Russell Dickerson recently appeared on Stephen A Smith‘s ESPN + show Stephen A’s World where the sports talk show host ask Russell about his upcoming tour with Tim McGraw.
Russell heads out on the McGraw 2022tour at the end of April starting in Rogers, Arkansas.
Before he hits the road with Tim McGraw, Russell Dickerson has shows this weekend in London, Glasgow, and Dublin as part of the Country To Country Music Festival in the UK…better known as C2C.
Then he heads back States’ side to wrap up the early 2022 dates for his All Yours, All Night tour with shows in Kentucky and Nashville. The tour relaunches this Fall.
Russell also dropped the latest episode of This Is Russ – which takes you behind the scenes of Russell’s end of 2021.
Check it out here…
All in all things are pretty sweet in Russell Dickerson’s world – especially as his single “Home Sweet” is getting ready to jump inside the Top-10 on the Billboard country airplay chart.
On if this week has given his team a chance to get healthier before the SEC Tournament… “Yeah, I think so. We were able to hopefully get some guys on their good side of being healthy, just some nicks and bruises, and some of them weren’t little, but we were hoping so. We needed a good day today and make sure we need back with timing and everything, but we just felt like getting a couple guys healthy was more important the last couple days.”
On what makes the three guards voted to All-SEC honors play so well together… “I think their speed, their quickness. All three of them play bigger than their size. They make some things happen and all do it in a different way. I think people would look at them and they play hard. They play well together.”
Vols HC Rick Barnes / Credit: UT Athletics
On Josiah-Jordan James being left off the SEC All-Defensive team… “I think it does matter, in the grand scheme of things, but I think the league is going to have to redo what we do. I think they pick eight players with as many teams as there are in the league. I think we should be doing the same thing on the All-Defensive team. Often, coaches look at the numbers. I get that part of it too, but the best defensive guy on our team is Josiah because of the fact that he guards every position on the floor. I think the league will have to change that because I’m sure it’s hard to pick five guys in this league when it’s good as it is. We know there are more than five good defenders in the league, but if we’re going to pick eight first-team players, we should be doing the same on the All-Defensive team.”
On Santiago Vescovi being first-team All-SEC and if he expected him to be that type of player when he was recruited… “The way he came in with two days (to prepare), and I remember getting with him and saying for him to get me three things that he was comfortable with, because we knew he wouldn’t be able to learn everything that we wanted him to in that point in time. A couple things that he did, it was really easy to tweak with him what we were doing. The way he walked on that floor his first game, hitting six threes—and obviously he was not in great shape—but just the way he went about it, you knew he had terrific basketball IQ. He has changed his body. Santi is very unselfish, very competitive, and we figured that out really early. To be honest, we have really high expectations for him. I know people think about him shooting the ball, but I think he does so much more than just shoot the basketball. He impacts games a lot like Josiah in things that don’t show up. The way he has been guarded this year; he has gotten some guys some great looks at the basket because they are afraid to leave him, and I think he is the best screener on our team. I am not surprised (about the All-SEC selection) because of the way he goes about his business.”
On if anything stands out or has changed about Mississippi State or South Carolina since last time Tennessee played those teams… “Both of those teams are 9-9 in the league now and they both have had to really fight and scratch like everybody in the league. I don’t think they have changed a whole lot in what we have looked at in the last two days. Whoever works out, hopefully we will be ready.”
On how the next couple days will work following finding out the opponent late… “We will get with (the team) after the game. We will get together like we normally get together the night before the game here or on the road. When we go on the road we eat at around 6:30 or 7:00 and then go in and do a meeting. We will obviously back it up and come back in whenever they are done. We know each other but it will be a quick turnaround. That is what we try to do even more later in the year, we talk about being able to get ready on a one-day prep. Knowing it is a lot like where we started the season up in Connecticut when we played Villanova and had a quick turnaround to play North Carolina. We will definitely get together tomorrow night and do what we need to do.”
On if Tennessee is playing its best basketball of the season… “We did not play our best the second half, I can tell you that, we did not. I will keep saying it, we have to continue to get better. If we want to be the team that we want to be we have to look at that. We could be playing for another month if we can. To do that you have to get better. We have to learn from the other night. We came out, and not to take anything from Arkansas, but we certainly helped them by our mellow approach to it. We got back on our heels and were fortunate. It is the way we did not handle our business that we have to continue to talk about.”
