“To All Tommy Decarlo and BOSTON fans and friends:
This morning Tommy lost his fight with cancer. Everyone who has heard Tommy sing on stage, or on BOSTON albums, knows what a gifted artist he was, but few know how hard he worked to fill that role of BOSTON’s lead vocalist, and to turn himself into a top tier live performer – or more important, what a dedicated father he was to his children. Tommy was a competitive athlete, and yet a gentle soul who is remembered by by his son and many others as a sweet man who did not deserve to be cut down at such a young age. It’s not surprising that one of his favorite BOSTON songs to sing was “To Be a Man.”
While many people will remember Tommy giving his audience amazing live performances, I will remember him as the incredible singer who appeared out of nowhere to rescue BOSTON in 2007, and gave all of us with the band 10 additional years of performing our most memorable live shows. Rest in peace Tommy, you did know what it took to be a man,” said
When the world truly is in a world of hurt right now with new wars, natural disasters, out of control Ai, social media, and on, and on there is one thing that is steady and that’s God.
Tonight three power house Christian musicians — TobyMac, Jeremy Camp and Crowder filled a sold out stadium at the Blue Arena in Loveland, Colorado and had every concert goer on their feet praising God through their songs.
Just the fact that the snowy and icy roads cleared and everyone safely made it from town to town is a miracle.
TobyMac’s Hits Deep tour really helped renew people’s faith in God.
Jeremy Camp opened the night with his hits “Survivors” and “Dead Man Walking” and many more.
The crowd knew every word to his songs and they joyously danced along. After Jeremy finished, a Disc Jockey from TobyMac’s band got the crowd going and on their feet in between stage changes.
The DJ spun contemporary hits from the 1980s and 1990s from the Back Street Boys, Vanilla Ice, and more. Different sections of the crowd took his challenge to see who could sing louder than the other.
Crowder came out next and performed his hit song, “Grave Robber,” and a brand new song, “It Really is Amazing Grace” based on the old church hymn, “Amazing Grace.” He also played many of his other hit songs. Last year Crowder performed at the Cheyenne Civic Center, too.
TobyMac took the stage after an intermission where the non-profit organization, Food For the Hungry, was presented about that he supports. And people had an opportunity to sponsor a child in an impoverished country. And provide them with food, clean water and an education.
Next it was TobyMac’s turn to energize the stage. He performed some of his biggest hits from “Heaven on My Mind,” which he wrote after his son passed away, to “Move (Keep Walking),” “Cornerstone,” “Faithfully,” and he even played a five minute mix of some of his older hits that he said his wife challenged him to do.
His band, DiverseCity, are all incredibly talented. There is a young gal in his band who has powerhouse vocals that rivals the late Whitney Houston. She needs a tour all of her own! That girl can sing!
If you weren’t able to make it to Loveland, TobyMac said his Colorado Springs, Colorado’s show has a few seats left so check him out there today March 8, 2026 at 6:30 p.m.
TobyMac ended the night in Loveland with confetti raining over the crowd. Photo by Karen CottonJeremy Camp and members of his band opened the night with his latest hit “Survivors” that is played often on KLove and Air1.Crowder performed many of his hits including “Grave Robber”
TobyMac’s Hits Deep Tour is sold out this Saturday in Loveland, Colorado at the Blue Arena.
If you were lucky enough to score tickets to this show with these Christian artists who all have hits on Christian radio stations right now you’re in for a treat.
Due to a death of my close friends’ father over the past weekend the interview that TobyMac granted us will run at a later date in print and online.
According to Greeley Stampede’s official Facebook post here is what it says:
“We’ve added even more entertainment to #GS26 with the Tasman Park Stage concert headliners! Bonus, there’s still more to be announced!
Everclear / Friday, June 26 at 10:45pm Rhett Walker / Tuesday, June 30 at 6pm (Faith and Family Night) Conchren & Co / Tuesday, June 30 at 9:30pm (Faith and Family Night) Aaron Watson / Wednesday, July 1 at 9:30pm Blake Whiten / Thursday, July 2 at 10:45pm Joe Nichols / Saturday, July 4 at 9:45pm (Following fireworks)
All Tasman Park Stage concerts are included with your park admission or any arena event ticket, making it one of the most affordable ways to experience live music in Northern Colorado.
