Nashville and Los Angeles are 2,000 miles apart, so when country artists hit the West Coast, they try to make it really count by doubling up on public appearances and media opportunities. That's part of the reason you'll see both Trace Adkins and Rascal Flatts on the tube in the next few days.

Trace is performing "You're Gonna Miss This" during tomorrow's episode of The Young & The Restless, which he actually taped last month while in California shooting his part for the movie American Carol.

"When you go that far out, you want to make it to where you just stay out there for two or three weeks," Trace says, "so you plug in every hole that you can."

Which made "The Young & The Restless" role a no-brainer.

"I looked at my schedule," he explains, "and said, 'Well, it looks like we're gonna be out there, so we'll run over and do that. That'd be cool.'"

The same philosophy is likely at work for Rascal Flatts. The band is performing in Indio, Calif., on Saturday. Two days later, they'll sing "Every Day" on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Tuesday they'll be on the tube again, this time doing Dancing With The Stars.