(Photo by Aaron Crisler/ Music City Update .com)It's the hallmark of a rising country star--Bucky Covington now has an official sponsor. Zippo has partnered with Bucky as the title sponsor of his tour dates, and you can read all about it at Bucky's MySpace blog today. (Fun fact: besides their famous lighters, Zippo's also got an Italian leathergoods line--who knew?) Congratulations to Bucky and Zippo on the new venture!
Edited to add a bit more about the sponsorship, courtesy of the Nashville Tennessean's Beverly Keel:
Zippo will help out with tour costs and also wrap Bucky's bus with a large Zippo logo "like a billboard going up and down the road," Bucky says. It is rare for a new act to receive such a major sponsorship.
"First of all, it's very awesome to have a sponsorship this early in my career," says Bucky, who released his debut self-titled album in 2007. Thanks to hits such as "A Different World," he was named Country Aircheck's No. 1 New Artist for 2007.
"Then, it being Zippo is one of the coolest things. They are going to make a Bucky Covington Zippo, or at least that is what I hear."
Read the full article, complete with cool CMA Awards photo, right here--and if there's any word on that custom Zippo, we'll spread it fast. More soon!--Winnie
This is so freakin' cool....Bucky is so in the big leagues now. :) I want a Bucky lighter even though I would never smoke a cigarette! :D
ReplyDeleteHi, Anon! I'm no smoker either, but a Bucky Covington Zippo would be a fun way to light those scented candles... :)
ReplyDelete(And yes, wild to think we're talking "tour sponsor" already! He is movin' right along...)
Yes candles and of course starting those campfires on camping trips that do not involve any mindsets like: "Oh it would be cool to see the fire flare up when I pour hot grease on it." hahahaha
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