Today's Country Tidbits

The weather on Sunday wreaked havoc with homes, roads and concerts in Tennessee. Dierks Bentley's Knoxville concert was canceled and he spent the extra time bailing water out of his house, Terri Clark had to bail water out of her basement with big plastic storage totes, and Naomi Judd had six buffalo escape from her farm in Leiper's Fork. Jo Dee Messina tweeted, "Well, house flooded :( trying to pump out water. Its at least 5 ft high. Crazy weather here. family is well. Thats most important." And Kenny Chesney asked for help for the community: "TN is a mess with floods. If you're fortunate enough to help out, hit up the mid-TN Red Cross: Stay safe, everyone." In Nashville today, there's a lot of clean-up going on. Schools are closed, many businesses are closed & mopping up the mess, and the Opryland Hotel sits empty, a victim of flood evacuation. Singer-songwriter Seth Jones put the mess to music:



The 136th running of the Kentucky Derby on Saturday evening was a great race, made even more special by Rascal Flatts' performance of our National Anthem.



The spring leg of the Strait/Reba/Lee Ann tour wrapped up last night. They'll take their show back out on the road for more concerts later this year.

Last night was also the last night for Martina McBride's Shine All Night tour. Here's hoping all of those artists who are heading home from tours find their homes safe and dry.

Tim McGraw is about to take his Southern Voice tour south of the Equator - he's headed to Australia and New Zealand.

Congrats to Taylor Swift, who has logged another endorsement deal. Now she's the new face of Cover Girl cosmetics. A brand new product is on the way, featuring Taylor as the face of it in print, tv and in-store advertising.

This week's edition of Country Weekly is the Mother's Day issue, with Miranda Lambert and her Mom, Bev, on the cover, and Carrie Underwood, Reba, Darius Rucker and more stars saluting their Moms.

Happy birthday to Eric Church, who turns 33 today.