Chris Lucas and Preston Brust of LOCASH have teamed with Lyft ridesharing and Erie Insurance for the Safe Rides Rock campaign, an initiative to promote safe driving habits, especially during New Year’s Eve.
As part of the campaign, Chris and Preston surprised unsuspecting Lyft passengers and treated them to an in-car concert, while explaining how they could snag free Lyft rides in Nashville on New Year’s Eve.
Check out the video below.
To register to receive a personal discount code for a free $10 Lyft ride in Nashville on NYE, click here.
Your invitation may have gotten lost in the mail, but don’t worry, we have all you need to know about the country music weddings that took place this past year. From RaeLynn and Cam to Randy Houser and Tyler Farr, Nash Country Daily takes a look back at the weddings that happened on our watch in 2016.
RAELYNN and JOSHUA DAVIS
Feb. 27
RaeLynn tied the knot with her financial advisor boyfriend, Joshua Davis, in a private outdoor ceremony in Franklin, Tenn. The couple exchanged vows at a friend’s barn with more than 300 guests in attendance, including her The Voice coach and good friend Blake Shelton and his girlfriend, Gwen Stefani.
Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images
MO PITNEY and EMILY BANKESTER
March 5
Mo married his girlfriend, Emily Bankester, in Emily’s hometown of Carbondale, Ill. The couple got engaged six months earlier on Sept. 12 and said their vows in front of 170 guests while family members sang. Mo performed an original song called “You Touch Me” for his new bride.
CRAIG WAYNE BOYD and TAYLOR BORLAND
April 28
Craig Wayne Boyd, winner of Season 7 of The Voice, married his model girlfriend, Taylor Borland, in a secret ceremony. The couple privately exchanged vows at a Franklin, Tenn., courthouse with two family members in attendance. The couple, who were engaged in June 2015, share an 11-month-old daughter, Dakota Lynne, born on Dec. 31, 2015.
Photo by Melis+Dainon/CMPR
RANDY HOUSER and TATIANA STARZYNSKI
May 4 Randy and his girlfriend, Tatiana Starzynski, were married at Homestead Manor in Thompson Station, Tenn. The couple walked down the aisle to Florida Georgia Line’s hit song, “H.O.L.Y.,” as 120 family members and friends looked on, including groomsmen Brian Kelley and Tyler Hubbard of FGL,Dierks Bentley, Lee Brice, Jerrod Niemann and Jamey Johnson. Randy’s 4-year- old son, West, and dog, Hawk, served as ring bearers.
Courtesy EB Media
RACHELE LYNAE and TIM CREEDON
May 26 Rachele and her fiancé, Tim Creedon, said “I do” at Cactus Creek Barn in Dickson, Tenn., surrounded by family and friends. The bride wore a ballgown by Allure Romance that featured Swarovski crystal accents with floral pattern lace, and made her entrance on horseback, guided by her father, Rob. The private ceremony was a family affair with Rachele’s grandmother playing piano as the bridal party walked down the aisle and her younger sister, Heather Cole, singing “I Choose You” by Sara Bareilles, when Rachele walked down the aisle.
Courtesy Rachele Lynae
DYLAN SCOTT and BLAIR ANDERSON
May 28
Dylan Scott, singer of “My Girl,” a song he says is inspired by his fiancée Blair Anderson, tied the knot in Bastrop. La. While details of the wedding are still being kept under wraps, Dylan married Blair in an outdoor ceremony dressed elegantly in a tuxedo while his bride dressed in a white mermaid gown with frilled skirt. According to Dylan’s Instagram page, the couple honeymooned in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
Courtesy Dylan Scott Instagram @Dylanscottcountry
MAGGIE ROSE and AUSTIN MARSHALL
June 4
Maggie Rose wed longtime boyfriend, music publisher Austin Marshall, in a church ceremony at Our Lady of Mercy in Potomac, Md. Hit songwriter Dallas Davidson, who was among the 230 guests, served as groomsman and had the honor of singing an original tune co-written with Maggie called “She’s All Yours,” as the bride danced with her father.
Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images for CMS
CAM and ADAM WEAVER
Sept 24
Cameron Ochs, better known as Cam, married real estate agent boyfriend Adam Weaver in an intimate ceremony in front of 140 guests in Joshua Tree, Calif. Cam walked down the aisle in a white Jenny Packham gown (not yellow) as a mariachi band played “Besame Mucho.” Following the ceremony, the couple danced to Miranda Lambert’s version of “Oklahoma Sky” at the reception.
Photo by Erika Goldring/Getty Images for ACM
TYLER FARR and HANNAH FREEMAN
Oct. 10 Tyler and Hannah Freeman wed in an outside ceremony on a farm in Nolensville, Tenn., in front of more than 200 guests, including Lee Brice and Colt Ford, who served as groomsmen, Maddie & Tae and Jason Aldean, who served as Tyler’s best man. During the reception, Brad Paisley serenaded the couple with his song, “Today,” as they danced alone in front of their guests. Tyler proposed to Hannah in May 2015 at Nashville’s famed Ryman Auditorium.
Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images for Georgia Music Foundation
Randy Travis and his wife, Mary, had a special Christmas surprise for Gainesville, Texas, police officer Keith Bartlett, who lost his home and most of his possessions—including his prized Gibson guitar—in a house fire on Dec. 12.
Randy and Mary, who met Keith a few years earlier when he responded to a theft at their property, surprised Keith by showing up at the police station on Christmas Day with a brand-new Gibson guitar.
“‘Surprised’ isn’t even the word for it,” Keith said. “These are amazing people.”
After presenting Keith with the guitar, which Gibson donated, Randy and Mary stuck around the station and visited with officers while Keith picked his new present. Watch a video of the Christmas Day surprise below.
The holidays would not have been the same without a special performance from one of country’s leading ladies, Miranda Lambert. Two days before Christmas (Dec.23), Miranda took part in the 18th annual A Home for the Holidays TV special on CBS.
Miranda headlined the show, performing her 2010 hit single “The House That Built Me,” as well as “Pushin’ Time” and “Keeper of the Flame” from her current album, The Weight of These Wings. Joining Miranda for the pre-taped program were artists LL Cool J, Trace Adkins, Alessia Cara and Rachel Platten.
A Home for the Holidays helps brings awareness to children in foster care by highlighting heartwarming adoption stories with special star-studded performances.
“I hope this special can change some lives tonight in that they can sing the ‘House That Built Me’ in a couple of years because they have a home to call home,” Miranda said.
Miranda released her sixth studio album, The Weight of These Wings, in November, which features the singles “Vice” and “We Should Be Friends.” Kicking off the new year, Miranda will be headlining the Highway Vagabond Tour, which begins Jan. 26 in Evansville, Ind.
Watch Miranda’s moving version of “House That Built Me.”
Engagements and baby announcements are running rampant in country music this holiday season. On Christmas Day, Kelsea Ballerini and Kacey Musgraves announced their engagements and Ashley Monroe announced that she and her husband are expecting their first child. Yesterday (Dec. 26), Love and Theft’s Stephen Barker Liles and his wife Jenna joined in the fun by announcing that they are expecting their second child and revelaed the baby’s gender—a girl—in the cutest way.
The new baby girl will join big brother Jett in the family, making the Liles household a family of four. On Christmas morning, Jett got one heck of a present from his parents. Stephen and Jenna had Jett open a box that contained a helium balloon—which floated out of the box—revealing the baby’s gender.
“We could have found out the sex of the baby [before now], but it was worth the wait. We couldn’t be more excited. We haven’t decided the name yet. We both come from big families and are excited to start our own big family,” said Stephen in a statement.
Not only will 2017 bring a new baby for Stephen, but Love and Theft have also signed with a new label, Curb Records, and released their new single, “Candyland,” which will get a big push at the beginning of next year.
We’re looking forward to big things from Love and Theft in the new year. Congratulations to the growing family.
Watch how Stephen and Jenna revealed the gender of their baby to 3-year-old Jett.
