Power Pics, Requests, Charts!

First off we have a Power Picks challenge tomorrow (Tuesday) and we have quite a few recent losses which we must avenge. Be ready at 11AM ET at CMT Power Picks Good luck and happy clicking!

We are rocking the world with our requests. Not only have we done excellent on the Mediabase Charts, but we jumped 3 whole spots on both Radio & Records and Billboard, placing It's Good To Be Us firmly at #11. Keep up those requests, and don't forget to visit GAC and CMT to have your say about the It's Good To Be Us video.

I want to thank Bucky and his myspace team for the awesome contest that kept most of us busy watching and re-watching the It's Good To Be Us video for an entire month. Today was the final day, but check in at his official myspace page on April 4th for the announcement of the Grand Prize winner. Congrats to all who played!

H-O-T and Thanks Florida Shine!

Once again I am sharing a video clip. The amazing talent of BCO's JudgeFL, aka Lisa has once again given us a gift. She and her team Florida Shine worked together to produce an absolutely jaw-dropping montage set to the music of It's Good To Be Us. I cannot begin to thank her for it, it was inspirational as well as delicious (blushing!) Enjoy!



I cannot get over how photogenic Bucky is. I have taken well over 2000 shots, and I can assure you that the ones that did not turn out were either due to operator error (my bad) or that he simply moves so darn fast. I cannot blame him for moving fast, it makes his shows ROCK! Review after review of Bucky concerts talk about how much energy he gives and how it projects into the crowd. Bucky converts are born at each and every show, and I know he deserves each and every one.

More tomorrow! Meanwhile pick up that phone and give your DJ a little Bucky lovin' by requesting It's Good To Be Us. It is currently looking smoking H-O-T at #9 on the weighted chart and #11 on Top 500 with very respectable bullets on both charts. Lets take this baby all the way to #1!!!

Amazing Concert Review!

Short post today, sorry but my mind is elsewhere. If you have not already had the chance to do so, click and enjoy the very best Bucky concert review I have ever come across from an unbiased party.
Dierks Bentley, Bucky Covington and Luke Bryan in Poughkeepsie


Todays photo accompanied the review and can be found at recordonline.com, forgive me for not sharing one from my collection, but this one is very very nice - ohhh that hair!

Hope to be back on track tomorrow, meanwhile don't forget to call your radio station and request It's Good To Be Us!

Charts, Resellers Part Deux

Congrats everyone! We are still hanging tough on the mediabase charts with that shiny #10 on the weighted chart, and lucky #13 on Top 500. Great work! Lets turn up the heat a bit and step up those requests. Recruit a couple folks to help you out, and lets bring that big #10 to the Billboard Charts.

On the subject of resellers, that opens a slightly different can of worms than the ebay "for-profit" merchants. While some resellers do indeed do so for profit, many resell simply because they no longer want the item. It happens daily across the world, from the used car down the street you bought from your neighbor to a visit to the local Goodwill store. Buying used is both ecologically sound (better to reuse than dispose of) and economically wise (typically used items cost less!)

Where do you draw the line? That is clearly a boundary that must be set by each individual. While buying a used CD at the local used CD shop doesn't profit Bucky's label or anyone else's, it does spread the love of that music. I have personally bought used CDs of artists that I am not familiar with, only to find out that I absolutely love the music which led me to go and purchase new copies of their other music. I also would like to add that while the label does not profit from the resale of their items, they most likely did profit on the initial sale. I also personally cannot walk past a used copy of Bucky's CD without picking it up to share with a friend. Thankfully it has only happened a small handful of times!

If you are buying your "Bucky" merchandise, try and buy it from Bucky either via his official website or at a concert. Buy the licensed items which speak loudly of our Bucky love. The folks on Ebay with their stores have some great ideas and some great items, but I don't feel that giving them my $ does a darn thing to benefit Bucky. So my money goes where it speaks the loudest, and it goes to the people who will listen.

Ebay, Resellers & Requests

Disclaimer: This is part one of two, part two will be posted tomorrow.

I will start in reverse of the title - requests! We are still sitting pretty on the mediabase charts, #10 on weighted and #13 on Top 500. A little bird also mentioned that we are #11 on Billboard, so we are smokin' hot! Keep up those requests, and bring a new friend or two into the fold to help you out. #10 here we come!

Ebay came up as a topic this past week courtesy of someone selling a yearbook from Bucky & Rocky's freshman year. I admit with minimal guilt that I bid on that darn thing, but it does open up something of a can of worms in regards to Ebay and performing artists. Bucky has a team that works to provide items for fans to purchase, t-shirts, key rings, can coolers, ball caps, can openers, promo photos and our favorite - the CD. When we purchase these items, a portion of the sale goes to Bucky's label and it is one of the many ways we can show our Bucky love. When we purchase an item from Ebay, you can pretty much bet your next paycheck that neither Lyric Street nor Bucky will see even so much as a penny of the proceeds.

