It’s not every day that you get a chance to visit the home of the Entertainer of the Year. But a group of Nashville writers and radio people got that opportunity a couple weeks ago. The occasion was to preview songs from Luke Bryan’s new album Kill The Lights. He’s obviously very proud of the music, […]
Brantley Gilbert married his fiancé Amber on Sunday June 28th. After a ten day honeymoon in the Virgin Islands, Brantley was ready to get back to work and one of the first things he did was co-host Country Countdown USA with Lon Helton. One of the main subjects of the show was his wedding: (B) […]
David Nail has one of the hottest songs in the country right now with “Let It Rain.” He toured this year with Taylor Swift, and recorded one of her favorite songs, the Top 10 hit “Red Light.” He’s also recorded songs written by Keith Urban and Kenny Chesney. But who is David Nail? What’s his […]
This week, we took the Countdown on the road again. This time it was about ten miles south of Nashville to the home of our co-host Brad Paisley. Brad has a farm on an isolated country road with a custom log home, his own lake, and the original farm house. Years ago, he told us […]
We get requests from artists to record the Countdown in unusual places or times. Miranda Lambert asked if she could do the Countdown in Las Vegas before the Academy of Country Music Awards. She had a good reason: She was getting married in May and needed to focus on her wedding. So we got to […]
If you live in the Southeast, you know there’s been a lot of bad weather this spring. Lots of rain, wind, and tornadoes have hit the area. That was the backdrop to this week’s Countdown. Sara Evans lives near Birmingham Alabama, and the night before she did the Countdown, there were huge storms and a […]
