Sara Evans performed her current hit, A Little Bit Stronger,” on the Academy of Country Music Awards. The next night, she did the Tammy Wynette classic “Stand By Your Man” on the ACM’s Girls Night Out TV special. Sara told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton: “I felt so lucky to be given “Stand By Your […]
This story shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone who has young children. Sara Evans and her husband Jay have 7 pre-teen children, who love Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus. She told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton: “We went to the Miley Cyrus movie premiere, and we took all 7 kids and two of my nieces, and we […]
Miranda Lambert was in Louisville Kentucky Saturday for the Kentucky Derby. That’s where she held her bachelorette party. Fans know that Miranda loves animals and especially horses. She actually arrived Friday night for the pre-race activities. She walked the red carpet on Saturday wearing a huge cream-colored hat and cowboy boots (see photo). She was accompanied by good friend Laura Bell Bundy. […]
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 […]
Sara Evans will join Lon Helton as Mother’s Day weekend co-host on Country Countdown USA. She tells Lon, “My idea of a dream Mother’s Day is to play sports, so that’s what I hope to do. Like on Easter, we had several families over for a big mean and then we went out and played […]
Toby Keith was actually in the middle of his 9th annual USO Tour when President Obama announced the death of Osama Bin Laden. It was also about 4:30 in the morning Iraq time. Toby was in an area where there was no cell service, but at about 2PM ET, he was able to send a Tweet: […]
Sara Evans joins Lon Helton to co-host Country Countdown USA on Mother’s Day weekend. Sara is the mother of 7 kids. Her current hit, “A Little Bit Stronger,” is in the Top 5. It was written by Lady Antebellum’s Hillary Scott. She is about to hit the road with Rascal Flatts on their Flatts Fest. Be sure […]
Jerrod Niemann is proud to say he was born in Kansas. Only a few country musicians can make that claim. But perhaps the most famous is Martina McBride. Last summer, Jerrod and Martina met for the first time in our studio. Jerrod was doing interviews for his debut single, “Lover, Lover,” and Martina was co-hosting the […]
Today we know Jerrod Niemann for hits like “Lover, Lover” and “What Do You Want.” But ten years ago, he was just a new singer/songwriter from Kansas hoping for a big break. He got it very quickly when Garth Brooks asked him & friend Ritchie Brown to write a tribute to Chris LeDoux called “Good […]
Blake Shelton spoke to the media yesterday afternoon at a party celebrating his latest #1. Blake says he’s become friends with his fellow judges on “The Voice.” With his wedding to Miranda Lambert just two weeks away, he said “I’m ready for the ceremony to happen because the reception is gonna be a party, and […]
