Country Countdown USA

Catch Country Countdown USA every Saturday morning at 9AM. Lon Helton has the biggest names in Country music in the co-host seat each week.

This week, Cole Swindell co-hosts the Countdown. Cole & Lon discuss Cole’s Ready To Drink Again Tour, his new album All Of It, and a lot of Cole’s friends in the Top 30.

As Cole begins his headline tour, Lon asked him who he looks to for ideas: “I’ve learned from everybody we’ve toured with.  In August, I went to Boston to see Kenny Chesney’s last show up there. He was nice enough to share some wisdom with me.  He said, ‘You probably want it all right now.’ I was like, Yeah. He said, ‘If I’d gotten everything when I thought I needed it, I might not be here.’ So it was cool to hear it come from the man himself.”

Cole is a huge fan of Garth Brooks, and he told Lon he first met Garth at the ACM Awards in 2016.  “I met him on the red carpet.  He asked me about my nomination, and he said, ‘I’ll tell you something a friend told me when I was nominated. He said, ‘Congratulations either way, it’s an honor just to be nominated.’ Years later I saw him at the CMAs, and he said, ‘You know who gave me that advice? Billy Joel.‘ And he walked away. That’s one I’ll never forget, and he’s always been super nice to me.”

Hear more from Cole Swindell when he co-host Country Countdown USA Saturday morning at 9!

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