Almost a year after releasing his previous single, Kenny Chesney will return to country radio on July 12 with “Tip of My Tongue.”
Co-penned by Kenny, Ross Copperman and Ed Sheeran, “Tip of My Tongue” will be the first taste of Kenny’s upcoming 18th studio album, which will be released via Blue Chair/Warner Music Nashville.
“It’s funny how a figure of speech can lead you to all kinds of places,” says Kenny. “You start talking, and words fall out, and anything can happen. When you go in and write on any given day, the chemistry is what it is. When the idea fell out, we all just laughed and went, ‘Well, what can we do with that?’ I’ve written so much with Ross [Copperman], that’s always easy. He brought Ed [Sheeran] in, and he is such a great writer . . . The way creativity works in creative people is so different, but it’s always exciting. As a co-write with a new writer, it’s one of the most fun sessions I’ve done in a long time. I get why people love working with him.”
No released date has been announced for the new album, which will be helmed by longtime producer Buddy Cannon.
“Tip of My Tongue” arrives on July 12 at 5 a.m. CT.
CMT Crossroads crossed up its playbook its recent episode featuring Brooks & Dunn.
Instead of collaborating with a cross-genre artist—as is the norm on CMT Crossroads—Ronnie Dunn and Kix Brooks joined forces with a number of country stars featured on their recent Reboot album, including Brett Young, Cody Johnson, Jon Pardi, Luke Combs, Midland and Brandon Lancaster from LANCO. The hour-long episode was tapped on June 4 in downtown Nashville during CMA Fest week.
Midland—the trio of Mark Wystrach, Cameron Duddy and Jess Carson—joined Brooks & Dunn onstage to perform “Boot Scootin’ Boogie,” which topped the charts back in 1992.
The Grand Ole Opry released a video of Chris Young debuting his touching new song, “Drowning,” on the Opry in June.
Co-penned by Chris, Corey Crowder and Josh Hoge, “Drowning” was partly inspired by the death of Chris’ close friend, Adam, and features lyrics: “So tonight I’m gonna pull out pictures, ones with you in ’em / Laugh and cry a little while reminiscing / By myself, I can’t help that all I think about is / How you were taken way too soon / It ain’t the same here without you / I gotta say, missing you comes in waves / And tonight I’m drowning.”
Toward the end of Chris’ Opry performance of “Drowning,” he was so overcome with emotion that he ended the song prematurely.
“When I wrote this song with Corey Crowder and Josh Hoge, we each thought of someone that we lost way too soon,” said Chris via Instagram. “For me, it was one of my best friends, Adam. Missing you comes in waves and tonight I’m drowning. This one is for you, brother.”
“Drowning” will be featured on Chris’ upcoming eighth studio album, Raised On Country, which is expected to drop later this year.
Watch Chris’ performance of “Drowning” on the Opry below.
Running back John Kelly (42) of the Los Angeles Rams works out on the eighteenth day of offseason voluntary training, Phase 2, Wednesday, May 16, 2018, in Thousand Oaks, CA. (Will Navarro/Rams)
Here’s an updated list of University of Tennessee players in the National Football League a few weeks before the start of training camps preparing for the 2019 season.
Teams are in their final break before training camps open in mid-to-late July. I’ve included the dates and locations for rookies and veterans starting camps for all 32 NFL teams below. NFL rosters are expanded right now and can be kept at up to 90 players until final preseason cuts August 31, 2019.
I’ve included some notes, jersey numbers, unofficial depth chart positions and more. You will also see the list of players with local ties to the Knoxville area or were once at the UT but transferred elsewhere to finish their college careers.
I’ll update this list throughout the year here on my blog “Vince’s View.” Bookmark my blog page and check back often.
