Last month, we told you about Zac Brown and Eric Church spear-fishing in Florida. The story doesn’t end there. After Zac left Eric’s beach house in Florida, Luke Bryan came down to visit. And Eric told him all about the spear-fishing adventures. So Eric went to the sport shop, and bought Luke some spear-fishing gear, […]
In December, Eric Church and his producer Jay Joyce invited a group of reporters to their East Nashville studio to play Eric’s next album, “The Outsiders.” Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton was one of the guests. First a few words about the studio. It’s a converted 1960s church, located near LP Field, home of the Tennessee […]
Imagine performing for your hero. Luke Bryan has that experience a couple months ago. The occasion was the annual BMI Awards in Nashville. It’s one of the industry-only events that take place in the days before the CMA Awards. The honoree was songwriter Dean Dillon, who wrote dozens of hits for George Strait, including the […]
Luke Bryan’s latest hit, “Drink A Beer,” is anything but a fun party song. Luke talked about it with Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton: (Lon) I thought it was a poignant moment when you performed it on the CMA Awards and turned your back to the audience: (Luke) Awesome, it was an amazing moment for […]
Luke Bryan co-hosts the Countdown this week. His current hit is “Drink A Beer,” and Luke tells the amazing story about that song. Luke’s on the road now with his That’s My Kind of Night tour, also featuring Lee Brice and Cole Swindell. Luke has stories about both of them. He also just received three […]
David Nail’s current hit is “Whatever She’s Got.” David told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton that he didn’t write the song, but it instantly appealed to him: “I’d been searching for a song, I knew I wanted to do something different, but didn’t know what that ‘different’ was. So we listened to a lot of […]
David Nail loves baseball. And he REALLY loves his hometown St. Louis Cardinals. He even did spring training with the red birds a few years ago. So when they played the Boston Red Sox in the World Series, you might think David was sad when his team lost. Not so. He told Country Countdown USA’s […]
Keith Urban wrapped up his Light The Fuse Tour Saturday night with a sold out show in Nashville. Keith told the audience, “This has been the best tour in my life. I want to say to everyone a big thank you, especially the people who’ve been to more than one show.” In fact, at one […]
Eric Paslay is enjoying his first hit song with “Friday Night,” thanks in part to Lady Antebellum. The trio recorded the song three years ago for their “Own The Night” album, but never released it as a single. Eric told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton that’s when fate took over: “When it didn’t come out […]
Most of the country may be under the “polar vortex,” but in the world of Joe Nichols, it’s “Sunny & 75!” In fact, on a day when the temperature in Nashville was in the 20s, Joe came to town wearing a short sleeve shirt. He was definitely feeling warm & fuzzy at CMA Headquarters. Joe […]
