Luke Bryan: Getting Into His Country Boy Mind
Luke Bryan launched the U.S. leg of his “Mind Of A Country Boy Tour” in Jacksonville, Florida, to a sold-out crowd last week. Just days later, the country superstar released…
Luke Bryan launched the U.S. leg of his "Mind Of A Country Boy Tour" in Jacksonville, Florida, to a sold-out crowd last week. Just days later, the country superstar released the title song of his new tour, "Mind Of A Country Boy."
Luke told us of co-writing the new song, "Every time I get in a room with The Peach Pickers we have so much fun because we have so much in common."
He added, "This song not only shows what can run through my mind but also what most us country boys think about on any given day: the girl we love, the outdoors, life, and not getting above our raising."
"Mind Of A Country Boy" was written by Luke, Ben Hayslip, Dallas Davidson, and Rhett Atkins (The Peach Pickers) and co-produced by Jeff Stevens and Jody Stevens.
The chorus of the new song's lyrics are: "Does she like old-school Alabama or 'Mamas Don't Let Your Babies?' / Is it farmers' market roses or a handful of dirt road daisies? / Ooh-ooh, are them stars lined up just right / Ooh-ooh, for stealin' me a kiss tonight? / That's what weighs on, that's what stays on / The mind of a country boy."
The song is part of new music from the singer expected later this year.
In a recent interview, Bryan told us how Tim McGraw helped him out early in his career: "I never will forget my first big tour with Tim McGraw. He inspired me in a lot of ways because when you're around Tim, you see the dedication and just what a superstar is."
He continued, "Tim McGraw, I mean, I'll miss the gym a little bit and a half to dial it back in, but Tim, he is wired to be in superstar mode all the time. He's one of the best song guys that's ever been in Nashville. I never will forget he was nice enough when I was touring with him, he would let me fly on his plane."
That private plane flight was a big moment for Luke. He shared, "The full sequencing of Crash My Party, I just finished it, and he said, 'What are you listening to?' I said, 'I'm listening to the sequencing of my album,' and he goes, 'Let me hear it.' And I thought he would do the cliff notes version' but no, he sat there and listened. It was forty minutes of him listening, and I was on Tim McGraw's plane watching him with his eyes closed, listening to my album."
Bryan concluded, "I think by the time I got off the plane, I had sweat rings under my armpits. When he got done, he was like, 'Welcome to the big show.'"