Is this a bad thing? Not always - every once in a while a fund raising cause comes along with donated items (I have a wonderful autographed print and a promo CD thanks to one of those very fund raisers). In my opinion that money goes to a good cause, and there is a chance that even Bucky or his promo crew donated the item for said cause.

What about the other items on Ebay? Well, that is where it gets a bit tricky. Let me start off by saying I commend the creativity of many of the sellers on Ebay, either for creating the item itself or for promoting it successfully. That said, the money from those "other" Bucky items almost always goes straight into the sellers pocket. Ok, so everyone needs to make a living - agreed.

My issue comes with the morals behind it. There are likely copyright issues which are very difficult to address (hard to police Ebay, that is one big place!) and to be honest, while I really dig some of the items they have on Ebay, I would MUCH rather put my money where it has the biggest vote, which is into the pockets of Bucky's promotion company and Lyric Street. If I cast my vote with the Ebay seller, I am only encouraging more of what I consider to be questionable behavior.

Part 2 coming tomorrow will deal with resellers, along with any responses to possible comments on todays blog. You feedback is always welcome and certainly encouraged. More tomorrow!

Totally Top 10!

Today's mediabase chart happily puts It's Good To Be Us at #10 on the weighted chart. Awesome job on the requests everyone, keep it up! We can match Billboard as well as Radio & Records charts with just a little more request work!

Where do we go from here? Well, with any luck we keep moving up. #5 is still out there awaiting us, as is #1. Can we get there? You bet if we keep up the requests! Get a hold of your local DJ and tell them you want to hear It's Good To Be Us. Shoot them an email too. Feel like requesting outside of your listening area? Dedicate it to a friend "I am requesting this for Susie in Miami, this is her favorite song".

At this point it is not so much a question of IF this song has what it takes, we know it does. The question is when - and only strong requesting and follow up will get us there fast. Now pick up that phone!

More St. Joseph Pics, Request request!

Rachel has shared some fantastic pics from the St. Joseph show in Missouri this past weekend. Visit her photobucket at Rachel - St Joseph MO - Photobucket and enjoy the amazing shots.

We are moving on up over at mediabase, #11 on the weighted chart and holding strong at #13 on Top 500. The spins on both are looking very good! I am closing today with a request for you to keep requesting It's Good To Be Us. Call your local DJ and ask them to play It's Good To Be Us, and follow up with a thank you when you hear it played.

CMT Top 20, American Idol, Concert Pics

There are days where there isn't much in the way of news for me to share, and then there are days where it is nothing but news. Fortunately for the amusement of my 2 or 3 readers of the blog, this is one of the latter.

Tune in this Thursday at 9ET for CMTs Top 20 Countdown - from their website:
Top 20 Countdown host Lance Smith joins the cast of Stop-Loss, on top of the famous Riot Hyatt hotel overlooking Sunset Boulevard for a special edition of Top 20. The movie features Iraq war hero Sgt. Brandon King, who is played by Ryan Phillippe, as he makes his long awaited return home only to find out the Army has ordered him back to duty in Iraq, which devastates not only him but his family and friends.

Also this week, Bucky Covington's "It's Good to Be Us" makes its video debut on the countdown. Be sure to tune in to see where it lands.

Catch all your favorite videos, vote in our online poll to let us know which videos you want to see on the countdown and be sure to check out the best of Top 20 Countdown photo gallery.

Bucky will also be showing up in our living rooms once again via American Idol. The air date should be the week of April 2nd, which will showcase a clip of Bucky, Bo Bice and Phil Stacey. I have to say this season of AI while it doesn't even come close to the fabulous and now infamous Season 5, is shaping up pretty well. I am looking forward to seeing Bucky on it!

Concert pics from this past weekend are starting to show up here and there thanks to Bucky's very talented fans. Head over to Danna Marie's Myspace for an amazing gallery from the St. Joseph, MO show; Danna's Bucky Covington Gallery - St. Joseph MO

We are holding firm on the mediabase chart at #13 again today. Don't forget to call your local DJ's and request It's Good To Be Us! We are just shy of that #10 spot, so lets give Bucky a little nudge closer.

Sweet Number 13

Wahoo! We moved up a step on the mediabase charts, and are now sitting quite pretty at #13. The bullets look ok, but we could sure make them plumper. Call and request It's Good To Be Us, repeat every 2 hours as needed. Don't forget to hit up the DJ's via email too. One DJ even linked Bucky's official website to his web page at the request of one of Bucky's devoted fan club members. These ARE friends in high places, so give them a shout and see what they can do to help out our Bucky.

