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  1. "Amazed" is a song by American #countryMusic group #Lonestar, released on March 22, 1999, to country radio as the second single from their third studio album #LonelyGrill (1999). The #powerBallad is the band's longest-lasting number-one single and biggest hit, spending eight weeks atop the #Billboard #HotCountrySinglesAndTracks chart. The song was written by #MarvGreen, #AimeeMayo, and #ChrisLindsey.
    youtube.com/watch?v=x-skFgrV59A

  2. "Amazed" is a song by American #countryMusic group #Lonestar, released on March 22, 1999, to country radio as the second single from their third studio album #LonelyGrill (1999). The #powerBallad is the band's longest-lasting number-one single and biggest hit, spending eight weeks atop the #Billboard #HotCountrySinglesAndTracks chart. The song was written by #MarvGreen, #AimeeMayo, and #ChrisLindsey.
    youtube.com/watch?v=x-skFgrV59A

  3. "I'm Already There" is a song by American #countryMusic band #Lonestar, written by lead singer #RichieMcDonald along with #GaryBaker, #FrankJMyers and lyrics by #DavidZippel. It was released on April 16, 2001, as the lead-off single to their fourth studio album of the same name. It spent six weeks at the top of the #Billboard #HotCountrySinglesAndTracks chart. The song was the band's fifth consecutive Number One, and their seventh overall.
    youtube.com/watch?v=jV3LndnKR0E

  4. "I'm Already There" is a song by American #countryMusic band #Lonestar, written by lead singer #RichieMcDonald along with #GaryBaker, #FrankJMyers and lyrics by #DavidZippel. It was released on April 16, 2001, as the lead-off single to their fourth studio album of the same name. It spent six weeks at the top of the #Billboard #HotCountrySinglesAndTracks chart. The song was the band's fifth consecutive Number One, and their seventh overall.
    youtube.com/watch?v=jV3LndnKR0E

  5. Build Or Destroy 02 @ Rolling Stock - 26 Feb feat. Lonestar

    #SESH #Lonestar

    sesh.sx/e/1820154

  6. Recorded #OnThisDay 50 years ago:

    Lone Star - Peel Session 1976

    The complete session recorded by Lone Star on 29 January 1976 for the John Peel show on BBC Radio 1 and broadcast on 24 February 1976.

    Tracklist:

    1. Flying In The Reel (0:07)
    2. A Million Stars (5:27)
    3. She Said (10:29)

    vibracobra23.blogspot.com/2016

    #LoneStar #PeelSessions #OTD #Rock

  7. Recorded #OnThisDay 50 years ago:

    Lone Star - Peel Session 1976

    The complete session recorded by Lone Star on 29 January 1976 for the John Peel show on BBC Radio 1 and broadcast on 24 February 1976.

    Tracklist:

    1. Flying In The Reel (0:07)
    2. A Million Stars (5:27)
    3. She Said (10:29)

    vibracobra23.blogspot.com/2016

    #LoneStar #PeelSessions #OTD #Rock

  8. "I'm Already There" is a song by American #countryMusic band #Lonestar, written by lead singer #RichieMcDonald along with #GaryBaker, #FrankJMyers and lyrics by #DavidZippel. It was released on April 16, 2001, as the lead-off single to their fourth studio album of the same name. It spent six weeks at the top of the #Billboard #HotCountrySinglesAndTracks chart. The song was the band's fifth consecutive Number One, and their seventh overall.
    youtube.com/watch?v=jV3LndnKR0E

  9. "I'm Already There" is a song by American #countryMusic band #Lonestar, written by lead singer #RichieMcDonald along with #GaryBaker, #FrankJMyers and lyrics by #DavidZippel. It was released on April 16, 2001, as the lead-off single to their fourth studio album of the same name. It spent six weeks at the top of the #Billboard #HotCountrySinglesAndTracks chart. The song was the band's fifth consecutive Number One, and their seventh overall.
    youtube.com/watch?v=jV3LndnKR0E

