Easton Corbin is one of the newcomers making his mark on today’s country music stages. Easton has been named as a performer for the 2010 CMT Music Awards. Easton will join the ranks of some of country music’s top stars on the stage entertaining the crowds awaiting the announcement of the annual awards. Fans will have the chance to watch performances by ACM Entertainer of the Year Carrie Underwood, last year’s Male Video of the Year winner Brad Paisley, Grammy winners Lady Antebellum and Zac Brown Band and nominees for the Top Video award Keith Urban and Toby Keith. If that wasn’t enough to kep the fans cheering for more, CMT lined up some of the best newcomers to the genre like Easton Corbin to showcase the new talent. Other newcomers taking the stage for the evening include Chris Young, Steel Magnolia, and Trailer Choir.http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1638072/kid-rock-will-host-2010-cmt-music-awards.jhtml

2010 CMT Music Awards take place on June 9, 2010. The event will be held at. Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena and Kid Rock will host the evenings show which begins at 8pm ET. CMT will televise the show and also live stream the event on the website.

Easton Corbin grew up in rural Gilchrist County, Florida spending a lot of time on his grandparent’s cattle farm and living just a mile from the Suwannee River. He earned a business degree at the College of Agriculture at the University of Florida. Easton married his wife Brinn in 2006 and a month later the pair moved to Nashville. To have a back up plan, he took a day job at a local Ace Hardware while Brinn worked at a doctor’s office.

Easton’s musical influences include George Jones, Merle Haggard, George Strait and Keith Whitley. He loves traditional music and has been predicted by some to be the George Strait of the future. His first single, A Little More Country Than That, was written by Rory Feek, Don Poythress and Wynn Varble . Rory is a fellow newcomer to the performance side of the country music industry as a part of the Joey and Rory duo.

A Little More Country Than That tells the story of rural life which Easton’s small town gave him. Even though he didn’t write the song, it lines up with his life story and is a good fit for him. http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/corbin_easton/2497856/album.jhtml Easton’s self titled album was released by Mercury Nashville in March 2010.

• Keith Urban Performance
• Carrie Underwood Performance
• Trailer Choir Performance
• Lady Antebellum Performance
• Chris Young Performance
• Tim McGraw Performance
• John Mayer and Keith Urban Performance
• Zac Brown Band Performance
• LeAnn Rimes Performance
• Jamey Johnson Performance
• Steel Magnolia Performance
• Laura Bell Bundy Performance
• Chris Young Performance
• Justin Moore Performance
• Easton Corbin Performance
• Trailer Choir Performance