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Saturday, July 26th, at 8:00pm Eastern, is the premiere date of my cousin (country singer Roger Alan Wade) and mine’s new radio show on Sirius Radio’s “Outlaw” country channel. It’s called the “Big Ass Happy Family Jubilee” after a song of the same name he wrote a few weeks back. But you will only find out the name of the show here and if you listen to the broadcast, because Sirius is too scared to put the name of the show in the press release. Ha ha ha… They are scared to promote a show on the OUTLAW channel with the word ASS in it. “Sa-lute!” I told them just to write it in the press release as the “Big A– Happy Family Jubilee,” but cooler heads prevailed. I guess they felt jackASS didn’t set any precedent in saying “ASS” in American mainstream media. Ha ha ha… Anyway, we will be playing our favorite outlaw country songs and any other songs we see fit to play. I ain’t much of a disc jockey, but Roger is fucking great. He’ll be singing and pickin’, too, so come listen to our first show on Saturday, July 26th, at 8pm Eastern. And maybe come back for our second and third… Woohoo!!!

Sincerely, Knoxville

(photo by Naomi Nelson)

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“It’s a shame the flame must melt the candle to survive,

And the train must leave the station to survive,

The honeybee leads the thieves back to the hive,

What’s killin’ me is barely keeping me alive.”

Those lyrics are from a song called “10,000 Candles” by my cousin, country singer Roger Alan Wade. He wrote those lyrics and he earned those lyrics the hard way. Thirty years of “what’s killin’ me is barely keeping me alive” really did almost kill him, and 168 days ago Rog’ entered rehab and has been clean ever since.

Being clear and present has done cuz’ nice too. He has got a new album out called Stoned Traveler and it’s consistently in the top ten on the Amazon country charts. He is also touring the US for the first time ever. My girlfriend and I got to catch him in Austin and he received a standing ovation his first night at the Saxon pub. I almost cried. Actually, I think I did. Rog’ has been at it for over three decades and to see everything coming together for him now means more to me and my family than I can express in words. My cousin is drenched in talent and the truth. He once remarked, “All you want out of a drug dealer or an artist is honesty,” and his music is honest. Thank god he is no longer concerned with the veracity of the aforementioned drug dealer. And thank god for the new life and momentum he now has. In honor of my cousin, his music, and the sleep deprived angels that are watching over him, today’s show will be called “No Bourbon, No Scotch, and No Beer.” Roger, I love you and I am more proud of you than you will ever know. Onward and forward and love.

Your Cousin, PJ (can’t sign Knoxville to rog’)

P.S. I want to thank Dale Watson for coming to his show in Austin at the Saxon pub and for inviting Rog’ to sing onstage with him at the Broken Spoke afterwards. What a grand, sweet blessing Dale, thanks so much. Also, I want to thank Connie and Amy Nelson for being so kind period. And I would like to really thank them for being so kind to Roger and helping him get those shows in Austin. Thanks for coming to the shows, too, Connie. Dale, Connie, and Amy, you opened your heart up to Rog’ and helped open Austin’s eyes to his music in the process. As Ernest Tubb would say, “Thanks, thanks a lot.”

Roger Alan Wade’s “If You’re Gonna Be Dumb,” a music video classic from days of jackass past.

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http://www.facebook.com/pages/Roger-Alan-Wade/15403608887

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Tour Schedule

July 3, 2008 – 8:00pm: The Mean-Eyed Cat w/Lew Card, Russ Bean & Jerry Mynatt; Austin, Texas

July 5, 2008 – 3:00pm: Hootenanny 2008; Oak Canyon Ranch, Orange County, California (tickets on sale now at ticketmaster)

July 9, 2008 – 9:00pm: Exit In w/Jerry Mynatt, Matt Kennon & The Big Ass Happy Family; Nashville, Tennessee

July 19, 2008 – 8:00pm: KaffeKlatsh w/BradPosey & The Big Ass Happy Family; Huntsville, Alabama

July 23, 2008 – 9:00pm: BUD’S; Comin’ Home to Brainerd Road; Chattanooga, Tennessee

July, 27 2008 –  02:00pm: Lakeview Marina; w/Jerry Mynatt, Allun Cormier, and hopefully Evie Anders, Johnson City, Tennessee

July 30, 2008 – 9:00pm: BUD’S; Brainerd Road, Chattanooga, Tennessee

August 2, 2008 – 8:00pm: Lakeview Marina; w/Jerry Mynatt, Allun Cormier, and hopefully Evie Anders, Johnson City, Tennessee

