l-r: Love And Theft, GAC's Storme Warren, Chuck Wicks, Joey + Rory and Chris Young at the GAC Breakfast during the CMA Music Festival, June 9, 2010. Photo by Kay Williams.

A limping Chuck Wicks laughed off an injury Wednesday morning as he took a stage in the lobby of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum to sing four songs and welcome a contingent of fans to Nashville. Chuck, Chris Young, Joey + Rory and Love and Theft took part in the third annual GAC Fan Breakfast, an adjunct event to the CMA Music Festival, which officially began with a parade just a few hours later.

It wasn’t Chuck’s first public moment of the week. He took part Monday in the City of Hope Celebrity Softball Challenge, joining Joe Nichols, David Nail, Vince Gill and others on the “After Midnite With Blair Garner” team, which defeated the Grand Ole Opry squad 15-10. Chuck unfortunately got a raspberry chasing a ball, and the wound still stung Wednesday a.m., explaining his hobbling entrance at the Hall of Fame.

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Easton Corbin photo courtesy of UMG Nashville.

Since he debuted with the single “A Little More Country Than That,” Easton Corbin has been compared to country royalty, “King George” Strait. Judging from Easton’s song choices, traditional country sound and even his “man of few words” personality, the comparison is justified. The Florida native releases his self-titled debut album today. Click here to get your copy. 

Easton recently sat down with our own Suzanne Alexander to talk about the new record, where he’s from, and how he feels about all the “Strait” talk. Click on the clip below to watch the interview: Continue Reading

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