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Eli Young Band have officially begun shooting the music video for 'Say Goodnight,' the third single from the band's 'Life at Best' album -- and as drummer Chris Thompson reveals, the result will be unlike anything ever before seen on country music video channels.

Soon, the Eli Young Band's tour bus will need an extra bunk -- be it a tiny one. Bassist Jon Jones announced that his wife Sarah is expecting the couple's first child, a baby boy, due on Dec. 23. That makes two babies in 2012 for the ACM Award-winning group, as singer Mike Eli welcomed his first baby in July.

It’s hardly been a month since Mike Eli — frontman of the Eli Young Band — became a dad, but his life has already changed drastically. The new addition to the family has also given Eli’s bandmates a taste of what life with a child is all about.

With the reveal of the 2012 CMA Awards nominees just days away, the Eli Young Band guys — like many country artists — are wondering if they will hear their name called in any categories. Having just celebrated their second chart-topping hit, ‘Even if It Breaks Your Heart,’ the band members joke that they will any nominations that come their way.

It's not something the average country music fan spends a lot of time thinking about. We just go to the venue and our favorite artists are there to entertain us, right? We don't think about what it took to simply get there. These people basically live out of a suitcase 90% of the time. Little daily conveniences that you and I take for granted are sometimes hard to come by when you're living on the

Sometimes it takes months, sometimes it takes years. That's the truth about a lot of things, especially making a name for yourself in the country music business. The hard part is attracting enough fans to become well known. The harder part is keeping them.

This summer will be action-packed with all of the high-profile tours going on in country music. One of the most anticipated treks, however, is Rascal Flatts‘ American Band Tour, also featuring Eli Young Band, Little Big Town and Edens Edge.

The Eli Young Band guys have often had to explain that there is no Eli Young in their band, their name is just a combination of two people’s last names — singer Mike Eli and guitarist James Young. When faced with a pizza delivery man who shared the moniker Eli Young, however, that justification didn’t hold up. In this funny new video, the foursome race the real Mr. Eli Young for naming rights. Rea

For some country music fans, Eli Young Band is a new group of guys on the rise. What they may not know is that the band has been hard at work building their career for well over a decade, even though they just celebrated their first No. 1 single with ‘Crazy Girl.’

It's always good to see good Texas artists do good on a national level. The Eli Youg Band has done better than good, having recently had their first number one single nationally with "Crazy Girl".

It's another 'feel good' story of local (well... Texas local) musicians making a name for themselves on the national stage.

Every once in a while a talent comes along that begs comparison to others that have made their mark before. In this business (country radio) everybody (well... male vocalists, anyway) gets compared to George Strait.