{"id":16875,"date":"2019-07-21T22:00:28","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T04:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1808976"},"modified":"2019-07-21T22:00:28","modified_gmt":"2019-07-22T04:00:28","slug":"interview-justin-moore-cracks-open-late-nights-and-longnecks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/music-news\/interview-justin-moore-cracks-open-late-nights-and-longnecks\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview: Justin Moore Cracks Open Late Nights and Longnecks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:ao:image:cmt.com:678536?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\">12h ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>What sets <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/artists\/justin-moore\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Justin Moore<\/a> apart from other artists is that he exudes most perennial themes in country music all at once.<\/p>\n<p>He is the Christian fire and brimstone on a Sunday morning and a late-night hell-raiser whose No. 1 priorities in life are his faith and family. He can sing the tar out of drinking songs just as well as he eulogizes loved ones, as he does in his latest Top 10 hit, \u201cThe Ones That Didn\u2019t Make It Back Home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No matter how you shake it or stir it, Moore is timeless country, and he considers it an honor when country people recognize themselves in his music.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WHvx5D-zDfo?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\/WHvx5D-zDfo?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>\u201cI learned a long time ago when my first single flopped, and then the label wanted to put out \u2019Small Town U.S.A.,\u2019 I thought, \u2019Nobody\u2019s going to be able to relate to this except people like me, and there can\u2019t be a ton of people like me,&#8217;\u201d Moore told CMT.com.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFortunately, I was dead wrong. With that song, I learned that if it\u2019s something I can relate to, it\u2019s probably something a lot of people can relate to. That\u2019s something that\u2019s kind of stuck with me over the years that if it\u2019s personal to me whether it\u2019s a parenting thing, or whether it\u2019s something that I\u2019m going through with my wife or whatever the case may be, it\u2019s probably going to be relatable to a ton of other people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Moore wrote more than 30 songs intended for his latest album, <em>Late Nights and Longnecks<\/em>, which arrives Friday (July 26). Enjoy more from his CMT.com Q&amp;A below.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IPUbOsTJlgU?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\/IPUbOsTJlgU?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><strong>CMT.com: You\u2019ve always stayed true to yourself no matter what the trends are. Talk about finding that balance in delivering a body of work that represents what today\u2019s country fans expect of country artists and providing a body of work that stays true to you and your need to grow creatively.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Moore: Having the opportunity to be doing this as long as I have is probably the proudest part of my entire career; to still be here over a decade later, still have hit records on the radio and never really have that fall-off in between. There\u2019s been a miss here or there, but to consistently stay on the radio and do it the way that I wanted to do it, in the face of radio not sounding like it did when I came out, it\u2019s something I\u2019m really proud of.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t really know what to attribute it to. I\u2019ve said this probably to you over the years, but I truly believe that fans may love rap country, rock country, or pop country, or country-country, or whatever it may be; they want to know what you sound like on the radio. They want to know what you look like on TV. Usually that\u2019s a disappointment when it comes to me.<\/p>\n<p>But I really think they want to know who you are as a person. Regardless of the style of songs we\u2019ve put out or recorded, I\u2019ve always tried to provide insight into that. With songs like \u201cSmall Town U.S.A.\u201d or \u201cTil My Last Day,\u201d me being married for 12 years, fast forward to a song like \u201cThat\u2019s My Boy\u201d on this new album about having my first son, I\u2019ve just tried to be real in interviews, songwriting, and songs I choose to record. I think being honest with the fans has contributed to that. Again, I\u2019m more proud of the fact that I\u2019m still sitting here 10 years or 12 years later actually than I am anything throughout my entire career.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Udruzhc-poQ?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\/Udruzhc-poQ?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><strong>When you did hit your first decade as a signed artist, did it feel like an accomplishment?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I signed my deal 12 years ago and started my radio tour, this marks 10 years since my first album came out. But when my first single came out in \u201907, it was a flop. That\u2019s the only deal I\u2019ve had. I actually signed my first record deal at my wedding on Sept. 29, 2007. It\u2019s very special. It did mean a lot to me I came out.<\/p>\n<p>As everybody does in a class of \u201907 or a class of \u201989, you have your four or five buddies that you play every acoustic show with because we\u2019re all out performing our songs, you\u2019re seeing each other at airports because you\u2019re visiting radio stations, and I don\u2019t see a lot of those folks anymore. So, for me to still be doing it, I feel very fortunate and very blessed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8VgEU_Xi7QU?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\/8VgEU_Xi7QU?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><strong>Plus, we live in an age when you can make music anywhere. Willie Nelson and Buddy Cannon write songs over text.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My first two albums, most of my vocals were made in some hole-in-the-wall studio in Destin, Florida. Also, a lot of those songs were written down there. But my producer and I would go rent a motel room \u2013 not a hotel at the time \u2013 a motel room with an outdoor entrance. We couldn\u2019t afford anything else. But we wrote a lot of songs down there.<\/p>\n<p>So, fast forward to this album, my wife and I have had a place down there for seven years. I said, \u201cLet\u2019s just take a handful of our buddies we love to write songs with, go down there and do it kind of like we did 15 years ago.\u201d That\u2019s what we did retreat style. And it was the most fun I\u2019ve had making a record. I truly believe it\u2019s the best record I\u2019ve ever made and to be able to say those two things this far into my career, I think is pretty special.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hHlQBiJrKrw?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\/hHlQBiJrKrw?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><strong>The first time I heard \u201cThe Ones Who Didn\u2019t Make It Back Home\u201d it was around the time of the Parkland school shooting. Talk about the significance of that song for people who are healing from something traumatic.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We did a benefit at Parkland, and I met all of the victims\u2019 families, which was difficult, but also really humbling and such an honor. These parents were talking about their daughter or their sons unfortunately and how that song had helped them through a very difficult time.<\/p>\n<p>One of my grandfathers is retired out of the Navy, and another retired from the Air Force. So, it\u2019s been burned in my brain that those men and women deserve for us to talk about them and legitimately express how we appreciate them.<\/p>\n<p>I had recorded that song around the time my grandfather passed away who I was obsessed with. He was my hero, and so it helped me as well. It helped in my healing process. I believe he was 72 when he passed but it was really unexpected. That was difficult for me and that song helped me. It\u2019s one thing to have a hit record but it\u2019s really special when you have something like this that impacts people\u2019s lives in a positive way.<\/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\/1808976\/justin-moores-solid-country-wisdom-on-late-nights-and-longnecks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Lauren Tingle 12h ago What sets Justin Moore apart from other artists is that he exudes most perennial themes in country music all at once. He is the Christian fire and brimstone on a Sunday morning and a late-night hell-raiser whose No. 1 priorities in life are his faith and family. 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