NASHVILLE, TN  [Wednesday Jun.8.2005]  /Mix103FM.com/ -- With "Play Something Country" scorching country radio, Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn have turned the heat way up for the follow-up to their platinum plus coming-of-age rumination Red Dirt Road.

The duo have also hit the studio to reprise Larry Willoughby's "Building Bridges" -- with arcing harmonies from Vince Gill and Sheryl Crow.

"I was just crazy for everything Rodney Crowell," says Ronnie Dunn, who cut his juke joint teeth behind chicken wire. "Anything and everything Rodney did, I was all about it and at first, I thought this was a Rodney Crowell song! Then I came to find out it was by his cousin, but it didn't
matter - the song was so good, if we did four sets on a Saturday night, I'd find a way to sneak it into three."

"Some songs just stand the test of time," says Kix Brooks. "As a writer, I remember when Larry's record came out - the way the insiders were buzzing about it - and when (new B&D producer) Tony Brown suggested it, Ronnie said it was something he was doing in the honky tonks, so it seemed like a pretty cool and organic way to tap into where we come from."

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