After more than 43,000 nominations were received by the Texas Music Awards and the Academy of Texas Music, the Parrish-Hundley Band were notified that they were nominated and in the running for this very prestigious and coveted award.

This award is decided by fan votes only.  No judges, panels or boards but simply by 100% voter's choice.  Mike Parrish & Sammy Hundley cordially invite you to stop by the TEXAS MUSIC AWARDS Home Page and cast your ballot for the Parrish-Hundley Band as well as fourteen other nominees.

The awards ceremony is set for May 15th, 2010 at the Marshall Civic Center in Marshall, Texas.  Internationally accliamed recording artist B.J. Thomas will be hosting this really exciting event.

Tickets go on sale in March so be sure and continue to check http://www.texasmusicawards.org to get yours before the event is completely sold out!

"Never Say Die" is the #6 song from Mike's "Texas in the Man" album originally released in September 2007 and the 8th track to actually see the European National Top 40 Chart.

"It's always an exciting time for any musician to hear their songs on the radio but it's especially thrilling when the songs see enough airplay to make the charts," said Mike after learning that "Never Say Die" had made it's chart debut.  "Thanks so much to all those people who request my music and to those DJs who continually give me a shot on the airwaves."

"SUNNY DAY"
2/08/2008 - Norway - 35

"COLOR ME GONE"
12/16/2008 - Italy - 35

"BLUE JEAN BABY"
11/26/2007 - Spain - 33
12/13/2007 - Switzerland - 5

"TEXAS IN THE MAN"
7/31/2008 - Switzerland - 13
8/11/2008 - Switzerland - 20

"GOIN' BACK TO TEXAS"
2/08/2008 - Norway - 30
6/20/2008 - Italy - 6
7/3/2008 - Switzerland - 6
7/3/2008 - The Netherlands - 27
7/18/2008 - Belgium - 27
7/18/2008 - Switzerland - 6
7/18/2008 - United Kingdom - 22
9/16/2008 - United Kingdom - 37
9/25/2008 - United Kingdom - 37
11/28/2008 - Belgium - 21
11/28/2008 - Germany - 32
3/24/2009 - United Kingdon - 38
3/24/2009 - Switzerland - 31

"I CAN'T TELL YOU GOODBYE"
3/24/2009 - Italy - 29

"RUNNIN' OUTA TIME"
3/24/2009 - Ireland - 34

"NEVER SAY DIE"
10/14/2009 - Switzerland - 9

These are the winning songs for the June edition of the contest. They’ll be back in The Hossey Music Award Finals in December. Check the “Interview Downloads” section to find our conversations with these bands (and others who were in the June contest).

Mike Parrish is very pleased to announce that he has been awarded the 2008 International Fame Games Radio Effigy Award for BEST BLUES ROCK ARTIST. "Texas in the Man" was submitted to Fame Games in 2007 and, although the song is the title track from Mike's solo album, this song is actually a collaboration between Mike and his lifelong friend Sammy Hundley. In fact, "Texas in the Man" is the first actual Parrish-Hundley song ever written and recorded. "I'm very pleased to receive the 2008 Effigy Award for Best Blues Rock Artist and both Sammy and I are completely honored because of the caliber of artists who are continually featured on the show. There were thousands of nominees for these awards so I have to say that I was honored just to have become one of the five finalists in the Blues Rock category but even more so honored to have actually won the award. First and foremost, I wish to thank our fans because without their continued love and support none of this could happen - ever, I'd like to thank the reviewers, the expert panel of judges, including Mr. Tony Cowell and the entire International Fame Games crew for their awesome support and endless dedication to bringing independent artists to the worldwide stage. I want to especially thank Sammy Hundley who, I feel, should have been named as a co-recipient of this prestigious and coveted award as well. Sammy and I wrote, recorded and routinely perform this song together but it ended up on my first solo album. We've talked about re-releasing the song on the forthcoming Parrish-Hundley project and we've also discussed capturing it live from one of the shows." Over 80,000 votes were cast to decide this year's Fame Games Effigy Award winners. Mike Parrish was also the 2007 International Fame Games Effigy Award Winner for MOST POPULAR ARTIST and Sammy Hundley was the 2007 Effigy Award Winner for BEST ACOUSTIC ARTIST for his song entitled "Never Letting Go" from the acoustic album "House Full of Nothing. "The Fame Games indie music showcase is produced and hosted in Marbella, Spain and has the largest worldwide audience of any radio show of its kind. That's why it's now widely considered to be the best indie gig in the world! Produced by the crew at Mere Music International, Fame Games is an increasingly important international A&R platform as well as a great PR tool for the participating artists. The Fame Games mission is to give the best independent artists radio play based on merit, the way it was always supposed to be. Now, with the support of ABC Radio Networks, the once-impossible dream has become a reality! Yep, Fame Games is spreading its wings Stateside! The International Fame Games Radio Show (www.meermusic.com) is a show focused solely on the best undiscovered Indie music from around the world. The show focuses on finding music with crossover potential and broadcasts terrestrially in the South of Spain to the largest expatriate, English-speaking community in the world. It's the world's most-listened-to webcast, with a total web-based audience in excess of 2.5 million listeners - and growing, now faster than ever, since teaming up with ABC Radio Networks. The site has an average monthly listenership of around 350,000 unique visits. This show is the music filter of choice for listeners and professionals worldwide and an A&R vehicle for Meer Music International as well as many other potentially interested labels. Beginning June 30th, 2008, Fame Games has been broadcast on selected ABC affiliated radio stations.