![]() ![]() When he released “No Doubt,” that would have been a very difficult song for me to release that early in my career.I don’t know if you’d have a “Bottoms Up” or “The Weekend” without “Dirt Road Anthem.” I feel like it opened a lot of doors for me and other artists in this genre. ![]() It’s cool, you know? The Aldean songs I feel like opened a lot of doors for me and for other artists in the business. What’s it like as a songwriter to hear your work covered by other artists? You’ve had your songs recorded by Jason Aldean. It’s like part of me wants to forget it but part of me knows it’s important not to. I try my best to learn from things like that, so it’s something that I try not to forget. I don’t know if it so much works its way into my current songs, but I think it has a lot to do with who I am. Does this incident still work its way into current songs? Your song “Halfway to Heaven” is inspired by your car accident when you were 19. That’s kind of been the story of my life: I didn’t want to learn other people’s songs. I played in church and took a couple guitar lessons, but I wasn’t a fan of taking lessons. I just wanted to figure everything out myself. I don’t know if that was it or I’ve blocked a lot of it out on purpose. It was just something that at a very early age. What made you pick up a pen and paper and start songwriting? Anytime I’ve tried to do something for a particular purpose I feel like I can hear that, and it just becomes insincere and not as authentic. Anytime I put a record out, I’ve found that if I just write songs about my life and tell the truth and be the “what you see’s what you get” guy, people seem to relate to that more it seems. ![]() I don’t know if there’s something I’m wanting them to realize. What do you want listeners to realize from The Devil Don’t Sleep? There’s a a song called “Three Feet of Water” that I think has stood out to everyone that’s heard the record. I’ve got to say, songs about my wife are always – they punch me in the chest. You know, as a writer or co-writer on every one of them, I’m attached to all of them in their own way. What song on The Devil Don’t Sleep is most important to you? just reminds me to live day-to-day and keep my head on level. It’s been an extremely positive chapter, but The Devil Don’t Sleep is all about staying conscious and being aware that even though things are good and this has been a positive chapter, there is always temptation, whatever your devil is. We’ve known each other about 14 years now. My wife came back into the picture – she wasn’t my wife during the five years we didn’t speak – but she came back into my life. This has been an extremely positive chapter in my life. You know, contrary to the title, I think this is the most positive record we’ve ever released. What’s the theme behind The Devil Don’t Sleep? The sixteen-track album will release in two versions, red and blue, featuring two different five-track bonus discs of demos and unreleased songs.You’ve said before that every album reflects a chapter of your life. The tour accompanies Gilbert’s upcoming album of the same name, due out early next year. Gilbert will bring Tucker Beathard and Luke Combs along as tour support. Brantley Gilbert announced this week his upcoming Devil Don’t Sleep Tour, kicking off February 2 in Reading, PA. ![]()
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