Bucky's myspace contest resumes tomorrow after an Easter hiatus (hope everyone had a wonderful Easter!) Be sure and check in tomorrow for your chance to win! While you are waiting for the question to be posted, be sure and stream It's Good To Be Us over on CMT and help drive the video up the charts.


Have a great Monday!

Happy Easter/Happy Spring!

Happy Spring a few days late, summer is coming and the concert schedule is brimming with festival dates. Check the official tour line up at Bucky Covington :: Home or on his Myspace. I have to say - if you have not yet had the opportunity to catch a Bucky concert live, you are missing out. Be sure and check the schedule, and if there is a Bucky show in the area, check it out!

Things are still looking great on the charts. Keep up those requests and lets get that airplay up. Call your local radio station and request It's Good To Be Us. Not sure of the stations in your area? Check Radio-Locator.com .

Also wishing all a Happy Easter. For a little Easter "basket" of surprises check in at YouTube - buckycovington's Channel for some more inside peeks at life on the road along with more Bucky answers to fan questions.

Two ARE Better Than One!

I never even so much as attempt to share video here, but FLCathy has an absolutely gorgeous clip from the Myrtle Beach show this past weekend, and it is chock full of both Bucky and Rocky tossing those blond locks around. I assure it is not for the weak kneed or faint at heart, but it is most certainly worth a visit (might want to have the smelling salts handy).


Speaking of two being better than one - we are still holding strong with matching 14's on the mediabase charts. The bullets look fantastic, so keep those requests going! That journey to #10 is getting shorter with each request. Bringing It's Good To Be Us to #10 would be a fabulous way to welcome in Bucky's next single, "I'll Walk" and warm up the charts for it's debut. (No word yet that I have happened across as to when that will be, but I am sure it is just around the corner!)

Don't forget to head over to CMT and cast your vote for "A Different World" in the CMT Awards. This is an award that we actually can put in Bucky's hands ourselves, recruit everyone you can to vote as well! If anyone deserves that shiny belt buckle, it is our very own Bucky. While you are at CMT check in at the Top 20 and vote for It's Good To Be Us then spin over to GAC and do the same (as always, links are over on the right).

Need to give a quick shout out to Winnie over at Buckymania, thanks so much for the daily mentions and the compliments on the photos I have been sharing. I love taking Bucky pics, and the subject at hand is so very photogenic that it makes it much easier than it should be. Feel free as always to share any of them. Thanks for doing what you do Winnie, you rock!

Request It's Good To Be Us

You know what to do, and you know you need to keep doing it. Pick up the phone and show your local dj a little Bucky love. We are holding at #14 on both weighted and Top 500 at mediabase, the bullets are looking great, so lets keep them that way!

Want to give a shout out to Rocky's wife Terra who is also celebrating her birthday today (3/20), hope it is awesome!

If you are wondering what Bucky does in his down time, take a peek at Steve Cook | Shiny Bass | Journal and check. Sounds like they had a great time on a boys getaway. Glad everyone made home safe, quite the adventure!

Sharing my absolute favorite trio of photos today...enjoy!

Power Picks Tomorrow, Another Baby!

We are 0/2 on our Power Picks this week, all close races though! We have a final chance tomorrow to turn this around. Looks like It's Good To Be Us meets up with Jason Aldean's Johnny Cash. Check in at CMT Power Picks at 11AM ET and get ready to click that mouse. We are in need of a win so will need everyone to hop in and join on this one! (Hint: This would be a great birthday gift for Special Mother aka Tracey aka Bucky's "mom" - Happy Birthday Tracey!)

Great job on the requests everyone! Keep it up, we are holding strong on the charts and the bullets are looking very healthy. As mentioned before, this does not mean to STOP requesting - we need to keep doing what we are doing, and keep Bucky moving up. #10, here we come!

Just a quick reminder that there is an awesome contest going on, check out Bucky's myspace and join in. Lots of great trivia surrounding the It's Good To Be Us video, and you may well be the lucky recipient of one of the prizes or even the grand prize! Pop over and check it out!

One last note, congrats to Luke Bryan and his wife on the arrival of their new son Bo! Sounds like the proud poppa, momma and baby are all doing well.

Spring Is In The Air...

And it is baby season? Just wanted to give a quick shout out to JMC's Trey Hill and his wife and congratulate them on their new arrival! Also want to take a quick moment to slightly deviate from Buckyland to give matching congrats to Bo Bice and family. On top of a new album on the charts - Bo also has a new baby on the way! Guess the touring schedules leave a bit of spare time for extra-curricular activities (grin).

