Luke Bryan’s New ‘Honky Tonk Gem’
Luke Bryan’s next single, “Country Song Came On,” goes out to country radio on Veterans Day, November 11. This track comes from his recently released Mind Of A Country Boy album.
Luke told us of the new song he calls a “gem,” “‘Country Song Came On’ is like a honky tonk gem for me. When I heard it, I was like, you know, it brings me back to the days when I was playing a lot of honky tonks early in my career.”
He added, “And the fact that I was able to put ETC, which is a nod to Earl Thomas Conley, one of my favorite artists ever, just makes me smile every time I hear it. And this song will definitely make you want to drink a draft beer.”
Last year, Luke told us in an interview about his new Hulu documentary series on country music, which he co-produced with Peyton Manning. He said, “It’s just gonna be a celebration of country music. Peyton has been really successful with Peyton’s Places and what he and Eli do, and the Omaha Productions brand is obviously very successful. Peyton and his whole family are really lovers of country music, and what Peyton and I want to do is create a series that tells all the stories of country music.”
It’s All Country premieres November 15 on Hulu.
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Bryan has been doing interviews for his new album, Mind Of A Country Boy, and in one recent interview, he got pretty candid about his star power and where he is today as opposed to where he was when his career “peaked” a few years ago.
He said, “Every artist hits their peak. I was selling out football stadiums on the first day, [the] three or four years I did it. I know that’s my peak, probably.”
Luke added candidly, “I’m not even gonna say ‘probably.’ I know it is,”
Bryan‘s new album came out in September, and he told us recently that the album is a little more mature with the subject matter than his past albums.
He told us, “I remember being 35, 36 years old at spring break with my spring break albums going, ‘I am 35. It’s probably time to hang this thing up.’ But I’ve always kind of leaned toward youthful fun, you know, just fun party music. I think I’ve kind of been put in that category, which I love and I’ve enjoyed. And when people come to my show, I think they come to have a great time.”
