How could we even consider ending the year without at least one more outsider announcing her country music intentions? Well, enter Mickie James. The WWE Diva (a fancy name for a female professional wrestler) has a country single coming in February and an album in March. But don't let her badass image fool you. James says she's written poetry and stories all of her life and played the violin in high school. She's done her homework, too. "As in any entertainment industry, you have to see the sheep in wolf's clothing and you have to be able to differentiate who's being real and who's just hopping on board for all the wrong reasons," she said of the ins and outs of Nashville. "Lucky for me, I'm very blessed to have come across some really, really good people and gotten them on my team." Let's hope she's for real and that the single is a real smackdown.

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P.S.  I recently spoke to John Arezzi, who told me he will keep us informed on Mickie's country music career.  John is living in Tennessee and is still in Radio.

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