I have been vaguely following this season's American Idol, and have a couple of faves. I popped over to American Idol Forums to check the boards and see what others were saying and left feeling like had traveled back in time. I know many of us have by far found our favorite idol forever (FIF?) but there are still many fans searching high and low for theirs and they are as dedicated as we are. I loved reading the VOTE! threads (hmm, I guess we still post that) and the talk about the hair, the clothes, the songs...umm we still talk about that too. Ok - perhaps I did not travel back in time.

We still need the votes, we still chatter about the hair, the bling, the clothes, the band, the audience. We don't talk so much about Simon, Randy, Paula or Ryan these days. Bucky has a fantastic label and we have an awesome CD that we listen to. So not much has changed, but a lot has changed (how is that for a pearl of wisdom?)

Just a quick reminder, we have a Power Picks WIN opportunity tomorrow. A Different World takes on Carrie Underwood's All American Girl. We will need all hands on deck CMT Power Picks and voting for this one. Show time 11AM ET, looks like the match is towards the end but be ready to vote when it comes up.

Things are still looking good on the Mediabase charts. Keep doing what you are doing and see if you can wrangle a friend or two to join you. It's Good To Be Us is a song that has all it takes to be a Top 10 single, but it needs just a little help to get there.

Power Picks Loss, More Chances!

We are starting the week off with a loss on the Power Picks front, but we have 2 more chances this week to avenge said loss. Wednesday A Different World gets a run again, and Thursday brings back It's Good To Be Us for it's second chance this week. Be sure to be at a computer at 11AM ET both days and get ready to vote Bucky to victory.

We also have a request to remind everyone to live stream It's Good To Be Us every chance you get. It is sitting at 39 right now on the CMT charts, but we can give it a good boost and hit the top 10. You can let it stream in the background while doing other tasks, so no excuses (ok, 1 excuse - dial up, but that is the only acceptable one!) Head over to CMT and start streaming now.

If you have not had a chance to get your vote in for the CMT Awards, head there as well. Voting closes April 11th so there is still plenty of time, but don't put it off too long or that date will pass before you know it. This is a wonderful opportunity for us to show Bucky how very much his music means to us. We have helped put one award into his hands (that gold mouse!) so lets help his collection grow by adding that belt buckle. This is just the start folks, there are lots of award opportunities on the horizon. Lets not miss out on this one!

Don't forget while you are running around voting and streaming and voting some more - pick up the phone and give your local DJ a call. Ask them to play It's Good To Be Us, and as mentioned time and time again - let them know how much it is appreciated. We work hard to get our artists moving up the charts, but without the help of those awesome DJs it just would not happen. The Mediabse Top 500 chart is looking especially attractive today with a bullet AND a #13 spot, weighted shows the same bullet but we are holding at #14 there. There are a couple of big climbers sneaking up behind us, so be sure and work on those requests.

Power Picks, Charts, Weekend Recaps Available NOW

First up it looks like we have a busy upcoming week for Power Picks. There is a match tomorrow (second half of the show if I understand the schedule) and then we should have a match both Wednesday and Thursday. Be sure and visit CMT Power Picks tomorrow. Show start time 11AM ET, and get your Bucky votes in!

Our bullets are still firmly in place but could use a little plumping to keep us going strong. Pick up the phone and let your local DJ know that you want to hear It's Good To Be Us. If you missed calling but hear them play it - give them a shout out then too. Nothing better to boost us than a little DJ lovin and feedback. Get over to GAC and CMT for your video votes as well - and don't forget to hit Power Picks tomorrow as well.


Reviews are coming in from the weekend shows, along with some sizzling pictures. Check Bucky's AI board or Bucky Covington Online for recaps and links to the hot photos. Bucky is in fine form, and it sounds like the Bucky portion of the show - while shorter than many would like it, was sure enough to showcase Bucky to many of the Dierks fans and bring a smile to their faces and a little swivel in their hips. Great work Bucky!

Bucky Around the World (Wide Web)

Tonight I embarked on a journey to find at least mildly cool websites that are Bucky related. Lots of sifting and sorting, lots of fluff and a gazillion lyric sites (for those of us who don't already know every word to each of his songs by heart - likely backwards if quizzed). Also sorted out a few gems, a couple diamonds in the rough, and likely a place or two that you have been to many times but I just finally discovered.

Team California has a wealth of fan sites out there, but I just happened across this one. I admire it greatly as they have posted all the cool things (click the picture, and it is a link to someplace!) that I aspire to decipher and add at some point. It has all the voting links, some great radio station links and more more more - check out "Bucky Covington Fans Everywhere" at http://hometown.aol.com/sweetchudson/BuckyCovington.html .

