{"id":1302496,"date":"2019-01-16T12:39:49","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T19:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1802264"},"modified":"2019-01-16T12:39:49","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T19:39:49","slug":"carly-pearce-from-the-way-back-to-the-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/carly-pearce-from-the-way-back-to-the-right-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Carly Pearce: From the Way Back to the Right Now"},"content":{"rendered":"
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by Alison Bonaguro<\/a><\/span> 22m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n

Even though Carly Pearce<\/a> might still be considered a new artist, this ain\u2019t her first rodeo. At all. Pearce has been singing professionally for years, ever since she dropped out of high school at 16 to move from Kentucky to Tennessee for a job performing at Dollywood.<\/p>\n

And when she finally made the move from Pigeon Forge to Nashville, Russell Dickerson was one of the first friends she made.<\/p>\n

Pearce told me the story about how they initially met. \u201cHe went to Belmont, and because I had no friends, honestly, I used to search out certain country artists on MySpace who went to Belmont,\u201d Pearce said. \u201cAnd one night, I went to a showcase where Russell was actually just playing drums for another artist. It was before he was really chasing the artist thing. But I heard the EP he\u2019d made in college, and I was just such a fan of that voice. He\u2019s got that Josh Turner deep alto thing that I just love.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe always said that if we could figure out a way to make this our life, we\u2019d tour together. And here we are. It\u2019s such a special time.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The two first started playing shows together almost ten years ago. \u201cA lot of people don\u2019t realize that. People may not know that that\u2019s why we named our tour the Way Back Tour, because Russell and I go way back<\/em>. We played our first label showcases together when we were like 19 or 20. Then we had a residency at 3rd and Lindsley, but back when it was the old 3rd and Lindsley,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

And Pearce\u2019s concert influences come from all the country stars who came before her.<\/p>\n

\u201cI saw Wynonna and Blackhawk, LeAnn Rimes and Alan Jackson, the Dixie Chicks, Trisha Yearwood, Faith Hill, and Rascal Flatts every year. I even remember when Blake Shelton was the opening act on the Rascal Flatts tour,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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