18 Days and Counting

Fans are counting down to the beginning of CMA Music Fest, this Thursday through Sunday in Nashville. Safe travels to readers who will be attending. Back here at home, The Country Station is counting down the days until we give aways the Harley! Just 18 more X's on the calendar until someone wins!

News From Around The Country

To follow the new tradition of pre-releasing songs from upcoming albums, starting today Brad Paisley is leaking the tracks from American Saturday Night. One song will be released through iTunes each week with “Water” being the released today, “American Saturday Night,” June 16th and “Everybody’s Here,” June 23rd. Each track purchased will count toward the purchase of the full album on June 30th.

Kellie Pickler revealed some interesting stories when she appeared on Ellen recently. She talked about the time she got out of a traffic ticket because the cop’s wife was a fan of hers. Kellie said that she had been at a photo shoot and was anxious to go home. So when she didn’t see anyone coming down a one-way street, she yielded instead of coming to a full stop at an intersection. An undercover cop was watching and pulled her over. When he asked for her license and registration, Kellie handed him her license which was taped together because it had broken in the washing machine and her registration that was from 2008. She went on to say that all of a sudden there were about five police cars surrounding her vehicle. The cop let her go without a ticket saying his wife was a fan but then asked that she step out of the car so all of the other police officers could get a picture with her. When solicited for further interesting tidbits, Kellie told Ellen that if she were to ever meet Eastwood, she would have the desire to lick his face. Kellie admitted that may come across as rude, however, since he’s a married man and instead would settle for a high five.