Also worth of a mention is Kathy G's "A Different World" fan site. The site has a rather "retro" look with an awesome photo gallery and some great classic wallpapers. The blog links to Team Covington, which has some great updates (I need to catch up!) Check "A Different World" at http://www.freewebs.com/adifferentworld-/ .



More:
last.fm - fm/music/Bucky+Covington

Bucky quotes! http://thinkexist.com/quotes/bucky_covington/

Great listing of free online country stations http://www.live365.com/cgi-bin/directory.cgi?genre=search&searchdesc=Bucky%20Covington

PR Photos - http://www.prphotos.com/store/category.cgi?category=search&query=%5Ephotowizard.sql&q2=Bucky%20Covington

Wondering how to make those cool cricket noises? You are not the only one (I am still practicing, it is not pretty!)
How do I make a cricket chirping sound with my mouth? - Yahoo! Answers


And now for the daily public service messages- we still have our bullets and they are looking good! Keep up the calling and requesting for It's Good To Be Us, and don't forget to check in with GAC and CMT for the video votes. Still time to have your say for the CMT Awards as well, be sure and pitch in there so we can put that beautiful belt buckle in Bucky's hands at the live awards show! Hope everyone is having a great weekend, Spring is springing!

Bullets Back! Yippee!

Our bullets are back again, and looking considerably more healthy than they have the past few days. This does not mean we can stop though, or even slow down. We need to continue with the requests, and keep giving the DJ's positive feedback. We are sitting rather pretty at 14 on both the Top 500 and weighted, 13 isn't that far away! If we keep stepping it up just a bit each day - we can get that #10 spot in no time! Get on that phone and requests It's Good To Be Us!

If you have some spare time this weekend, pop over to Bucky's board on AI (link to the right) and show some love. It has been very peaceful there - this is a great time to introduce new AI fans to Bucky. Head on over and share some of that fierce Bucky spirit.

As I mentioned in previous posts, I have a date with Bucky coming up. I forgot to mention this will be my first show with the new improved (and considerably larger) band backing him. My last show was a week before the change. I had a chance to speak at length wish Shawn, but did not know at the time that he was moving on to other things. Not really sure he knew either, we talked about them touring this year and studio time for a new album. I will miss both Shawn and Hans and wish them both nothing but the best. In the same token I am totally stoked to see the new band that everyone has been raving about.

More pics tomorrow, blogger is not playing nicely with my computer this evening, apologies to all.

Power Picks Win, Charts

Wahoo! We won today's Power Picks (sorry Julio!) Great job everyone! Way to wind down the week and jump start the weekend. Lets see if we can finish the week with our shiny bullets back on mediabase too. The gap is smaller today, so we just have to keep doing what we are doing, and then step it up a little bit. If you can add just one request to each local country station a day to what you are doing, that should help get us back in fighting shape. Give a shout out to a few friends too and ask them to call and request It's Good To Be Us, lets get our bullets back AND jump a few spots higher.

I am sure at least one of the two or three readers that check the blog are at least mildly curious as to what the big deal about the bullets is. No better time than the present to share what little I have been able to figure out. The bullets show increased spins, lack of bullets = decreased spins. Why is the increase so important? A handful of reasons, most importantly keeping our eye on the prize - ideally a #1 hit! If we lose spins consistently, we can end up going recurrent. The paragraph below sums it up as I understand it, feedback both welcome and encouraged!



(thank you to Carriefans.com for the following) Basically, when a song reaches the top part of an airplay chart, it is given one chance to get as high as it can on the chart. Once the song has peaked and starts declining in airplay, it is designated as "recurrent" and is removed from the chart so as to give other songs their opportunity. This keeps the chart fresh with up-and-coming new songs. The criteria for determining when a song is declining varies. For Mediabase, it is generally when a song goes down in airplay for 3 straight weeks and may require that the song has dropped below a certain position on the chart. For Billboard, it usually requires that the song was on the chart for at least a certain number of weeks, is below position on ther chart, and is declining in airplay.

Hope that helps just a bit. I would love to hear from anyone who might have links further explaining this mystery of recurrent songs. This whole charts thing is pretty new to me, I knew there were charts - was darn happy if I was a fan of the #1 song! Never ever tried to actually figure them out until now. Links, general help and tutors welcome, apply within...

Bullets Missing - Again

We have lost our bullets again! I am hoping they just wandered off again for a day or so and will return shortly, but they could surely use a bit of encouragement to return. Get your fingers busy calling your local radio station or emailing them and asking them to play It's Good To Be Us. Let them know as mentioned before, how very much you love the song and how great it is to hear them play it. When you hear them play it, call and thank them and let them know how very much you appreciate it.

