Justin Moore won his first major award a couple months ago. He won the Academy of Country Music’s Top New Artist award in Las Vegas. Justin talked about his experience with Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton: “I don’t know if the ACM’s were desperate or what, but we won our first major award this year, which […]
A couple months ago, Miranda Lambert and husband Blake Shelton bought a home in Nashville. Of course they also have a home in Oklahoma, and Blake rents a place in LA when he’s doing The Voice. That makes them a 3-home couple. Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton spoke with Miranda about that new lifestyle: So […]
Ever since Miranda Lambert married Blake Shelton three years ago, she’s seen her once-quiet Texas life turned into tabloid fodder. Like most creative people, Miranda found a way to turn her frustrations with the media into a song on her new album. The song is called “Pricilla,” named for the wife of Elvis Presley. She […]
Miranda Lambert has friends in high places! As in, friends who are members of the Country Music Hall of Fame. At the Academy of Country Music Awards last month, Miranda presented the Crystal Milestone Award to Merle Haggard, who has been a friend and fan for many years. She was joined on stage that night by George […]
When Luke Bryan co-hosts the Countdown, we always get a Bo & Tate Update. The boys are growing quickly: Bo just turned 6 in March, and Tate will turn 4 in August. Luke told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton, “They are completely different. Bo is a little sweetheart. Tate, you can’t rattle Tate. He don’t […]
Luke Bryan co-hosted this year’s ACM Awards with Blake Shelton. He was also nominated for Entertainer of the Year. When George Strait won the award, Luke had hoped to speak with George. Luke told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton that the two met in a casino: “The next day he was still in town, and […]
Brantley Gilbert spent all of last year on the road with Tim McGraw. Brantley told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton there were a couple surprises on the final night of the tour: “I don’t know he was a jokester, but he got me pretty good. The last song of the last show on that tour, […]
Brantley Gilbert is a 21st Century Country Outlaw, complete with tattoos and chains. But he has a secret that he revealed to Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton: “Actually, something I’m really excited about, think I’m gonna get into growin’ deer, farmin’ deer a little bit. I’ve decided I want to be a deer farmer. I […]
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 […]
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 […]
