Country Week on the Today Show

This last week on the Today Show with Kathie Lee and Hoda, country music topics were of great interest. As Kathie Lee was on vacation for the week, Hoda had some of the best country artist on the show as her co-host. The country guest consisted of four famous male country singers, Lee Brice, Randy Travis, Josh Turner, and John Rich. The last country guest host of the week was American Idol contestant and now a well-known country artist Kellie Pickler. Famous male country singer Josh Turner started off the week with Hoda and performed all the same duties as Kathie Lee would have. He also taught Hoda how he sings so low and that his favorite drink is sweet tea. On Tuesday, popular artist Lee Brice hosted the show and performed his most popular song “Love Like Crazy” which has the longest ranking of 57 weeks on the country music chart. They also talked about Lee Brice’s recent engagement to his girlfriend and how he used to play football back in the day. Hoda’s next guest was Randy Travis who is one of the best country artists of all time and a music legend. Randy Travis and Hoda talked about several country music topics from Randy’s best country songs to his most memorable achievements throughout his career. The last famous male country singer that appeared on the Today Show with Hoda was John Rich who originally became famous with country singer Big Kenny and their song “Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy”. John Rich kept Hoda laughing and in good spirits the entire show by cracking jokes and trying on a pair of Hoda’s high heels. Kellie Pickler was Hoda’s last country guest of the week and brought a sweet southern feel to the show. Kellie Pickler described her newest song “Tough” and also showed off her heelless high heels. Also, she shared her ringtone with Hoda which was a song written by one of the best country artist known to man, Ernest Tubb. Many of these artists have been recognized at the Grammy Award's with either winning an award or performing live to the world. You can read more about some of the best country artist who performed or won Grammy's this year at the Grammy Awards in my recent blog from February. You can read more about these country music topics and see several videos of the show on the Today's Show website.