We also have a Power Picks challenge tomorrow, looks like the 2nd part of the show. The show starts at 11AM ET, so check in at http://www.cmt.com/shows/dyn/cmt_power_picks/series.jhtml and get your best voting fingers ready. Just keep the pop up open and wait for Bucky's match then click madly until it is over. Good luck Bucky and everyone! This should be an interesting match that could easily bring in a whole new breed of fan to voice their voting opinions.

JMC chats with Bucky prior to a RTB Show

There should be a celebration in the making at a certain blog we all know in love in the upcoming days - according to the blogoversary tag our special friend Winnie should be counting down the days (3) til Buckymania's anniversary. Be sure and stop by http://buckymania.blogspot.com/ and wish her a very happy anniversary and thank her for all she has done and will hopefully keep doing for a long time to come.

Also be sure to check in with CMT and GAC and get your votes in for It's Good To Be Us. Remember to vote for the CMT Awards too - there is still time left. Once you have voted, forward the link to everyone you know. Ask them to register and vote for Bucky too (time to call in all those favors!)

Now pick up the phone and get in those requests, we want our bullets back!

Looking Forward, Looking Back

Just a few minutes over a month until my upcoming date with Bucky (and Dierks, and Luke....ok, and a few thousand friends). I am so in need of a good dose of Bucky. I have been reading recaps and checking out everyone else's concert photos so I can live vicariously, but I have had just about enough of that. It is my turn!

To indulge myself this last 31-ish days, I find myself pondering
memories past. I am pretty sure I miss the entire concert itself to allow myself the chance to relive it at home one pretty frame at a time. The entire audience is mad with applause, and I am sitting there merrily gazing at my camera's monitor "wow, hot!". Nothing like living in the zone.
I am aspiring to share pics from my personal collection daily up until the Rockford show (April 12), so check back. I apologize in advance if any other news happens and my intentions to share daily pics fail, but I will try!

We are still holding on mediabase with our teeny little bullets. We need to put a call out to our friends and relatives to give us just a little help here. #10 is definitely in our reach, we need to crank it up just a little bit. Recruit a couple new people to request Its Good To Be Us, and keep doing it yourself. Don't forget to stream it on CMT too, the more video play, the higher the recognition. If folks recognize the song they are far more likely to call their local station to request it. Just a few more good nudges and we can do it!

Top 10 Hottest & CRS Pics/Video

Wahoo, we did it again! We didn't quite pull off a win, but we did get Bucky a top 10 spot (#10 to be exact) on Country Weekly's Hottest Bachelor poll. This pic from CMT at CRS this past weekend does a lot to explain how Bucky made #10, he sure is a hottie, and a talented one at that!

Also be sure and check out this youtube video by Buckymouse
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBJBn2RMI0k . It shows Bucky's performance at the CRS show, complete with his amazing entrance on his motorcycle. Totally yummy, thanks a ton to Buckymouse for both taking the video and also for sharing it. It showcases a wonderful show including It's Good To Be Us, Bible And The Belt and I'll Walk.

We still have our (diminutive) bullets on the Mediabase Chart for It's Good To Be Us - you know what you need to do. Pick up the phone and request, or hit your local stations website and email in a request of 3. Not sure how to reach your local station or even who they are? Check http://www.radio-locator.com/ to find out. You may just find some more stations in the area who are spinning the song (some all-genre stations have been doing just that!) and you can add them to your request list plus give them a call and thank them for playing Bucky.

Bullets Back, Movin' On Up

Wahoo, our bullets are back! They aren't huge so we still need some help, but they are back. A handful of songs went recurrent which seems to have helped us move over the hump to #14 on Top 500 and #15 on weighted. Things are certainly looking up!

Quiet day on the news front, check BCO and Buckymania for some pics from the CRS this past week. Bucky apparently rode onto the stage on his motorcycle! I am watching for pics and if I can luck into any will share them. How awesome would it be if he did that at other shows? Great way to literally rev up an audience.



Make sure and check Bucky's Myspace as well for the ongoing trivia contest based on the It's Good To Be Us video. Lots of great questions thus far and more to come. I am loving learning the little things about the video - brings me back to VH-1's Pop-Up Video - we don't have pop-ups, but we are getting those unique little facts that you might not notice otherwise. Plenty of time left to play too, the contest lasts all of March with daily prizes and an excellent grand prize (show tickets! Wahoo!!!!)

Lost, 2 Bullets - If Found Please Call...

Egads! Horror of horrors, we have actually LOST spins! -26 on the top 500, -24 on weighted! So I want to run an ad - can't afford to, but want to...it would read "Lost, 2 Bullets. If found please call your local radio station and requests It's Good To Be Us. Reward offered for return or information leading to return." It doesn't make much sense I suppose, but I would still love to place it. Our local paper has a free lost/found column, wonder if they would fall for it...

