Country music stars sure love Twitter! Here at GAC, we follow them too. This week, Chuck Wicks showed off his latest ‘trophy,’ Scotty McCreery came to a realization and the fellows of Emerson Drive shared a peek into their future – of sorts. Here are our picks for the Top 10 Country Tweets Of The Week.

Photo courtesy of Twitter.com/ChuckWicksMusic

Chuck Wicks – @ChuckWicksMusic: 12ft 700lbs plus!!! With a Bow!!! Wow!!

Josh Thompson – @TheJoshThompson: Wrote with the guy who wrote “Oh Mickey”! I couldn’t help but sing that song and clap, all day. I think he got angry.

Storme Warren – @StormeWarren: Indy car engines sound like the cicadas in my yard. Only not as loud. Continue Reading

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Country music stars sure love Twitter! Here at GAC, we follow them too. This week it’s all about Easter, Earth Day and entertaining the troops. Here are our picks for the Top 10 Country Tweets Of The Week.

Photo courtesy of Twitter.com/Miranda_Lambert.

Miranda Lambert:  @Miranda_Lambert    Look what me and @Ashleymonroe made! It’s a tradition

Rascal Flatts‘ Jay DeMarcus:  @JayDeMarcus    If not for this day so many years ago, humanity would be doomed. Thank you Father for sending your Son to die in my place!!

Emerson Drive:  @EmersonDrive    Happy Earth Day everyone !!! How about we all try to pick up at least 1 piece of trash today?

The Band Perry:  @thebandperry    Good Friday. “…By his wounds we are healed…”

Photo courtesy of Twitter.com/ChrisYoungMusic.

Chris Young:  @ChrisYoungMusic    One last photo. Me getting coined by the general Continue Reading

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Gary Allan photo courtesy of UMG Nashville.

Gary Allan will kick off the Daily Concerts on the Chevrolet Riverfront Stage during this year’s CMA Music Festival with a 10:00 a.m. CT show on June 9. Reflecting 40 years of country music, the stage’s daily lineup will feature past, current, and future superstar artists. The Riverfront Stage concerts are free and open to the public.

“Gary Allan will provide a dynamic start to 2011 CMA Music Festival at the Daily Concerts on the Chevrolet Riverfront Stage,” said Steve Moore, CMA Chief Executive Officer. “This stage is packed with great hit-makers from the ’70s through today, spotlighting all the decades of CMA Music Festival’s existence. And it’s free! We invite everyone to come and enjoy the great music on the Chevrolet Riverfront Stage.”

Darryl Worley will close the Daily Concerts on Friday, June 10, Billy Ray Cyrus on Saturday, June 11 and Terri Clark on Sunday, June 12. Terri last performed at CMA Music Festival in 2007, Billy Ray in 2008 and Darryl in 2010.

The current daily artist lineups in alphabetical order:

Thursday, June 9: Gary Allan, Emerson Drive, Colt Ford, Jack Ingram, Sammy Kershaw, Craig Morgan, James Otto, Jake Owen, Randy Rogers Band, and Steel Magnolia.

Friday, June 10: Frankie Ballard, Bucky Covington, Brett Eldredge, Jo Dee Messina, Randy Montana, Heidi Newfield, Sawyer Brown, Phil Vassar, James Wesley, and  Darryl Worley.

Saturday, June 11: Crystal Bowersox, Jason Michael Carroll, Billy Ray Cyrus, Steve Holy, Lonestar, David Nail, Corey Smith,  Mel Tillis, and Chuck Wicks.

Sunday, June 12: The Bellamy Brothers, Terri Clark, Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers, Josh Kelley, LoCash Cowboys, Jerrod Niemann, Troy Olsen, and Sunny Sweeney.

Performance order will be listed on CMAfest.com, the official website of CMA Music Festival, closer to the event. Additional artists will be announced. Artists and dates subject to change.

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(l-r): Justin Moore, Chuck Wicks, Darius Rucker & Brad Paisley at the Nightly Concerts at LP Field on Sunday, June 13 in Downtown Nashville during the 2010 CMA Music Festival. Photographer: John Russell / CMA

When Brad Paisley turned up the swaggering chords on “Alcohol” just after midnight, he brought out Darius Rucker, Justin Moore and Chuck Wicks for an early-Monday finale to a CMA Music Festival that set some records for the downtown event.

For the first time in history, the Country Music Association sold out all the single-night tickets and the four-day passes for LP Field, meaning the NFL stadium — configured to seat about 49,000 people — could hold no more.

And while country fans might have wanted more, realistically they got plenty over the course of the festival, with wall-to-wall concerts and intense autograph signings, capped by Taylor Swift’s mammoth 14-1/2 hour scribbling frenzy at the Bridgestone Arena.

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Jerrod Niemann photo by Jeremy Cowart, courtesy of myspace.com/jerrodniemann.

If you want to be a success, the best way to do it is develop your talents and then make some connections with the right people. Jerrod Niemann’s been following that path, and it’s starting to look like he knew what he was doing all along.

Hailing from Liberal, Kan. — just across the border from the Oklahoma Panhandle — Jerrod got his first hit as a songwriter when Okie Garth Brooks recorded his Chris LeDoux tribute “Good Ride Cowboy.” Just this last year, Brad Paisley opened his new Sea Gayle label and signed Jerrod as the first artist. And now Jerrod’s played the same legendary stage where Garth and Brad — not to mention Roy Acuff and Porter Wagoner — all made a huge impact: the Grand Ole Opry House.

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Emerson Drive photo courtesy of The Valory Music Co.

Emerson Drive lead vocalist Brad Mates is in his hometown of Grande Prairie, AB today for two special events, the Emerson Drive and Friends Charity Concert and the 3rd Annual Brad Mates/E-Drive Celebrity Golf Tournament. His bandmates will join him for the events benefiting the Grande Prairie Regional College (GPRC) Recording Studio & Music Scholarship Program and the Parkinson’s Disease research program at the University of Alberta.

“Emerson Drive began in Grande Prairie,” explains Brad. “The make-up of the band has changed a little bit over the last few years but the idea of this band and the music we record comes from growing up in Grande Prairie. Continue Reading

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Terri Clark photo courtesy of Spalding Entertainment.

When Terri Clark takes her seat at the Canadian Country Music Association Awards on Sunday, her mother, Linda, will be attending with her. As a result, whether Terri claims the Female Artist of the Year or not, she’ll feel like a winner.

Linda has battled cancer for two years. Every moment with her mom now feels like a milestone for Terri. Continue Reading

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