Luke Combs Headlines Nu Country TV
North Carolina chart-topper Luke Combs headlines Nu Country TV on Saturday October 12 at 9.30 pm on Channel 31/Digital 44 to promote his 2025 Australian return tour.
Kentucky coal miner’s son Chris Stapleton and fellow Kentuckian Carly Pearce return to our show on the eve of his February tour here.
Whey Jennings, grandson of late outlaw king Waylon and late Mississippi born rodeo rider Chris LeDoux, boomerang to the show repeated 3 am on Monday.
Award winning Melbourne duo Minor Gold and South Dakota cowgirl Elizabeth Jo also appear on the program filmed and edited by Laith Graham.
Nu Country TV is a highlight of C 31 streaming list on Digital 44.
This series is dedicated to late Nu Country TV host and treasurer Mid-Pacific Bob Olson and Vice President Rod Browne.
Further info – https://www.c31.org.au/
Luke Combs Hunting Alone
When Luke Combs played sold out shows on his 2023 Australian tour he was not hunting alone.
Luke, now 34, attracted many AFL and rugby stars to his Australian concerts so he is returning next year.
He plays Marvel Stadium in Melbourne on Friday February 7 and Saturday February 8, 2025.
You may have seen Brisbane Lions premiership star Charlie Cameron, mentor Eddie Betts and Billy Slater at his gigs.
Luke and wife Nicole have two sons Tex and Beau who are now old enough to attend some of his concerts.
This week he performs his Hunting By Myself video to promote his fifth album Fathers & Sons.
Luke previously fronted our show with his videos including Ain’t No Love In Oklahoma, Loving On You, Six Feet Apart, Does To Me, Fast Car and Without You.
His debut deluxe disc This One’s For You 2 was #1 for 44 weeks on Billboard and broke Randy Travis’s record for Always and Forever that was #1 for 43 non-consecutive weeks in 1987-1988.
CLICK HERE for Luke’s What You See Is What You Get CD feature in The Diary on November 25, 2019.
CLICK HERE for his concert review on August 20, 2023.
Chris Stapleton And Carly Pearce Love Not War
Kentucky coal miner’s son Chris Stapleton, who performs at Rod Laver Arena on February 25 and 26 next year returns to our show with fellow Kentuckian Carly Pearce.
Chris, 46, and Carly, now 34, had mixed messages in their video for We Don’t Fight Anymore.
Stapleton and singing spouse duet partner Morgane have five children including twins and fronted our show with their live video Arkansas.
Sadly Carly’s marriage to fellow country singer Michael Ray only lasted eight months.
We Don’t Fight Anymore is on Carly’s fourth album Hummingbird that followed 29: Written in Stone Live from Music City.
Chris joined The War And Treaty and Chicago born actress singer Jennifer Hudson on her TV show in their Nu Country appearance with live video for Loving You On My Mind that follows three Hudson albums.
Stapleton released his fifth album Higher last year.
He previously appeared on our show live on the 2021 CMA awards in Nashville with big hit Cold from his fourth solo album Starting Over that topped charts on debut.
Chris and Miranda Lambert performed a tribute to his pet pooch who died after 16 years at the Stapleton home in recent video Maggie’s Song – also on Starting Over.
Producer Dave Cobb guested on Chris videos for Shameless and Starting Over – title track of his album with 11 of his original songs released on November 13, 2021.
Carly previously fronted Nu Country with her videos for My Place, What He Didn’t Do and Dear Miss Loretta – her evocative homage to fellow Kentucky born belle Loretta Lynn who died at 90 on October 4, 2022.
Carly and Arkansas traveller Ashley McBryde won Grammy and CMA awards for Never Wanted To Be That Girl that was also on Nu Country TV.
Pearce is now dating Riley King, a former MLB player for the Kansas City Royals.
Further info – https://www.carlypearce.com/
Chris Ledoux’s Cowboy Hat
Mississippi born rodeo rider Chris LeDoux died at 56 in 2005 from liver cancer in Wyoming.
