Universal South Sets October 25th as Release Date for Joe Nichols' Album Titled III

Universal South Sets October 25th as Release Date for Joe Nichols' Album Titled III

New CD Includes Hit Single "Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off"

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Universal South announced today that Joe Nichols new CD, III, will be in stores October 25th, 2005. The upcoming CD features the sly and bouncy first single, "Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off." The song is already the fastest rising single of his career. His debut CD, Man With A Memory, issued two back-to-back multi-week #1 singles, earned him four Grammy nominations, a slew of awards and honors, and sold a million plus records. The follow-up was the critically acclaimed Revelation, a CD that further established Nichols as an artist with depth and staying power.

Now III is poised to make the same sort of noise. According to Nichols, he decided to dig back into his roots for this CD and create an LP's worth of tunes that reminded him of the great hard core country music he and his dad Mike, a long haul truck driver, would listen to during his youth. Nichols has long admired artists like Gene Watson, Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson, and knew with his third release for Universal South, that was the direction he wanted to take with his new CD.

To accomplish his goal, Nichols enlisted the aid of three of Nashville's most gifted and diverse producers: Brent Rowan, Buddy Cannon and Byron Gallimore. Each producer brought his own special talents to the project.

Nichols will continue to tour heavily throughout the rest of the summer and into fall. For additional information on tour dates, please visit www.joenichols.com.

Source: Universal South

CONTACT: Jennifer Bohler of Alliance, +1-615-292-5804, or jenny@jb-alliance.com; or Susan Levy of Universal South, +1-615-259-5310, or susan.levy@umusic.com

Web site: http://www.universal-south.com/ http://www.joenichols.com/

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