On the heels of their self-titled highly anticipated album release, Love and Theft has been chosen as the NRA Country Artist Of The Month for August. The duo joins some of country music’s biggest artists including: Trace Adkins, Rodney Atkins, Lee Brice, Montgomery Gentry, Justin Moore, Craig Morgan, Sunny Sweeney, Gretchen Wilson, Josh Thompson, and TV personality Storme Warren, who have teamed up with NRA Country to celebrate their support of our brave men and women in uniform, appreciation for the great outdoors, and love of family. Stephen and Eric have strong beliefs and values, which make Love and Theft a great fit for the NRA Country Artist of the Month promotion.
 
“NRA Country represents everything Love and Theft believes in.  Our love for our families and this great country, preserving our American freedom, and most importantly a sincere appreciation and respect for our men and women in uniform and for their service abroad and at home.” – Stephen Barker Liles and Eric Gunderson / Love and Theft.
 
 
As part of the August promotion, fans can check out a behind the scenes Love and Theft video featuring interviews, rare “in the studio” footage, and more.  In addition to this great video, fans can register to win a Love and Theft prize pack including:  Two (2) tickets to the public concert of the winner’s choice, Two (2) meet & greet passes, autographed poster and copy of their brand new album!
 
Visit http://nracountry.com/this-is from now through the end of August to check out the video and register to win.
 
Each month a new country music artist will be featured on NRACountry.com, highlighting what makes them ‘NRA Country.’ Celebrate our country and learn more at www.NRACountry.com!
 
ABOUT LOVE AND THEFT: Love and Theft, Stephen Barker Liles and Eric Gunderson, celebrated the release of their second studio album on July 24^th. The self-titled project, on a new record label (RCA Nashville) and working for the first time with legendary producer Josh Leo (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Alabama), features Top 5 single “Angel Eyes”. The song, co-written by Jeff Coplan, Eric Paslay and Eric Gunderson has sold nearly 500K digital downloads and is No. 6 on Billboard’s Digital Country Songs chart. The music video for “Angel Eyes” has received over 1.5 million views on VEVO.com.  To learn more about Love and Theft, please visit www.loveandtheft.com, www.facebook.com/loveandtheft, and follow them on Twitter @LNTweet.
 
 
ABOUT NRA COUNTRY: NRA Country is a celebration of American values. Respect. Honor. Freedom. It's a lifestyle and a bond between the country music community and hard-working Americans everywhere. It's powered by pride, freedom, love of country, respect for the military, and the responsibilities of protecting the great American life. We celebrate these values with concerts and other events that benefit gun safety programs for kids, youth hunting and education programs, efforts to support our armed services, and other worthy causes. NRA Country will be involved in causes that defend our values and it will empower our artist friends who promote these values to encourage our next generation of leaders. For more information and latest events, visit www.nracountry.com and follow NRA Country on twitter @nracountry2010.