Grab your cowboy hats! Tim McGraw and The Dancehall Doctors are coming this Saturday to the Bryce Jordan Center.

On tour to promote their new album, entitled "Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors," McGraw and the band have decided to donate some of the proceeds of the show to the American Red Cross.

"Fifty cents of every of every dollar made from each concert will be donated," said Jesse Schmidt, McGraw's publicist. "The donations will be made through the American Red Cross and go to aid Louisiana stock-related charities for children in Start, La."

McGraw is originally from Start.

McGraw, as well as his wife, country singer Faith Hill, are no strangers to the Bryce Jordan Center. It is McGraw's fourth appearance at the building, but it is also where the couple's romance began.

"In 1996 Faith Hill was opening for Tim McGraw here in State College," said Bernie Punt, marketing manager for the Bryce Jordan Center.

"They borrowed one of the stage crew's Jeep and went on a ride together, and it was then that they openly admit they realized their affection for one another."

At a previous concert given by McGraw, T-shirts saying "Where it all began" were sold, in a nostalgic reference to the couple's meeting at the building.

This year, T-shirts sold at the concert will bear the slogan, "You gotta believe," a tribute to McGraw's father, baseball player Tug McGraw, who was recently released from the hospital after a bout with cancer.

Tug McGraw, a pitcher for the New York Mets and the Philadelphia Phillies, was the relief pitcher on the mound in 1980 during the only time the Phillies have won the World Series.

As for The Dance Hall Doctors, they go all the way back to when McGraw was playing in the clubs. They have been playing with McGraw anywhere from eight to 12 years, depending upon the individual musician.

Although Penn State students tend to prefer alternative and adult contemporary music, this will be the 34th country act to appear at the Jordan Center.

"This spring is especially strong for country tours, even though in the past couple of years the demand has been down," Punt said.

Punt said crowds will consist fairly evenly of Penn State students and members of the community -- even extending to those out-of-state.

Many people prefer State College as a venue for concerts to Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, Punt said. The fact that the concert is on a Saturday will enable people to travel greater distances.

Jamie Bradley (sophomore-science) is planning on attending the concert. "I have been listening to Tim McGraw for eight years now; ever since he came out. I'm excited to go, because I have been listening to the new album since December, when it came out," she said.

Ever since the BJC's first country act, Alabama in January of 1996, State College has become a hot bed for country music, Punt said. It has been labeled by Nashville promoters as the "Nashville of the North."

Alabama, a band that had previously been selling about 5,000 to 6,000 tickets per show, sold 9,000 tickets at the Jordan center.

Alan Jackson, the next country act at the building, completely sold out his show.

Tickets have sold quickly for Tim McGraw and The Dancehall Doctors, and are almost sold out as well.

The concert will take place at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Bryce Jordan Center.