A few weeks ago, Dierks Bentley appeared on the ABC TV show The View. He did it to debut his new single, “I Hold On.” The show asked if Dierks could bring his dog Jake. That required some travel adjustments, as Dierks told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton: “They wanted Jake to be a co-host, […]
Carrie Underwood spent the past year on the road with Hunter Hayes on her Blown Away Tour. It’s customary for practical jokes to fly during the final show. Carrie told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton what happened when the tour ended in May: “I’m not a huge prankster. I’m really not. We do our show, and […]
Carrie Underwood has a lot on her schedule this year, including hosting the CMA Awards for the 6th time, and the live revival of “The Sound Of Music.” But she told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton that there’s no time for working on new music this year: “That’s really not on the schedule for this […]
Last May, Carrie Underwood sang with The Rolling Stones during their stop in Toronto. Carrie had just wrapped up her Blown Away Tour, and was preparing for a few weeks off, when the offer came: “I was so excited to go home, it had been such a long tour, and I got a call from my manager. When […]
Brad Paisley invited Hunter Hayes to play guitar on his latest CD “Wheelhouse.” Hunter recorded his part at Brad’s home studio, located in an old farm house on Brad’s property. When Brad was on Country Countdown USA a couple months ago, he told Lon the farm house had been invaded by skunks. We played that clip […]
It’s a long way from Paris Illinois to the Top 10, and Brett Eldredge knows the journey. It wasn’t a quick trip, either. He arrived in Nashville in 2008, was signed to a record deal a year later, and released his debut single in 2010. But it took three more years to come up with […]
Kip Moore has had a pair of #1 hits, but he still leads a very modest and simple life. In fact he still lives in the same small place he’s called home since before he had any success. He told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton that he thinks the place is haunted: “There have been […]
The Band Perry’s latest hit, “Done,” is the fastest rising song of their career. It was written by the two brothers, Reid & Neil. But Reid told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton that Kimberly made a contribution: “It’s funny, we spent weeks, days, months writing and recording this song, but the one part everyone talks […]
Zac Brown was one of a select group of artists asked to perform on the Grammy Tribute to Bruce Springsteen earlier this year. He talked about the experience with Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton: “I hung out with my whole CD collection that night. Everybody that was in my CD collection was wandering around there. On […]
Zac Brown is a huge fan of Kacey Musgraves. In fact, he calls her debut album, “Same Trailer, Different Park,” his favorite CD of the last ten years. He explained why to Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton: “I’ve been listening to that record non-stop. I even called her yesterday and said, ‘I’m listening to your record right now.’ […]