Screenshot of Alex Warren and his wife, Kouvr Annon, hearing “Fever Dream,” which is https://www.alexwarrenofficial.comhis newest song that he wrote for her for the first time on Tiktok.
Story by Karen Cotton
Alex Warren will be performing this summer at Cheyenne Frontier Days on July 18 at 8 p.m.
and he just dropped a new song that’s incredibly catchy called, “Fever Dream,” on his official Tiktok page.
The “Ordinary” singer/songwriter shared his latest hit with a video of his wife, Kouvr Annon, wearing headphones and listening to “Fever Dream,” for the first time. In the video clip it says he wrote, “Fever Dream,” for her. Watch the whole video with the Tiktok link below. You can hear the new tune and see them enjoying Warren’s new song:
The recent passing of Brad Arnold, 3 Doors Down frontman, and gifted songwriter, and super down-to-earth person has made me incredibly sad, as have some other events in my life.
Brad was gracious enough to let me do a day-in-the-life story about he and his band when they performed at Cheyenne Frontier Days.
I’d have to do some research to find out which year they played at CFD. It was an amazing experience. A friend, Tina, was there and she and I used one of those Flip video recorders to record the interview. We got to watch the band do their soundcheck and we later interviewed Brad at the Contract Acts building.
A lot of people have asked me who were some of your favorite interviews you’ve ever done. And Brad was just a really kind and he was an easy to talk to person.
We talked about music, touring and what a normal day is like for a touring musician.
I’ve never been good at dealing with loss or death or grief. Really who is? Is there such a thing?
When Naomi Judd died in 2022 that also hit me incredibly hard, so hard it affected a lot of my life including my college career and my marriage. B. B. King’s passing in 2015 also made me incredibly sad. I was fortunate enough to interview him twice. The second time was on his bus. And he had just gotten his GED. He had an Xbox he liked to play in his downtime. He told me how he got started playing music. He thought it was really cool that I was a jazz musician and we talked about how closely the Blues and jazz are related. Also how his fingers really hurt playing the guitar because he had to prick them because of his Type 1 diabetes. And I had just started learning guitar and we showed each other our calluses on our fingertips. Later on I was diagnosed with Type Two Diabetes. So now, I know firsthand how painful it is to play your guitar with fingers that have to get pricked for glucometer readings, which is why I prefer piano. B.B. King was a spokesman for a brand of glucometer, too. He invited me to come play with his band for a bit after the show, but I had a deadline for my story and I regret not telling my editor, “Hey, I’ve been invited to play some music with B.B. King, can we wait a day on this article?”
When he passed away I shared his recording with his daughter, Shirley. You all can hear it at the University of Wyoming American Heritage Center.
Merle Haggard’s passing also was difficult.
I regret never meeting or interviewing Ozzy Osbourne, or Ace Frehly, or Brian Wilson, and they’re all gone.
I believe in Jesus Christ. I believe in God.
TobyMac has a newer song called, “Heaven on My Mind,” and he told me about it in the interview I did recently with him. The story will be out in print only after I have his team look it over.
MercyMe, they have a hit song all about death called, “Oh Death,” that KLove has been playing a lot lately.
Also, I have these amazing best friends. They’re twins, and their parents are like my parents. We’ve known each other for years. For years. I was married for 22 years and we have known each other longer. Cancer. Man, I have always, always hated cancer. Their dad could just really use some big prayers. I appreciate the prayer line at KLove for helping me pray about all of this.
When I was 13 after my parents’ divorce I got my first introduction to cancer and what it’s like to watch someone suffer from cancer.