On what he’s looking for in SEC Tournament… “Same thing. We need those guys. We need both of them. We need them to give us some offense too. I thought they were huge in the game. Arkansas when we were really teetering, they went in and we told both of them that we need you guys to play defense and rebound. And they did through a period there in a high-level game. So they should be ready. In terms of understanding it being in a high-level game. When it matters and when it’s on the line. They really helped us during that stretch. We just needed consistency and I would say the same thing about each player that I would say about our team. We have to ask each one of those guys to get better.”
On John Fulkerson… “These last couple days have helped him. He had a pretty deep hip pointer that he’s had to deal with. He wasn’t at his best the other night. He was giving up some rebounds there and it gets physical. I know when you have a hip pointer that’s when your using that part of your body a lot to rebound the ball it’s difficult. But hopefully these last two days that he’s gotten overall a good side where he can get back to doing the things we know he’s capable of. “
On Jahmai Mashack and players in similar roles as him… “He’s been up and down a little bit. That’s a very difficult thing to do as a player. I know that. Every game, we tell players that they have to be ready, because we don’t know what’s going to happen sometimes. You don’t want them to ever think that you’re just saying that to them. When we go into every game, we have no idea what adjustments we’re going to make and what’s going to happen. As a player, you hear it often enough and when it doesn’t happen it’s easy to get down. If you aren’t locked in, and you go in the game and are not ready on one possession, you’re probably not going to play. We know our players well enough to know when they’re locked in. We know their body languages better than anybody. It will start today in practice for every guy that’s in that role. Everything that we do will carry over to our shootaround. We want guys realizing that their body language and their mindset determines before we go into a game what we are thinking.”
On developing underrecruited players… “I don’t know if we do better with them. I think anybody does better with them when you get guys that have a great work ethic and have something in their DNA. I’ve said before that when you recruit and bring players in, you don’t truly know all that you are getting until the very end and you’re with them every single day. You’re always hoping for the best. I also think our coaches do a great job with their intel trying to figure out what is going to work here. We talk about having a competitive spirit. We always talk about the work ethic. We want all three of them. Two out of three won’t work, one out of three won’t work, but three out of three normally works. All those guys were three out of three on all of that. We do take great pride in our player development program. I think most schools would say that too. I think our coaches do a tremendous job there. You can’t coach somebody unless they want to be coached. You have to give a tremendous amount of credit to those guys that came in and fought they odds and did things that most people think they wouldn’t do. It goes back to their character, work ethic and competitive spirit.”
On little things that are key to a NCAA Tournament run… “I think the key is not to beat yourself. By some of the things that we did Saturday afternoon. Not being locked in mentally. Turning the ball over. Not rebounding the basketball. It’ll get back to fundamentals but the mental side of it, you have to be locked in. You have to understand that the game changes a little bit. Longer timeouts will start happening. Once you get into the conference tournament, obviously we know each other, so this is a real rock fight because we all know each other so well. The key is that you rely on your training, you rely on what you’ve done up to the point. If you’re not locked in from a mental standpoint and you start doing things out of character where you start beating yourself, that’s how it all ends. You still have to execute the fundamentals of the game. Like I said Saturday, too many mental mistakes, too many mental mistakes, too many turnovers, too many second shots. To be quite honest, as hard as we played in the first half I thought they played harder in the second half. That’s what momentum can do sometimes. Momentum can get you feel like you’re playing in quicksand when you’re back on your heels and you’re trying everything that you can to get it turned around. Some guys try to do too much. It’s really staying together, believing in what you’re doing as a team and knowing that it’s going to be a grind. It’s going to be hard. If you think it’s easy, like you have a 20-point lead at halftime and think things are going to be easy. A 20-point lead with 20 minutes to go in a game is nothing. You come out and in three possessions they take it from 20 to 14 with 17 minutes to go. We’ve been down 16 with nine minutes to go and can win a game. A lot goes into it but it’s about understanding you have to be able to play for 40 minutes.”
KNOXVILLE – Tennessee baseball’s game against James Madison was postponed prior to the start of the bottom of the eighth.
The Volunteers and Dukes were tied, 7-7, when the hard rain descended on Lindsey Nelson Stadium.
Vols baseball players / Credit: UT Athletics
Play will resume at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 9. Tonight’s contest will be played to completion, and will be followed by the originally scheduled game, 30 to 45 minutes after the finish of the first matchup.
Tickets for tomorrow’s ballgame are available at AllVols.com.
The ninth-ranked and No. 2 seed Tennessee basketball team is set to begin postseason action Friday in Tampa, Florida, taking on Mississippi State at 6 p.m. ET in the SEC Tournament quarterfinals.
