Pure BS. Some days that exactly what we listen to all day long. We want to get in our vehicle and drive home, getting all that BS out of our heads. Blake Shelton, country music entertainer of nine years, humorously named his fourth and newest album Pure BS, but it’s anything but. Penning three tracks on the album, Pure BS, is dubbed “traditional-minded but produced with a contemporary edge.”

            Shelton moved to Nashville, TN, at the tender age of 17 and signed on with Giant Records in no time. By 2001, Blake released the hit single, “Austin” that shot to #1 on the country charts, but when Giant Records folded in 2001, Blake promptly moved to Warner Bros. Records. After enjoying success with “Austin,” Blake landed two more number one hits and several top 20’s, including, “Some Beach” and “Goodbye Time.”

            As Shelton’s career grew, so did his appeal. In 2005, he landed the coveted opening spot on the Rascal Flatts Tour, Here’s To You and has signed on to be a judge on the hit show, Nashville Star 2007.

            The new album, Pure BS, is a reflection of what Blake has been through recently. After a divorce from long-time love, Kaynette Williams, he moved back to his hometown of Ada, Oklahoma because he never felt totally comfortable in Nashville. “They’re all pretty much were I am as a person right now. It’s not that bad of a place. I’ve been through some tough times but . . . I feel good right now. I want to sing about a lot of those things I’ve gone through and a lot of those emotions. That’s what’s going to help me come through a better person on the other side,” states Shelton.

            Shelton currently resides in Oklahoma where his newest endeavor is being a choir director. NBC will premiere the new show Clash of the Choirs and Blake Shelton will be directing numerous amateurs, gearing them up to compete against other choirs directed by celebrities.

            Blake Shelton’s songs aren’t about some guy, somewhere, they are about him and you and me. We can relate to the content and according to Shelton, that is the whole point. “I will never stop looking for that next level of my career and how to get there, but not for the reasons that a lot of people want to get there,” he says. “I’m not chasing a dollar and I’m not trying to be the king of the mountain. I want to be that guy who, when some old guy is driving down a back road somewhere 20 years from now, he still has one of my old CDs that he’s been listening to all that time. I want to make those albums that [last] forever that people never throw away. When they break it they go buy another one because I sing songs that they really relate to and my music means something to them. That’s what I’m chasing.”

            See Blake Shelton in the Expo at the Executive Inn Rivermont on December 1st at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are: General Admission $34.00, VIP Seating $48.00 and Packages:  $178.00 - $206.00. Packages include: Lodging, Two Breakfast Buffets, Two Show Tickets and upgrades are available. For tickets call (270) 926-8000 or (800) 626-1936 or visit www.executiveinnrivermont.com.