I gotta tell ya, it sounds pretty good to hear Thomas singing
Over some fiddle, and steel guitar on his "Country Again (Side A)" album
And you know, he says it's more about a state of mind
Than it is a lifestyle necessarily, but whatever it is I love the sound of this album so far
And the next song I'd love for you to tell us about Thomas Is "Where We Grew Up"
Which definitely has a bit of nostalgic feel to it
"Where We Grew Up" was written with two of my really good friends
Luke Laird and Josh Miller
And uh, it was really one of the first co-writes that I'd had in person
In a very long time, most of my writes over quarantine were over Zoom
And-and so Luke and Josh came over to the house
And I remember Josh started playing this thing
And he was like, "Man, I wrote this verse and chorus
That I don't know if y'all are gonna like or not"
And he started singing the first verse and the chorus
And me and Luke were like "Dang"
Like those are those awesome, easy days
Where you go in and somebody's already got the bones of something complete
And we just, me and Luke, just kinda help craft the second verse and the bridge
And it just reminded me so much of the town that I grew up in
And how proud you are looking back at the place you grew up
Because when you leave you're kinda like "I never wanna go back there
I never wanna- I'm gonna leave that place in the past"
And then when you start to get a little bit older, you look back at it and you go
"Dang, that place shaped me" that-that place made me, you know the person that I am today
The things I believe in and stand for, the values that I have
And you know, I haven't done anything musically like that since probably my first record
It kinda reminded me of "It Goes Like This" a little bit
Um, in just the production element of it
So um, that was a really fun day, just to kinda get in person with writers again
And to come out with something that you actually record on your record
You know, I'll never forget that day
Well, this is it, "Where We Grew Up"
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