Dustin Lynch

um and girls girls girls that's right and um so i knew that that was a good living but how do i get my original music you know better and to a level where people will pay attention on Music Row and give me a chance. I started knocking on doors and went to BMI because it seemed like the thing to do. Once you meet this person, they turn around to that person and start connecting the dots.

um and girls girls girls that's right and um so i knew that that was a good living but how do i get my original music you know better and to a level where people will pay attention on Music Row and give me a chance. I started knocking on doors and went to BMI because it seemed like the thing to do. Once you meet this person, they turn around to that person and start connecting the dots.

Then I started writing a little bit more original music and performing that in my frat shows. um in the greek life shows and uh out of nowhere i got a cold call from from a guy and he left me a voicemail i was i was at a day job at the time and um it was a manager of an artist that i recognized on this new label called big machine and valerie records and um

Then I started writing a little bit more original music and performing that in my frat shows. um in the greek life shows and uh out of nowhere i got a cold call from from a guy and he left me a voicemail i was i was at a day job at the time and um it was a manager of an artist that i recognized on this new label called big machine and valerie records and um

within two weeks i had a meeting in there and um they told me they're like you're not leaving this office to you we've got to offer you some sort of deal we're big fans behind that yep and john loba yeah great and that was that was flooring to me i didn't think that was going to happen at all so that kind of put me in a tailspin of like oh my god it's finally happening right just kind of like in the blink of an eye here we go and so i you know you go through all those deals and everything and john is who actually signed me and he ended up leaving that that label

within two weeks i had a meeting in there and um they told me they're like you're not leaving this office to you we've got to offer you some sort of deal we're big fans behind that yep and john loba yeah great and that was that was flooring to me i didn't think that was going to happen at all so that kind of put me in a tailspin of like oh my god it's finally happening right just kind of like in the blink of an eye here we go and so i you know you go through all those deals and everything and john is who actually signed me and he ended up leaving that that label

So I lost my champion. And I got to sit on the shelf for a couple years over there trying to figure out what to do. So you went over to Broken Bow at that point. Finally, John got me out of the Big Machine deal and I went to Broken Bow. And we'd already had Cowboys and Angels written and I couldn't get anybody excited about it over at Big Machine. But once I got to Broken Bow, they loved it.

So I lost my champion. And I got to sit on the shelf for a couple years over there trying to figure out what to do. So you went over to Broken Bow at that point. Finally, John got me out of the Big Machine deal and I went to Broken Bow. And we'd already had Cowboys and Angels written and I couldn't get anybody excited about it over at Big Machine. But once I got to Broken Bow, they loved it.

And we kind of went in and started finishing out that first album around Cowboys and Angels being the anchor song. And yeah, like you said, it went out and we put that song out and it really did.

And we kind of went in and started finishing out that first album around Cowboys and Angels being the anchor song. And yeah, like you said, it went out and we put that song out and it really did.

uh amazing things i didn't know how big it was or what it was doing at the time because i'd never done it but now that i know a little bit about the you know the struggles of the chart and the you know impact of a song has that song had and still has incredible impact it's still one of my most streamed songs to date

uh amazing things i didn't know how big it was or what it was doing at the time because i'd never done it but now that i know a little bit about the you know the struggles of the chart and the you know impact of a song has that song had and still has incredible impact it's still one of my most streamed songs to date

Yeah, 12 years.

Yeah, 12 years.

Yeah, it's still a monster for us. It's still the song that people bring up the most in meet and greet. I think the song that couples come to see us play and they're counting down the minutes so they can have their dance together. It's been a song that's become a part of so many people's wedding day. and anniversaries or whatever brought them together. And yeah, that's special.

Yeah, it's still a monster for us. It's still the song that people bring up the most in meet and greet. I think the song that couples come to see us play and they're counting down the minutes so they can have their dance together. It's been a song that's become a part of so many people's wedding day. and anniversaries or whatever brought them together. And yeah, that's special.

Not every song can be that. For us, it's Cowboys and Angels. That's fantastic.

Not every song can be that. For us, it's Cowboys and Angels. That's fantastic.

Yeah, really just finding my own voice. I think the first album was, I can literally remember driving to the studio going, how do I sing these songs? I'd recorded a lot of songs at that point, but it was demos. And I think the added pressure of- Did you have any cuts on that second record? Yes, yeah. Great. Just added pressure of this is an album, this means more.

Yeah, really just finding my own voice. I think the first album was, I can literally remember driving to the studio going, how do I sing these songs? I'd recorded a lot of songs at that point, but it was demos. And I think the added pressure of- Did you have any cuts on that second record? Yes, yeah. Great. Just added pressure of this is an album, this means more.