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1 month ago | 
whiskeyriff.com | Whiskey Riff |Andrew Mies
Well, that’s one way to get 15 minutes of fame…Usually it’s a young person that does something wild in the crowd to get a reaction but in this case, it was a full grown man who probably got a decent pay day from his buddy for dropping trow right behind home plate during a Spring Training game over the weekend.
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1 month ago | 
whiskeyriff.com | Whiskey Riff |Aaron Ryan
Happy March Madness to all who celebrate. It’s that time of year again. The NCAA tournament officially kicks off today, with 64 teams fighting to become the national champion. And that means that it’s also time for our annual Whiskey Riff Madness tournament. It may be March, but as the late, great Toby Keith once said, every day’s Independence Day. So this year, we’re celebrating America during our annual tournament.
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1 month ago | 
whiskeyriff.com | Whiskey Riff |Mary Claire Crabtree
Happy Charley Crockett Day to those who celebrate. Today, the Texas native released his sixteenth record, Lonesome Drifter (assuming you include his live album, Live From the Ryman). The Grammy-nominated artist didn’t really have anything left to prove with this record. Charley Crockett stays in his own lane regarding originality, keeping country roots present in his sound and his prolific songwriting inspired by his years living as a nomad.
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2 months ago | 
whiskeyriff.com | Whiskey Riff |Aaron Ryan
Really getting the hard-hitting scoop. We’re less than 3 weeks into President Donald Trump’s second term and the media are already having a hard time keeping up with everything they’re outraged about. Whether it’s his executive orders or his pardons or his action on illegal immigration, it seems like every day they’ve got something else to be mad about it before they have to move on to the next one. And recently, DOGE has got them REALLY fired up.
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2 months ago | 
whiskeyriff.com | Whiskey Riff |Quinn Eaton
What the hell is 2011’s Miss North Carolina USA doing in the Canadian wilderness anyways? Prepare to watch one of the wildest hunting videos you’ve ever seen. If you aren’t familiar with how hunting wolves work, it typically involves the hunter deploying a “predator calling” strategy. That means that the hunter isn’t technically doing the hunting… the wolves are. Wolf hunters imitate distress calls of animals that wolves would normally track and kill.
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Dec 7, 2024 | 
whiskeyriff.com | Whiskey Riff |Quinn Eaton
How the hell did a bear of that size fit into a Toyota Tacoma? A Ford F-150 would be much more suitable. It’s estimated that 340,000 bears live in the United States, and in certain parts of the country, residents have to always be on alert and keep an eye out for bears. Black bears make up most of that total number (around 300,000), and one place where you are likely to see them is in the Lake Tahoe area of California. It’s estimated that around 300 black bears call the Lake Tahoe basin home.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
whiskeyriff.com | Whiskey Riff |Wes Langeler
Ouch… that’s gotta hurt. Waterfowl season is just about done for us here in Wisconsin where I live, and since I live on a lake in the southern part of the state, I’m lucky enough to wake up to the sound of shotgun fire every morning in the fall. Although, the beginning of duck season coincides with the end of fishing season, so I’m usually out on the water trying to catch the last few bass of the year (and avoid being shot).
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
whiskeyriff.com | Whiskey Riff |Mary Claire Crabtree
Well, that’s one way to kick off a concert. Zach Top is one of the hottest names in country music right now. The Washington native is reviving the sound of classic ’90s country and proved he is here to stay with the release of his debut record this year, Cold Beer & Country Music, and with his first CMA nomination in the New Artist of the Year category.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
whiskeyriff.com | Whiskey Riff |Quinn Eaton
This right here is why you should never – under any circumstance – participate in the blasphemous event known as the “Turkey Trot.”I don’t know who came up with the idea of running on Thanksgiving morning, but whoever is responsible should respectfully be launched into the sun (sorry for being harsh there). Turkey day is for stuffing your face and consuming way more calories than you burn.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
whiskeyriff.com | Whiskey Riff |Andrew Mies
There’s no definitive list of songs that make up the American musical canon but “Stand By Me” has to be included in any attempt or you know it isn’t serious. Co-written and originally released by Ben E. King in 1961, “Stand By Me” was inspired by a spiritual named “Stand by Me Father,” which was written in 1905 by Charles Albert Tindley, a Methodist minister and son of a slave who grew up around other enslaved people before and during the Civil War, though he himself was a free man.
