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Jo Dee kicked off the party at the 2008 CMA Music Festival on the Greased Lightning® Daytime Stages Thursday, June 5th. The crowd was up on their feet when Jo Dee sang her new single "I'm Done" to an enthusiastic crowd at riverside park. Check out a few shots from the show. You'll find more in the fan club section!

Country music star Jo Dee Messina sang the National Anthem at Game 4 of the Predators/Red Wings series on Wednesday night in Nashville. Prior to the game, NashvillePredators.com sat down with the musician to talk about her love of hockey.

NashvillePredators.com: Growing up in Boston, when did you first start following hockey?

Jo Dee Messina: Hockey, before I even knew what it was. Growing up in Massachusetts, you definitely have to know all of your sports: hockey, basketball, football, and baseball. And you have to be a fan or else they send you out of the state. more!

The annual Fourth of July event has lined up a star studded trio of country females to headline this year's edition. Miranda Lambert, Sara Evans, Jo Dee Messina will take the stage at Eleanor Tinsley Park in Buffalo Bayou.

The afternoon and evening festivities include five stages of musical entertainment, featuring local pop, Latin, country, classic rock and oldies acts. more!

By ROBIN TOEPP
Tribune Correspondent

Consider it a gift when an entertainer gives a little something extra during an interview. That’s what it was like when country music singer Jo Dee Messina broke into song during a recent telephone interview from her home in Nashville, Tenn.

Answering a question about vocal exercises, Messina, who performs two shows at the Wagon Wheel Theatre in Warsaw on Saturday, said the band always gets together before performing to warm up; otherwise, it’s not unusual for her to just sing to herself.

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By Christina Fuoco-Karasinski
LiveDaily Contributor

Country star Jo Dee Messina has scored nine No. 1 singles; been honored by The Country Music Association, The Academy of Country Music and The Grammy Awards; and was the first female country artist to score three multiple-week No.1 songs from the same album. Despite all that, she's not resting on her laurels, and instead is looking ahead to her upcoming release "Unmistakable."

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