The Academy of Country Music held their annual Honors in Nashville a few weeks ago. Rodney Atkins was on hand to perform in honor of his musical hero Garth Brooks. Lon Helton asked Rodney about Garth on Country Countdown USA: “Garth is the guy who not only influenced me musically, but inspired me to chase my […]
The video for Rodney Atkins hit “Take a Back Road” shows Rodney sitting on top of a steel bridge and singing from the top of a water tower. For most people, those can be pretty scary locations. For Rodney, it was a lot more. Rodney explained to Lon Helton of Country Countdown USA: “I have […]
This week’s co-host Brad Paisley just returned from a two week tour of Europe. He told Country Countdown USA host Lon Helton he had a great time: “I’m floored, I was absolutely floored. The beauty of it is it’s such a different culture, they knew the word to songs off the first album that had […]
Carrie Underwood has sung with a wide variety of people, from Brad Paisley and Randy Travis, to Stevn Tyler and even Elvis Presley. But now she’s featured on the new Duets II album by Tony Bennett. She told Country Countdown USA host Lon Helton she was thrilled to sing with a legend: “Getting to sing […]
It’s been two years since Carrie’s third album, “Play On,” was released. Her most recent single, “Mama’s Song,” peaked back in January. So it’s been a while since we’ve had new music from Carrie on the radio. Speaking with Country Countdown USA host Lon Helton, Carrie said she wanted to take a break from public like […]
This week’s co-hosts, Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood, came together in our studio to tell the story behind their superstar #1 duet “Remind Me.” The song has already sold almost a million downloads. But it actually was the very last song recorded for Brad’s current CD. When he joined Lon Helton for Country Countdown USA […]
One of the highlights of the 2011 Academy of Country Music Awards was Carrie Underwood’s performance with rocker (and American Idol judge) Steven Tyler. It definitely caught everyone by surprise, and it was also an incredible moment. Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton asked Carrie about that performance: “We kind of have the same connections between […]
There were many highlights for Kenny Chesney from this year’s Goin’ Coastal tour. Kenny covered many of them during his conversation with Lon Helton of Country Countdown USA. But performing at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, where the Green Bay Packers play, was more than a highlight of the year, according to Kenny: “Playing Lambeau […]
Kenny Chesney has been on the road this year with Billy Currington and The Zac Brown Band. Zac was only part of Kenny’s stadium shows, but he had a very special role. For one thing, Zac has brought his famous “Eat & Greet” to the Goin’ Coastal Tour. For another, Zac & his band joined […]
This week’s Countdown was recorded on location during Kenny Chesney’s Goin’ Coastal show at the new Meadowlands Stadium outside New York City. The idea for this was born back in 2003 after Kenny played Neyland Stadium in Knoxville. It was his very first stadium show, and the day before, as the crew set up the stage, […]
