Saturday news: a Tallahasse surprise, chartgazing and more...

Bucky Covington charms the crowd at the Foothills Fall Festival in Maryville, Tennessee, 10/13; photo by the very gracious Honeygirl, who shares more of her beautiful images here. Thanks, Honeygirl! Bucky Covington's debut CD is in stores now, and his music video for "A Different World" is available for online viewing at CMT.com and Yahoo Music. You can buy Bucky's album at Amazon, Best Buy , iTunes, WalMart Music and Target, hear the full version of his single "A Different World" at CMT and GAC, or enjoy samples of songs from the CD at Bucky's official MySpace. A copy of Bucky Covington can be ordered at his official site or via his official fan club.

Bucky Covington's fans in the Tallahassee area might want to head to Floyd's Music Store for an event that isn't listed on Bucky's official site yet--but it is listed at Ticketmaster, with tickets going on sale today at 10:00 a.m. Bucky's performance at Floyd's on December 15th is an all-ages, general admission show; if you're in town, you can also snag your tickets at any CD Warehouse location, or at Vinyl Fever. (We've said it before and we'll say it again--if you haven't had the pleasure of being there when Bucky, Rocky, Don, Shaun and Hans rock the house, you're in for a wild ride!)

It looks like a wild ride is just beginning on the Mediabase charts, too--for the second straight day, "It's Good to Be Us", Bucky's brand new single, makes an upward move. It now holds the #38 spot on the Mediabase weighted chart, and it's #35 on the Top 500. Keep requesting "It's Good to Be Us" at your favorite local or streaming country station, and keep the Saturday night syndicated country radio shows in mind, too. (It's a perfect high-energy tune for a rockin' Saturday night, isn't it? Let's go!)

And there's definitely a rockin' Saturday night in the works in California this evening; Bucky and label-mate Josh Gracin are set to give the West Coast a wonderful night of country music:

Saturday, 10/20/2007 6:00 p.m.
KSON CountryFest East
Lakeside Rodeo Grounds Arena
Highway 67 and Mapleview
Lakeside, CA
(with Josh Gracin)

Website: http://www.kson.com/events/ConcertList.cfm
Ticket info: "Tickets are only $5 and are ON SALE NOW here online or during regular business hours at Daltons Roadhouse in San Marcos, Wild Bill's Western Emporium in El Cajon or InCahoots in Mission Valley."
Directions: Available at venue site

(Here's our usual reminder about the Tour Info section of our sidebar, where you'll find links to Bucky's official tour schedule, expanded details on tickets and venues in our Concert Roundup, Raisin' the Bar updates and lots more.)

Speaking of Raisin' the Bar, yesterday's announcement of Bucky and co-headliner Jason Michael Carroll's upcoming GAC Top Twenty Country Countdown visit caused a bit of a happy buzz. Could we be seeing the much-anticipated video for "It's Good to Be Us" that afternoon? Both Bucky Covington fans and motocross enthusiasts (hi there!) are looking forward to this one. No word on whether or not it'll be part of the show, but it's an excellent idea to tune in just in case--once it appears on TV, it'll be fair game for write-in votes on the GAC Top 20 ballot. (Yep, it's almost video-voting season again. Time flies when we're having fun, doesn't it?)

And we'll close for the moment with a newsstand reminder--the beautifully-photographed Chevy Country Music calendar for 2008 is currently gracing a magazine rack near you! It comes with the November 5th issue of Country Weekly magazine; look for Alan Jackson and his family on the cover. The striking photo of Bucky toting an acoustic guitar toward a big red Silverado truck will make next September a month to remember. See you at the bookstore...

Have a great Saturday!