So what can we do about this? Well, we could hire a Crime Scene Investigator to investigate our missing bullets, check DNA or something - look for clues leading to their location and return. Would it work? Probably not, but I have watched enough episodes of CSI that I would not entirely rule out the possibility. We could try stealing someone else's bullet to replace ours, but that just seems morally wrong, that whole do unto others thing. Perhaps we could get our old shiny bullets back if we spent a bit of time requesting our favorite song, It's Good To Be Us.

I know spring is on the way for some of us, and has sprung for others (I have proof, I have seen flowers blooming!) but we need to stick to our guns on this. At this moment there are no "superstar" chart climbers in our immediate vicinity, so we should be able to regain those spins with minimal difficulty. So do what you do best, pick up the phone and get those requests in. Talk to the DJ's too, let them know how much you appreciate them spinning the song. We may need to ramp up our tactics a bit, thus actually letting the DJs know we appreciate them and what they do, but we CAN and WILL do this!



A little side adventure that I had planned before the ghastly check of the charts (and the palpitations following!) My usual radio station tonight diverted me a couple digits south of it's normal parking space and the next thing I hear a station ID themselves as Bucky Country. Say it ain't so! An entire radio station named Bucky! I can't normally pull them in, so I presume the planets aligned just so to provide me with a smile - figured I would share anyhow. You can check out their website at http://www.buckycountry959.com/ and listen to them online as well. Pretty cool if you ask me!

Number 15!

Well, we managed to wrap up the week of ups and downs by firmly planting Bucky's It's Good To Be Us in the #15 spot on the charts. Congrats Bucky and fans! Where do we go from here? Up, up up! Keep doing what you have been doing. Get friends and co-workers to do it too. Call and request Bucky's single, stream it on CMT and don't forget to get your votes in at both CMT and GAC. While you are CMT, be sure and vote for the CMT Awards (handy link above, click the image). Our mediabase bullet is looking a bit pathetic, 4 earlier today. 4! Get on the phones, lets bump that back up in the hundreds before it goes away all together.

Good Things Come To Those Who Wait

Yippee! All our hard work as finally paid off, today brought us that much awaited Power Picks win, along with the much awaited news that Bucky made the final round of the CMT Awards nominees! Bucky was nominated for "USA Weekend Breakthrough Video Of The Year which recognizes best video from an artists major debut album. Bucky is up against Luke Bryan and Kellie Pickler, so the battle is far from over - but we can do it! Get your votes in at http://www.cmt.com/cmt-music-awards/vote.jhtml . Also be sure and vote for Trey Fanjoy under the category of Best Video Director Of The Year. Trey has directed a number of great videos including A Different World. Congrats to both Bucky and Trey (and all the other nominees) and Good Luck!

Don't forget in all this excitement our push for It's Good To Be Us. We are hovering stubbornly around that #15 spot on the charts, so lets buckle down and make it solid. Keep up those video requests and radio requests. Email links out the video as well, let your friends check out Bucky. Don't forget the widget too, scroll down and feel free to grab it for your own site.

Power Picks Loss, Better Luck Tomorrow!

Well rats - the Power Picks gremlins are working against us double time. Many including yours truly had a black screen following Garth's match, and them mere seconds of the Bucky match before it was over. We have one more chance tomorrow in which we will be voting furiously for "It's Good To Be Us" and hopefully will provide us with a much needed victory.

In what may be simply a strange bit of timing, following the death of Jeff Healey news sources have announced that Patrick Swayze has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Please take a moment and say a prayer for him and his family, and check out http://pancreatica.org/ for more information about pancreatic cancer or to make a donation. I am adding the retinoblastoma site in honor of Jeff's passing as well http://www.retinoblastoma.net/ .

Tomorrow brings us as I mentioned that final Power Picks match for the week, along with the much awaited CMT Awards nominations. Hopefully both of these will bring us what we have been waiting for all week. If not, we have a long road of ahead of us with many more opportunities. Check out http://buckymania.blogspot.com/ today for a long term outlook that will bring a smile to your face.

Now pick up the phone and get your radio requests in, then head over to GAC and CMT for some online voting - you're opinion counts! Make it often, and make it loud.

You Can't Win 'Em All

Still early in the week, but we are down a Power Picks win and are lacking an ACM nomination. We would like to congratulate Kelly Pickler and the other nominees, good luck to all!

