Country Cooks with Bill West

About Aaron Lewis: Aaron Lewis, the self-proclaimed “Northern Redneck” and Staind front man, achieved critical and commercial success with his latest album, SINNER, which earned him the #1 position on the Billboard Top 200 Albums, Top Country Albums and Top Digital Albums Charts upon release. The 12-track project, voted one of Whiskey Riff’s 40 Best Country Albums of 2016, was recorded in 16 hours at Nashville’s Blackbird Studios with producer Buddy Cannon (George Strait, Merle Haggard, George Jones). Lewis penned eight of the songs, in addition to covering Chris Stapleton’s “Whiskey and You” and The Dixie Chicks’ “Travelin’ Soldier.” Additionally, Lewis collaborates with Willie Nelson on the album’s title track while Grammy Award-winning artists Alison Krauss, Dan Tyminski and Vince Gill are also featured. SINNER was also one of Billboard’s 10 Best Country Albums of 2016, while The Boot raves, “Aaron Lewis shows a surprising understanding and respect for country music with his latest album, SINNER. Drawing from his childhood influences of listening to country music in his grandfather’s car, SINNER shows Aaron’s abilities as a singer, songwriter, musician and stylist. SINNER might just be the record that propels Aaron to a permanent place in country music.” http://aaronlewismusic.com/ http://barbecuetricks.com BBQ BLUEPRINT BOOK: http://amzn.to/2uiBpNi

Mark Heyward Washington talks about his Food Network debut on the Spring Baking Championship. The sweetest and most decadent competition of the season is back with even more flavor and fun on the return of Spring Baking Championship, with back-to-back new episodes beginning on Sunday, March 12th at 9pm ET/PT on Food Network. The action unfolds as host Jesse Palmer welcomes a new batch of nine of the country's best bakers as they compete to create the most impressive springtime desserts to butter up the tough-love judges Nancy Fuller, Duff Goldman and Lorraine Pascale. The bakers' skills and techniques must measure up in themed challenges celebrating spring, from Easter confections to derby desserts, and from morsels for mom to patriotic goodies. Only one baker will rise to the top to take home the grand prize of $50,000 and the title of Spring Baking Champion! "Creative challenges and bountiful baked goods fill the new season of Spring Baking Championship. Plus, host Jesse Palmer adds to all the new freshly-baked fun of the competition,"said Didi O'Hearn, Senior Vice President Programming, Food Network & Cooking Channel. In each of the seven hour-long episodes, the bakers must whip through two rounds of challenges and sift through surprising twists along the way. It's no cakewalk, but the one baker with the tastiest treat in the pre-heat will earn a special advantage in the main-heat.

Chris Lucas and Preston Brust of Locash drink wine backstage with me and talk about the secret pirate recipe and the ramifications of eating a 72 oz steak. The new album The Fighter is taking country music by storm with two number one songs including I Know Somebody and I Love this Life. http://twitter.com/locashmusic http://www.locashmusic.com/ http://barbecuetricks.com http://nashcountrydaily.com

Multi-Platinum CMA and ACM award winning recording artist Tracy Lawrence was recently deemed Philanthropist of The Year in Nashville. His Mission Possible Turkey Fry raised over $60,000 for the Nashville Rescue Mission recently and he called to talk about his upcoming show and more... http://www.tracylawrence.com/ http://www.nashfm969.com/nash-country-daily/ http://barbecuetricks.com BBQ BOOK on Amazon: http://amzn.to/2aWbi2H #turkeyfry Music: Tennessee Hayride -Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Would you travel for the food you love? According to a recent survey by CheapTickets.com more than fifty percent of Americans will do just that, and as the nation is set to celebrate its birthday on July 4th, traveling for food means delicious barbeque! When it comes to that miraculous meat, there are some travel destinations that smoke all the rest. In fact, there are ten BBQ cities that can’t be beat! Justine McDonald, CheapTickets.com Travel Expert joins us with some top picks... Music Tennessee Hayride - Youtube Music Library More on book - >http://barbecuetricks.com/book/

Fun with Nikki Dinki from 2015 talking about Junk Food Flip. Check out her new book Meat On The Side Here --->http://amzn.to/1UecrBQ

Great American Country Top 20 Host Nan Kelly talks about her book "One Pan Nan - One Pan Cooking For One Pan Cleanup." Plus, what food gets Alan Jackson and other country music stars talkin.' http://onepannan.com/pineapple-basil-infused-water/ http://onepannan.com/ More on Nan's Book (Amazon) ->http://amzn.to/1Pk6gu0 More on Bill West / BBQ Blueprint ->http://amzn.to/1UqBWzi

Love Alton Brown? We do too. We were lucky to snag a quick BB-Q&A with the Good Eats Master before his road show in Charleston where we ask him about his FAVORITE BBQ – Favorite hotdog, cheese and country song too. Reach Out - Bill@Barbecuetricks.com BBQ Book - http://amzn.to/1VCjgS7 http://www.nashfm969.com/nash-country-daily/

The Eli Young Band take a moment on the bus to taste test and JUDGE my brisket vs. a local smokehouse. Plus Rider demands and favorite BBQ playlist tunes.

It doesn't get more country than Hemingway, SC. And in Hemingway the expert in cooking is Rodney Scott of Scott's BBQ. Rodney goes in depth on his expertise: Whole Hog Cooking. #BBQ #GRATEPLATE #wholehog http://thescottsbbq.com/ http://barbecuetricks.com http://nashfm969.com

Lorrie Morgan is an Icon in country music and was an aficionado of Hot Chicken long before KFC thought it was cool! We talk about her new music (including a cover of a Bob Dylan classic) and some of her favorite country cookin'. Listen closely and she may just reveral the secret behind her specialty (dumplin's). Find out about her latest album at http://www.lorrie.com #hotchicken Keep up with this podcast at: http://NASHCountryDaily.com http://barbecuetricks.com Music from Audionautix / Youtube library - Tennessee Hayride

Kimberly Schlapman of Little Big Town, Kimberly's Simply Southern on TV and OH Gussie! (her great cook book) talks about her food story, book, and TV show. Plus the pop superstar recently spotted in the studio with LittleBigTown that may surprise you. #itsgottabeMAY http://kimberlyschlapman.com/ https://twitter.com/ohgussie http://www.nashfm969.com/shows/bill-west-3/ http://barbecuetricks.com Music - Tennessee Hayride - AudioNautix - YouTube Audio Library

Kix Brooks joins the podcast to announce his new cook book "Cookin' It With Kix." and shares his food story as well as the juicy secret he discovered watching chefs in the world's best Steak Houses for his TV show "Steak Out." The Grammy winning Brooks and Dunn star also talks Louisiana country cooking and his idea of a country kitchen. Subscribe / Comment / Rate More on Kix's Book http://www.kixbrooks.com/news-posts/2016/3/15/kix-to-release-cookbook

Podcast host Bill West from http://BarbecueTricks.com and NASH FM gives a look at what to expect from the Country Cooks podcast. Thanks to Kurt Parsons from country station KXKX and KXKX.com in Missouri for the assist. Music - Tennessee Hayride - AudioNautix - YouTube Audio Library

Really excited to launch this first episode of thr NASH Country Cooks Podcast. The plan is to dive into food, country music, country cooking, and the artist that create it all. Meet podcast host, and NASH FM country music and BBQ aficionado, Bill West as he sets the table for this series.