Fodder: Handsome Mobile native drops his ‘Pants’; oil spill vampires; deer loves beer (with video)

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Fodder: Handsome Mobile native drops his Pants; oil spill vampires; deer loves beer (with video)

(Publicity Photo)Walker            of Chloe Campbell, but the
Haynes: Mobile, Alabama,           Urbandale, Iowa, teen was a
native's debut single, "Pants,     finalist in Pepsi's "Do Good
" is to hit country music          for the Gulf" ideas contest
stations today, Sept. 7, 2010.     and is to receive $5,000.
The Fodder has to admit it         Her idea? To help lure teens
had not yet heard of Walker        to take part in oil spill
Hayes.                             relief by seizing on the
But the Mobile, Alabama,           current "Twilight"-fueled
native appears to be a pretty      vampire craze.You can see a
hunky guy and, according to        video of her public service
"Country Standard Time,"           announcement above.
Hayes "officially drops his        This is her pitch:
Pants at country radio today."     "Vampire Support's mission is
Before you get all hot and         to raise awareness about the
bothered or righteously            oil spill in the Gulf of
indignant about that, Hayes'       Mexico by selling vampire-
debut single is named "Pants"      oriented shirts as well as
and is a something a bit           putting together
different on the country           miscellaneous projects to
scene: a "tongue-in-cheek mid-     encourage teenagers to donate
tempo song that lets his           and help out. All proceeds
fellow men know it is              will go towards helping with
perfectly fine to let their        the relief efforts. We are
women 'wear the pants' in the      holding an auction during the
relationship," according to        Month of August to raise
Country Standard Time.             money for The National
Hayes is on the Capitol            Wildlife Federation. We have
Nashville label and,               actors, writers, etc. from
according to his website,          different vampire TV shows,
Hayes hails from Mobile,           movies, books, etc. donating
completed a degree in general      autographed items for people
music with an emphasis on          to bid on."
piano "in just two years at        "The TV show 'The Vampire
Birmingham-Southern College        Diaries' has been the biggest
and emerged from BSC with a        donaters to the auction,
hard-earned music degree."         donating the original Pilot
He then moved to Chapel Hill,      script signed by the entire
North Carolina and attended        cast and a signed poster. We
the University of North            also have many other vampire
Carolina. In the summer of         fandoms who are agreeing to
2004, Walker took his dream        help out, including Twilight.
of becoming a country music        Teenagers can come together
artist and songwriter and          in a collaborative effort to
headed to Nashville.               help out with the Gulf crises.
The rest is, as they say,          "
history, though it's still         Chinese deer loves beer
being written. We'll have to       Related topics:fodder, Fodder,
see how "Pants" plays with         Twilight, Walker Hayes        

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