Monday news: Top 30 and rising, a new recap and more...

Bucky Covington on stage at Coyote Joe's in Charlotte, North Carolina on 11/23; photo by the very kind Buckwild08, who shares more of her great concert images at Photobucket. Her videos from that rockin' evening are available at YouTube. Thanks so much fir letting us in on the fun! Bucky Covington's debut CD is in stores now, and his music videos for "It's Good to Be Us" and "A Different World" are 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 singles 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.

Hop on over to Mediabase for the latest reason to smile--Bucky Covington's "It's Good to Be Us" is #29 on both the weighted and Top 500 charts today, with some nice-lookin' bullets along for the ride. We'll keep requesting and enjoying it on the radio! (Thanks, Marzy.) And if you're just passing through and haven't seen the exciting video yet, it's waiting for you right here at CMT Loaded.

While you're at CMT.com, hit the message boards and read Buckwild08's fun recap of her night at the Raisin' the Bar show in Charlotte--sounds like it was a wild night at Coyote Joe's!

If you're looking for a wild night, there's no better place to find it than at a Raisin' the Bar show--the tour's coming to a close early next month (where did the time go?) but the memories will linger on. Let Bucky Covington, Jason Michael Carroll and Cole Deggs & the Lonesome give you a musical memory you'll treasure forever at one of the following stops:

November 28 Uncle Ron's, Lincoln NE (402) 474-2332
November 30 Beaumont Club Kansas City, MO [TM]
December 1 Billy Bob’s Texas Fort Worth, TX [TM]
December 5 Northern Lights Clifton Park, NY [tickets]
December 6 Pepsi-Cola Roadhouse Burgettstown, PA [TM]
December 7 Crocodile Rock Café Allentown, PA [TM]
December 8 Rams Head Live! Baltimore, MD [tickets]

The Midwestern Raisin' the Bar tour dates are just part of the fun for Bucky's fans in that part of the country--he'll also be performing at the WIL Jinglefest with Taylor Swift and Eric Church on 11/29. Your next chance to pick up a pair of free tickets happens today between 4 and 5 p.m. local time at the Shop n' Save on 717 Vandalia Street in Collinsville, Illinois. Good luck, and enjoy the show! Bucky will also be back up North for a concert at the Voodoo Lounge at Harrah's St. Louis on December 20th; tickets are available now at Ticketmaster.com.


Finally, we'll close with some familiar--but important-- reminders. Bucky's beautiful jump on the Mediabase chart today calls for a video-chart jump to match! We can help; a little love on GAC's Top 20 Country Countdown, CMT's Top 20 Countdown, at the GAC Top 50 Videos of the Year poll and at CMT's Pure Country Pure 12-Pack goes a long way. Request "It's Good to Be Us" at your at your favorite local or streaming country station, and put in a good word for him at those nationally syndicated country radio shows, too. (It's so much fun to hear him on Lia, The Big Time with Whitney Allen, After Midnite and Danny Wright All Night in the evenings. What better way to wind up the day than with a bit of Bucky Covington, turned up to 11?)

More soon--have a good Monday!