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Rita Ballou joins Radio Texas, LIVE! each week to keep us up to date on all the 'Dirt' in the Texas and Red Dirt Music scene. Here's what she brought us this week.

Is this newsworthy? Definitely.

With huge hits here in Texas like "What if," "Blame it on Waylon," "Ride of Your Life and "Honky Tonk Heaven" Jason Cassidy is establishing himself as a legitimate "country" artist in the Texas scene. This week for your RTX Sunday Video it's "Honky Tonk Heaven." Good song, good video.

According to the Reckless Kelly Facebook page one out of four Braun brothers is officially out of commission. Cody Braun will be spending the next couple weeks recovering from hernia surgery.

Casey Donahew Band is one of the most popular acts in Texas today. Case in point, their latest project “Standoff” hit the No. 7 spot on the Country iTunes chart when it was released in April, something that is almost unheard of for an independent band. And their current single "Whiskey Baby" just wrapped up a three week run at No. 1. The guys recently stopped by to perform for some of ou

After three straight weeks at No.1 with "Whiskey Baby," Casey Donahew drops to No.2 -- leaving the top spot wide open for the taking. William Clark Green, Jason Boland, Randy Rogers, who takes the crown from Casey? Let’s find out.

This week Casey Donahew looks to hold on to the top spot for a third straight week, meanwhile William Clark Green and Jason Boland both look to keep him from three-peating. Who lands the coveted top spot? Let’s find out.

We've teamed up with our friends at Cavender's to infuse more Texas Music into your life. It's "The Cavender's + Radio Texas, LIVE! Texas Music Infusion Contest!" Each day at 9 a.m., through Monday, June 17, we will select three artists of the day. Every time you hear one of their songs, on our online radio station, on their respective days text "RTX" to 89000 to be entered int