No. 10 seed Mississippi State defeated No. 7 seed South Carolina 73-51 Thursday night to advance to take on No. 2 seed Tennessee on Friday.
Fans can catch Friday’s game on SEC Network and online or on any mobile device through WatchESPN. WatchESPN can be accessed through the ESPN App, or online at espn.com/watch. Tom Hart (play-by-play), Dane Bradshaw (analysis) and Alyssa Lang (reporter) will have the call.
Fans can also listen live on their local Vol Network affiliate to hear Bob Kesling and Bert Bertelkamp calling the action. A national radio broadcast is also available on channel 134 on Sirius, channel 190 SiriusXM and channel 961 on the SiriusXM app.
Vols G Zakai Zeigler / Credit: UT Athletics
On Saturday, Tennessee (23-7, 14-4 SEC) closed out its regular season and capped off a perfect 16-0 season at Thompson-Boling Arena with a home win over No. 14 Arkansas, 78-74.
Freshman guard Kennedy Chandler sunk a career-high five 3-pointers, finishing with 15 points. Josiah-Jordan James put together yet another strong overall performance for the Vols with 12 points, seven rebounds and a team-high three steals.
Santiago Vescovi had a team-high-tying 15 points, while Zakai Zeigler had 13 points, a career-high six assists and five rebounds.
Following the conclusion of the regular season, three Vols also earned All-SEC honors. Vescovi was named first-team All-SEC, Chandler was included on the second-team All-SEC and Zeigler was selected to the SEC All-Defensive Team. Chandler and Zeigler also both made the SEC All-Freshman Team.
With a win Friday, Tennessee advances to the SEC Tournament semifinals on Saturday, scheduled to tip-off at approximately 3:30 p.m. ET on ESPN (25 minutes after the conclusion of the first semifinal game).
Following the SEC Tournament, Tennessee will await Selection Sunday to learn its seeding and matchup for the NCAA Tournament. The 2022 NCAA Tournament Selection Show will air on Sunday at 6 p.m. ET on CBS.
BRACKET BREAKDOWN • Tennessee will face either South Carolina or Mississippi State Friday. • The Vols swept the home-and-home series with the Gamecocks this season and won their only meeting with MSU, in Starkville. • Should Tennessee advance to Saturday’s semifinals, it would face either Kentucky, Alabama, Vanderbilt or Georgia. • The Volunteers are 7-2 against the teams on their side of the bracket. • UT has won nine of its last 10 games and enters the SEC Tournament riding a four-game win streak.
LAYUP LINES – TEAM • Tennessee stands at No. 8 in the NCAA’s latest NET ratings. Each of UT’s seven losses are Quad 1. • The Vols have faced 11 AP Top 25 opponents so far this season and own wins over the teams ranked Nos. 2, 4 and 5 in this week’s poll. • Tennessee’s 2021-22 slate is rated eighth nationally in the NCAA’s “toughest schedule” metric. • According to KenPom, the Vols rank third in the nation in adjusted defensive efficiency, allowing only 87.4 points per 100 possessions. • Tennessee’s scoring defense of 66.4 ppg in SEC play was the best in the league. The Vols have held seven of their last nine SEC opponents to fewer than 65 points. • Tennessee also led the SEC in assists per game during conference play (14.9 apg). • Tennessee finished fifth nationally in average home attendance (18,202) and was a perfect 16-0 at Thompson-Boling Arena.
LAYUP LINES – PLAYERS • All-SEC first-teamer Santiago Vescovi was the league’s top 3-point shooter during SEC play, hitting at a .445 clip. • Second-team All-SEC performer Kennedy Chandler’s 2.21 steals per game rank 17th in Division I and second nationally among true freshmen. • During SEC play, SEC All-Freshman teamers Chandler (2.24 spg) and Zakai Zeigler (2.22 spg) ranked second and third, respectively, in steals per game. • Over Tennessee’s last three games, junior Josiah-Jordan James leads the Vols in scoring (15.0 ppg), rebounding (8.0 rpg) and steals (2.3 spg) while shooting 50 percent from 3-point range (7 of 14). • True freshman forward Brandon Huntley-Hatfield has a team-high 15 offensive rebounds over Tennessee’s last four games.