News – Most Recent Tennessee Vols/Local Non-UT Players in the NFL
-P Matt Darr signed with the NY Jets
-Carson-Newman WR Dorren Miller was released by the Eagles
Numbers – Vols in the NFL
-Currently 35 U. of Tennessee players on NFL teams
-3 VFL rookies are in the NFL right now (none are draft picks)
-Pittsburgh has the most UT players with 4
-DL, DB & P are the largest positions of VFLs in the league right now with 5
-21 of the 32 teams have a UT player
-There are 10 players that are either one-time Vols or are Knoxville area players that did not attend UT
-5 of the 10 Local/Non-UT players in the league are rookies
Tennessee Volunteers On NFL Teams as of 6/28/19 (35) x = rookie Atlanta Falcons Luke Stocker (80) TE (2nd team TE)
Training Camp: Atlanta Falcons Training Facility in Flowery Branch, GA
Rookies: 7/18 – Veterans: 7/21
Baltimore Ravens Morgan Cox (46) LS (starting LS)
Training Camp: Under Armour Performance Center in Owings Mills, MD
Rookies: 7/17 – Veterans: 7/24
Buffalo Bills Jason Croom (80) TE (5th team TE)
Training Camp: St. John Fisher College in Rochester, NY
Rookies: 7/22 – Veterans: 7/24
Carolina Panthers Michael Palardy (5) P (starting P/H) Rashaan Gaulden (28) DB (starting FS) Ethan Wolf (86) TE (4th team TE)
Training Camp: Wofford College in Spartanburg, SC
Rookies: 7/24 – Veterans: 7/24
Chicago Bears Tyler Bray (9) QB (3rd team QB) Cordarrelle Patterson (84) WR/KR (2nd team WR & starting KR)
Training Camp: Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais, IL
Rookies: 7/22 – Veterans: 7/25
Cincinnati Bengals Josh Malone (80) WR (3rd team WR)
Training Camp: Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati, OH (1st practice in Dayton, OH)
Rookies: 7/24 – Veterans: 7/26
Cleveland Browns Britton Colquitt (4) P (starting P/H)
Training Camp: Cleveland Browns Training Complex in Berea, OH
Rookies: 7/24 – Veterans: 7/24
Dallas Cowboys Jason Witten (82) TE (starting TE)
Training Camp: Marriott Residence Inn in Oxnard, CA
Rookies: 7/26 – Veterans: 7/26
Denver Broncos Alexander “AJ” Johnson (45) LB (3rd team ILB) Ja’Wuan James (70) OT (starting RT)
Training Camp: UCHealth Training Center in Englewood, CO
Rookies: 7/17 – Veterans: 7/17
Detroit Lions Jalen Reeves-Maybin (44) LB (2nd team OLB) Justin Coleman (27) DB (starting NCB)
Training Camp: Detroit Lions Training Facility in Allen Park, MI
Rookies: 7/18 – Veterans: 7/24
Houston Texans Zach Fulton (73) OL (starting RG) Trevor Daniel (8) P (starting P/H)
Training Camp: Houston Methodist Training Center in Houston, TX
Rookies: 7/21 – Veterans: 7/24
Kansas City Chiefs Dustin Colquitt (2) P (starting P/H) Kahlil McKenzie (66) OG (2nd team LG)
Training Camp: Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph, MO
Rookies: 7/23 – Veterans: 7/26
Los Angeles Rams John Kelly (42) RB (5th team RB)
Training Camp: University of California, Irvine in Irvine, CA
Rookies: 7/24 – Veterans: 7/26
Minnesota Vikings Micah Abernathy (46) DB (3rd team FS)-x
Training Camp: TCO Performance Center in Eagan, MN
Rookies: 7/22 – Veterans: 7/25
New England Patriots Jacob Johnson (47) FB/TE (3rd team TE)
Training Camp: Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, MA
Rookies: 7/21 – Veterans: 7/24
New Orleans Saints Alvin Kamara (41) RB (starting RB/starting PR) Shy Tuttle (74) DT (4th team DE)-x Colton Jumper (51) LB (4th team WLB)
Training Camp: New Orleans Saints Training Facility in Metairie, LA
Rookies: 7/18 – Veterans: 7/25
New York Jets Kyle Phillips (98) DE (3rd team DE)-x Matt Darr (3) P (2nd team P)
Training Camp: Atlantic Health Jets Training Center in Florham Park, NJ
Rookies: 7/19 – Veterans: 7/24
Philadelphia Eagles Derek Barnett (96) DE (starting DE) Malik Jackson (97) DT (starting DT)
Training Camp: NovaCare Complex in Philadelphia, PA
Rookies: 7/24 – Veterans: 7/24
Pittsburgh Steelers Ramon Foster (73) OG (starting LG) Daniel McCullers (93) NT (2nd team NT) Cameron Sutton (20) DB (3rd team CB/2nd team FS) Joshua Dobbs (5) QB (2nd team QB)
