{"id":16727,"date":"2019-07-16T22:00:33","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T04:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1808970"},"modified":"2019-07-16T22:00:33","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T04:00:33","slug":"trisha-yearwood-carly-pearce-and-more-reveal-their-country-crushes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/music-news\/trisha-yearwood-carly-pearce-and-more-reveal-their-country-crushes\/","title":{"rendered":"Trisha Yearwood, Carly Pearce and More Reveal Their Country Crushes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:ao:image:cmt.com:678108?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\">5m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>Every successful country artist started with a fierce devotion to at least one country musician who turned them into country music fans forever and ever, amen.<\/p>\n<p>For Hunter Hayes, he became completely obsessed through albums by Rascal Flatts, Keith Urban and Brad Paisley. All inspired him to want to be a better musician.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Janson admits he\u2019s an odd one. The only country crush he\u2019s ever had is on his wife, Kelly Janson.<\/p>\n<p>Find out which country crushes made Carly Pearce, Cole Swindell, Luke Combs, Morgan Wallen, Sheryl Crow and Trisha Yearwood into the artists they are today below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"heading-container\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">Carly Pearce: Vince Gill<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>\u201cI was a huge Vince Gill fan from the time I was a little girl and even now if I see him backstage at the Opry or any sort of event, I kind of freak out and fan-girl.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"heading-container\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">Chris Janson: Kelly Janson<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>\u201cI never had a crush other than my wife really. That\u2019s the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"heading-container\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">Cole Swindell: Reba McEntire<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>\u201cShe was the one country artist that came to my little small town year after year and not to mention she was one of the biggest things in country music. She had the best acts opening for her just the outfits, her stage presence, she\u2019s an entertainer, and I always think back to those days some of my first concerts were seeing Reba.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"heading-container\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">Luke Combs: Eric Church, Brooks &amp; Dunn, Clint Black, Garth Brooks, Vince Gill and Alan Jackson<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>\u201cI mean, the list goes on for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"heading-container\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">Morgan Wallen: Shania Twain<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>\u201cShe was just hot, you know? And she wore hot things, and I loved it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"heading-container\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">Hunter Hayes: <em>Rascal Flatts<\/em>, <em>Keith Urban<\/em> and <em>Who Needs Pictures?<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>There was one year where [Rascal] Flatts put out their first album, \u201cPraying for Daylight,\u201d \u201cEveryday Love,\u201d c\u2019mon. Keith [Urban] put out his debut album, which had \u201cWhere the Blacktop Ends\u201d and \u201cEverything.\u201d There\u2019s also another one, oh, \u201cIt\u2019s a Love Thing.\u201d And then Paisley put out his first album, which was just pure money \u2014 <em>Who Needs Pictures?<\/em>. It was such an incredible record \u2014 great songs, great production.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\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<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1808970\/trisha-yearwood-carly-pearce-and-more-reveal-their-country-crushes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Lauren Tingle 5m ago Every successful country artist started with a fierce devotion to at least one country musician who turned them into country music fans forever and ever, amen. For Hunter Hayes, he became completely obsessed through albums by Rascal Flatts, Keith Urban and Brad Paisley. 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