Ronnie Dunn will join Lon as co-host this week. Although he’s done the show many times as half of the duo Brooks & Dunn, this will be his first time as a solo artist. Ronnie’s first solo album will be released on June 7, featuring the Top 10 hit “Bleed Red.” Ronnie has great stories […]
On May 3rd, the Grand Ole Opry held a concert commemorating the 1 year anniversary of the Nashville flood. Opry members Brad Paisley, Dierks Bentley, Trace Adkins, and Charlie Daniels performed. In addition, the legendary group Alabama was on hand to perform with Brad. But the main thing on their minds was the tornado that […]
Brad Paisley spent the past week in New York, performing his current hit “Old Alabama” on several TV shows, including David Letterman, The View, and Good Morning America. Here are several of those performances, plus the official video, which Brad premiered last Saturday on Speed.
This week, we took the Countdown on the road again. This time it was about ten miles south of Nashville to the home of our co-host Brad Paisley. Brad has a farm on an isolated country road with a custom log home, his own lake, and the original farm house. Years ago, he told us […]
Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood are friends and labelmates. The two recorded a duet for Brad’s 5th album several years ago. But their partnership clicked while co-hosting the CMA Awards. A couple months ago, Brad was just about ready to turn in his latest album, when he had an idea for a new Carrie duet. […]
Brad Paisley loves fast cars, so it was a dream come true to get an invitation to the Daytona 500 earlier this year. He tells Lon Helton of Country Countdown USA: “It was pretty surreal. I first signed up to perform on the pre-race show. But then I came off stage, put on a headset, and […]
What are Brad Paisley’s most-played hits on the radio? Obviously, his two most recent singles, “Old Alabama” and “This Is Country Music,” top the list. But the rest of the list is pretty interesting: 1) Anything Like Me: Brad’s tribute to his oldest son Huck 2) Water: The inspiration behind his latest tour 3) The […]
Brad Paisley co-hosts the Countdown this weekend. He invited us to his farm south of Nashville, and we did the show from his home studio. Brad’s new CD, “This Is Country Music,” was released this week. It contains his current hit, “Old Alabama.” He & Lon talk about the incredible video for that song, as […]
Backstage at this year’s Academy of Country Music Awards, a reporter asked Lady Antebellum how they felt about Rascal Flatts not being in the Vocal Group category. Charles Kelley said, “I couldn’t believe they weren’t in the category, and I don’t necessarily agree they should have been out of it. They deserve to be in it every […]
Back in February, Rascal Flatts met up with pop superstar Justin Bieber in LA to record a duet called “That Should Be Me.” They also shot a video of the experience. While there, some photos were taken of Gary cutting Justin’s famous hair. Jay tweeted a photo of him with the newly-styled Justin (see photo). […]
