Dustin Lynch

We're the younger high school kids playing for the seniors. That was a way to feel better about yourself in those tough high school years. We were all dating, you know, above us in class, which is unheard of. Oh yeah, absolutely. We started dating older girls and that becomes addicting, you know, the attention becomes addicting. That's what happens when you know how to play guitar.

We're the younger high school kids playing for the seniors. That was a way to feel better about yourself in those tough high school years. We were all dating, you know, above us in class, which is unheard of. Oh yeah, absolutely. We started dating older girls and that becomes addicting, you know, the attention becomes addicting. That's what happens when you know how to play guitar.

That's it, yeah, and learning those songs and yeah, so the beginning for us was kind of just playing every chance we could at whatever fundraiser there was or tailgate or we kind of had a rotation, a steady gig down at the pavilion at our park that's next to the high school football field that we would play at.

That's it, yeah, and learning those songs and yeah, so the beginning for us was kind of just playing every chance we could at whatever fundraiser there was or tailgate or we kind of had a rotation, a steady gig down at the pavilion at our park that's next to the high school football field that we would play at.

and the dream was to get to nashville and you know continue to grow that high school band went at separate ways everybody went to different colleges the guitar player myself um kind of we were thinking we were headed to middle tennessee state he ended up going and not lasting even a whole whole freshman year he screwed it up i got a call to play golf

and the dream was to get to nashville and you know continue to grow that high school band went at separate ways everybody went to different colleges the guitar player myself um kind of we were thinking we were headed to middle tennessee state he ended up going and not lasting even a whole whole freshman year he screwed it up i got a call to play golf

at uh david lipscomb here in nashville and i got that scholarship and i couldn't turn it down it was it was pretty much going to pay for um you know college and uh got me to nashville which was my dream so that's really what got me to nashville and started i was already playing shows and music but and writing my own original music but um that's what got me to nashville and really got me in the scene so were you writing when you were when you were in your high school band

at uh david lipscomb here in nashville and i got that scholarship and i couldn't turn it down it was it was pretty much going to pay for um you know college and uh got me to nashville which was my dream so that's really what got me to nashville and started i was already playing shows and music but and writing my own original music but um that's what got me to nashville and really got me in the scene so were you writing when you were when you were in your high school band

we were fantastic yeah we were writing it it was it's an interesting i know there's like kind of a pop rockish right um pop punk type of thing that we were doing all those guys hated country music i loved it so they would give me like one country song to play a night you know i could cover an alan jackson song they they kind of got to choose the song but um they would give me one of those and when i got to nashville it was all about the bluebird cafe and trying to figure out how to get on lower broadway and play those bars

we were fantastic yeah we were writing it it was it's an interesting i know there's like kind of a pop rockish right um pop punk type of thing that we were doing all those guys hated country music i loved it so they would give me like one country song to play a night you know i could cover an alan jackson song they they kind of got to choose the song but um they would give me one of those and when i got to nashville it was all about the bluebird cafe and trying to figure out how to get on lower broadway and play those bars

That was it. We had come up in high school and played it before. We didn't open mic up there. But, you know, the Bluebird was like my first stop. It's right down the street from Lipscomb. So it was very easy to get to. As a kid from a small town, I'd never really been outside of my town and into the big city. So it was scary to like...

That was it. We had come up in high school and played it before. We didn't open mic up there. But, you know, the Bluebird was like my first stop. It's right down the street from Lipscomb. So it was very easy to get to. As a kid from a small town, I'd never really been outside of my town and into the big city. So it was scary to like...

Even when you got your own car and you're in college, you'd be like, I don't know where to drive in Nashville. It's very intimidating. The Bluebird was right there by me, and it felt safe. So I would go over there and hang out and really just try to learn the craft. It was in between the songs what I fell in love with, those stories the songwriters would say about, this is what inspired this song.

Even when you got your own car and you're in college, you'd be like, I don't know where to drive in Nashville. It's very intimidating. The Bluebird was right there by me, and it felt safe. So I would go over there and hang out and really just try to learn the craft. It was in between the songs what I fell in love with, those stories the songwriters would say about, this is what inspired this song.

Even if I hadn't lived those things, it inspired me to think about, okay, what am I living right now? What could I write about? And then try to go home and and starting a song was easy, finishing a song was tough, and that was kind of the training that I needed to really get through and just those repetitions and still do. I think as songwriters, you always gotta sharpen the pen.

Even if I hadn't lived those things, it inspired me to think about, okay, what am I living right now? What could I write about? And then try to go home and and starting a song was easy, finishing a song was tough, and that was kind of the training that I needed to really get through and just those repetitions and still do. I think as songwriters, you always gotta sharpen the pen.

It is. You know, they've done a great job at preserving what it was and kind of keeping it the same. And those traditions alive, I think that keeps it special. And that's why it's going to continue to be around for us.

It is. You know, they've done a great job at preserving what it was and kind of keeping it the same. And those traditions alive, I think that keeps it special. And that's why it's going to continue to be around for us.

Lots of hard years of being told no. I graduated college. At that time, I'd already started kind of growing my cover band business in the frat scene and sorority scene. And then that would turn into wedding receptions. And so we were traveling all over the Southeast playing those. I was making some good money in college, getting paid to go party at frat houses. It's like the best gig ever.

Lots of hard years of being told no. I graduated college. At that time, I'd already started kind of growing my cover band business in the frat scene and sorority scene. And then that would turn into wedding receptions. And so we were traveling all over the Southeast playing those. I was making some good money in college, getting paid to go party at frat houses. It's like the best gig ever.