Brad Paisley photo by Ben Enos, courtesy of Arista Nashville.
Sept. 11, 2009 — Brad Paisley's "Welcome To The Future" video features a series of kids voicing their hope for tomorrow, and it's one of the titles on tap this weekend as Nan Kelley hosts GAC's Top 20 Country Countdown.
Brad's shown great strength in his video history with eight of his releases earning Music Video of the Year nominations from the Country Music Association. His collaboration with Keith Urban, "Start A Band," earned a ninth nomination this week when finalists for The 43rd Annual CMA Awards were announced. Brad was the leading candidate with six 2009 nominations, though the figure went up to seven when the CMA announced it had made a mistake and failed to include "Start A Band" among the finalists for Musical Event.
Brad will co-host the CMA presentation Nov. 11 with Carrie Underwood.
Top 20 Country Countdown counts down the week's top country videos from No. 20 to No. 1 as voted by viewers on each week on GACTV.com. A new countdown premieres every Friday at 8 p.m. ET on GAC and airs again Saturdays at 10 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. ET; Sundays at 1 p.m. ET; and Mondays at 10 a.m. ET. Viewers can vote for their favorite videos, as well as purchase Top 20 artists' albums and ringtones at GACTV.com.
THIS WEEK'S CHART:
Click here to preview each song on our Top 20 list and download the ones you want!
1. Luke Bryan "Do I"
2. Billy Currington "People Are Crazy"
3. Kellie Pickler "Best Days Of Your Life"
4. Keith Urban "Only You Can Love Me This Way"
5. Jason Aldean "Big Green Tractor"
6. Miranda Lambert "Dead Flowers"
7. Chris Young "Gettin' You Home"
8. Taylor Swift "You Belong With Me"
9. Toby Keith "American Ride"
10. Alan Jackson "I Still Like Bologna"
11. Due West "I Get That All The Time"
12. Martina McBride "I Just Call You Mine" 13. Brooks & Dunn "Indian Summer"
14. Lady Antebellum "I Run To You"
15. Reba McEntire "Strange"
16. George Strait "Living For The Night"
17. Brad Paisley "Welcome To The Future"
18. Caitlin & Will "Address In The Stars"
19. Sugarland "Nightswimming/Joey"
20. Gloriana "Wild At Heart"
Click here to preview each song on our Top 20 list and download the ones you want!
1. Luke Bryan "Do I"
2. Billy Currington "People Are Crazy"
3. Kellie Pickler "Best Days Of Your Life"
4. Keith Urban "Only You Can Love Me This Way"
5. Jason Aldean "Big Green Tractor"
6. Miranda Lambert "Dead Flowers"
7. Chris Young "Gettin' You Home"
8. Taylor Swift "You Belong With Me"
9. Toby Keith "American Ride"
10. Alan Jackson "I Still Like Bologna"
11. Due West "I Get That All The Time"
12. Martina McBride "I Just Call You Mine" 13. Brooks & Dunn "Indian Summer"
14. Lady Antebellum "I Run To You"
15. Reba McEntire "Strange"
16. George Strait "Living For The Night"
17. Brad Paisley "Welcome To The Future"
18. Caitlin & Will "Address In The Stars"
19. Sugarland "Nightswimming/Joey"
20. Gloriana "Wild At Heart"
Dierks Bentley Emphasizes Customer Service
Dierks Bentley performs at the VAULT Concert Stage at LP Field in Downtown Nashville Thursday, June 11 during the 2009 CMA Music Festival. Photographer: John Russell / CMA Provided by Country Music Association.
Sept. 11, 2009 — In the years before he got married, Dierks Bentley usually maintained the busiest road schedule of any country hitmaker. He did plenty of partying, but he also made a personal connection with his fan base, and that's one of the most important elements of his career.
"Everything we do revolves around the road and playing live shows and being in front of people, and that's why we're out so much on the road," he told the national radio show GAC Nights: Live From Nashville. "I really feel like I've met everyone who's bought one of my records. I truly feel like that. We spend so much time out there. We have such hardcore fans that sing along to every song off the record and know the whole new record by heart. I feel really blessed to get out there every nig ht and have them get up and sing these songs back to me."
Dierks is currently on Brad Paisley's American Saturday Night Tour with Jimmy Wayne. They play Texas this weekend, hitting Houston on Friday and Dallas on Saturday.
Barbara Mandrell’s Seeds Show New Growth
Barbara Mandrell photo courtesy of artist.
Sept. 11, 2009 — Barbara Mandrell spent years tending to her career, and that investment reached its full bloom in May when she took her place in the Country Music Hall of Fame. Now Barbara's sprouting new roots in other ground-breaking ways: She'll take part in the dedication of a Garden to the Stars in Nashville, and she's been named the first female member of the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame.