Training Camp: Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, PA
Rookies: 7/24 – Veterans: 7/25
San Francisco 49ers Emmanuel Moseley (41) CB (4th team CB)
Training Camp: SAP Performance Facility in Santa Clara, CA
Rookies: 7/26 – Veterans: 7/26
Tennessee Titans LaTroy Lewis (45) LB (2nd team OLB)
Training Camp: Saint Thomas Sports Park in Nashville, TN
Rookies: 7/22 – Veterans: 7/25
Recent Free Agents From Late Last Season That Played at U. of Tennessee
Eric Berry S
Justin Hunter WR
Jordan Williams DL
James Stone OL
Justin Martin DB
Quart’e Sapp LB
Alexis Johnson Jr. NT
Kendal Vickers DE
Alex Ellis TE
Keller Chryst QB
Teams Without Any Players On Current Expanded Rosters From UT (11) Arizona Cardinals
Training Camp: State Farm Stadium in Glendale, AZ
Rookies: 7/17 – Veterans: 7/24
Green Bay Packers
Training Camp: St. Norbert College in De Pere, WI
Rookies: 7/22 – Veterans: 7/24
Indianapolis Colts
Training Camp: Grand Park in Westfield, IN
Rookies: 7/21 – Veterans: 7/24
Jacksonville Jaguars
Training Camp: TIAA Bank Field in Jacksonville, FL
Rookies: 7/22 – Veterans: 7/24
Los Angeles Chargers
Training Camp: Jack Hammett Sports Complex in Costa Mesa, CA
Rookies: 7/24 – Veterans: 7/24
Miami Dolphins
Training Camp: Baptist Health Training Facility in Davie, FL
Rookies: 7/21 – Veterans: 7/24
New York Giants
Training Camp: Quest Diagnostics Training Facility in East Rutherford, NJ
Rookies: 7/22 – Veterans: 7/24
Oakland Raiders
Training Camp: Napa Valley Marriott in Napa, CA
Rookies: 7/23 – Veterans: 7/26
Seattle Seahawks
Training Camp: Virginia Mason Athletic Center in Renton, WA
Rookies: 7/17 – Veterans: 7/24
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Training Camp: AdventHealth Training Center in Tampa, FL
Rookies: 7/21 – Veterans: 7/25
Washington Redskins
Training Camp: Bon Secours Washington Redskins Training Center in Richmond, VA
Rookies: 7/24 – Veterans: 7/24
*Note via NFL Communications: The first official practice of training camp for each club at the site designated above is generally held the day after the veteran reporting date
UT Players In The NFL By Position (35)
QB – 2
RB – 2
WR – 2
TE – 4
FB – 1
OL – 4
DL – 5
LB – 4
DB – 5
P – 5
PK – 0
LS – 1
Knoxville Area Players/Finished College Elsewhere After UT (10) x = rookie
Buffalo Bills Lee Smith TE (85) *Powell HS/Tennessee/Marshall (3rd team TE)
Dallas Cowboys Randall Cobb (18) WR *Alcoa HS/Kentucky (2nd team WR) Chris Jones (6) P *Carson-Newman (starting P/H)
Los Angeles Chargers Daniel Helm (41) TE *Tennessee/Duke (5th team TE)-x
Miami Dolphins Preston Williams (82) WR *Tennessee/Colorado State (3rd team WR)-x Dewayne Hendrix (73) DE *Tennessee/Pittsburgh (3rd team DE)-x
Minnesota Vikings Harrison Smith (22) S *Catholic HS/Notre Dame (starting FS)
Oakland Raiders Nathan Peterman (2) QB *Tennessee/Pittsburgh (3rd team QB)
San Francisco 49ers Jalen Hurd (17) WR *Tennessee/Baylor (2nd team WR)-x
Tennessee Titans D’Andre Payne (28) CB *Tennessee/Iowa State (5th team CB)-x
Free Agents Among Local Players/One-Time Vols
Venzell Boulware OL-x
Dorren Miller WR
The final Learfield IMG College Directors’ Cup standings for 2018-19 were released Thursday, and Tennessee posted its highest finish in eight years, landing at No. 25.
Tennessee’s finish this year was eighth-best among Southeastern Conference schools after landing at 12th in 2016-17 and 11th a year ago.
This year’s finish is a vast improvement from Tennessee’s 46th-place finish in 2016-17 and UT’s best final placement since 2010-11 (22nd). UT finished 35th in last year’s standings and has steadily ascended over the last two years.
Tennessee is one of only four schools among top-50 finishers that has improved its Directors’ Cup placement by at least 20 spots over the last two years (joining Texas Tech, Arizona State and Duke) and one of only two SEC schools to have posted a double-digit improvement during that span (joining Vanderbilt).
