Boot Spurs

This week's spurs are all about babies, chicks and s'more. Pay attention.

Snow wreaked havoc in Music City this week. Brad Paisley had to lift Little Jimmy Dickens to his shoulders in order for him to scrape ice off the windows of his tour bus. Keith Burns renamed his duo Burns and North Poe ... And with Nashvillians stuck for an entire day inside their homes, oddsmakers in Vegas were reporting some heavy wagering on which member of Rascal Flatts will have a new baby nine months from now.

Big congrats to Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman who had a second child by a surrogate, or as they described her, a "gestational carrier." Apparently the woman in question won an on-air contest on a country radio station in Brisbane and earned the right to carry the baby. Keith and Nicole are now referring to the mother as "caller number ten."

The Court Yard Hounds are headed to Los Angeles for a top-secret musical project with their old Dixie Chicks pal, Natalie Maines. I've found out from my own top-secret source (I like to call him "Shallow Throat") that they're recording a bluegrass cover of Cee Lo Green's hit song, 'F--- You,' with Toby Keith making a cameo in the song's video. (Robert Earl Keen is reportedly producing the song.)

Sony has ended a 22 year relationship with Alan Jackson, and at the same time they closed one of their two CD duplication plants. In some cutting edge news, they've announced that all pregnant Sony employees will be expected to digitally deliver their new babies.

After a pre-Grammy party in Nashvegas last week, Dierks Bentley wanted to show off his new Camaro to buddy Charles Kelley of Lady Antebellum ... only to walk out and find his car was in flames. The two made the most of it by making s'mores and singing their own duet of 'Need You Now' while waiting for the firemen to show up.

CMT has paired Faith Hill with The Pretenders for a live 'Crossroads' episode at this year's Super Bowl. Faith will reportedly sing 'I'll Stand By You,' while Pretenders' frontwoman Chrissie Hynde will put on thigh-high leather boots with a mini skirt and try get through the Sunday Night NFL Football song.

And don't forget that upcoming CMT 'Crossroads' episodes will include Billy Gilman with Justin Bieber, along with the oddest pairing yet: Darius Rucker with Hootie and the Blowfish.

That's all for this week, kiddies. Gossip amongst yourselves.

*Ophelia Payne is a cranky old bat who likes to poke fun of country music headlines. Read her "Boot Spurs" from last week here.