Barbara and Lynn Anderson will be celebrity hosts on Sept. 29 when the Nashville Music Garden is officially dedicated in Music City across from the Hall of Fame and Museum. It's the first garden to pay homage to entertainers with flowers that bear their names. The ceremony is expected to draw former Alabama guitarist Jeff Cook, Marty Raybon, Donna Fargo, Steve Holy, Ralph Emery and Patti Page, among others.
"I feel truly blessed to be part of the Nashville Music Garden," Barbara says. "The garden will both add to the beautification of Music City as well honor Nashville's best. It is so wonderful to see all of this hard work come into bloom."
Last Saturday, she took her place in the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame during a ceremony in St. Louis. Barbara learned the instrument in her pre-teen years, taught by Merle Haggard musician Norm Hamlet. It got her on the road within just a few years with the Johnny Cash show, where she shared a room with Patsy Cline. Even after she became a headliner, Barbara put her steel work to use, often playing it along with six other instruments on a single song during her performances.
Vince Gill Honored by Peers
Vince Gill photo courtesy of MCA Nashville.
September 11, 2009 — Vince Gill is one of the most talented and respected artists in country music — and on Sept. 9 the Recording Academy showed him by making Vince the first artist to be honored at their inaugural "Grammy Salute to Country Music."
Alison Krauss, Brad Paisley, Amy Grant and many others paid tribute to Vince by performing his songs. The Tennessean reported that Alison sang Vince's "These Days," while Brad did "Tryin' To Get Over You" and "Oklahoma Borderline."
Brad told Dial-Global that he was 11 when he first met Vince at a Steve Wariner concert.
"[Vince] was the opening act with a new song called 'Turn Me Loose,' which had great guitar playing, and it had a great melody, and I remember thinking, 'This is the kind of guy that I want to be like,'" he says. "And our friendship continued after that. I got to know him five years later or so when I became a teenager and got to meet him at a few more shows. [I]20dearly love him. He's fantastic. I say was, but he is Mr. Country Music. For all of the '90s ? it's like, so you wanna know what country music is? Well, go pick up his album. Any one of them. Listen to it. That's him on the guitar, that him singing it, he wrote it. That's what we're capable of. And that's really who he is."
Vince was honored to be selected by the Recording Academy, but in his typical humbleness, he told The Tennessean he wasn't sure that they picked the right honoree.
Vince was honored to be selected by the Recording Academy, but in his typical humbleness, he told The Tennessean he wasn't sure that they picked the right honoree.
"I thought that Alison (Krauss) would have been a better choice," he told reporters before the ceremony Wednesday night at the Loveless Barn in Nashville.
"She's won more Grammys than I have," he added. "I've won a lot, but she's won a lot more. But she's a kid, so there's plenty of time for her."
"She's won more Grammys than I have," he added. "I've won a lot, but she's won a lot more. But she's a kid, so there's plenty of time for her."
Also tipping their hats to Vince were his wife, Amy Grant, his daughter, Jenny Gill, and actor/comedian/musician, Steve Martin.
Keith Urban, Randy Houser Among Thankful CMA Nominees
Randy Houser photo courtesy of Universal Records South.
Sept. 10, 2009 — When the Country Music Association unveiled its annual slate of awards nominees on Wednesday, the news made a lot of artists happy. Randy Houser, Keith Urban, Kenny Chesney and Taylor Swift earn their living by singing, but they shifted into talking mode after they heard they were finalists in "The 43rd Annual CMA Awards", slated for Nov. 11. Taylor even filmed herself receiving the happy news.
Among the reactions from CMA nominees:
• Randy Houser: "It's just really good to figure out that somebody actually gives a crap," he told told the national radio show GAC Nights: Live From Nashville. "For all of us, it's like a little bit of 'Hey, come home and we're gonna pat you on the back.' So it lets us know that we been doin' somethin' right, and that's what we care about."
• Taylo r Swift: "I am jumping up and down surrounded by dogs and my mom and screaming like it's Christmas morning," she tweeted. "I'll never forget this." Click here to see her reaction!
• Kenny Chesney: "The more you do this, the more those nominations mean. You realize what it takes to receive an honor like this — especially from your peers who make it happen and know the work and commitment it takes. You've got to be humbled knowing what you do is recognized."
• Darius Rucker: "Everything with this record has been wild, and this really caps the year we've had."
• Keith Urban: "This is absolutely awe inspiring. I've never loved playing music as much as I have this year. The response to the new album has been divine and, given the crazy times we're in, the celebratory atmosphere and positive energy night after night on this particular tour has been nothing short of a miracle... and we're not even done yet!"
• Lady Antebellum: "Being halfway around the world and hearing that we got two CMA nominations is totally surreal," Charles Kelley said from Switzerland. "We're so far from home, but we're also really connected to Nashville because there are so many fans over here who absolutely love country music. Being in the Group of the Year category is just unbelievable because we feel like we're only getting started. We honestly will never get used to seeing our name in the same category as the Eagles or Rascal Flatts."
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