August 16, 2008 – 8:00pm: Lakeview Marina; w/Jerry Mynatt, Allun Cormier, and hopefully Evie Anders, Johnson City, Tennessee

August 31, 2008 – 8:00pm: Lakeview Marina; w/Jerry Mynatt, Allun Cormier, and hopefully Evie Anders, Johnson City, Tennessee

September 19, 2008 – 7:00pm: Chattahippie Music Festival; Chattanooga, Tennessee

September 27, 2008 – 8:00pm: Dade County “Class of ‘98 Reunion”; Trenton, Georgia

Just when you thought you saw the last clip from the 24-hour takeover, I settle into my office and start digging for little nuggets of NY gold. This particular nugget is pickled and can sing most of the lyrics to Roger Alan Wade’s “D-R-U-N-K.” By the way, I have carried Wee Man’s body out of bars before and it sucks. He’s one heavy midget.

It was a landmark day here at jackassworld when, for the first time in eight years, Greg Wolf walked into the office this morning with a shirt no one had ever seen him wear before. Given the near rape incident with him on the jackassworld live show with Preston Lacy, we’re lead to believe this drastic wardrobe change has something to do with having to find a replacement for that enticingly orange long-sleeve shirt of his. (more…)

(submitted by roger alan wade)

I just wanted to write and say how much we are all loving the T-shirt contest. Wow, I have laughed out loud a few times and have been keeping very close track of the new designs seven or eight times a day. Just got off the phone with Spud Man himself and he thinks the contest is great. He is really getting a kick out of it, so keep going. This is fun stuff. We will definitely have more contests like these because we are having a ball looking at all the designs. We hope you’re havin’ a ball makin’ em.

I haven’t figured out how to vote yet, but I will talk to Josh later and he will walk me through it (I don’t know if I am allowed to vote, actually). Anyway, I gotta go. I think my cousin Roger just submitted his sixth shirt! Guess he had the day off of work—just like the last 11,000 days of his life! Ha ha ha…

Love,

Knoxville

This is a photo of my sister Lynne. The man trying to hide behind the door is her husband Crazy Ronnie. Poor ol’ Crazy Ronnie has spent the last 20 some odd years trying to hide behind a door from my sister. (more…)

I was a bad kid. Compared to how I acted between the years of four- and seven-years-old, I am an angel now. My two older sisters, Lynne and Krisden (ten and eight years older, respectively), along with their friends and our cousins, took delight in seeing how fucking mean they could make me. Not to mention my father constantly put me up to shit as well. So I have been a highly trained asshole since I was four-years-old and now I am a seasoned veteran. (I mentioned some of the shit everyone put me up to in the “midget Subcommander Marcos” Photo of the Day from a week back.) Anyway, my first cousin Robbie took this photo. He used to antagonize the shit out of me. He did-and still does-call me “Sissy J.” Only difference is, now I don’t attack him when he does it like I did when I was little. He and his brothers Roger—the country singer Roger Alan Wade—and Richie, along with their sister Rhonda, were always wrapping up Barbie dolls for me and putting them under the Christmas tree. They just liked seeing how goddamn angry I got when the gift was unwrapped. Ha-ha-ha… Anyway, I was six-years-old in this picture, and you can tell from the look in my eyes and the angle of my middle finger that I was going to turn out lousy. Guess we didn’t know then just how lousy. Heh-heh…

— Johnny Knoxville

(photo by Robbie Wade)

So my cousin Roger Alan Wade has a new album out called Stoned Traveler. Actually it’s called Stone Traveler. STONE. But I fucked up and put “Stoned Traveler” on the album artwork. Didn’t matter, though, Roger still approved it. Anyway, I wanted to shoot a video for a song called “D-R-U-N-K” and air it on 24-Hour Takeover. Only problem was we didn’t have a video and we were eight hours into the takeover. Shit, what to do? So I asked Lance Bangs to get a camera and grab anyone he could to lip-sync the lyrics to the song. After he got the footage, we ran it to an editor and tried to see if we could get it cut before the 24-hour-takeover was finished. Well we did, and here it is. It ain’t exactly “Thriller”—actually it’s probably one of the worst videos you ever saw—but for a bunch of D-R-U-N-C-K-S-O-Bs it ain’t bad considering it was conceived, shot, edited and aired in four hours. Whew!

- Johnny Knoxville

On the set of the jackassworld 24 hour takeover, Johnny Knoxville throws to Roger Alan Wade’s “If You’re Gonna Be Dumb,” a music video classic from days of jackass past.