If I Were A Ridge Man: Artist Drew Baldridge is launching Lyric Ridge Records and has tapped promotion vets Louis Newman, Bill Heltemes, Steve Pleshe, Megan Youngblood and Chele Fassig to work his next single. "She's Somebody's Daughter" goes for adds Aug. 21. "I am pumped to work with some of the best radio promo reps out there," says Baldridge. "It's been surreal to see the streaming response to the song, and I can't wait to introduce it to all my friends at Country radio." The team is active now, save Pleshe, who starts soon. Reach Newman here, Heltemes here, Pleshe here, Youngblood here and Fassig here.
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