Disney sets its marketing sights on Billy Ray...

Having successfully debuted “Hannah Montana 2/Meet Miley Cyrus” at #1, the Disney marketing machine now sets its sights on Billy Ray…

“Home At Last,” Billy Ray’s first CD for Disney, will be released July 24th. It’s an eclectic mix of originals and covers that you can hear clips of at http://disneymusic.disney.go.com/albums/billyraycyrushomeatlast.html.

The first single is “Ready, Set, Don’t Go,” which Billy Ray wrote about Miley. Disney is taking full advantage of that with a video featuring old photos and home movies of Miley, as well as clips from “Hannah Montana.” The video is now being shown on Disney Channel (You can also watch it below, courtesy of YouTube.).

Billy Ray will sing the song on the July 21st episode of “Hannah Montana” (8 p.m., Disney Channel) as part of a story in which Robby Ray (Billy Ray) realizes he needs to give Miley a little freedom. I would have the tissues handy…

The song is available now on iTunes. Don’t be surprised if you start hearing it at a lot of weddings pretty soon. It is a beauty…

You can also find Billy Ray and Miley on the cover of the newsstand edition of next week’s “TV Guide.” I would love to tell you some tidbits from the article, but I can’t since “TV Guide” apparently decided to send subscribers a completely different issue without the “Hannah” article. And no, I am not happy about that…

Billy Ray is scheduled to go on tour beginning in mid-October…