Monthly Archives: June 2011

Luke cuts the tip of his pinky finger, but has a trick to still being able to pull of the performance at Walmart in Oshkosh, WI for thousands of wet, muddy fans.

Watch Luke’s CMT Crossroads episode with The Doobie Brothers, which premiered on June 24 on CMT, below.

Luke Bryan’s current single, “Country Girl (Shake It For Me)” has been certified Gold by the RIAA.  The up-tempo Top 10hit is the lead single off Luke’s Tailgates and Tanlines album due out on August 9. Co-written with songwriting vet Dallas Davidson, “Country Girl (Shake It For Me)” is Luke’s third Gold-certified single.

The song debuted at #1 in U.S. countrydigital singles sales with 105,498 downloads and is the fastest rising single of his career.  It follows Luke’s recent three back-to-back #1 singles “Do I,” “Rain Is A Good Thing” and “Someone Else Calling You Baby,” all from his Gold-certified album Doin’ My Thing.

The Georgia born singer-songwriter isn’t showing any signs of slowing down soon. After an electrifying standout performance at the 2011 CMT Awards, Luke became the top-searched term on Google that evening.  Luke also appeared with the Doobie Brothers in the latest installment of CMT Crossroads, which aired last week.

Fans can catch Luke on the road this summer with Tim McGraw’s “Emotional Traffic Tour,” and can look forward to his headline tour – “CMT ON TOUR: Luke Bryan Tailgates & Tanlines” launching this fall.

For more information, be sure to check out www.lukebryan.com.

The new rock meets country mashup for CMT Crossroads will feature rockers The Doobie Brothers and country star Luke Bryan.CMT Crossroads: The Doobie Brothers and Luke Bryan premieres Friday, June 24 at 10:00 p.m., ET/PT.

Taped before an invitation-only audience in Nashville, The Doobie Brothers and Luke Bryan will perform their hits including The Doobie Brothers’ “Black Water,” Long Train Runnin,” and “China Grove,” and Bryan’s “Rain is a Good Thing,” “Do I” “and “Country Girl (Shake It For Me).”

“We are so pleased, and fortunate to be able to share the stage with Luke Bryan on Crossroads,” says Pat Simmons of The Doobie Brothers. “We love the challenge of performing such wonderfully crafted songs with an artist like Luke, and his band. He’s one of the most exciting artists on the country music scene these days. The energy, innovation, and soulfulness of the music he writes and performs, is right up our alley. We’re dustin’ off our country chops, and we look forward to having him join in on our songs. This is going to be a great experience for all of us, and fans of both country music, and rock ‘n roll. It could only happen on Crossroads!”

“I am really excited to perform on stage with the Doobie Brothers,” says Luke Bryan. “Their music was such an iconic part of my growing up. I bet most Americans can hear a particular Doobie Brother’s song and have it take them back to a certain time and place in their life…and the best thing is, they are still creating great music today!”

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Watch the new Luke Bryan TV below and see if you can keep track of how many Luke catches on this trip. Feathers River may not have been too kind to Luke this day.