But his music lives on his 36 albums and the baton he passed to his singer son Ned.
We revisit Chris’s humour and humility on his historic hit where he advised viewers to never tempt a rodeo rider by attacking his head wear.
This Cowboy’s Hat was on his 1982 album Used To Want To Be a Cowboy.
Kevin Welch’s album Millionaire was written to his partner Claudia but was equally relevant to LeDoux who had a liver transplant at the age of 54.
“I don’t really know Chris but from what I do know I’ll like the guy if I get a chance to meet him,” Welch revealed at the time.
“I like his version of Millionaire. It’s also ironic that Garth Brooks offered to give Chris a chunk of his liver when he became ill.”
Further info – https://www.chrisledoux.com/
Whey Jennings Boomerangs
Whey Jennings, grandson of late outlaw king Waylon Jennings, boomerangs to our show this week.
Whey’s granddad Waylon died at 64 on February 13, 2002.
Whey, now 43, digs deep into his family of Waylon and his grandmother Jessi Colter for his song sources.
He performs One Of These Days – title track of his third EP released on September 22, 2023.
It follows his Nu Country debut with Just Before The Dawn, Ten Day Run and the title track of his debut album Jekyll & Hyde.
Whey also fronted our show with fellow Texan Creed Fisher, now 50, on famous Waylon hit Don’t You Think This Outlaw Things Done Got Out Of Hand.
Further info – https://www.wheyjennings.com/
Minor Gold Major Melbourne Duo
Melbourne singer-songwriters Tracy McNeil and Dan Parsons who record and perform live as Minor Gold return to our show.
Expat Canadian Tracy and Dan met in Melbourne 20 years ago and recorded five albums as The Good Life.
Over You is on their self-titled Minor Gold album released after they returned to Australia after a world and national tour.
Tracy, now 50, cut five solo albums.
Minor Gold also fronted our show with their videos for Tumbleweed, Mona Lisa, Cannonball and Don’t Change.
Further info – https://www.minorgoldmusic.com/
Elizabeth Jo Chases A Ride Away Cowboy
First South Dakota cowgirl Elizabeth Jo grew up on a farm near Tabor and began writing songs at the age of 12 on her family’s farmhouse front porch.
“This is where country music is,” Elizabeth Jo revealed.
“We live the life of country music. I think it’s a lifestyle. I think it’s a way of life and family and friends and love stories, sad stories.”
Elizabeth Jo grew up on a farm outside Lesterville graduated from Bon Homme High School and got her nursing degree at USD.
“So in 2021 after COVID cleared up a little bit, decided to make the jump to Nashville and really pursue music,” Elizabeth Jo said.
She debuts on our show with Ride Away Cowboy already has over 50,000 streams.
Further info – https://www.facebook.com/elizabethjomusic/
Win Waylon, George Jones And Merle Haggard
Help us celebrate being Nu Country TV members and win albums by late Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard, George Jones and Highwaymen by becoming a Nu Country member or renewing your membership.
George, Waylon, Merle and Willie Nelson were among country historian Barbara Dowling’s favourite Texans.
The Waylon, Highwaymen, Merle and George discs were donated by Barbara who died at 77 in December, 2020.
She co-hosted Long In The Saddle in our Nu Country FM era and was pioneer Australian and Victorian country music awards judge.
Barbara was admired for rising above losing her sight as a young woman and her country passion with annual trips to Waylon’s birthplace in Littlefield, West Texas.
Waylon died at 64 on February 13, 2002, and is survived by singing spouse Jessi, now 80, and son Shooter, 44.
Win Keith Urban CDs Also
We have expatriate Australasian superstar Keith Urban’s chart topping 12th album The Speed Of Now – Part 1.
Also BR5-49 CD Big Backyard Beat Show and Billy Ray Cyrus’s historic 1992 album Some Gave All featuring Achy Breaky Heart.
We have other CDS by major artists you can win by becoming a Nu Country TV member or renewing memberships.
They include Brad Paisley, Eric Church, Kip Moore, Carrie Underwood and late larrikin legend A.P. Johnson.