SEC TOURNAMENT HISTORY • Tennessee is 70-56 (.556) in 60 all-time SEC Tournament appearances. • The Vols own the third-best SEC Tournament winning percentage among league schools, trailing only Kentucky (.832) and Alabama (.569). • Since the tournament was renewed in 1979, the Vols are 35-41 (.461). • Tennessee has won the SEC Tournament four times, tying Florida for third-most among league schools. The Vols won the event in 1936, 1941, 1943 and 1979. • UT has reached the title game 12 times (third-most among league schools), most recently back-to-back in 2018 (St. Louis) and 2019 (Nashville). • Tennessee has been the No. 2 seed four times previously (1979, 1982, 2012 and 2018). • This is the second time Tampa has hosted the SEC Tournament (same venue as this year). As the East No. 1 seed in Tampa in 2009, Tennessee defeated Alabama and Auburn to advance to the championship game, where it fell to Mississippi State, 64-61. • Tennessee’s SEC Tournament record in Tampa is 2-1, and the Vols own a 2-2 SEC Tournament record in the state of Florida (0-1 in Orlando in 1990). • This week marks UT’s first trip to the Sunshine State this season.
BARNES IN LEAGUE TOURNEYS • Rick Barnes is 38-32 (.543) in conference tournament games as a head coach. That includes a 7-5 record with Tennessee. • He led Providence to the Big East Tournament championship in 1994. • Barnes guided Tennessee to back-to-back SEC Tournament championship games in 2018 and 2019.
HALF OF TENNESSEE’S SEASON WERE QUAD 1 GAMES (15 OF 30) • Tennessee is one of only six teams in Division I to play at least 15 Quadrant 1 games this season: West Virginia (2-15), Iowa State (9-7), Baylor (11-4), Kansas (10-5), Tennessee (8-7), Alabama (7-8). • And the Vols are among just eight teams with at least eight regular-season Quad 1 victories. Three of those eight teams are from the SEC (Tennessee, Kentucky and Auburn) and three are from the Big 12. • The SEC is the only league to conclude the regular season with at least three teams in the top 10 of the NCAA’s NET ratings.
VOLS BEST IN NATION AT DENYING SECOND-CHANCE POINTS • Per analytics website Haslametrics.com, Tennessee leads the nation in defensive second-chance point conversion percentage. • The Vols’ defensive SCC% of 2.60 is a result of dividing the field goal conversions that occur five seconds or less after an offensive rebound by the total number of opponents’ missed field goals. • Tennessee’s active hands on defense often lead to a block or strip steal after offensive boards by the opposing team.
SANTI SEEING A BIG RIM, BUT NOW MORE THAN JUST A SNIPER • All-SEC first-teamer Santiago Vescovi’s 87 made 3-pointers already stand as the eighth-most ever by a Vol in a single season. • Vescovi is averaging 2.9 made threes per game. • He led the SEC with a .445 3-point percentage during league play. No other “major conference” player in the nation with at least 100 attempts shot a better percentage during conference play this year. • Vescovi this season is a more balanced scorer as well. While he made just 18 total 2-point field goals last season, he’s made 41 2-point field goals this year—many of them layups.
KC STARRING AS A FRESHMAN • Tennessee leading scorer Kennedy Chandler (13.7 ppg) was one of only four freshmen named to the coaches’ first or second All-SEC teams. • Chandler has scored (397) or assisted (325) on 33 percent of Tennessee’s total points this season (722 of 2,209). • He is the first Vol since Dane Bradshaw in 2006-07 to total at least 125 assists and 50 steals in a season. • Chandler also was the first freshman in Division I this season to reach 300 points, 100 assists and 50 steals. • The Memphis native is projected by multiple outlets as a first-round NBA Draft pick this summer.
UNHERALDED ZEIGLER EARNS PAIR OF SEC HONORS • True freshman guard Zakai Zeigler should be a high school senior, but he instead is an SEC All-Freshman Teamer and SEC All-Defensive selection. • He is just the fourth Vol ever to earn a spot on the SEC All-Defensive Team. • Zeigler was Tennessee’s fourth-leading scorer in SEC play (10.1 ppg) and ranked second on the team with 2.2 steals per game vs. conference foes. • Zeigler ranked third in the league with an .866 free-throw percentage in SEC games. • He twice exploded for 18 points in wins over North Carolina and South Carolina—two of his 13 double-digit scoring performances off the bench this season.
