{"id":16362,"date":"2019-07-02T13:49:37","date_gmt":"2019-07-02T19:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1808690"},"modified":"2019-07-02T13:49:37","modified_gmt":"2019-07-02T19:49:37","slug":"brett-eldredge-ready-for-nostalgia-fireworks-and-family-at-let-freedom-sing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/music-news\/brett-eldredge-ready-for-nostalgia-fireworks-and-family-at-let-freedom-sing\/","title":{"rendered":"Brett Eldredge Ready for Nostalgia, Fireworks and Family at Let Freedom Sing!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:ao:image:cmt.com:677617?width=1200&amp;height=675&amp;.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"byline\">by <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/tinglel\/\" title=\"Posts by Lauren Tingle\" rel=\"author\">Lauren Tingle<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\">7m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qIGjNF1C4pw?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qIGjNF1C4pw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>When the idea of headlining Nashville\u2019s 2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitmusiccity.com\/media\/press-release\/2019\/july4th-funfacts\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Let Freedom Sing! Music City July 4<\/a> was first pitched to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/artists\/brett-eldredge\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Brett Eldredge<\/a>, he was instantly game. But it was Lady Antebellum\u2019s Charles Kelley who confirmed to him that it\u2019s a gig of a lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI go on vacation sometimes on the Fourth [of July],\u201d Eldredge tells CMT.com, \u201cand I hit up Charles because Lady Antebellum played it last year and you can ask other artists, \u2019What was it like? Was it so much fun? Should I cancel my other plans?\u2019 He said, \u2019You\u2019ve got to do it. It\u2019s a blast!\u2019 I was already sold, but he sealed the deal for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bk1Z04Mn4j4\/\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\"><\/blockquote>\n<p>CMT will premiere the <a href=\"https:\/\/cmtcody.iheart.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Cody Alan<\/a>-hosted live event in a 90-minute special starting Thursday (July 4) at 10 p.m. ET\/9 p.m. CT. Eldredge will headline the Broadway Stage at Fifth and Broadway in front of thousands of people with the soundtrack of his hit-filled originals and the buzzing neon lights of Lower Broadway\u2019s honky-tonks setting the patriotic mood for all the action. He promises it\u2019s going to be fire personified because July Fourth and Christmas are his all-time favorite holidays.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI grew up on a lake where I\u2019d get up first thing in the morning on the Fourth of July like it was Christmas morning,\u201d Eldredge adds. \u201cI just loved it, and I loved the way it felt. I loved how everyone always came together as a community, and everybody would get out on the lake and boat. We have a big family and tons of friends, and we\u2019d all cookout. The togetherness, the whole patriotic feel of everything, really does make you feel like you\u2019re in an awesome place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Performances by Jessy Wilson and Mac McAnally will precede Eldredge\u2019s performance. After the concerts, the fun will transition to Ascend Amphitheater where the Nashville Symphony will accompany a firework show with a finale that is set to be the most powerful in the city\u2019s history. This is the 15th annual celebration the Nashville Convention &amp; Visitors Corp has produced and the 35th in Music City.<\/p>\n<p>The concerts and fireworks are free and open to the public. Mayor David Briley will welcome attendees at 5:45 p.m. on Thursday on the Broadway Stage at Fifth and Broadway.<\/p>\n<p>Join the conversation and follow @CMT on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cmt\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cmt\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snapchat.com\/add\/cmt\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Snapchat<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CMT\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a> using #NashvilleJuly4.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy more from CMT.com\u2019s Q&amp;A with Eldredge below:<\/p>\n<p><strong>CMT.com: What is it about performing for your adoptive hometown on July Fourth that sets this concert apart from other gigs?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Eldredge: Headlining <em>the<\/em> Fourth of July celebration in Nashville, now my hometown, is very exciting. I already have the rush and the feeling with some of the guys in my band talking about the set and how it\u2019s going to go down. We\u2019re all just really excited. So, I think to be in front of hundreds of thousands of people and [have] the best fireworks show there is and get to play it, it\u2019s going to be energy unlike any summer show I\u2019ve probably ever felt.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You can never have a bad time on Lower Broadway<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No doubt. I used to make my way down there, and I still do from time to time. I would run around where the stage is set up when I was still in college and dreaming about [the future of my career]. When we\u2019d go on vacation and drive by Nashville, every time we\u2019d get off the exit, we\u2019d see downtown and think how cool that place must be. Now downtown is three times bigger and has even more energy going on down there. I\u2019m just going to feel like a big ole kid up there.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You\u2019ve performed a couple of military entertainment tours. What has interacting with America\u2019s military and first responders taught you about the cost of freedom and what they do to keep our country safe?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My roommate in college, Lee Krabel \u2014 I\u2019ll never forget this, and I always talk about this because it\u2019s important to me \u2014 he was in an Army Reserve unit in Iraq, and he was always talking about how excited everybody got when artists would come over and play for them. It hit me in the heart because whenever I\u2019m around anyone who serves this country and puts in the ultimate sacrifice, I almost get star-shock. It is such a sacrifice to fight for your country and have the commitment to do that. The least I can do is go play a show.<\/p>\n<p>I went over and played in Europe on several Naval Bases, and the excitement I felt made me I feel right at home even though we were thousands of miles away. That was the proudest I\u2019ve ever been to be from this country. It\u2019s left a huge mark on me, and I\u2019ll never forget that, and it will always be a part of who I am and what I support.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you remember your first major National Anthem performance?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It would have been in the living room at a family event when I was a kid. I used to hide behind a door because I was so nervous. I would hide behind a door, I would sing, and they\u2019d pay me $5. As soon as I would get done, I would take the $5, and I would go play outside.<\/p>\n<p>But I think the very first time I did it in public was at one of my brother\u2019s little league tournaments. It was about as American summer as you can get. It was at Frost Field in Paris, Ill, and there was a little one-story tower. To me, it felt like it was way up in the sky back then, and I got up there and sang the National Anthem. I remember thinking it was a huge deal. It felt like I was singing it at Freedom Sing! in front of 300,000 people even though there\u2019s probably only 70 people there. But it felt like a million. I was just a little kid then.<\/p>\n<p><strong>After the fireworks are over, what late-night Nashville eatery is going to be your last call before you wrap your Fourth?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Good call. I would normally say Robert\u2019s for the Recession Special. That\u2019s what they call the fried bologna sandwich, sweet potato fries and a beer. Their sweet potato fries there are incredible, and I just love the vibe there. It\u2019s like stepping back in time, and I love that feeling. I love nostalgia.<\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n<div class=\"description\">Lauren Tingle is a Tennessean and storyteller who eats music for breakfast, lunch and dinner. When she\u2019s not writing or rocking out, she enjoys yoga and getting lost in the great outdoors.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1808690\/brett-eldredge-ready-for-nostalgia-fireworks-and-family-at-let-freedom-sing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Lauren Tingle 7m ago Embedded from www.youtube.com. [embedded content] When the idea of headlining Nashville\u2019s 2019 Let Freedom Sing! Music City July 4 was first pitched to Brett Eldredge, he was instantly game. But it was Lady Antebellum\u2019s Charles Kelley who confirmed to him that it\u2019s a gig of a lifetime. \u201cI go on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-16362","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-12 10:58:02","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KRKY Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16362\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}