Justin Moore

and i understand it and i get it but i don't know if it will appeal to the masses and um fortunately i was i was wrong and and it did and you know it took like at the time that it went number one i think lee brice and i broke each other's record there for a few years on the longest

and i understand it and i get it but i don't know if it will appeal to the masses and um fortunately i was i was wrong and and it did and you know it took like at the time that it went number one i think lee brice and i broke each other's record there for a few years on the longest

life of us i think it took i think you have the record i might yeah it's usually over the last 17 18 years been lear or myself he's a great guy great guy great great artist yeah great guy i mean it it changed my my life i mean you know like our first single from our second album we were done with the album

life of us i think it took i think you have the record i might yeah it's usually over the last 17 18 years been lear or myself he's a great guy great guy great great artist yeah great guy i mean it it changed my my life i mean you know like our first single from our second album we were done with the album

or I thought so, and so did my producer, and take it into the label, and they're like, I don't think you got a single. And we're going, great, just what we want to hear. And I had just lost my grandpa, who was my hero. I heard, if heaven wasn't so far away, It was a big record for us. I think we had three off of our, ended up off the first album that were pretty big records.

or I thought so, and so did my producer, and take it into the label, and they're like, I don't think you got a single. And we're going, great, just what we want to hear. And I had just lost my grandpa, who was my hero. I heard, if heaven wasn't so far away, It was a big record for us. I think we had three off of our, ended up off the first album that were pretty big records.

But that one kind of, you know, it helped us immediately break the sophomore slump. You know, until then we had done small town, kind of that kind of deal. And then we did a couple of raucous kind of hillbilly redneck kind of things. And it helped me not become pigeonholed as just this little redneck from Arkansas.

But that one kind of, you know, it helped us immediately break the sophomore slump. You know, until then we had done small town, kind of that kind of deal. And then we did a couple of raucous kind of hillbilly redneck kind of things. And it helped me not become pigeonholed as just this little redneck from Arkansas.

Right. And that song, when I got it, was 10 years old. Okay. And I'll never forget, I saw Luke Bryan at CRS Week. You know how crazy that is. Crazy. Yeah, absolutely. And for those out there watching that may not know, it's Country Radio Seminar. It's literally every artist, everybody in the industry, and you're bumping into each other at all these different places.

Right. And that song, when I got it, was 10 years old. Okay. And I'll never forget, I saw Luke Bryan at CRS Week. You know how crazy that is. Crazy. Yeah, absolutely. And for those out there watching that may not know, it's Country Radio Seminar. It's literally every artist, everybody in the industry, and you're bumping into each other at all these different places.

Yeah, and Luke and I had become friends because one of the first tours I did was, just tell you how long ago it was. I was first, and I had put out two singles, but Small Town was the only hit. Right.

Yeah, and Luke and I had become friends because one of the first tours I did was, just tell you how long ago it was. I was first, and I had put out two singles, but Small Town was the only hit. Right.

at the time if it was even at the time it may not have been luke brown was a middle act and i think he maybe had a his third song out at the time he was just ahead of me his were working though but so i'd gotten to know luke a little bit before that kind of before we both had record deals and then we got to know each other even better out on that tour

at the time if it was even at the time it may not have been luke brown was a middle act and i think he maybe had a his third song out at the time he was just ahead of me his were working though but so i'd gotten to know luke a little bit before that kind of before we both had record deals and then we got to know each other even better out on that tour

And I'll never forget, because a good friend of Luke's wrote Heaven. He was one of the co-writers on Heaven, Dallas Davidson.

And I'll never forget, because a good friend of Luke's wrote Heaven. He was one of the co-writers on Heaven, Dallas Davidson.

Great writer. So back to the song, it was 10 years old at the time. And I'm going, how has this not been cut? Red Akins had cut it on an album, but it never came out as a single or anything. And so I see Luke at CRS, and he goes, I am pissed at you. And I'm like, what did I do? I mean, you know how goofy Luke is. I love him. He's a jokester.

Great writer. So back to the song, it was 10 years old at the time. And I'm going, how has this not been cut? Red Akins had cut it on an album, but it never came out as a single or anything. And so I see Luke at CRS, and he goes, I am pissed at you. And I'm like, what did I do? I mean, you know how goofy Luke is. I love him. He's a jokester.

Yeah, and I'm like, I know he's not really mad at me, but I'm like, what are you talking about? He goes, Dallas and Rhett and Rob Hatch, another great songwriter who's on the song. They've been trying to get me to cut that song for years and years. And I'm like, well, you're a dumbass. Like, how did you not hear that? I said, I heard it one time. and know it's a hit, he goes, I don't know!

Yeah, and I'm like, I know he's not really mad at me, but I'm like, what are you talking about? He goes, Dallas and Rhett and Rob Hatch, another great songwriter who's on the song. They've been trying to get me to cut that song for years and years. And I'm like, well, you're a dumbass. Like, how did you not hear that? I said, I heard it one time. and know it's a hit, he goes, I don't know!