  10. "I'm Already There" is a song by American #countryMusic band #Lonestar, written by lead singer #RichieMcDonald along with #GaryBaker, #FrankJMyers and lyrics by #DavidZippel. It was released on April 16, 2001, as the lead-off single to their fourth studio album of the same name. It spent six weeks at the top of the #Billboard #HotCountrySinglesAndTracks chart. The song was the band's fifth consecutive Number One, and their seventh overall.
    youtube.com/watch?v=qJEP5sWuDi8

  11. "I'm Already There" is a song by American #countryMusic band #Lonestar, written by lead singer #RichieMcDonald along with #GaryBaker, #FrankJMyers and lyrics by #DavidZippel. It was released on April 16, 2001, as the lead-off single to their fourth studio album of the same name. It spent six weeks at the top of the #Billboard #HotCountrySinglesAndTracks chart. The song was the band's fifth consecutive Number One, and their seventh overall.
    youtube.com/watch?v=qJEP5sWuDi8

  12. #Bankrupt - #LoneStarSteakhouse

    Starting in the late 1980's, #LoneStar #Steakhouse became a large player in the ultra hot and competitive chain restaurant business. After they had been praised by #business magazines and Wall Street analysts, their presence across #America and #Australia had exploded to several hundred locations and tens of thousands of #employees.

    youtube.com/watch?v=ehQUjorZGpc

  13. #Bankrupt - #LoneStarSteakhouse

    Starting in the late 1980's, #LoneStar #Steakhouse became a large player in the ultra hot and competitive chain restaurant business. After they had been praised by #business magazines and Wall Street analysts, their presence across #America and #Australia had exploded to several hundred locations and tens of thousands of #employees.

    youtube.com/watch?v=ehQUjorZGpc

  14. @ajsadauskas One thing I was curious about.

    Is the Lone Star Rib House in Parra any way connected to the '90s American Texas-themed peanuts on the floor restaurant chain?

    Or is it the product of someone opportunistically registering the trade mark after the US chain after the US chain left the country?

    Well, I went down a bit of a rabbit hole.

    And the surprising answer is, as best I can tell, through a chain of corporate acquisitions, it is actually connected to the US Lone Star chain, which went bankrupt in 2017.

    The background: The US Lone Star chain began in 1989. In 1993, it opened its first Australian store in Parramatta: https://pastlivesofthenearfuture.com/2016/03/31/lone-star-steakhouse-saloonderelict-parramatta-nsw/

    According to a 2003 filing, US Lone Star sold its Australian restaurants to its Australian managers, Robert Lapointe and Tim Smith:

    "Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon, Inc. ("Lone Star" or "the Company") announced
    today that it has entered into a definitive sales agreement that will result in
    the divestiture and discontinuance of its Australian operations. Under the terms
    of the agreement, Lone Star will sell the majority of its restaurant assets to a
    new company owned by Robert Lapointe and Tim Smith, current management of the
    Australian operations. The sale is expected to close prior to the end of fiscal
    2003."

    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/883670/000092189503001044/ex991to8k_12232003.htm

    In 2010, the Australian Lone Star restaurants were sold to another steakhouse chain, called Outback Jack's:

    "Outback Jacks Bar & Grill, the franchise steakhouse chain, has signed an agreement to acquire the five Lone Star outlets across Sydney over the next 12 months.

    "Colby Smith, general manager of operations, told Franchising "Outback Jacks is expanding across Sydney by taking over all of the remaining Lone Star stores, such as Blacktown, Chullora, Warwick Farm, Tuggerah & Glendale. The sites will remain operating as Lone Star until OBJ's secures a franchisee where we will then completely re-badge both the interior and exterior of the stores as Outback Jacks.""
    https://web.archive.org/web/20100409071143/http://www.franchise.net.au/Article/Outback-Jacks-takes-over-Lone-Star-in-Sydney/514908.aspx

    Sometime around 2011-ish, the original site of the first Lone Star in Parra was sold to property developers, who tore it down to build an apartment high-rise on the site. Because Parramatta.

