Luke Bryan is the father of two sons: Bo, who will turn 4 in a few months, and 18-month old Tate. Luke’s friend, Eric Church, is now the father of 4-month old Boone. Eric says he got a taste of fatherhood when Luke brought his boys to one of their mutual friends: “He showed up […]
SPOILER ALERT: We reveal the week’s #1 in this post. The Zac Brown Band has relinquished the top spot in the chart after almost a month. That means we have a new #1 song. And it happens to be the very first #1 for this artist, so that means we give him a call to […]
Missouri native David Nail is a lifelong fan of the St. Louis Cardinals. He’s been fortunate to spend a lot of time around his favorite team. Last year, he was part of a CMT series called “Making The Team,” where he tried out for the team. “I would like to think I didn’t embarrass myself too much, […]
David Nail may be relatively new to the radio. His current hit, “Let It Rain,” is only his second to appear in the Top 10. But he has connections with a number of major stars, and he talked about them when he co-hosted Country Countdown USA with Lon Helton. For example, David sings with Lee […]
David Nail joined Lady Antebellum on the road in 2010. This picture was taken during the tour at Quest Field in Seattle. We all know that Charles Kelley and Dave Heywood are tireless songwriters. David is a songwriter too, and actually co-wrote his current hit “Let It Rain.” So the three got together during that time and […]
On October 3rd, Eric Church’s life changed. That was the day he and his wife Catherine welcomed their first child, a son they named Boone McCoy Church. Eric arrived at the Country Countdown USA studios looking pretty tired, and he told Lon Helton, “We’re not sleeping a whole lot. I’m draggin’ pretty bad. He’s just […]
Eric Church spent last summer on the road with Toby Keith. When Toby co-hosted the Countdown back in October, he told Lon that he wrote a song with Eric called “Reverend Jack Daniels and the Congregation of the Chemically Altered Mind.” So when Eric was in the studio, we played that story for him. “True story! […]
If you’ve seen Toby Keith’s video for “Red Solo Cup” (and who hasn’t), you know that it ends with cameos from some of Toby’s friends, including Carrot Top, Craig Ferguson, Joe Nichols, Sammy Hagar, Ted Nugent, and Eric Church. Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton asked Eric about appearing in the video: “When Toby asked me […]
Eric Church won the Best New Male Artist trophy at last year’s Academy of Country Music Awards. Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton asked Eric where he keeps his awards: “I’ve got a man cave, and it’s in my man cave. I’ve got a cool picture, there was a point in time when my son Boone was the […]
If you watched the CMA Awards a couple months ago, you may have seen Zac Brown wearing a beautiful custom-made leather vest from the Jack Daniels Distillery. Eric Church told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton that he definitely noticed the vest, and spoke with Zac about it: “Zac was sitting across from me, and Zac […]