Tennessee joined Florida State and Louisville as one of only three Division I schools that earned NCAA Tournament berths in men’s and women’s basketball, volleyball, soccer, baseball and softball during the 2018-19 academic year.
A complete breakdown of Tennessee’s 2018-19 scoring contributions follows.
FALL
Women’s Soccer – 73 points
Tennessee’s highest-scoring sport in this year’s Directors’ Cup standings, the Vol soccer team made its farthest postseason run in program history, advancing to the quarterfinals as a No. 2 national seed. Tennessee’s final 16-3-3 record was good for the program’s highest winning percentage (.795) and fewest losses (3) in a single season.
Women’s Volleyball – 50 points
In Eve Rackham‘s first season as head coach of the Tennessee volleyball program, the Lady Vols returned to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in eight years and advanced to the second round. The 2018 season saw Tennessee increase its win total from the previous season by 14 wins overall and 11 wins in conference play. UT finished second in the SEC, an eight-place jump in the conference standings.
Men’s Cross Country – 27 points
The men’s cross country team put together one of its best seasons in more than a decade, finishing fourth at the SEC Championships and third at the NCAA South Region Championships, one spot away from making nationals as a team. Senior Zach Long finished second at the NCAA South Region meet and qualified as an individual for the NCAA Championships, finishing 204th. Karl Thiessen earned SEC All-Freshman honors, taking 16th at SECs and NCAA Regionals.
WINTER
Women’s Swimming & Diving – 70.5 points
The women’s swimming and diving team finished eighth overall at the NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships, with the 200 Medley Relay team of Madeline Banic, Meghan Small, Nikol Popov and Erika Brown bringing home a national title. The team earned 25 All-America honors in total.
Men’s Swimming & Diving – 65.3 points
The men’s swimming and diving team finished 11th at the NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships for the second consecutive year. Senior Colin Zeng took home a national title on the 1-meter springboard, while Tennessee finished with a total of 19 All-America honors.
Men’s Basketball – 64 points
In one of the best seasons in program history, the men’s basketball team spent an entire month of the season ranked No. 1 in the nation and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen for the eighth time in program history. Led by 2019 SEC Player of the Year and first-team All-American Grant Williams, first-team All-SEC selection Admiral Schofield and second-team honoree Jordan Bone, the Vols tied a program record with 31 wins and earned a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament for the third time ever.
Women’s Indoor Track & Field – 50.5 points
Three Lady Vols made their way to the podium with top-eight finishes at the NCAA Championships, as Tennessee tied for 21st place on the team leaderboard with 10 points. LaChyna Roe and Alonie Sutton took fourth and seventh place, respectively, in the women’s triple jump competition, while Stamatia Scarvelis posted a sixth-place finish in the weight throw. Scarvelis posted a top-10 mark in NCAA history at the SEC Championships, as her sixth and final heave of 24.06m (78-11.75) was the No. 7 mark in collegiate history to win gold at the conference meet. Maia McCoy also stood out for the Lady Vols with bronze-medal performances in the 60m and 200m dashes – the only athlete in the SEC (male or female) to medal in both of those events.
Men’s Indoor Track & Field – 37.5 points
Tennessee’s men’s indoor track and field team finished 35th at the NCAA Indoor Championships with seven points, as junior high jumper Darryl Sullivan cleared a lifetime-best mark of 2.26m (7-5) to tie for second place overall. At the SEC Indoor Championships, the Vols finished sixth in the team standings with 50 points – notching the program’s highest finish and point total since 2009. Mustaqeem Williams took home a gold medal in the men’s 200m dash, while Zach Long (3,000m) and Joseph Maxwell (shot put) each claimed bronze in their respective events.
Women’s Basketball – 25 points
The women’s basketball team made the NCAA Tournament for a 38th consecutive season and rose as high as No. 9 in the AP Poll during the 2018-19 campaign. Sophomore Rennia Davis was tabbed second-team All-SEC, while Zaay Green was named to the SEC All-Freshman Team.
SPRING
Softball – 64
The softball program posted a 17th consecutive season of 40-plus wins and advanced to the NCAA Super Regionals for the seventh time in the past eight years. The Lady Vols’ second-place SEC finish was the highest for the program since 2014. Senior infielder Aubrey Leach was tabbed first-team All-American by Softball America.
