Last night, Rascal Flatts’ Gary LeVox, Jay DeMarcus and Joe Don Rooney gathered at Nashville’s Renaissance Hotel to relive the band’s favorite memories with country radio and celebrate the hundreds of programmers and on-air talent who have been a part of Rascal Flatts’ ascension on the charts over the last ten years.
Gary, Jay and Joe Don took the stage and gave a special acoustic performance for the more than 300 assembled radio guests. Highlights from the set included a rendition of “Church On Cumberland Road” with Marty Raybon along with their own version of “Jessie’s Girl” called “Bubba’s Girl,” which they created during their thirteen-week radio promo tour in 2000.
After looking back at photos from the band’s first ten years with radio and recalling humbling and humorous memories from early gigs, including a mattress store opening with KFRG and Bub’s Burgers performance with KATM, LeVox declared,As the evening wrapped, Rascal Flatts honored several country radio stations and programmers who have distinguished themselves with terrific support for Rascal Flatts’ music over the last ten years. Celebrated for most radio airplay overall were WQIK/Jacksonville, WTQR/Greensboro, and KUBL/Salt Lake City. WCOL/Columbus, KNIX/Phoenix and WKHX/Atlanta were honored for the most spins for the band’s first single, “Prayin’ For Daylight” while KBEQ/Kansas City received the designation of being the first radio station in the country to play their debut single. All honorees received a custom Rascal Flatts 10-year commemorative Les Paul guitar.
“The reason we’re here is because you gave us the chance to do all that. Thank you country radio for an amazing first ten years in the business.”
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