Please note that the Power Picks seems to have moved to a new time slot, 11 AM ET. This is an hour earlier than the show has previously aired which may have a bit to do with our loss today. We will be ready tomorrow though! Tomorrow's match brings A Different World back into the limelight, while Thursday's match is for It's Good To Be Us. Thursday also brings much awaited (and hopefully positive) news with the CMT nominations. We voted our fingers off for the first round, here is hoping it paid off.

Keep up those requests folks, lets get our Bucky up the charts - #15 is in sight, and with a bit of momentum #10 isn't so far off.

Todays photo courtesy of Buckyfan3, who despite the frigid and snowy winter Wisconsin has had - showed her Bucky love by building a snow fan for all to see. If this weather keeps up, he should be around well into July.

I would like to ask everyone to take a quiet moment to recognize the passing of an amazing musician who provided inspiration to many including our own Bucky. Jeff Healey fly free, you will be missed but in our hearts you will live on.

Power Picks, ACM's

And starting all that off, an update on the Ron/Don history thanks to kgator/kerri:

Don & Ron Harris, Mark Miller, & Hobie Hubbard all lived in the same town in Florida and went to high school together. Through all the years they have stayed friends and after Ron retired from wrestling, he went to work for Mark & Mark's BeachStreet Record Company and helped with Sawyer Brown and some of the Christian groups like Casting Crowns. Then Ron got Bucky started, helping him on the GAC Christmas tour. Meanwhile Don continued to wrestle for a while, then retired from the ring and worked in the Production side of wrestling. When Bucky started touring full time, Don left TNA Wrestling and became the road manager while Ron usually stays in Nashville running O Seven Artist Management.

Thanks Kerri for filling us in, I am still in awe of the very idea - sure wish I would have had a chance to catch them in the ring, but they are doing amazing work in the music industry and I am happy to have had the chance to meet Don on a few occasionions at shows, hopefully will add Ron to that at some point.

Big (huge) things start tomorrow for us - the ACM awards http://www.acmcountry.com/content/index.php nominees will be announced on The Early Show and if fan opinion counts for anything both Bucky and Jason Michael Carroll should be shoe ins for Best New Male Artist nominations.


Tomorrow also brings the first of this weeks Power Picks http://www.cmt.com/shows/dyn/cmt_power_picks/series.jhtml battles. Be ready online at 12 ET and get those clicking fingers ready, It's Good To Be Us is up for this match.

(Someday I will learn to put URLs in that look nice, honest!)

Please keep up those requests, we can and WILL get Bucky up that chart. Recruit friends to help with the requests as well, plus live streaming and online votes. We can do this!

Bigger and Badder

I love the web, and need to send a thank you to Steve over at http://www.shinybass.com for enlightening me to an interesting fact (or pile of them literally!) I knew from the moment that I set eyes on Bucky's road manager that he was a force to be reckoned with - he is a big guy and I would never want to be on his bad side, ever. I had no idea about his past though, which makes him honestly even more ominous. (My road manager can beat up your road manager?)

Both Don and his twin brother Ron are former professional wrestlers. You can check out http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/h/harris-brothers.html for the low down. I think this is pretty dang cool, I was joking with my hubby who is a wrestling fan that he had been getting the wrong autograph at the shows! Awesome, would love to hear the story sometime of how they made the transition from wrestling to managing, if anyone knows feel free to share, I will gladly post it here to the blog! Don & Ron - you guys are awesome!

Now we need to work even harder to bump Bucky up the charts. We don't need Ron and Don on our bad side. Keep calling and requesting, keep those live streams going too on CMT. Get your say in at CMT and GAC as well!

Additionally I wanted to post a quick reminder that Tuesday is the big day we have been waiting for, the announcement for nominees for the ACM awards. Good luck Bucky!

Power Picks & Rockford Show

Looks like a super busy week coming up for us on the Power Picks front. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday matches! Keep those fingers busy, the show starts at 11AM ET and you can vote at CMT
http://www.cmt.com/shows/dyn/cmt_power_picks/series.jhtml . Just watch the matches and then vote when Bucky comes up (you can vote on the other matches too, but this IS a Bucky blog).

Have added a personal WAHOO! to my calendar, tickets for Rockfords Dierks/Bucky/Luke show on April 12 went on sale to the general public this morning! Team WI should be there in full force, have my tickets in hand. I am sooo overdue for a Bucky fix, I have been Bucky-less since November 9th. Amazing I haven't had to join a 12 step group to deal with the withdrawal symptoms, but I survived. You can check out tickets to the Rockford show at Rockford Centre Events - All Events & Tickets , still lots of good seats available, and at last check some general admission floor spots as well.

Keep those requests going for It's Good To Be Us, and don't forget the GAC and CMT voting. Pencil those Power Picks days in on your schedule too, lets get that video playing more frequently.