1.   And for the North Heartland Community Church, it means using a country gospel band instead of a choir and organ.

2.   Both days of competition will be preceded by a cookout and live country bands.

3.   A country band had set up an amplifier in the grass outside the state Senate building and was performing a tribute to Gov. Evan Mecham.

4.   A precocious child with a gift for singing, Lila had asked her dad, Pat McCann, to let her perform with his country band, the Southlanders.

5.   But the quality of the music made by those so-called alternative country bands has been far more impressive than its sales.

6.   Country bands play some days.

7.   Country western bands played background music for stomach-turning rides.

8.   Entertainment onstage features square dancers, country bands and gospel singers.

9.   He kept shouting, and the country band kept playing, and all around there were politicians and people carrying pro-Mecham signs and anti-Mecham signs.

10.   He pumped his fist into the air again and again as a country band played and supporters cheered.