Big Lewie | Front Page Country News for Monday, September 8

Happy Star Trek Day!  The show debuted on this date in 1966, starting Trekkies on a 6 decade trip through space.  The series ran for only three years, but everyone has seen the episods about 300 times due to syndication.  TOday is also National Pledge of Allegiance Day...the Pledge first appeared in a children's magazine in 1892.  In today's edition...one of the great studio musicians that make Nashville home has passed away...Willie Nelson is out with yet another studio album...and Dan and Shay release new music...Happy Birthday to Niagara Falls native Gary Baker, who's 73...Baker has been writing songs for years, with his biggest hit "I Swear", performed by John Michael Montgomery and All-4-One.