I was a patient at Primary Children’s Hospital for a month. I read books to kids on the cancer ward. They liked my voice and ability to do different funny characters. I loved to make them laugh. I taught them how to write poetry and how to journal. We would do coloring pages together. We talked about how scary needles were. That’s when I first got my first blood draw when I was prescribed Lithium. And they were dealing with ports, IVs and chemo. It was in 1989. I was also dealing with a life-changing diagnosis of bipolar disorder. They talked to me about how scary it was to lose their hair and how other kids made fun of them. And the second time I came back to the hospital I told them about how hard it was at school when kids made fun of me because I was “mentally ill.” Some of my friends I had made on the cancer ward weren’t there when I returned the second time to the hospital.
My mom started donating to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital that year and never stopped after I told her about the friends I had met. She eventually donated her hair to Locks of Love.
I’ll be 50 this year and I’ve been fortunate. I’ve survived a lot. When you call a crisis line they always ask “do you feel suicidal or homicidal?” and my answer is always no. I will never harm myself or anyone else. I have been blessed to live a very long time. I have an incredible daughter who is 14. She’s so important to me. I would have moved to Nashville a long, long time ago if she wasn’t nearby. The job I’m proud of is being a stay-at-home mom for ten years and giving birth to her emergency c-section. We spent three months in a Nicu together.
I’ve done music a lot, lot longer than writing and I regret not pursuing music as a career instead of writing, yet I’ve always performed in a band or choir in some kind of capacity since I was in elementary school. Brad was only 47 and I am 49 so it just hits harder. I have a lot of regrets in my life. Things I wish I could really change.
Robin Williams he became my penpal after the hospital when I started writing fan letters to him. He was very public about his struggle with bipolar disorder. I feel awful that his letters didn’t survive all the moves that I did but his autographed pictures did. He played Peter Pan in “Hook” and “Think happy thoughts,” was one of my favorite autographs of his and sayings. He always helped me get out of dark times. The entertainment industry has lost some really amazing people. If anything that I’ve learned about is to be kind to other people.
Social media is just full of so much hate, a lot of Ai crafted stories, too, and nobody is policing social media. So, in honor of all of the people we have lost I am going to be taking a break from social media for a bit. There are studies about how social media can really affect your overall mental health negatively. And I wonder what if everyone also takes time to spend more time with their family, friends, loved ones or even volunteering?
Maybe learn a new hobby. Eat at a new restaraunt, go for a hike or walk, write a hand written letter to someone or write a card, talk to your postal service worker, waiter or waitress, the cashier, or barista and ask them how their day is going. Valentine’s Day is coming up. Why not buy a bouquet and hand out flowers to random strangers or take some bouquets to the homeless shelter or a nursing home or the VA?
Where I work this man brought myself and a coworker a brand new dollar coin and it made our day.
When you read this just go out of your way to make someone smile. Buy the person behind you in the drive-through a coffee, or hold the door open for someone else, or give someone a compliment. The world needs a little Jesus. My co-worker gave me a little Jesus figurine and it was a big help.
Photo of Brad Arnold courtesy of the Associated Press.
Craig Johnson, the beloved Wyoming author, who is internationally known for his mystery novels and long-running TV series “Longmire” has am exciting announcement about Longmire Days according to the official website of the celebration.
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Ready to make your plans for LONGMIRE DAYS 2026? Dates will be released on Monday, February 9th at 6:00 pm MST via social media and here on our website.The Longmire Foundation thanks everyone who attended, volunteered, and supported Longmire Days 2025. Planning for 2026 is underway and dates will be released soon.Longmire Days simply does not happen without the actors who graciously carve out time in their schedules to make it to Buffalo. We cannot thank John Bishop, Robert Taylor, Louanne Stephens, and A Bone Martinez enough for donating their time to the Longmire Foundation again in 2025.We added some new events this year, brought back the Street Dance, and kept many of everyone’s favorites. The Longmire Foundation would like to thank all of our sponsors who make Longmire Days possible with their support and especially our Platinum Sponsors Lesa Hopkins and Mountain West Group.At the very core of the Longmire Foundation is a dedication to community support. Learn more about the community organizations we’ve supported the last couple years. We appreciate the support and investment of all the fans in Longmire Days and the Foundation’s mission of community involvement.This is your official source for all the information available about Longmire Days. Everything will be posted on this website with reminders via Facebook, Instagram, and occasional e-mail. If information is not here, it’s not reliable.”
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