VOL NATION RESPONDS TO ZEIGLER FAMILY TRAGEDY • Hours after Zakai Zeigler helped the Vols upset third-ranked Auburn on Feb. 26, his mother’s apartment complex in Queens, New York was destroyed by fire. • His mother, Charmane Zeigler, and his 4-year-old nephew, Nori—who she is raising—lost everything. • On March 2, with the assistance of Tennessee Athletics’ compliance office and administration, Zeigler launched a GoFundMe fundraiser. Tennessee fans responded in extraordinary fashion, collectively donating $363,027 in less than 24 hours before the fundraiser was closed. • Charmane and Nori are now considering permanently relocating to the Knoxville area. • Fundraiser proceeds in excess of what the NCAA ultimately allows the Zeiglers to retain will be donated to charity.
NUMBERS PROVE TENNESSEE HAS NATION’S MOST PASSIONATE FANS • Tennessee is yet again the only school in America to rank in the top 10 in average home attendance for football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball. • In football, the Vols ranked ninth with an average home attendance of 86,386 in 2021. • In hoops, the Vols and Lady Vols finished the season ranked fifth (18,202) and sixth (7,728), in the NCAA, respectively.
Vescovi, Chandler and Zeigler recognized by SEC coaches
A trio of Tennessee basketball players have earned postseason honors from the Southeastern Conference head coaches, the conference announced Tuesday.
Junior guard Santiago Vescovi earned first-team All-SEC acclaim, while freshman guard Kennedy Chandler was a second-team All-SEC selection.
Freshman guard Zakai Zeigler was also recognized, as he was named to the five-man SEC All-Defensive Team.
Chandler and Zeigler were both also earned inclusion on the SEC All-Freshman Team.
Zakai Zeigler, Santiago Vescovi & Kennedy Chandler / Credit: UT Athletics
Vescovi became the third Vol to garner first-team All-SEC honors under seventh-year head coach Rick Barnes, joining Grant Williams (2018, 2019) and Admiral Schofield (2019).
Vescovi concluded the regular season as the SEC’s leader in 3-point percentage (.445) and made 3-pointers (57) during conference play. The Montevideo, Uruguay, native averaged 14.3 points per game in SEC play while also dishing out 3.0 assists per contest.
Entering the SEC Tournament, Vescovi’s 87 total made 3-pointers this season stand as the eighth-most made threes by a Tennessee player in a single season in program history.
A consensus five-star prospect and Memphis native, Chandler has burst onto the scene as a freshman on Rocky Top. In 17 regular-season SEC games, Chandler averaged 13.8 points, 4.4 assists and 2.2 steals per game while shooting 47 percent from the field.
He finished the regular season as the SEC leader in overall steals per game (2.2) and ranked fifth in overall assists per game (4.6). With 64 total steals this season entering the SEC Tournament, Chandler also set the record for most steals by a freshman in program history.
Zeigler was a consistent sparkplug off Tennessee’s bench during conference play, averaging 10.1 points per game—scoring in double figures during nine of the Vols’ final 11 conference games.
Zeigler also finished the regular season just one steal shy of the SEC lead during conference play, averaging 2.2 takeaways per game with 40 steals in 18 SEC games.
This season marks Tennessee’s second year in a row placing two players on the SEC All-Freshman Team after first-round NBA Draft picks Keon Johnson and Jaden Springer made the team last season. Overall during the Barnes era, Chandler and Zeigler are UT’s fourth and fifth SEC All-Freshman Team selections, joining Williams (2017), Johnson (2021) and Springer (2021).
Zeigler also is only the fourth Vol ever to be selected to the SEC All-Defensive Team and the first to do it as a freshman. He joins JaJuan Smith (2008), Josh Richardson (2014, 2015) and Yves Pons (2020, 2021) as Tennessee players to receive that honor.
Congrats to Kelsea Ballerini and Kenny Chesney as their song “half of my hometown” tops the Billboard country airplay chart!
After learning that her song hit the top of the chart, Kelsea shared “through very happy tears, ‘Half of my Hometown’ is the number one song in country music this week. it’s my seventh number one (wait WHAT!)…and it’s my favorite. here’s why. – sometimes leaving is the only way you understand the importance of where you’re from. – if you want to know more about yourself, go back and find it. – wherever you put your roots down, honor them. water them. it doesn’t have to look like your neighbors. – my years in knoxville shaped my creativity, my drive, and my sense of self. i wouldn’t be doing this had i grown up anywhere else. – leaving at 15 to go chase this dream down was the hardest and best decision i’ve ever made. – how the hell did kenny go from singing ‘back where i come from’ through my parents Jeep cherokee speakers to singing this song about the same damn place with me. – go bobcats. my time at Central changed everything. IYKYK. – all i want to do is make them proud.”
