Jun 6, 2007

We all know that April showers bring May flowers but for country singer/songwriter, Kelly Lang and longtime love, country legend T.G. Sheppard, love has been blooming for quite some time. Just a few days prior to her Grand Ole Opry debut on April 27, 2007, Sheppard "Finally" (one of T.G.'s hit songs) asked Lang to marry him.

The couple has been dating for more than six years and longtime fans, who have been carefully monitoring this romantic liaison, are quite pleased about the forthcoming marriage and have been unanimously saying It's About Time (the title of Lang's previous album).

Sheppard says, "I couldn't be happier, after all, I am going to marry this amazingly talented and beautiful woman who, luckily for me, is also my very best friend."

As for Lang, she can tell you the exact moment she knew this was the man she wanted to marry.  It was during her battle with breast cancer, when chemotherapy had claimed all of her hair. During one particularly difficult day, as she stood in front of T.G. feeling totally defeated, she says, "He kissed me on my bald head, lifted my face, looked right into my eyes, told me that I was the most beautiful woman in the world and that he would never leave me, and I knew he meant it. Now that's a man I look forward to spending the rest of my life with."

The wedding will take place sometime in August 2007 and Lang is excited that they plan on making their residence in her “dream homeâ€‌ in Hendersonville, TN. The couple says that their honeymoon will have to be worked in around Sheppard's intense tour schedule.

Lang just released her sophomore album titled Jagged Edges . The album contains seventeen songs; six she wrote by herself and the rest were co-written with good friends Lorrie Morgan and Mark Oliverius. The title definitely belies the album content, which has received rave reviews for its heartfelt lyrics and soothing instrumental content. One song from the album, "I'm Not Going Anywhere," will be featured in the new Burt Reynolds movie, "Deal," due to be released in August. Sheppard and Lang make their writing debut with the song “I'm All Inâ€‌ that will also be on the soundtrack.

T.G. Sheppard was named Best New Male Artist of 1976 by Cash Box magazine. His trademark sound opitomizes the urban cowboy movement that became country's most popular genre of the late '70s. His every record was well-crafted, highly produced country-pop highlighted by Sheppard's smooth croon.  In the late 1970s Sheppard released "When Can We Do This Again" in the summer, which started a streak of 15 straight Top Ten hits that ran for the next five years. During that time, he had no less than ten number one singles: "Last Cheater's Waltz" (1979), "I'll Be Coming Back for More" (1979), "Do You Wanna Go to Heaven" (1980), "I Feel Like Loving You Again" (1980), "I Loved 'Em Every One" (1981), "Party Time" (1981), "Only One You" (1981), "Finally" (1982), "War Is Hell (On the Homefront Too)" (1982), and the Karen Brooks duet "Faking Love" (1982).  Over the course of his career, Sheppard has had 20 Number One hits.

Today Sheppard continues a demanding tour schedule, performing concerts across a country.  He is also doing a series of concerts at the Gold Strike Casino Millennium Theatre in Tunica, MS.  The series is called “T.G. Sheppard Presents.â€‌ Sheppard performs at some of the concerts and hosts the others.  The Gold Strike Casino and Sheppard present new and upcoming talent that they feel are worth watching.

Lang has two daughters from a previous marriage, Payton (15) and Kennedy (11). Sheppard has a son, Jason (37). All are thrilled with the union