Lonestar Between Rock and a Hard Place

2/29/2008 Stephen L. Betts The members of Lonestar are putting on their thinking caps to compete on an upcoming episode of the DirectTV show Rock & a Hard Place. During the show, which airs March 12, Lonestar will take on members of the band Stars of Track and Field by answering sometimes unusual music and general trivia questions. The show is hosted by singer-actor Meat Loaf. All the money the guys raise during the show goes to their chosen charity, St. Jude’s Childrens Research Hospital.   Are you “smarter than a country star”? Here are a few sample questions from the show: 1) What instrument is mentioned in the song “Oh! Susanna”? 2) If you’re in Love in Las Vegas, you’re at Cirque du Soleil’s show featuring the music of what supergroup? 3) Which heavy metal rocker once had an action figure of himself in toy stores, complete with decapitated bats?   ANSWERS  1)      Banjo 2)      The Beatles 3)      Ozzy Osbourne