Pop superstar George Michael, 53, died unexpectedly on Christmas Day at his home in Goring in Oxfordshire, England, from suspected heart failure. As a member of the duo Wham! and as a solo artist, George sold tens of millions of albums and influenced a bevy of artists across all genres.
Carrie Underwood shared a post on Instagram about the influence George had on her music, stating: “I never told him (mainly because I thought I’d freak him out) but #georgemichael has always been such an influence on me. As a child, his was the first voice I could pick out of the sea of voices I heard on the radio. Before I knew anything about him, I knew his voice. As an adult, I cried when I saw him in concert. His songs and his voice helped to teach me how to sing. I will forever regret not letting him know…Thank you, George, for giving the world your gifts…may you rest in peace.”
Christmas day is as good a time as any to share joyous news with the world and Ashley Monroe did just that when she announced, via her twitter page, that she is pregnant with her first child.
“Best present ever. Merry Christmas everyone.. So many new things coming in 2017!!,” she said along with a photo of the sonogram.
Best present ever. Merry Christmas everyone.. So many new things coming in 2017!! ❤️ pic.twitter.com/HaSRqlEihU
Ashley married Atlanta Braves pitcher John Danks in Oct. 2013 at Blackberry Farm in Tennessee. This past October, the “Weed Instead of Roses” singer celebrated her 3rd wedding anniversary, returning to the location where the couple exchanged their vows and she shared the occasion on Twitter.
“Three years of marriage and we are already lookin’ alike,” she posted. “Back at @blackberryfrm to celebrate.”
After a nine-month courtship, Kelsea’s Aussie beau, who is a singer/songwriter, got down on one knee this morning (Dec. 25) and presented Kelsea with a cushioned-cut diamond ring with a diamond band while she was cooking pancakes.
Go ahead and insert the obligatory: He called “Dibs.” He’s no “Peter Pan.” He got the “Love Me Like You Mean It” memo.
I GET TO MARRY MY AUSSIE. my heart is bursting from loving this human so much. luckiest girl in the world. pic.twitter.com/GRtwTDwSys
Kacey Musgraves got more than a hippopotamus for Christmas as boyfriend Ruston Kelly got down on one knee and asked her to be his bride on Christmas Eve.
But Kacey didn’t just say “yes.” According to her Instagram post, she said, “HELL YESSSS!!”
Kacey posted a pic of the traditional round rock with a gold band this morning (Dec. 25) on Instagram with the following message: “I didn’t say yes…I said HELL YESSSS!! Last night the best man I’ve ever met got down on one knee in my little pink childhood home..in the same room I played with my ponies and barbies and asked me the easiest question I’ve ever been asked. ❤ I finally know what everyone means when they say “you just know.'”
A photo posted by KACEY MUSGRAVES (@spaceykacey) on
Ruston is a Nashvile-based singer/songwriter who has penned songs for Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney, and he has toured with Robert Earl Keen and the Lumineers.
Kacey also included an additional post with details about how the engagement unfolded, as well as a video: “We had just been at my parent’s house randomly having a night of watching bittersweet old home tapes of all these beautiful family memories that were made in this little, old country house I grew up in that I now have. We came back to that house afterwards and he had somehow pulled off having my sister + brother in-law completely decorate my childhood bedroom in the most nostalgic and perfect Christmas decorations. I was bewildered and confused when I saw it all and turned around and the song “Two For The Road” by Henry Mancini was playing (this song is so emotional and sweet..it’s one of my favorites..you have to go listen) and he was on his knee with a baby pink velvet ring box and the sparkliest thing I’ve ever seen! 💖It was so special. Of all the places in the world I’ve gotten to see, nowhere could mean more than this happening in tiny Golden, Texas in the house that completely made me who I am.”
The new baby girl will join big brother Jett in the family, making the Liles household a family of four. On Christmas morning, Jett got one heck of a present from his parents. Stephen and Jenna had Jett open a box that contained a helium balloon—which floated out of the box—revealing the baby’s gender.
