Cup of Country- September 23, 2014

KENNY ROGERS says he and DOLLY PARTON have been hot for each other for a long, long time: Quote, “We flirted with each other for 30 years. It was much more electric.” Unfortunately, they never took it to the next level.

COLE SWINDELL’S defense of the bro-country sound is that he lived it: Quote, “They can call it whatever they want, but all these songs that talk about trucks, dirt roads and beer, well, if you didn’t grow up in Bronwood, Georgia . . . that’s NOT a bunch of crap. That’s what we know, what we grew up doing.”

NashvilleEdge.com asked RASCAL FLATTS about the things they wish they could rewind, or do over. My favorite is the first one: JAY DEMARCUS wishing he could take back the pink suit he wore to the ACMs.

DIERKS BENTLEY pilots a plane alone, rides a motorcycle alone, drinks alone and yes, wakes up alone in the video to his song “Say You Do”. It’s a lonely song.

VINCE GILL tops a “Golf Digest” list of the Top 100 Musical Artists Who Golf. In fact, five of the Top 10 are country artists. In addition to Vince, there’s Colt Ford at #2, Kip Moore is tied for 6th, Charles Kelley is #8, and Jake Owen is 9th. (Full Story)

BRIAN KELLEY and TYLER HUBBARD of FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE put on the hard hats last week and helped build a Habitat For Humanity home during their tour stop in Denver.(Full Story/Video)