Fresh From The Horse's Mouth

You may recall, (or can scroll down to see) that on Wednesday reported rumors were flying around the internet that Bucky Covington was engaged. This news has now been confirmed, as Midday personality, Sheila, had the chance to talk to Bucky prior to his show at the New Mexico State Fair, Expo NM, in Albuquerque. Congratulations are in order for Bucky and his fiance, Katherine Cook.

Thursday night crowds were light at the self-proclaimed “Biggest Show in New Mexico.” No radio presence was apparent in the local market; but The Country Station had a representative in attendance to share the story of the evening with the Southern New Mexico radio audience! Bucky Covington rocked the house! The only time the show slowed was for his charted #1 hit, “I’ll Walk,” and a new song, “Hold A Woman,” that will be on the upcoming album, and that Bucky proclaims as his “sexy song.” He’s not too far off. Standing above the stage’s cooling fan to let his long, wavy locks blow in the breeze proved to be too much to handle for one young lady who jumped on stage to be the woman he held. She was quickly escorted off. After the catch-your-breath moments, the show picked back up to rock-star speed and never slowed down, despite the lessening crowd. Throughout the show, several new songs were featured along with format favorites, “A Different World,” “It’s Good To Be Us,” and the most recent chart-climber, “A Father’s Love.” The closure of Lyric Street records earlier in the year has forced Bucky to be looking at new labels, but deals are reportedly close, which could see the release of the highly-anticipated second album, I’m Alright, in coming months. Bucky and the band played several of the new songs for the State Fair audience. It’s debatable, but live performances are not always a fair platform to judge reactions to unfamiliar songs. Judging by Bucky’s energetic vocals and the upbeat melodies that the band was rockin’, new songs such as “Lamppost,” “Giants,” “Mexicoma” and “Mama Must Be Prayin’” are sure to delight with a studio recording. Your humble scribe has already had the chance to preview several new studio recordings, and one song in particular, “Evil Knievel,” lives up to the standard heard recently in other ‘country-folk-rockin’-a-good-time-in-a-small-town’ hits from artists like Jason Aldean, Justin Moore, and Josh Thompson. It’s just a matter of time until the new project is released from the high-energy country boy that the droves of country fans residing in Albuquerque should be disappointed that they didn’t bother to come see.

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