Billy Currington has had his share of jobs, some good and some not so good. The singer started doing landscaping at the age of 12 and continued working labor-intensive, but they all paved the way for Billy to follow his true calling, as he tells us: "Roofin' I started when I was about 16, roofing houses, and that was probably one of my toughest jobs, cause down there in south Georgia it gets hot, so doin' that everyday all summer long, but I think the pawn shop when I moved to Nashville was one of my favorites, and the concrete job was my least favorite of all. Six years of that and I couldn't take it no more. After that job was my turning point -- 'Either I'm gonna do something else for a living or quit and really try to focus on music and gettin' this record deal.'"
Billy will release his new album, Enjoy Yourself, on September 21st.
He will join headliner Carrie Underwood on her 46-city Play On tour this fall. The trek begins in Portland, Oregon on September 25th.
AUDIO: BILLY CURRINGTON ON HIS BEST AND WORST JOBSBrooks & Dunn capped off their 20-year career as a duo in Nashville last night (Thursday, September 2nd) with the final show on their Last Rodeo tour at the Bridgestone Arena. The biggest surprise of the night was that there was no real surprise. Reba McEntire made a very brief appearance on stage to join the duo for the last line of "Cowgirls Don't Cry" midway through the show, giving hugs to both Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn.
Before taking the stage, the audience was treated to a 20-minute video montage paying tribute to Brooks & Dunn's band and crew, many who have been with the duo for more than a decade.
Kix and Ronnie opened the 90-minute show with "Play Something Country." Kix was the first to address the crowd, joking that after a year of being asked what it feels like to be on the last tour, he said, "It feels like I'm ready for people to quit asking me what it feels like. . . It's been such an amazing ride. All I can say is thanks!"
Several songs into the show, Ronnie told the crowd, "The biggest thing that freaked me out for 20 years is that he got the cowboy hat. That's why we broke up." He then proved his own cowboy status by showing off a new tatttoo of the word "cowboy" that takes up his entire right forearm.
In addition to some of their more recent hits, Kix and Ronnie took a few requests from the audience.
Towards the end of "Only In America," the duo were joined onstage by some members of the military who formally marched to the front of the stage and saluted the audience while red, white and blue streamers were shot onto the crowd from both the front and back of the arena.
The show closed with an encore of "Boot Scootin' Boogie" and the duo's very first single, "Brand New Man." Kix and Ronnie high-fived, and Kix said, "Thanks, cowboy," before tossing his trademark black hat into the crowd one last time.
All proceeds from last night's show were donated to the Country Music Hall of Fame.
