Craig Morgan photo courtesy of Sony Music Nashville.

Craig Morgan is quite the daredevil. He served with the military during the invasion of Panama in 1989 and has gone back to the war zone in the Middle East this decade to play for American troops. As recently as 2006, he broke a wrist and suffered a concussion in a cross-country motorbike race, then broke his leg racing again six weeks later.

With that in mind, he’s probably jealous of the Olympic contestants in Vancouver who’ve been taking part in bobsledding, the slalom and the luge. Craig might not have been in Canada for that, but he was able to turn his hilly property in Dickson, Tennessee, into its own sort of downhill course. When the area got hit with its first big snow this year, Craig pulled out his gear and hit the slope.

“I did find out,” he laughs, “that I can do up to 40 miles an hour on a sled down my driveway! But the snow was really deep, and it was iced over, so… someone stood down there just to make sure no traffic was comin’, and we got to the top of the hill, and by the time you crossed the road and jumped the road into the field across the road, you’re doin’ about 40 miles an hour on a sled. It was awesome!”

The more familiar definition of hitting the road for Craig is touring. He’s got a nice opportunity this spring with the opening slot on Carrie Underwood’s Play On Tour, which kicks off March 11 at the Sovereign Center in Reading, Pa.

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