Brad Paisley co-hosts the Countdown this week. His current Top 5 hit is “Southern Comfort Zone. He just performed at the Presidential Inauguration in Washington DC. His latest CD, “Wheelhouse,” will be released in April, and Brad shares some very secret details about the album and a few special guests. Brad also previews his summer […]
Darius Rucker toured with Brad Paisley for several years, and the two became close friends. So it was no surpirse when Darius called Brad during Paisley’s appearance on the Countdown last year. However, the surprise was Brad’s ringtone, which was a quacking duck! LISTEN: 12-36 Darius1 Lon played Brad’s ringtone for Darius, and got this […]
Blake Shelton says the next judge on American Idol should be a country star. In fact he said either Brad Paisley or Keith Urban would be great. He talked about it with Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton: ” I hope they choose a country artist, because if you watch those shows, it’s the country artists […]
Last year, Brad Paisley & Carrie Underwood had a #1 duet with “Remind Me.” When Brad took that song on the road, he used a “hologram” of Carrie to simulate the duet. But at the end of Brad’s winter tour, Carrie actually surprised Brad on stage. She spoke about that night with Country Countdown USA’s […]
So here we are: CMA Day in Nashville. All the writing sessions, the rehearsals, and the last minute changes are pretty much done. Time for the show to begin. So what goes through the minds of the co-hosts Brad Paisley & Carrie Underwood? “It’s like wait, we’re not ready.” Country Countdown USA host Lon Helton […]
Yesterday, Brad Paisley said he always watches the previous year’s CMA show before begining work on the next one. So Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton asked the same question of Brad’s co-host Carrie Underwood: “I watch right afterwards, just to see how everything….I want to see my dresses.” Brad added, “Me too. That’s why I […]
The 45th annual CMA Awards take place this Wednesday night in Nashville. For the 4th straight year, they will be co-hosted by Brad Paisley & Carrie Underwood. They were in our studio last month, and we talked about how they prepare for the big show. Brad said, “Part of getting ready for this is looking […]
Brad Paisley says he never intended to write a book. It was just something that came up last year as he was preparing to host the CMA Awards. He was working on the script with writer David Wild, when the subject came up. “It was his idea. It’s his fault. I had no interest in […]
Brad Paisley & Carrie Underwood move from co-hosting Country Countdown USA to co-hosting the 45th annual CMA Awards. It will be their fourth tour of duty on the awards show, and they told Lon Helton they’re just starting to think about it. “We have a few ideas, we’ve texted a few times. We have a […]
This week’s co-host Brad Paisley just returned from a two week tour of Europe. He told Country Countdown USA host Lon Helton he had a great time: “I’m floored, I was absolutely floored. The beauty of it is it’s such a different culture, they knew the word to songs off the first album that had […]
