In this week’s Country Countdown USA, host Lon Helton speaks with his co-host Luke Bryan about an album release party for Luke’s album Mind of a Country Boy. The party took place on September 10th at Green Door Gourmet south of Nashville. Luke performed songs from the new album, and told stories about the songs. […]
The co-host this wknd is Luke Bryan, who is in the Top 5 with “Love You, Miss You, Mean It.” His long-awaited 8th album, “Mind of a Country Boy,” is out September 27. He talks about the album, Crash My Playa, and American Idol. Lon attended Luke’s album release party at a farm outside Nashville: “That was […]
The co-host this wknd is Parker McCollum, who just released a new single: What Kinda Man. He & his wife just became parents of a new baby boy. Parker has been on the road all summer, opening stadium shows for Morgan Wallen and George Strait. Parker & his wife Hallie Ray welcomed baby boy Major Yancy Tyler […]
The co-host this week is Old Dominion’s Brad Tursi, who has a new solo album, as well as Old Dominion’s new greatest hits album: “ODies But Goodies.” Brad’s solo album is called “Parallel Love.” He will do a solo tour next month. He just got engaged a few weeks ago. It’s his first time to co-host […]
The co-host this wknd is Dustin Lynch, who’s in the Top 5 this week with Chevrolet. He explains how Jelly Roll became part of the song, and has some interesting stories about the making of the video. He & Lon were at this year’s Crash My Playa, so they have some stories about that. They […]
This week, Drew Baldridge got his first #1 with “She’s Somebody’s Daughter.” Lon & co-host Dustin Lynch called Drew to congratulate him on his achievement. Listen here: “So many tears, lots of emotions, doing it ourselves. When we started on this journey I never dreamed we’d go to #1. I’ve been in Nashville for 13 […]
The co-host this wknd is Chris Young, who’s in out Top 10 with “Young Love & Saturday Night.” Chris talks about the song, which is based on a riff by David Bowie. Chris headlined Nashville’s 4th of July show this year. He also did a tour of Australia. He recently opened a show for Alan […]
The co-host this weekend is Cody Johnson, who is in our Top 5 with “Dirt Cheap.” Cody is on the road with his Leather Tour. He talks about his Texas ranch, and how he identifies with the story of Dirt Cheap. He also says a big country star was pitched the song first and missed […]
The co-host this wknd is Drew Baldridge, who is in our Top 5 with “She’s Somebody’s Daughter.” Drew tells his incredible story of promoting this song on his own with no record label. He’s written with Luke Combs, Lainey Wilson, and many others in the Top 30. He was at this year’s ACM Awards where […]
The co-host this wknd is Tim McGraw, who is in the Top 20 with One Bad Habit. The song is on Tim’s latest EP Poet’s Resume. Tim has lots of stories about artists in the countdown, including Tyler Hubbard, Thomas Rhett, Brett Young, and Chris Janson. Tim had this to say about One Bad Habit: “I just […]