Men’s Tennis – 64 points
The men’s tennis team finished the season 13th in both the ITA and USTA polls, while advancing to the NCAA Tournament round of 16 for the first time since 2014. Seniors Timo Stodder and Preston Touliatos advanced to the semifinal round of the NCAA doubles championships, becoming the first doubles pair to reach the semifinals in five years.
Baseball – 50
In Tony Vitello‘s second season at the helm of the Tennessee baseball program, the Vols made their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2005. Tennessee’s 40 wins on the season were the most for the program in 14 years. The Vols finished the season with 10 shutout wins, which tied a program record.
Women’s Golf – 50 points
The women’s golf team qualified for the NCAA Championships for the 12th time under head coach Judi Pavon, advancing out of the NCAA Regionals with a sixth-place finish. The Lady Vols finished in the top six in eight tournaments, with a pair of victories at the Starmount Classic in October and the Florida Atlantic Winter Warm Up in February. Michaela Williams’ 14 rounds of par or better tied for the sixth-most in a single season in school history.
Women’s Tennis – 50 points
Alison Ojeda‘s third season as the head coach of the Tennessee women’s tennis program saw the Lady Vols record their best regular-season win total in 16 years and advance to a third straight NCAA Tournament. Over the course of the season, UT defeated four top-25 teams. Individually, Sadie Hammond and Kaitlin Staines became the program’s first All-Americans since 2013.
Men’s Golf – 40.5 points
In Brennan Webb‘s first season as head coach, the Tennessee men’s golf team won a program-record-tying three tournaments and had its highest NCAA Regional finish since 2012. Redshirt sophomore Hunter Wolcott rounded out the season with a 71.91 stroke average — the fourth-best individual single-season mark in program history.
Men’s Outdoor Track & Field – 11.5 points
During the men’s outdoor track and field season, the Vols claimed three All-America citations at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, highlighted by an eighth-place finish from Mustaqeem Williams in the 200-meter dash for first-team honors. Joseph Maxwell (shot put) and Georgios Korakidis(weight throw) earned second-team acclaim. Tennessee finished seventh in the team standings at the SEC Championships with 68 points – the highest total for the Vols since 2008. Williams (100m and 200m), Alex Crigger (steeplechase), Maxwell (shot put), Darryl Sullivan (high jump) and Jalen Tate (triple jump) all claimed All-SEC honors with top-three results in their respective events.
Women’s Outdoor Track & Field – 5 points
Eight Lady Vols earned All-America status at the national championships during the outdoor track and field season, headlined by Stamatia Scarvelis’ eighth-place outing in the women’s hammer throw. Tennessee additionally claimed second-team All-America accolades in the triple jump (LaChyna Roe, Alonie Sutton), 100m hurdles (Alexis Duncan) and women’s 4×400-meter relay (Layla White, Brooklynn Broadwater, Martina Weil and Lenysse Dyer). Scarvelis won the SEC Commissioner’s Trophy, designated for the highest point-scorer at the conference meet. The senior captain tallied 23 points with an SEC title in the hammer, second-place finish in the discus and fourth-place result in the shot put.
Perhaps Grant Williams wanted to go higher in the NBA draft than No. 22, but he couldn’t have found a better home.
That’s the opinion of Williams’ college coach and a coach who knows Boston’s coach.
“I love that Grant is going to play for Brad Stevens,’’ said Rick Byrd, recently retired coach at Belmont in Nashville. “Brad is one guy that I know well at that level and he will totally appreciate what Grant Williams brings to the floor. No doubt in my mind. I think that is a great matchup for him.’’
Byrd, a Knoxville native, never played against Williams. But he saw Tennessee’s two-time SEC player of the year plenty of times.
“I am a big Grant Williams fan,’’ Byrd said. “He just finds a way. He’s a winner, tough as nails, good kid, smart kid. I think that Brad Stevens is going to love him.
“I do think that Brad Stevens is going to value (Williams’ basketball I.Q.) more than some coaches would.’’
Byrd said that Williams is the “a kind of guy that you ask, what kind of position does he play in the NBA? He is going to have to find a way to do some things that he hasn’t done before.’’
Like Byrd, Tennessee coach Rick Barnes thinks Boston and Stevens are the perfect fit for Williams, a three-star recruit out of high school that had offers from the Ivy League and Charlotte – not from the ACC or any other SEC school than Tennessee.
“I’ve said this to anybody over the years,’’ Barnes said, “Grant Williams is one of the most intelligent basketball IQ guys that you could ever want to be around.
