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Ronnie: Daddy Was a Cowboy

Ronnie: Daddy Was a Cowboy

| June 3, 2011

As you can see in the picture, Ronnie Dunn now has a large tattoo on his right forearm that says, in large block letters, “Cowboy.”  But what’s the story behind that eye-catching piece of ink?  Lon Helton asked Ronnie this week on Country Countdown USA, and was amazed at the answer: “Last summer, I was […]

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Listen to Ronnie Dunn’s CD

Listen to Ronnie Dunn’s CD

| June 3, 2011

Ronnie Dunn’s self-titled debut solo CD will be released this Tuesday.  It features the hit Bleed Red.  But what else is on the album? He told Lon Helton of Country Countdown USA, “It feels like every song is a single.  We recorded 34 songs and cut it down to 11. ”  Ronnie made a video on […]

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Vegas Wedding For Blake & Miranda?

Vegas Wedding For Blake & Miranda?

| June 3, 2011

Blake Shelton & Miranda Lambert got married on May 14th.  But they came close to tying the knot a few weeks earlier, according to this week’s co-host Ronnie Dunn.  He tells Country Countdown USA host Lon Helton that the wedding almost happened in Vegas late last year: “A few months ago, we were in Vegas, […]

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Ronnie Joins Reba in Bora Bora

Ronnie Joins Reba in Bora Bora

| June 3, 2011

Ronnie Dunn and his wife Janine are friends with Reba and her husband Narvel.  They often vacation together, and Ronnie has told those stories when he’s co-hosted the Countdown.  With summer 2011 coming, Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton asked Ronnie about this year’s vacation. “Funny you should ask.  Narvel went to a charity auction and […]

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Brad Supports Alabama Relief

Brad Supports Alabama Relief

| May 29, 2011

On May 3rd, the Grand Ole Opry held a concert commemorating the 1 year anniversary of the Nashville flood.  Opry members Brad Paisley, Dierks Bentley, Trace Adkins, and Charlie Daniels performed.  In addition, the legendary group Alabama was on hand to perform with Brad.  But the main thing on their minds was the tornado that […]

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Brad’s Duet Pitch To Carrie

Brad’s Duet Pitch To Carrie

| May 27, 2011

Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood are friends and labelmates.  The two recorded a duet for Brad’s 5th album several years ago.  But their partnership clicked while co-hosting the CMA Awards.  A couple months ago, Brad was just about ready to turn in his latest album, when he had an idea for a new Carrie duet.  […]

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Brad Paisley Bumps Fenders With Jeff Gordon

Brad Paisley Bumps Fenders With Jeff Gordon

| May 27, 2011

Brad Paisley loves fast cars, so it was a dream come true to get an invitation to the Daytona 500 earlier this year.  He tells Lon Helton of Country Countdown USA: “It was pretty surreal.  I first signed up to perform on the pre-race show.  But then I came off stage, put on a headset, and […]

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Flatts Respond to Lady A Comment

Flatts Respond to Lady A Comment

| May 23, 2011

Backstage at this year’s Academy of Country Music Awards, a reporter asked Lady Antebellum how they felt about Rascal Flatts not being in the Vocal Group category.  Charles Kelley said, “I couldn’t believe they weren’t in the category, and I don’t necessarily agree they should have been out of it.  They deserve to be in it every […]

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Flatts Hear From Bieber Fans

Flatts Hear From Bieber Fans

| May 23, 2011

Back in February, Rascal Flatts met up with pop superstar Justin Bieber in LA to record a duet called “That Should Be Me.”  They also shot a video of the experience.  While there, some photos were taken of Gary cutting Justin’s famous hair.  Jay tweeted a photo of him with the newly-styled Justin (see photo).  […]

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Rascal Flatts on Oprah Finale

Rascal Flatts on Oprah Finale

| May 20, 2011

Rascal Flatts traveled to Chicago last week to perform on the final Oprah show.  The spectacular event took place in the United Center, hosted by Tom Cruise and Tom Hanks.  The band performed their current hit, “I Won’t Let Go,” and dedicated it to Oprah.  Watch it Monday May 23rd.  We caught up with them […]

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