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The Chief Surprised the At-Capacity Crowd, Joined Wallen for \u201cQuittin\u2019 Time\u201d and \u201cSmoke A Little Smoke\u201d<\/p>\n
Fans Slow Danced in Aisles to \u201cSilverado For Sale\u201dand \u201cChasin\u2019 You\u201d While Others Facetimed Loved Ones to Sing Along to \u201c7 Summers\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cA kid from nowhere, with the ability to distill his life in a way that pulls others to him, he never intended for all of this, but here he is.” – Pollstar<\/a><\/p>\n NASHVILLE, Tenn. \u2013 \u201cIt feels good to be here,\u201dMorgan Wallen said, his first time addressing the at-capacity on-their-feet-crowd three songs in. \u201cLast night we had a show and it was a really good crowd, but you guys are louder already.\u201d The near-deafening crowd erupted as the Dangerous singer settled in for night two-of-three at Bridgestone Arena, an accomplishment that has him joining the ranks of just three other country acts to-date: Garth Brooks, Eric Church and Taylor Swift.<\/p>\n Amid pyro, dry ice and 86,000 lbs. of production, Wallen slowed things down, making a point to connect the music and melodies with the moments that inspired them. \u201cI don\u2019t know if I ever wrote a song til I was 19 or 20,\u201d Wallen revealed. \u201cI used to write poems and stuff like that whenI was in school… but really, I started singing when I was three years old. My momma threw me up on stage at church where my dad was a preacher at, and I\u2019ve been singing ever since.\u201d<\/p>\n Getting comfortable, he continued, \u201cI guess I always knew I\u2019d be singing. I always felt a connection to singing. I didn\u2019t know if I could write songs or not. I started doing that in my parent\u2019s garage on the workout weight bench,\u201d he paused to laugh while adjusting his guitar. \u201cI\u2019d write a song then go in while my momma was cookin\u2019 dinner or something and play it for her. I gotta give my mom credit, she didn\u2019t always tell me I was good, which I appreciated.\u201d Pausing to grin and note, \u201cI got a real good momma, she\u2019ll be here tomorrow night.<\/p>\n \u201cThis song,\u201d he paused and said of his third No. 1, \u201cChasin\u2019 You.\u201d \u201c…I moved to Nashville in July 2015 and wrote this in November or December, and I remember at the end of the day when I finished, we listened back and got really excited … and I thought \u2018this is a good song\u2013we got something special.\u2019 I was just writing about something I\u2019d been through. This song gave me a lot of encouragement and faith that I was doing the right thing, moving to Nashville, and I knew after we wrote this that I was gonna get to do this. I didn\u2019t know how, and I didn\u2019t know we\u2019d sell out three nights at Bridgestone, but this song is special to me for a lot of reasons. Because of you guys, you made it a No. 1 on Country music radio.\u201d<\/p>\n As Wallen approached midway \u201cQuittin\u2019 Time,\u201d he looked to his left as the man who penned the song, Eric Church–carrying his Chief-strapped Hummingbird guitar–shocked the audience sauntering to center stage. After, Wallen shared, \u201cIf you\u2019re a fan of me you know how big of a fan I am of this man right here, so I appreciate y\u2019all coming out here.\u201d Revealing that Church was on spring break and came back early to surprise the crowd on night two, the grinning North Carolinian jested, \u201cI came a long way, we gotta do one more,\u201d before the two collaborated on his career-defining cut off Carolina, \u201cSmoke A Little Smoke.\u201d<\/p>\n Whether joined on stage by special guests (HARDY, Larry Fleet or icon Eric Church), or working the stage with just a guitar\/vocal like on \u201cCover Me Up,\u201dPollstar observes, \u201cthe win some \u2018Silverado For Sale\u2019 suggests the way kids paying their own way pass it along and \u2018Rednecks, Red Letters, Red Dirt\u2019 offers truths that reach a little deeper than the field party or dive bar.\u201d Last night, the St. Patrick\u2019s Day crowd at Bridgestone got to experience both.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Chief Surprised the At-Capacity Crowd, Joined Wallen for \u201cQuittin\u2019 Time\u201d and \u201cSmoke A Little Smoke\u201d Fans Slow Danced in Aisles to \u201cSilverado For Sale\u201dand \u201cChasin\u2019 You\u201d While Others Facetimed Loved Ones to Sing Along to \u201c7 Summers\u201d \u201cA kid … Continue reading