Before his CMA Music Festival performance on the Riverfront stage, Scotty talked with Rare Country about performing covers of classic country songs at the Grand Ole Opry as well as his first CMA Music Festival experience. Read the story and watch the video here.

A special group of Scotty's fans surprised him at his fan club party last week by donating $1,200 to the Opry Trust Fund in his name.  A photo of Scotty and these fine folks ran in Music Row here.

Before performing at "The Seventh Annual Darius & Friends Benefit Concert for St. Jude" during CMA Music Festival, Scotty interviewed with Nashville's CBS affiliate Channel 5 as part of their CMA Music Festival kick-off story. You can watch the story here.

Scotty is one of 10 country artists who shared their best summer jams with PopSugar.com  Scotty is on slide #3.  Check it out here. 

Scotty talked with The Country Note about his new book. You can read that interview here.