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Favorite Christmas Presents of Luke Bryan, Kenny Chesney, Sara Evans and More!

Christmas Gift

Ever wonder what some of your favorite country music artists get for Christmas?  We have some answers for you!

  • “The greatest gift I’ve ever received is a letter from my dad a few years back. He wrote about all of his memories of my life through my ups and downs. He told me he was proud and loved me through it all. His greatest words were in the last paragraph, ‘Be at peace with yourself, be at peace with everyone around you and, most important, be at peace with God.’” — Big & Rich’s Big Kenny
  • “My favorite Christmas gift is definitely my first Honda 50 motorcycle that I got back in 1984. It was just an amazing gift to have under the tree, and I never will forget seeing that.” — Luke Bryan
  • “Every Christmas my hometown radio station would always play ‘Christmas In Dixie’ by Alabama. I always remember lovin’ that song.” — Kenny Chesney
  • “My favorite Christmas songs are all of the old hymns and religious songs because the lyrics are very sacred.” — Sara Evans
  • “My favorite Christmas food is mom’s homemade brownies. My brothers and I called them ‘reindeer terds.’” — Gloriana’s Mike Gossin
  • “We put on the classic Christmas songs by Gene Autry, Nat King Cole and Bing Crosby. We love those.” — Alan Jackson
  • “My favorite Christmas present as a kid was a ukulele from my parents, and I loved to carry it with me everywhere!” — the JaneDear girls’ Danelle Leverett
  • “My favorite Christmas gift was probably my very first guitar from my Grandpa about 15 years ago. And more recently, I got a red Gibson about 5 or 6 years ago. That red one we use onstage was given to me by my Dad for Christmas years ago.” — Lady Antebellum’s Dave Haywood
  • “I really enjoyed the go-cart my mom and dad got me and my brother when we were probably 6 or 7 years old.  We had more fun on that thing, for just hours and hours on end.  It was good times.  Just hanging with him was good.”- Billy Currington
  • “When I was in the third grade, I wanted a puppy real bad.  I wanted a miniature dachshund.  My parents told me they couldn’t, so I asked for a dirt bike instead.  Christmas morning, I heard all this yipping and whining…They had gotten me the puppy I wanted.” - Brantley Gilbert
  • “I can remember when I was about 6 or 7, I got a Hutch football outfit.  You got the helmet, the shoulder pads, the little jersey, and the pants.  Randomly, it was the New York Jets…I grew up in Southeast Missouri, so the Jets must have been the only one my parents could afford or get in the JCPenny catalog!  I can remember just freaking out.  I was a huge sports fan even then.  I can remember being way too big to even where the stuff and still trying to put it on.  Back then the Jets were horrible, and that was probably the most uncool jersey to wear but I didn’t care.  I would have probably tackled you if you made fun of me.”  - David Nail

You can read more of your favorite artists favorite presents in the newest issue of Country Weekly.

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Stars Share Christmas Memories

Merry Christmas

As we approach Christmas, we thought we’d share some special Christmas memories with some of your favorite stars. The guys and gals from the JaneDear Girls, Gloriana, Frankie Ballard, and Big Kenny received some very special Christmas presents when they were kids.

Susie Brown

JaneDear Girls

My parents gave me a ukulele when I was four years old and I loved to carry it with me EVERYWHERE I went!” says Danelle.

Ever since I was a little girl I’ve been obsessed with horses. I used to read books about horses, watch movies with horses, cut out advertisements of horses for sale in the newspaper and show them to my parents so they knew exactly what kind of horse I wanted. My oldest sister had a bunch of horses, and when I was about 13 she bought a little white Arabian mare named Misty. We had a pasture at our house so I could ride her if my sister was there with her saddle,” Susie remembers. “A few months later on Christmas morning I went out to the living room and saw an English riding saddle, hat, and riding pants. I was so excited I put on all my new riding clothes and saddled up our organ bench just so I could sit on it.”

Gloriana

My favorite Christmas present as a kid was He-Man action figures,” says Michael.

So typical, but I got an Easy Bake Oven as a little girl and I loved it! I wonder if I still have it?”says Rachel.

