Happy Birthday, Bucky and Rocky Covington (and a little CMA goodness in celebration...)

This drop-dead-gorgeous birthday cake was created by an exceedingly talented fan of the Covington brothers to celebrate their big 30th--we're joining her in wishing Bucky and Rocky Covington the rockingest of birthdays today!

Come on back later this morning for a full post, but for now, here are a few bits of post CMA Awards goodness to get your Thursday started off in style. Kathy has a beautiful link at Team Covington, via MJ's Big Blog--if you missed Bucky's presenting gig with Jason Michael Carroll and Luke Bryan on Wednesday night, hop over there now for some short, sweet video that will catch you right up.

And after that, check out this fun video clip at ABC13 in Houston; Bucky was one of several country performers who were asked about their hit songs in a CMA-themed video roundup. You'll have to scroll down quite a bit to get to Bucky's clip on the video list; keep scrolling, and you'll see a Kellie Pickler clip listed, as well. (Thanks, Kay!)

Edited to add a link to CMT's Bucky Covington gallery, now freshly updated with some very nice shots from last night's red carpet and broadcast. Be sure to give Bucky some affection at Power Picks while you're there--a win today would be a nice birthday gift! (A big thank you to S. for the heads up.)

(Updated: Looks like that Power Picks birthday gift got delivered today! Congratulations to Bucky and to all of us on his first "It's Good to Be Us" video-challenge win. More soon!)