“I do think the schemes that Brad runs, Grant will fit in perfectly and will pick them up probably as well as anyone he’s ever coached.’’
Barnes said on UT fast breaks, Williams became our “second guard’’ and had a keen ability to see the floor and the plays developing and call out “things that would help everybody’’ because he knew the scouting report.
Barnes said you could give Williams multiple options – not just one or two – and “he can get it done. And as the game goes on, he generates a feel for the game and he knows which way he needs to go.’’
Williams knew where to go when he first arrived at Tennessee – the treadmill.
“We call it Fat Camp,’’ Barnes said in his frank but sometimes not so diplomatic way.
Once Williams lost weight and got into shape, Barnes made the comment when Williams was a freshman that Williams had the potential to be the SEC Player of the Year.
Few people outside of Barnes – perhaps not even Williams – believed that could happen.
But it did. Twice.
When did Barnes realize Williams could be a first-round NBA draft pick?
“I’m not sure if you ever know,’’ Barnes admitted. “I’ve watched guys I’ve coached and thought when we recruited them, that guys had a chance to be an NBA player. And you know what, they don’t make it because they don’t love it. They don’t have a passion for it.
“Then you get a group of guys you think they’re not talented enough, and they surprise you because they have a passion and they continue to work.’’
Williams fits into the latter category.
The next step for Williams is improving his outside shot. The fact he hit 82 percent of his free throws his junior year gives credence to his potential as a 3-point shooter.
“I think anybody can become a good outside shooter,’’ Barnes said.
Well, maybe not Shaquille O’Neal, but you get the point.
While Barnes doesn’t like to compare players, he said Williams and P.J. Tucker – an NBA player Barnes coached at Texas – had one thing in common coming out of high school.
“They were both fat and overweight and out of shape,’’ Barnes said.
Each also played on AAU teams that won, often beating teams that had McDonald’s All-Americans.
Barnes credits UT assistant Desmond Oliver for “never wavering’’ on Williams, and recruiting the Charlotte native since the ninth grade.
“Desmond said, `Coach, he’s a winner, and he’s more athletic than people know,’’’ Barnes recalled.
People know now. And now, Williams has a chance to prove it at the next level under a coach who appreciates his basketball skills and IQ.
Decked out in tuxedos and backed by a cellist and pianist, Little Big Town performed a stylish rendition of their new song, “The Daughters,” on The Tonight Show on June 26.
Written by Sean McConnell, Ashley Ray and LBT’s Karen Fairchild—who also provides lead vocals—“The Daughters” is expected to be the lead single from the band’s upcoming ninth studio album, although the tune has not been released to country radio yet.
Watch LBT’s performance of “The Daughters” on The Tonight Show below.
Luke Bryan has given fans the first taste of his upcoming seventh studio album with the release of his new single, “Knockin’ Boots,” which is currently No. 14 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart after 13 weeks.
Co-penned by Hillary Lindsey, Gordie Sampson and Jon Nite, “Knockin’ Boots” was helmed by Luke’s longtime producers Jeff Stevens and Jody Stevens.
“From the moment I heard this song I knew I had to get in the studio and record it,” says Luke. “I just couldn’t get it out of my head. This may be the fastest turnaround I have ever done with a song.”
Luke dropped a wet and wild new video for “Knockin’ Boots,” which you can watch below.
After topping the charts with his fourth consecutive No. 1 single, “Good as You,” in May, Kane Brown will try to make it five in a row with the release of “Homesick.”
Penned by Kane, Brock Berryhill, Matthew McGinn and Taylor Phillips, “Homesick” is featured on his 2018 album, Experiment, and will impact country radio on Aug. 5.
“‘Homesick’ is just kinda personal because we’ve done so many shows in the last couple of years, and I’m never home,” says Kane. “I miss my dogs, I miss my family and my friends. I had it tattooed on me already, so it kinda made sense [as the next single].”
Kane dropped a heartwarming video for the new single, which features footage of servicemen and women reuniting with their families after deployment. Kane dedicated the video to “the brave men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces.”
“We just started writing and it was just so real and so personal,” says Kane. “After we wrote it, I listened to it on the way home from the bus, it was like 6 a.m. I fell asleep listening to it, and I woke up, and I just had this vision. I was like, I feel like the military could really relate to this song because they’re never home. And you see all these videos of people coming back and the dogs are excited whenever their soldier comes home and all that stuff, so I was like, this is perfect.”
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