Frankie Ballard

Back when I played hockey there was a hockey jacket you would get, a red corduroy jacket, all the kids would get it and put patches on it when they got a hat trick or won a championship. I remember finally getting one and freaking out

Brett Eldredge

A few years ago my mom asked my brother and I for a new robe for Christmas. Being the jokesters that we are, we got the idea to get a really old gross robe and smeared brown shoe polish on it to make it look gross because we wanted to see how she would react. She opened it and tried to act like she liked it but I couldn’t keep from laughing my butt off! I was laughing so hard I was crying! Eventually she figured out it was a prank and we went to the other room and brought her a brand new soft, clean robe! I kept the robe for Halloween and dressed up like ‘Cousin Eddy’ from Christmas Vacation!

Big Kenny

The greatest gift I’ve ever received is a letter from my Dad a few years back. He spoke of all of his memories of my life through my ups and downs. He told me he was proud and loved me through it all and his greatest words come in the last paragraph, ‘…be at Peace with yourself, be at Peace with everyone around you and most important be at Peace with God.’ “

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Music Builds: A CMT Disaster Relief Concert in Pictures

Photo Courtesy of WireImage

Last night some of country music’s biggest names and Hollywood’s brightest stars came together to raise money for the American Red Cross to aid relief efforts from the natural disasters of the past months. Little Big Town, Hank Williams jr, Keith Urban, Sara Evans, Trace Adkins, Gretchen Wilson, Alan Jackson, Lady Antebellum all performed while Courtney Cox, Ellen DeGeneres, Taylor Swift, President Obama, Carrie Underwood, Dr. Phill and more all urged to give whatever you can give. Take a look at a few pictures from the night.

Photo Courtesy of WireImage

Photo Courtesy of WireImage

Photo Courtesy of WireImage

Photo Courtesy of WireImage

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Big Kenny To Perform LIVE Web Performance

StageIt today announced that country artist Big Kenny, from much-beloved country duo Big & Rich, will be performing live on Wednesday, April 27th, at 6 pm PST/9 pm EST exclusively on the web-based platform. Big Kenny will perform songs off his two solo albums, including Long After I’m Gone, for 15 minutes live from his studio in Nashville.

Launched in fall 2010 by CEO and industry veteran Evan Lowenstein, StageIt empowers artists to stream and monetize interactive live experiences directly from their laptop while offering fans a front row seat to a backstage experience.

Big Kenny, who founded the duo Big & Rich in early 2000s with former Lonestar bass guitarist and co-lead vocalist, John Rich, already performed on StageIt with country star Jaron and the Long Road to Love, with whom he recently co-wrote the hauntingly beautiful duet Beautiful Lies.

“We are jazzed that Big Kenny had such a great experience his first time on StageIt that he’s back to do a show all on his own,” said Evan Lowenstein, founder and CEO of StageIt. “It’s the perfect example of what happens when artists are given the opportunity to engage with their fans anywhere, anytime with a unique live experience that can’t be found anywhere else.”

“I have to perform again! Or like a beautiful flower plucked from its stem I will wither and die. StageIt is going to save my life!” said Big Kenny.

Fans can purchase their tickets and check out Big Kenny’s exclusive live performance at Big Kenny on StageIt.

For all things StageIt, including a full list of upcoming shows, please visit http://www.stageit.com or follow us on Twitter @backstageit.

Big & Rich will reunite for the 2011 Xtreme Muzik tour this summer. More information at http://bigkenny.tv/site/xtreme-muzik-the-tour/.

Country Music’s Best Sellars Enjoy Some Best Cellars

The Twelfth Annual Eco-Energy Best Cellars Dinner will be presented on Monday, April 25 at the Hutton Hotel in Nashville. The event benefits the T.J. Martell Foundation’s Frances W. Preston Labs at Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center.

The Best Cellars Dinner is one of the Foundation’s signature events that is known for pairing the Best Sellers of Country Music  with Best Cellars (Nashville’s top wine collectors) plus an extraordinary gourmet meal prepared by a guest chef. The event has raised more than $1.5 million for the mission of funding ground-breaking cancer research.

The Nashville Best Cellars Dinner welcomes a special group of celebrities that attend the dinner each year. This year’s celebrities include:

•Lisa and Clint Black

•Kix Brooks

•Jonathan Cain (Journey)

•Big Kenny

•Martina McBride

•Kellie Pickler

•Amy Grant

•Blake Shelton

You can read more about the Best Cellars Dinner here.

Got some country music gossip and don’t wanna be a tattle tale? Email me, Tawny Tucker, Tawny@countrymusictattletale.com

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