Alan Jackson & Lon Helton
Alan Jackson was honored as one of the newest inductees into the Music City Walk of Fame on Sun., Nov. 6 at the Walk of Fame Park in downtown Nashville. Lon Helton, host of Country Countdown USA and Publisher/CEO of Country Aircheck, presented the star to Jackson before the crowd of family, friends and fans.
Jackson addressed the enthusiastic crowd, “…after all I’ve been through and accomplished and all the great luck I’ve had, when I think about 20-something...Read Full Story
Country superstar and 11-time CMA Award winner Tim McGraw surprised good friend Kix Brooks with news of his second win for CMA National Broadcast Personality of the Year. Brooks, host of "American Country Countdown with Kix Brooks," received the phone call during last night's taping of the weekly countdown program.
McGraw's call wrapped up a day of surprises for several radio stations and broadcast professionals across the United States after five-time 2011 CMA Award nominee Taylor Swift...Read Full Story
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This past Sunday, Alan Jackson and Kix Brooks were among the several Music City Walk of Fame star recipients. Reba was also on hand to help dedicate Kix Brooks’ star. You can read more about the day and see more photos on Tennessean.com .
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Country superstar and 11-time CMA Award winner Tim McGraw surprised good friend Kix Brooks with news of his second win for CMA National Broadcast Personality of the Year. Brooks, host of “American Country Countdown with Kix Brooks,” received the phone call during last night’s taping of the weekly countdown program.
McGraw’s call wrapped up a day of surprises for several radio stations and broadcast professionals across the United States after five-time 2011 CMA Award nominee Taylor Swift...Read Full Story
The CMA Songwriters Series will return to Chicago for the second consecutive year with two shows hosted by Bob DiPiero and featuring Kix Brooks , The Band Perry , and David Lee Murphy on Friday, October 8th at Joe’s Bar, and on Saturday, October 9th at the Chicago Country Music Festival.
Tickets for the October 8th show at Joe’s Bar can be purchased via Ticketmaster by calling (312) 559-1212, online at www.ticketmaster.com/venue/32917 , or at Ticketmaster outlets. Tickets may also be...Read Full Story
The story goes that Kix Brooks got his nickname before he was born because his tiny feet kept a steady beat against the womb. His parents may have been looking for a way to differentiate him from the other two Leon Eric Brooks in the family, though, and by ...
Ronnie Dunn is a little anxious about his 10th concert at the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo. That's because the first nine were with Kix Brooks as Brooks & Dunn, the most successful duo in music history. Together, they won multiple Grammys — and just ...
January 24, 2012 - At the co-located ESI Forum and ESA Leadership Summit events, ESX Chair George De Marco announced that Kix Brooks of the country duo Brooks and Dunn will be the Keynote Speaker at the 2012 Electronic Security Expo (June 25-29 ...
This past weekend, hundreds of country radio and music industry professionals gathered in Memphis for the annual Country Cares for St. Jude Kids seminar. Joining this group were more than 30 country stars, including Martina McBride, Kix Brooks, Randy ...
Over two decades Dunn and his partner, Kix Brooks, performed as Brooks & Dunn, building a career that was the stuff of legend. They sold more than 30 million albums while collecting multiple CMA Awards, ACM Awards, CMT Award, Grammy’s, People’s Choice ...
Leon Eric Brooks III (born May 12, 1955 in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA) is an American country music singer-songwriter . He is currently one half of the multi-award winning ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. â There's a good reason why Dwight Yoakam hasn't performed at the Country Music Association's annual festival in 20 years. No one's asked him, not in recent memory anyway. That changed when Tammy Genovese, the CMA's chief executive ...