Hit Songwriter and Hit Radio Host join forces with New Cookbook and Southern Soundtrack

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(Free-Press-Release.com) September 10, 2010 --

Career Country Air Personality-Songwriter, Devon O’Day heads to the Southern kitchen with her new collection of mouthwatering recipes in My Southern Food, hitting store shelves October 2010 (Thomas Nelson Publishers). Since music and food are a great combination, award-winning songwriter Kim McLean (Beautiful Goodbye, All About Us, Ain’t No Glory, Angels and Eagles, Count Your Blessing, Elisabeth, Go Tell) has been commissioned to compose the perfect soundtrack for a Southern meal, of which the debut title cut, Sweet Tea heads to country radio September 13 via CDX, Airplay Direct, Mark Trail Sampler, and Radio Submit among other direct channels with a radio tour.

The Sweet Tea-My Southern Food Tour will cover the southeast U.S. beginning with the Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, TN Oct. 8, 9, and 10 as well as the Kentucky Book Fair Nov 13. Tour stops will include radio and TV, along with major bookstores, gift outlets, and key southern eateries like Jim Oliver’s Smokehouse in Monteagle, TN Oct. 23rd. Instead of traditional book signings, O’Day and McLean have created a unique book/music presentation called a book SINGing, combining anecdotes, humor, and music. “It’s an event for a retail venue. Today’s consumer doesn’t want to be sold to, they want to be given something – entertainment, and then they support the artist/authors who’ve given to them. A free show that’s fun for the whole family is a great way to give. There are some corporate entities that are tying in to create even more giveaways like dinners and overnight stays at southern tourist spots. The whole tour is as much about promoting the warmth of the South and her culture as it is about selling books. It’s like going home, sharing good food and music with people,” says O’Day.

The brain-stormer and editor for My Southern Food, Bryan Curtis is no stranger to the magic of music and literature. He was the power behind the NYT best-seller book/CD project “I Hope You Dance” and “He Didn’t Have to Be” among others. Devon O’Day and Kim McLean coined the phrase “bookSINGing” to create a successful unique presentation of books and music for retail.

To sign-up for tour updates and southern food news via text sign up at www.broadtexter.com/gravy and become part of the “My Southern Food Julie and Julia Club” at the daily blog www.mysouthernfood.wordpress.com. There is also a website at www.mysouthernfood.com. Devon O’Day and Kim McLean can be found on Facebook, Twitter, heard each Sunday on WSIX Nashville from 7a-9a on the Country Spirit Show.

To set up a tour stop or an interview by phone or ISDN, contact HCT Media at 615-400-5140 or email devonoday@msn.com.

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