    While Outback Jack initially rebadged the remaining Lone Stars as Outback Jack stores, by 2019 it was rebranding some of its stores back to Lone Star Ribs. (That would include its new Parra location in the old ANZ building in Church St.)

    https://franchiseexecutives.com.au/lone-star-rib-house-and-outback-jacks-support/

    So there we have it folks. Just like KMart, the Australian arm of a US chain gets brought out by different owners, and manages to outlive its American parent.

    #restaurant #food #foods #LoneStar #FastFood #steak

  15. @ajsadauskas One thing I was curious about.

    Is the Lone Star Rib House in Parra any way connected to the '90s American Texas-themed peanuts on the floor restaurant chain?

    Or is it the product of someone opportunistically registering the trade mark after the US chain after the US chain left the country?

    Well, I went down a bit of a rabbit hole.

    And the surprising answer is, as best I can tell, through a chain of corporate acquisitions, it is actually connected to the US Lone Star chain, which went bankrupt in 2017.

    The background: The US Lone Star chain began in 1989. In 1993, it opened its first Australian store in Parramatta: https://pastlivesofthenearfuture.com/2016/03/31/lone-star-steakhouse-saloonderelict-parramatta-nsw/

    According to a 2003 filing, US Lone Star sold its Australian restaurants to its Australian managers, Robert Lapointe and Tim Smith:

    "Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon, Inc. ("Lone Star" or "the Company") announced
    today that it has entered into a definitive sales agreement that will result in
    the divestiture and discontinuance of its Australian operations. Under the terms
    of the agreement, Lone Star will sell the majority of its restaurant assets to a
    new company owned by Robert Lapointe and Tim Smith, current management of the
    Australian operations. The sale is expected to close prior to the end of fiscal
    2003."

    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/883670/000092189503001044/ex991to8k_12232003.htm

    In 2010, the Australian Lone Star restaurants were sold to another steakhouse chain, called Outback Jack's:

    "Outback Jacks Bar & Grill, the franchise steakhouse chain, has signed an agreement to acquire the five Lone Star outlets across Sydney over the next 12 months.

    "Colby Smith, general manager of operations, told Franchising "Outback Jacks is expanding across Sydney by taking over all of the remaining Lone Star stores, such as Blacktown, Chullora, Warwick Farm, Tuggerah & Glendale. The sites will remain operating as Lone Star until OBJ's secures a franchisee where we will then completely re-badge both the interior and exterior of the stores as Outback Jacks.""
    https://web.archive.org/web/20100409071143/http://www.franchise.net.au/Article/Outback-Jacks-takes-over-Lone-Star-in-Sydney/514908.aspx

    Sometime around 2011-ish, the original site of the first Lone Star in Parra was sold to property developers, who tore it down to build an apartment high-rise on the site. Because Parramatta.

    While Outback Jack initially rebadged the remaining Lone Stars as Outback Jack stores, by 2019 it was rebranding some of its stores back to Lone Star Ribs. (That would include its new Parra location in the old ANZ building in Church St.)

    https://franchiseexecutives.com.au/lone-star-rib-house-and-outback-jacks-support/

    So there we have it folks. Just like KMart, the Australian arm of a US chain gets brought out by different owners, and manages to outlive its American parent.

    #restaurant #food #foods #LoneStar #FastFood #steak

  16. #NintendoSwitch Review Video: #LONESTAR - This spacefaring roguelike strategy title has some appeal, but a lack of help and direction make it tough to get going with #IndieGames

    youtu.be/gH7q1EfZORk

  17. #NintendoSwitch Review Video: #LONESTAR - This spacefaring roguelike strategy title has some appeal, but a lack of help and direction make it tough to get going with #IndieGames

    youtu.be/gH7q1EfZORk

  18. #NintendoSwitch Video: #LONESTAR - Some strategic roguelike challenges await, but very little help makes it a rough start #IndieGames

    youtu.be/5MQEJRxD2bc

  19. #NintendoSwitch Video: #LONESTAR - Some strategic roguelike challenges await, but very little help makes it a rough start #IndieGames

    youtu.be/5MQEJRxD2bc

  20. Lonestar's "Amazed" hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on March 4, 2000 and spent two weeks at the top of the chart.

    #Music, #Lonestar, #2000s, #2000sMusic