They have been friends for about 20 years, and as you can imagine, there is a long history of joking and kidding between these two superstars. The last time these two were out, the jokes were often on the basketball court. With the Brothers of the Sun tour just a few weeks old, Kenny told […]
Kenny Chesney is part of Lionel Richie’s all-star country duets album, “Tuskegee.” But we had heard that Kenny “drunk dialed” the pop legend last year. Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton asked Kenny if the story was true: “It’s been exaggerated.” Lon asked, So have you heard the tape? Kenny responded: “In the same breath that […]
There’s one of those group shots from back stage at the ACM Awards in Las Vegas. You can see Kenny Chesney with Jason Aldean, Jake Owen, Jay DeMarcus, and Ashton Kutcher. Of course Ashton presented the Female Vocalist trophy to Miranda Lambert. He also sang a little bit of George Strait’s “I Cross My Heart.” Country Countdown […]
For more than ten years, fans at Kenny Chesney’s concerts got to know fiddle player Nick Hoffman. He was featured during “She Thinks My Tractor’s Sexy,” as well as other songs in Kenny’s show. Last year, Nick began writing and performing with a couple of other Nashville musicians, and formed their own group called The […]
Alan Jackson is the father of three daughters: Mattie, Ali, and Dani. It seems like only yesterday that his oldest, Mattie, graduated high school. When Alan co-hosted Country Countdown USA, he told Lon Helton that Mattie just graduated from college: “I knew it was going to get to me, and when we first got in […]
In the past few years, Alan Jackson has made some changes in his life. He sold the family’s Sweetbriar Farm, south of Nashville. His Center Hill Lake house, where he once hosted a concert with Shania Twain, is now for sale. He’s even sold a lot of his classic cars. What’s behind all those lifestyle […]
Today we know Alan Jackson for his hits from the past 23 years. Songs like “Chattahoochee,” “Where Were You,” Remember When,” or Don’t Rock The Jukebox.” But back when he was just five years old, Alan got his first taste of being a performer. He told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton what triggered that memory: […]
Kip Moore moved to Nashville from his native Georgia in 2004. Four years later, he signed with MCA Records. And now, four years after that, he has his first #1. Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton called Kip to congratulate him on his accomplishment: “Thanks, I appreciate it, I’ll never forget this. It’s taken me a […]
One look at the cover photo of Carrie Underwood’s new CD Blown Away is all it takes. She’s got legs! Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton asked her about her legs: “That’s my card! Everybody has a card they can play, and that’s mine. I work really hard, I’m all about physical health, and make sure I […]
Carrie Underwood’s new CD, “Blown Away,” demonstrates a wide range of music. Carrie told Country Countdown’s Lon Helton that’s by design: “I have a problem wrangling myself in, and focusing on one thing, I have a short attention span, like a lot of people do. I want to make an album where you don’t know […]
