Toby Keith’s latest hit “Red Solo Cup” has a fan in Martina McBride. Turns out that Martina has written several hit songs with two of the guys involved in Toby’s hit: The Warren Brothers. “It’s so much fun, it’ so different, it’s different for Toby, and I think it’s great. It’s one of those songs, […]
Kenny Chesney loves the road. He loves making music. He loves his friends, his family, and the islands. But what about having kids? That subject came up this weekend on Country Countdown USA with Lon Helton. Kenny was co-hosting, talking about his friends Tim McGraw and Keith Urban. Lon pointed out that Tim has three […]
Kenny Chesney has been working on his next album. This picture shows Kenny & team at Ocean Way studio in St. Barth’s. Kenny gave Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton a progress report: “I’m well into the process. I feel like we got some great songs. I’ve worked more on music this off-time in previous off-times. I’ve been […]
Back in September, Kenny Chesney joined Taylor Swift on stage in Nashville as she sang his hit “Big Star.” Kenny tells Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton that the song choice was no accident: “You know, Big Star is kind of Taylor’s story. She’s lived every part of that. Like the character in that song, the girl in […]
Kenny Chesney’s Brothers of the Sun tour, featuriing Tim McGraw, won’t even begin until June 2nd, but he shared details of it with Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton. First question: Who goes on first? Tim or Kenny? “Tim’s going to go on, then I’m going to go on, and then we’re going to be on together. […]
Kenny Chesney is part of Lionel Richie’s all-star country duets album, “Tuskegee.” The song Kenny sings is “My Love,” originally a 4-week #1 from 1983. But that’s not why Kenny chose the song for the project. He told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton: “I just remembered loving that song as a kid. I wasn’t sure I was […]
Keith Urban is good friends with fellow guitar-slinger Brad Paisley. The two had a #1 duet a few years ago with “Start A Band.” So when it was reported that Keith was going on vocal rest for a few weeks after his vocal surgery, Brad said he wanted to do a silent jam with Keith: […]
Back in November, the country music world was stunned to hear that one of its biggest stars, Keith Urban, was about to have surgery on his vocal chords. Then last month, Keith made his first public appearances since the surgery, with a #1 party in Nashville, and a performance at the Grand Ole Opry. Shortly […]
Nashville felt a bit like Hollywood a couple weeks ago. The reason was a celebrity-studded screening of the new movie “Act Of Valor.” The guest list included Keith Urban, Trace Adkins, Jake Owen, and Wynonna, all of whom have songs on the movie’s soundtrack. Afterwards, Keith told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton he was moved […]
Toby Keith and his friend Roger Clemens were in San Antonio last month as Toby’s 14-year-old son Stelen played on Team USA’s under-16 high school team in a game against Team Canada. Also on the team, Snoop Dog’s son Cordell. Toby told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton he’s very proud of his son: “Watching him […]
