The word for the day was “new” as Lady Antebellum met with their radio friends in Nashville. The first new thing was the logo, on the TV screen behind them. It was the first time the trio saw the new logo. The next new thing was a brand new single, called “Bartender,” the first release […]
Rascal Flatts guitarist Joe Don Rooney is expecting his third child later this year. He talked about it with Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton: “Our third child, yes, we’re gonna have our own trio. Late September. We haven’t announced if it’s a boy or a girl. I think it was Dolly Parton, who said, ‘It […]
There’s nothing more country than mama. Except mama’s home cooking. And just about every country singer has released a song about mama. Here is our Top 10 list of songs about mama: #10: Mama Don’t Forget To Pray For Me–Diamond Rio’s 1991 hit seemed appropriate for a new band with their first taste of success. […]
Rascal Flatts current hit “Rewind” has a personal salute to George Strait in the second verse. It goes: “Try to talk George Strait into givin’ us an encore.” When the guys we co-hosted Country Countdown USA with Lon Helton, Jay DeMarcus explained the line: “It’s a great story. The song was originally written, ‘Try to talk […]
Tuesday night, Keith Urban and Vince Gill hosted their fifth annual All For The Hall concert in Nashville. The 3 hour show raised over $600,000 for the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum. The show featured a broad range of artists, from newcomers to established superstars to legends. The day before, Keith met with […]
Rascal Flatts co-host the Countdown this week. Their new CD, “Rewind,” is about to be released. The album is a very personal project for the guys, who produced most of it themselves. They’re also about to launch the Rewind Tour with Sheryl Crow and Gloriana. The guys recall meeting Hunter Hayes when he was a […]
When Hunter Hayes performed “Invisible” on the 2014 Academy of Country Music Awards, something very unusual happened. Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton told Hunter he spoke with the producer of the TV show. Rac Clark told Lon it was a tough performance, because they had Hunter’s face hidden from the audience for the first few […]
The year had barely begun, and Hunter Hayes met two of rock’s greatest legends. In January, at the Grammy Awards, Hunter debuted his current hit “Invisible.” That same day, he met Sir Paul McCartney. He tells Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton: “I was following around Lindsey Buckingham, because I wanted to meet him, so I was […]
Hunter Hayes spent all of last year on the road with Carrie Underwood. When she was Lon Helton’s co-host on Country Countdown USA, she told him a story about what happened at the end of the Blown Away Tour: “One of the last nights, I had a girl come into the meet & greet, and she said, ‘I just […]
Josh Turner has written several #1 hit songs, and sold over 5 million albums. But this week, he becomes an author, as he releases his first book, “Man Stuff.” We sat down with Josh to talk about his new role, and what you can expect to find in his book: How’d this book come about? When […]
