![]() They love to go to church, get up and work a hard day, they love the small-town feel and what that small-town life is about, and this song really pays homage to them.”Įven as his own “crazy” dreams come true, Bryan continues looking backward throughout the album, nodding to the ’80s and ’90s country of his childhood on tracks like the romantic “Too Drunk to Drive” and wistful “Little Less Broken.” He taps acoustic balladry for the gorgeous Brent Cobb co-write, “Where Are We Goin,’” and lovingly celebrates a no-frills, middle-class upbringing in the reflective “For a Boat.” There are so many wonderful, beautiful people out there who don’t have to go chase these crazy dreams - they’re content. I view it as a song that’s really gonna speak to those people that did stay and do love their home town. ![]() “If you’re really dissecting me singing, you can say ‘Well, you actually left your small town and you’re kind of a hypocrite,’” he admits of the map-dot anthem, full of long held country touchstones and unshakeable pride. And after the shock of COVID-19’s spread eventually wore off, he’s spent his downtime doing things like reconnecting with family and fishing - and even growing a plot of sweet corn (which he no longer recommends as a pastime activity). In his own words Bryan is proud of how far he’s come from his small-town roots, but he’s clearly still hardwired to that Leesburg, Georgia, lifestyle. And with his public profile growing thanks to a side job as an American Idol judge, he’s arguably a bigger deal now that he ever has been, almost 15 years into his career. ![]() But Bryan has always been known to fans as one of those good-natured farm kids who can make the best of a tough situation.Ĭounting the recent chart topper “One Margarita,” his seventh album sent three singles to Number One at country radio before it was even released (a first even for Bryan). That’s not to say he’s happy about the tragedy our country has endured - or the world as a whole, for that matter. But it’s just the right thing to do … and if you look at it now, with the success of ‘One Margarita,’ I have one more notch in the belt to promote the album. Obviously, the financial aspect of shutting your whole world down sucks and it’s awful, and it’s awful for everybody – the businesses that live off of me touring and all that. “Even with postponing my concerts, I’ve never second guessed it one bit. And me running around smiling, happy, laughing, trying to promote an album like a used-car salesman in that time … it didn’t seem like the thing to be doing,” Bryan tells Sounds Like Nashville, speaking now with the benefit of hindsight, and uncertainty still ahead. “We were hearing grim, grim news everyday. ![]() Now though? That difficult decision is now looking conspicuously like a blessing in disguise. But when he was forced to postpone the release of Born Here Live Here Die Here from April 24 to August 7, watching helplessly as the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the U.S., the perennial hitmaker knew he had no other choice. Even for a superstar like Luke Bryan, delaying an already-announced album is very bad news.
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