February 24, 2009

See Him In Color: Mercury and Jamey Johnson are staging the "Downtown Shutdown" during CRS, closing 5th Avenue and Commerce outside the Nashville Convention Center Wednesday (3/4). Johnson will perform a free and open-to-the-public set beginning at
11:30am, weather permitting, with complimentary food and drink on hand. The show should wrap in time for CRS attendees to get back in the building for the day's
luncheon performance.


Text & Effects: Big Machine's Taylor Swift and Verizon Wireless have partnered for a
text-based concert contest. The U.S. high school student body with the most texts of
"TS" to "3401" using Verizon phones gets a free Swift concert on their campus.
Texting closes March 23. Entries can also be entered here.


Life Note: Our thoughts and prayers are with singer/songwriter/producer Buddy
Miller, who is recovering from triple-bypass surgery. He suffered a heart attack
Friday (2/20) in Baltimore, while on the 3 Girls And Their Buddy tour with Patty
Griffin, Emmylou Harris and Shawn Colvin.

Country Aircheck Today Top 5: Here are the Top 5 songs for the week ending Feb. 21.
Look for the full chart in tonight's Country Aircheck Weekly.



TOBY KEITH/God Love Her (Show Dog)
KENNY CHESNEY f/MAC MCANALLY/Down The Road (Blue Chair/BNA)
KEITH URBAN/Sweet Thing (Capitol)
BROOKS & DUNN/Cowgirls Don't Cry (Arista)
DARIUS RUCKER/It Won't Be Like This For Long (Capitol)


All daily airplay data is from Mediabase 24/7.

Country Aircheck Today Top 5 Downloads: Here are Play MPE's Top 5 for Feb. 22:


DIERKS BENTLEY/Sideways (Capitol)
JOHN RICH/Shuttin' Detroit Down (Warner Bros.)
BILLY CURRINGTON/People Are Crazy (Mercury)
JESSICA HARP/Boy Like Me (Warner Bros.)
RICHARD JAYMES/Dollar And A Dream (Shotgun/CO5)

Tube Check Tomorrow (2/24): Jake Owen, Good Morning America (ABC).

Tomorrow's Birthdays (2/24): Sammy Kershaw, Jay Barron, Marty Craighead, Susan Turner, Larry Willoughby.