Last year Thomas Rhett released his album Country Again: Side A
The album was inspired by the title track, “Country Again” – which in turn was inspired by a conversation he had with his wife Lauren Akins during the early days of quarantine in 2020.
Thomas shares the story, “The first 30, 40 days of quarantine I was freaking out cause I did not know what to do. You know, I was like, ‘We’re supposed to be in rehearsal. We’re supposed to be on the road. We’re supposed to be doing this.’ And my wife was like, ‘Honey, I think you have to just realize that you can’t do this right now. So, maybe why don’t you just take a step back and live some life and then go try to write again.’ And so, I literally didn’t write a song for almost two months, which is the longest I’ve ever gone, I think, in my whole life. And when I came back, the very first song I wrote was ‘Country Again’.”
In promoting Country Again: Side A, Thomas shared that it was the first half of what would be a double album with Side B arriving later in 2021.
Well, Side B didn’t arrive…instead, Rhett released his current single “Slow Down Summer” and in November of 2021 announced that he had created so much music that he’d be releasing an album in between the Country Again releases.
Now the first album from Thomas in 2022, Where We Started, will arrive April 1st.
OK…all caught up? No? Well, if you’re still confused by it all, you’re not alone.
With Thomas’ new project just 3 weeks from coming out…he recently discover that this new album’s arrival is news to one of his biggest fans – his wife.
In a video he shared on social media, Thomas was shocked that Lauren was unaware of the new album…
Of course Lauren won the exchange with the final comment “My life revolves around your children!”
Thomas was a smart man and dropped it there as Lauren as a mom of 4 little girls had a point.
But now Lauren, and hopefully everyone else is aware that Thomas Rhett’s new album Where We Started – also now known as the “in between one” – will come out on April 1st, and it includes Thomas’ current single “Slow Down Summer.”
Callista Clark recently shared a cover of Tim McGraw‘s “My Best Friend” – which was featured on his 2014 album, Love Story.
Tim shared his reaction to Callista’s take on the song on social media – and even thinks she should head into the studio to record it…
When Tim said that Callista’s cover version made his day…she shared that she freaked out!
If you’re not following Callista on social media you’re missing a lot…the young singer shares her unique take on cover songs with her fans, like “My Best Friend,” and this classic from The Chicks…
Callista’s 5-track EP, Real To Me, is available now…
One of the songs fans can find on the collection of music is Callista Clark’s “It’s Cause I Am.”
Callista Clark Headline Photo Credit: Ford Fairchild Tim McGraw Headline Photo Courtesy of Tim McGraw
Chris Janson‘s new album All In arrives April 29th.
The new project features 16 tracks – 15 of which were written or co-written by Chris – including his current single at country radio, “Bye Mom.”
The one track that Chris did not have a hand in writing, “You, Me & The River,” was penned by Eric Church, and it also features Eric on the song as well.
Chris shared a picture of him and Eric in the studio with the comment “Love this guy! We had a great time recording this song. Thrilled to get to collaborate with him. I’m a fan. Thanks Eric Church. Can’t wait for ya’ll to hear it!”
Chris Janson continues to travel the nation on his Halfway To Crazy tour – which includes a sold out show at the world famous Ryman Auditorium in Nashville this week.
While out on tour Chris is sharing music from his upcoming album, All In – including the title track…
Another song that Chris is sharing with fans is “The Real Bass Pro” – and he even had a very special guest help him sing it at a recent show…his son Jesse.
Janson fans might remember that Jesse was actually featured in a Bass Pro Shops Super Bowl Commercial in 2021.
Chris Janson’s album All In arrives at the end of April, and features his current single “Bye Mom.”
Headline Photo Credit: Spidy Smith Additional Photo Courtesy of Chris Janson
Did you watch the 57th Academyof Country Music Awards on Amazon Prime Video Monday night?
The two hour show was filled with a bunch of great performances, and acceptance speeches from the awards given out – but there were additional honors that fans didn’t get to see…like ACM Songwriter Of The Year – which went to HARDY!
After winning the award, HARDY shared, “I moved to Nashville to be a songwriter, and this is the highest honor I could ever receive. Thank you to every single person who helped me get here. I love you all. God is good and God bless COUNTRY MUSIC.”
Congrats to HARDY the songwriter – but HARDY the singer isn’t doing too bad either as he has 2 songs in the Top-20 Billboard airplay chart.
“Give Heaven Some Hell” from his 2020 album, A ROCK, is now Top-15 (and climbing)
HARDY is also in the Top-10 with Dierks Bentley & Breland as they are working their way closer to the top with “Beers On Me.”
