guitar is based on the company's ¾-scale dreadnought guitar and it’s built with a laminate body and a solid spruce top. The top of the special-edition guitar is decorated with a screen-printed rosette design and the word "love" three times within a vine motif. It also includes her signature and the title of her latest album, Fearless, near the bridge. The guitar's list price is just under 400-dollars, but it is expected to be sold for around 300-dollars when it becomes available later this month.

Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood will be part of the judging panel for a Peanuts Look-a-like Contest celebrating the comic strip’s 60th Anniversary. Garth and Trisha will be joined by Jill Schulz, daughter of Peanuts creator Charles Schulz, and SuperNanny Jo Frost on the judging panel. Submissions will be taken online at peanutsphotocontest.com until November 3rd. Once the panel selects the finalists, the winner will be picked through an online voting process. The contest benefits Boys & Girls Clubs of America.

News From Around The Country
Brad Paisley has teamed with actor Zach Quinto, producer Mark Schwann and writers Neal Dodson and Matt Bomer to create and co-produce a TV show for the CW Network, tentatively titled Nashville . The show will focus on the music business, but Brad says, “Look for some of your favorite country music stars to make their acting debuts on the show -- either by playing themselves or as a character in the script." …. Congratulations to Taylor Swift and Kenny Chesney. They are the only country artists up for a Billboard Touring Award. Taylor is up for the Breakthrough Award. Kenny is up for his 6th “Top Package” award. ….. Craig Morgan's video, "God Must Really Love Me," won the video of the year trophy from the Inspirational Country Music Awards. In related news, Craig and Chris Young will travel to Iraq and Germany later this month on behalf of the Stars for Stripes organization. …. Martina McBride is one of subjects of the ABC-TV special In The Spotlight. There are rumors that Tim McGraw and Carrie Underwood will also be featured. Martina shot her segment of the show last Friday, and it will air on November 10th. …. Sugarland’s Love On The Inside album has just been certified double-platinum. Jennifer and Kristian now have a triple-set of double-platinum awards for all three of their albums. …. And finally, Bucky Covington has a headline gig coming up in front of NASCAR fans. Being a NASCAR fan himself, it’s only appropriate that he play a free post-race show following the NASCAR Nationwide Series Kroger On Track For The Cure 250 at Memphis Motorsports Park coming up Saturday in Memphis.