Monthly Archives: October 2011

If you’re not going to get wild and crazy, Luke Bryan doesn’t want you at his show. Lucky for him, the fans in his new ‘If You Ain’t Here to Party’ music video seem more than willing to scream, shout and rock out while the guitars wail and Bryan pumps his fist to the song, enticing them to bring it on.

This video, which is a montage of concert footage, proves that Bryan’s career has reached great heights. The singer takes us on a three-and-a-half-minute ride across the country to many of his different (and likely sold out) shows. The video is a mixture of different days, different venues with different video effects, strung together to the same song with the same idea, which is to have a good time.

Bryan knows how to have a good time, and so do his fans. If you love the ‘Country Girl (Shake It for Me)’ hitmaker, it’s clear you’re not alone. It’s easy to see why Bryan’s fans keep coming back for more and more — the singer shakes what his mama gave him like no other!

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — If Luke Bryan had a different birthday, he might have been a star athlete instead of a music star.

He was born on July 17th. That meant he made the Georgia age cut-off to start kindergarten barely a month after his fifth birthday and was grouped in with other kids who were sometimes a year ahead of him developmentally.

“I was the youngest kid in my grade,” said Bryan. “If I would’ve been held back a year, I don’t even know if I would even be doing what I’m doing, because I think I would’ve been further down the road athletically.

“I think because I wasn’t the best baseball player at the time or whatever, I kind of focused more on music and it took me down a whole ‘nother path.”

Bryan, 35, is thankful for how things turned out. He recently released his third studio album, “Tailgates and Tanlines” and it debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s country albums chart with more than 145,000 copies sold in its first week. He’s in the middle of his first major headlining tour, and he recently garnered a CMA nomination in the new artist category.

“I think he is one of the most on-fire artists right now,” said Lady Antebellum’s Dave Haywood, who co-wrote Bryan’s first No. 1 hit, “Do I,” with Bryan and Lady A’s Charles Kelley. “I think he’s our next big superstar. He’s such an entertainer.”

Bryan has built on the success of his sophomore album, “Doin’ My Thing,” which produced three back-to-back No. 1 singles.

He co-wrote eight of the 13 songs on the new album, including the lead-off single, “Country Girl (Shake It For Me).” The song was a top five hit and has registered over 1 million downloads.

“I think with this one, I’ve just been able to put together a more well-rounded album I guess than the previous two,” said Bryan. “This one, I just felt like it’s got a little bit of everything that people may want on there.”

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Head to Califonia with Luke and the crew as they have another media-filled trip including a preformance on The Ellen Degeneres Show. Also, see who pops up in the greenroom.

Luke Bryan is a superstar in the making, and the career growth from his first to his second to his third studio album, “tailgates & tanlines,” is proof.

Not a flash-in-the-pan, overnight sensation, the Georgia native who burst onto the scene in 2007 has built his career from the ground up, and says he wouldn’t have it any other way.

“My path is exactly where I want it to be,” he said. “I’m doing my thing. I’m getting better with every album.”

CMT on Tour will bring Bryan to Johnson City’s Freedom Hall Civic Center on Thursday, Oct. 13, with special guests Lee Brice, Josh Thompson and Matt Mason. Show time is 7:30 p.m.

Tickets are $34.50 and $39.50.

The son of a peanut farmer, Bryan knows patience and determination are key elements when it comes to a successful crop — or career — and he’s dedicated to growth.

His first album, “I’ll Stay Me,” produced the Top 10 hits “All My Friends Say” and “Country Man,” while his sophomore effort, “Doin’ My Thing,” found the singer-songwriter scoring three straight No. 1 singles — “Do I,” “Someone Else Calling You Baby” and “Rain Is A Good Thing.”

Bryan’s momentum shows no signs of slowing. “Country Girl (Shake It For Me),” the lead single from his much-anticipated third album, ranks as the fastestrising single of his career.

When Bryan scored his first solo performance slot on the 2011 CMT Music Awards, he made the most of it, receiving a standing ovation for his over-the-top performance of “Country Girl (Shake It For Me),” not only from the fans, but also from his artist peers.

“When you get performance slots for award shows, that’s a big deal for me,” Bryan said.

He’s equally excited about headlining the 10th annual CMT on Tour, which has an impressive list of alumni, including Rascal Flatts, Brad Paisley and Keith Urban.

“It’s almost like you’re getting a stamp of approval to go to the next level,” he said. “All those artists that were a part of the CMT Tour have crossed over into a larger level of artists.”

His tours with superstars Tim McGraw, Rascal Flatts and Jason Aldean, as well as his own annual Farm Tour, which offers a student from a local farming family a college scholarship, showcase a stage mastery built working the college and club circuit.

Bryan’s fan-voted wins as Academy of Country Music Top New Male and Top New Artist, as well as his score as USA Weekend Breakthrough Artist of the Year at the CMT Music Awards were a “huge validation,” Bryan said.

“Country Girl (Shake It For Me),” with its infectious chorus and back beat, represents another step forward for the strapping star. Co-written by Bryan and Dallas Davidson — the pair also penned “Rain Is A Good Thing” — “Country Girl (Shake It For Me)” sets the tone for, but doesn’t define, “tailgates & tanlines.”

Bryan says his latest album — a 13-song collection, of which he co-wrote eight — represents real life.

“I’m really proud that I’ve got some meatier things on this album,” Bryan said, adding that he’s reached the balance between hell-raisers and heartbreakers. “Nothing is more frustrating to me than putting a song on an album and regret putting it on there. I’m excited that there are no songs on ‘tailgates & tanlines’ that I’m iffy about.”

While superstardom is knocking on his door, Bryan says he will answer when he’s ready.

“I have never wanted to grow fast in this business,” he said. “I have always wanted to take my time, make it happen and be smart about it, and I’ve been lucky — all that stuff is happening.”

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Luke Bryan’s third album, tailgates & tanlines, has been certified gold. During his Farm Tour show in Statesboro, Georgia, Luke was surprised in front of a crowd of more than 8,000 fans with a plaque signifying his current album has been certified by the RIAA for sales of 500,000. The singer-songwriter’s previous single, “Country Girl (Shake It For Me),” has also been certified platinum. Luke co-wrote it with pal, Dallas Davidson.

“When you get into your third album, and you’re lucky enough to get to a third album, you just get more seasoned and a little more calm about the experience. You take the things you did right and wrong from your other two, and you make mental notes and try to do all the things that you liked and roll into this album. You know, there were times on my first two albums that we were really pressured and up against the wall to get it done, so a lot of times I would go in and sing and my voice wouldn’t really feel as good as I wanted it to that day. But on this album, if I went in and it wasn’t happenin’, I would just turn around and I was like, ‘We’ll get it when it’s time.’ Little things like that that you learn, you know. And like I said, you get a little smarter about all of the aspects of making an album. You can go back and make sure you don’t make the same mistakes twice. I mean I know even with the success of Doin’ My Thing, there are little things I wanted to change about it and I made sure on this album I didn’t do it again and I look back and I’m like, ‘Man, there isn’t one song that I would want to take off this album.” Everything had its place and that’s exciting, that’s what makes it fun to have recorded the album and now even more fun it is coming out.”

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