Bucky Covington Set To Release New Single, Video To Feature Kellie Pickler!

By On 07/03/2012 · 4 Comments · In Bucky Covington, Kellie Pickler

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Bucky Covington is getting ready to release a new single that’s a duet with Shooter Jennings, and he’s even gotten fellow season 5 alum Kellie Pickler involved in the video! Check out the details after the jump!

Music Row’s Upcoming Single Release calendar lists a song called “Drinking Side Of Country” as Bucky’s new single set for release on August 13th. Bucky has mentioned this song in interviews, including this Music News Nashville interview in March where he said:

“I’m all done with the album, except for one song that I wrote and produced. It’s a duet with Shooter Jennings which came out amazing, that I’m putting the final touches on. It’s called ‘Drinkin’ Side Of Country.’ It’s about life on the road. It’s a party in three and a half minutes.”He says working with Jennings was a blast. “I met him about five years ago, and we had a ball in the studio. That was too cool.”

But that’s not all! This article has a picture from yesterday’s video shoot for “Drinkin Side Of Country” with this caption:

Green County native Blake Judd shot a country video in Greensburg, KY yesterday, Monday, July 2, 2012. This shot features country stars Bucky Covington on left of the car and Shooter Jennings, son of Waylon & Jessie; country star Kellie Pickler was also in Greensburg yesterday as a part of the video shoot. The shoot featured a drag race and other exciting events. The video is a part of a new country song being released by singer Bucky Covington.

Season 5 Idol reunion, and a nice treat for Kellie fans after she recently parted ways with her label of 6 years, Sony Nashville. Check out more twitpics from the shoot:
From @SummerSebastian

Here’s video of Bucky’s 1st ever live performance of “Drinkin Side Of Country” a couple of summers ago. The song’s a catchy uptempo with a little more edge than his previous, equally catchy single “I Wanna Be That Feeling”. “I Wanna Be That Feeling” charted briefly at Billboard Hot Country Songs but never got any real momentum going. Maybe hitting the “drinkin’ side of country” will bring better results?

Bucky also recently announced that his sophomore album will finally be released on September 11th 2012 through his new label eOne Nashville.

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  • Anonymous

    Okay. First the good. I have always thought that Bucky has a great country voice. Good phrasing, nice twang – just enough to be real without being annoying. I thought IWBTF was a great little ditty and gave him a shot at getting some traction on radio, even if it came from an indie.

    Now the bad. IWBTF didn’t do much of anything on country radio – and hell, this is a guy who did really well a few years back with two t10 hits off his first CD. Yet, you had to see some potential problems for Bucky looking at how his “sophomore” singles did – not good (take note Scotty fans). 

    I listened to this new single and I think it’s not as strong as IWBTF – plus he’s now clearly battling some headwinds as none of his last few singles have done anything on radio. Plus he’s now indie. He’s also 34, seven years off AI, and I’m not seeing any chances for him to take it to the next level of success. I also, personally, cannot watch him sing – he’s got goofy moves and if he whips his hair around one more time…. ACK. But that’s kind of minor. I don’t have to watch him to listen to him.

    But unless this song startles me and the actual recording is better and the Scooter connection gets some doors open, I think Bucky is going to end up as the AI guy who got a few hits off the show and is now doing country fairs and bars for the rest of his life. Which is fine. He’s just not a star.

  • Anonymous

    I agree with you.  I think the most he can hope for is to make a decent living off of playing live at country & county fairs and clubs, much like he would have been doing anyway if he had not been on Idol.  I’m seeing more and more that if these Idolettes don’t diversify and get into other forms of entertainment other than living on hopes that their next single is a hit, then they will fade into oblivion, cuz the music consumer – and music radio – is fickle and will not sustain over a period of time.  A few manage to make it more than a few years, but for the most part, it’s a couple of years and out ya go.

  • http://twitter.com/hjj1 h jones

    Yeah I have Bucky’s 1st album and thought it was pretty good.  I don’t know if Bucky could break into Alternative or not, he is probably too pop for that, I think that is where Shooter has most of his success.  The music business is tough so really very few artists can sustain so it is probably not too different from most other artists to lose their momentum after a few yrs.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_I3NQHPT3NA6VGKK22RCMTGOCII Tiffany

    I love Bucky but I think he and Keliie Pickler will probably not gain great success but will be fine overall.  Bucky’s first album was very good I thought but it takes some luck to make it with the right song at the right time and that hasn’t happened yet.  Despite having a critically acclaimed great album recently, radio just didnt get on board for Kellie.  Maybe its because she went traditional and the fact the label waited 3 yrs. for her latest album didn’t help.  Shes so likeable she probably needs to do the radio circuit again and get reacquainted.  I agree with Bucky and the hair whipping, it rivalled DeAndre :).  The ladies seem to like the long hair whipping so I guess thats why they do it and why the label won’t let Casey James cut his locks.