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During Merle Haggard's recent concert at 420-seat Music City Texas Theater in Linden, Texas, a young man with a video camera kept approaching the stage and shooting the show. But he had permission. Drew Wilson is filming the documentary Bob Wills Ain't Dead, whose interviews include Mr. Haggard, whose own career was greatly influenced by Mr. Wills. Merle agreed to be a part of the film but has also allowed Mr. Wilson's young daughter Savannah to sing on stage with him and the Strangers. It turns out Savannah knows Bob Wills' classic tune "Faded Love." "We are all changed from the experience of traveling the road with this legend," Mr. Wilson writes of Mr. Haggard in a recent e-mail. Click the video link below to view a portion of what Mr. Wilson has filmed:

Photo: Merle Haggard performing at Music City Texas Theater in Linden, Texas

Dalworthington Gardens resident and Nashville Star winner Melissa Lawson sings at Nashville's historic Grand Ole Opry Saturday. Her performance will be televised on Great American Country's Opry Live! between 8 and 9 p.m. The wife and mother of five with the beautiful, lived-in voice debuted at No. 49 on Billboard's country singles chart with "What If It All Goes Right." She also sang at the Olympics in Beijing Tuesday. She'll be recording her first album with producer John Rich this fall.

Photo: Melissa at home with sons Zaden, 4 (front), Xander, 2 (back), and Maverick, 8 (far right). (Lara Solt/DMN)

Someone needs to call TSPS (Tween Star Protective Services) about the abuse of young artists during photo shoots these days. What is happening with the girl on the left? Surely there's a prescription for that.

That's Ariel of the "next big thing" in tweenie pop, the Clique Girlz. The other two are sisters Paris, 12, and Destinee, 14. Read here about how they're about to reach the popularity echelon of Miley Cyrus and Jonas Brothers. Oh boy.

Have your kids said anything about these girls yet? Because personally, the first time I'd heard of them is when I saw the headline to the story about them on our Web site this morning.

StubHub just announced their 20 Most Rocking Cities, and lo and behold, Dallas is in the top 10! StubHub, "the world's largest ticket marketplace," based its list on the overall ticket sales for each market represented.

It's the company's third year in a row making the list, and of course, New York is No. 1 for the third year in a row. Dallas fell from being listed at No. 7 on last year's list. (Hartford (!) took that spot.) The top three concerts in Dallas were Radiohead (5/18), Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (8/27) and the ubiquitous Jonas Brothers (7/9).

(Jonas Brothers by Rex C. Curry/The Dallas Morning News)

Are you still hoping some mythical record-label Mr. Big will sign you?
Dreamers can apply now to perform at next year's South By Southwest. Or if you'd rather just see bands and attend the conference, you can buy an all-access "badge" for $550 until Sept. 26. The walk-up rate is $695. The 23rd annual music confab takes place in Austin on March 18-22.