Tag: Brad

Paisley, Lambert, Young, Doobies?

Paisley, Lambert, Young, Doobies?

| February 21, 2014

Weather forecasters predicted 40 mile an hour winds Thursday night in Nashville.  That didn’t scare off hundreds of radio DJs away from the annual Sony Music Boat Show on the Cumberland River.  Although the boat was forced to stay docked, the passengers were treated to a great night of music featuring Brad Paisley, Miranda Lambert, […]

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Chris Young Envies Brad’s Bus

Chris Young Envies Brad’s Bus

| November 16, 2013

Chris Young has been on the road all year with Brad Paisley.  In fact, it was just announced that Chris will rejoin Brad for a winter tour in January.  Chris has spent a lot of time with Brad, on stage, off stage, and on the bus.  Chris told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton  he has a […]

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Hunter Hayes Gets Skunked

Hunter Hayes Gets Skunked

| August 3, 2013

Brad Paisley invited Hunter Hayes to play guitar on his latest CD “Wheelhouse.”  Hunter recorded his part at Brad’s home studio, located in an old farm house on Brad’s property.  When Brad was on Country Countdown USA a couple months ago, he told Lon the farm house had been invaded by skunks.  We played that clip […]

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Brad Paisley Gets Skunked!

Brad Paisley Gets Skunked!

| June 22, 2013

Brad Paisley enlisted the help of Hunter Hayes on his latest album “Wheelhouse.”  The two recorded it at Brad’s home studio south of Nashville.  The song is called “Outstanding In Our Field.”  But there’s even more to the story.  According to Brad, he and Hunter got a little stinky recording the song!  Brad told Country Countdown […]

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Brad Paisley Shirt Shows Hope

Brad Paisley Shirt Shows Hope

| June 22, 2013

Brad Paisley was at the center of a controversy a few months ago with his song “Accidental Racist.”  At the time, there was a lot of discussion about the song and what it meant.  Brad was asked to perform and talk about the song on the Jay Leno show.  That night, something happened that surprised even Brad.  […]

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Brad Paisley Co-Hosts 6/22-23

Brad Paisley Co-Hosts 6/22-23

| June 18, 2013

Brad Paisley co-hosts the Countdown this week from his home studio south of Nashville.  It’s where he recorded his latest CD, “Wheelhouse.”  His current Top 5 hit is “Beat This Summer.”  Brad says he had a small problem with skunks when recording a song with Hunter Hayes.  Lon just saw Brad’s Beat This Summer tour in Charlotte.  […]

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Darius Defends Accidental Racist

Darius Defends Accidental Racist

| May 18, 2013

Darius Rucker did several tours with Brad Paisley, and he’s described Brad as his best friend in the music business.   Brad made headlines last month with the song “Accidental Racist,” a duet with LL Cool J.  Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton spoke with Darius about Brad’s song: “Brad played the song for me early, and […]

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Paisley Hired A Choreographer

Paisley Hired A Choreographer

| February 4, 2013

One of the highlights of the 2012 CMA Awards TV show was when Brad Paisley did his version of “Gangnam Style.”  But it came at a price.  Brad told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton he got some outside help: “I worked with Michael Jackson’s choreographer all week, I’m not kidding just to be able to […]

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Paisley Influenced Hunter Hayes

Paisley Influenced Hunter Hayes

| February 2, 2013

Today, Hunter Hayes is a Grammy-nominated country star.  But more than 10 years ago, he was a kid who just loved to play music.  There is a video with Hunter at age 4 playing an accordian with Hank Williams Jr.  But he played with many others.  When Brad Paisley co-hosted Country Countdown USA, he told Lon […]

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Brad Paisley & LL Cool J Duet

Brad Paisley & LL Cool J Duet

| February 2, 2013

Brad Paisley’s next CD, Wheelhouse, will be released on April 9th, and it will contain the first single, Southern Comfort Zone.  But until now, all other details about the album have been a mystery.  This week, Brad co-hosted Country Countdown USA with Lon Helton, and for the first time discussed a lot of specifics about […]

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