{"id":1308699,"date":"2019-04-15T04:00:48","date_gmt":"2019-04-15T10:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1793162"},"modified":"2019-04-15T04:00:48","modified_gmt":"2019-04-15T10:00:48","slug":"chris-stapleton-eight-essential-favorites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/chris-stapleton-eight-essential-favorites\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Stapleton: Eight Essential Favorites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"byline\">by <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/stephenss\/\" title=\"Posts by Samantha Stephens\" rel=\"author\">Samantha Stephens<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\">22m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s insane to think that the booming and inimitable voice of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/artists\/chris-stapleton\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Stapleton<\/a> resounded under the mainstream radar for as long as it did.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s hard to imagine what music would sound like today without his songs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo\" id=\"0c7db9bc\">\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"><noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;img&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/10\/GettyImages-615697782-1507999835.jpg?quality=0.85&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/10\/GettyImages-615697782-1507999835.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=481 481w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/10\/GettyImages-615697782-1507999835.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=660 660w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/10\/GettyImages-615697782-1507999835.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=768 768w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/10\/GettyImages-615697782-1507999835.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=980 980w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/10\/GettyImages-615697782-1507999835.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1200 1200w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/10\/GettyImages-615697782-1507999835.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1500 1500w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/10\/GettyImages-615697782-1507999835.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1800 1800w\" title=\"CMT Artist of the Year - Red Carpet\" class=\"js-srcset-img shortcode-image\" alt><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<div class=\"photocredit\">Rick Diamond\/Getty Images for CMT<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Before his multiple award wins and his major label debut <em>Traveller<\/em> made him a household name, Stapleton wore a myriad of hats on Music Row as a frontman for groups like Grammy-winning bluegrass outfit, The SteelDrivers, and rock band, The Jompson Brothers. He was also the writer behind some of country music\u2019s biggest and most notable songs, having had more than seventy songs cut by other artists in a seven-year stretch of writing.<\/p>\n<p>Let those numbers sink in for a second.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s start with \u201cWhiskey and You,\u201d originally recorded by Tim McGraw back in 2007 for his album, <em>Let It Go<\/em>. You forgot about that version, didn\u2019t you?<\/p>\n<p>What about \u201cIndependent Trucker\u201d cut by Brooks &amp; Dunn? Or Darryl Worley\u2019s \u201cNothin\u2019 But A Love Thang\u201d from his 2006 album, <em>Here And Now<\/em>?<\/p>\n<p>But it was a little song called \u201cYour Man\u201d recorded by Josh Turner that became Stapleton\u2019s first No. 1 as a songwriter in 2006.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s really shocking is to see Josh sometime because if you don\u2019t know what he looks like he sounds much older,\u201d Stapleton said of Turner at the 2006 No. 1 party for the hit. \u201cYou\u2019d expect him to look like Trace Adkins. And it\u2019s really cool to see such a young guy have a powerful voice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then came \u201cNever Wanted Nothing More,\u201d a happy little uptempo recorded by Kenny Chesney that went on to become yet another smash for Stapleton as a writer. The hits kept coming with even more No. 1s for Darius Rucker (\u201cCome Back Song\u201d), Thomas Rhett (\u201cCrash and Burn\u201d) and Luke Bryan (\u201cDrink A Beer\u201d).<\/p>\n<p>And now, nearly 20 years into his Nashville life, he\u2019s scored his first No. 1 as an artist with the Grammy-winning \u201cBroken Halos,\u201d a feat he never expected to happen when he first arrived in town.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re confident it\u2019s the first of many more No. 1s to come. Happy Birthday, Chris.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few of our favorite Stapleton originals:<\/p>\n<ol class=\"listicle-container\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"heading-container\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">\u201cYour Man\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>Album: Josh Turner\u2019s <em>Your Man<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Songwriters: Stapleton, Chris Dubois, Christophe Dubois, and Jace Everett<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s too bad this song isn\u2019t more smoldering, you know?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"heading-container\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">\u201cNever Wanted Nothin\u2019 More\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>Album: Kenny Chesney\u2019s <em>Just Who I Am: Poets and Pirates<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Songwriters: Ronnie Bowman and Stapleton<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve never wanted anything more than a Stapleton version of this tune.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"heading-container\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">\u201cLove\u2019s Gonna Make It Alright\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>Album: George Strait\u2019s <em>Here For A Good Time<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Songwriters: Al Anderson and Stapleton<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"heading-container\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">\u201cCome Back Song\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>Album: Darius Rucker\u2019s <em>Charleston, SC 1966<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Songwriters: Casey Beathard, Darius Rucker and Stapleton<\/p>\n<p>We didn\u2019t know Rucker was in on this write!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"heading-container\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">\u201cCrash and Burn\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>Album: Thomas Rhett\u2019s <em>Tangled Up<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Songwriters: Jesse Frasure and Stapleton<\/p>\n<p>Oh yeah, we caught that adorable \u201cSay Anything\u201d reference with the stereo, did you?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"heading-container\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">\u201cDrink A Beer\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>Album: Luke Bryan\u2019s <em>Crash My Party<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Songwriters: Jim Beavers and Stapleton<\/p>\n<p>This incredibly moving performance from Bryan features Stapleton on backup vocals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"heading-container\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">\u201cDon\u2019t Start Lying to Me Now\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>Album: Joss Stone\u2019s <em>LP1<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Songwriters: Melissa Peirce, Stapleton and Joss Stone<\/p>\n<p>Yes, you read it correctly. That\u2019s the soul powerhouse Joss Stone you\u2019re thinking of, and that write was a match made in R&amp;B Heaven.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"heading-container\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">\u201cThere\u2019s More Where That Came From\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>Album: Lee Ann Womack\u2019s <em>There\u2019s More Where That Came From<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Songwriters: Christophe Dubois and Stapleton<\/p>\n<p>Now that\u2019s a country music mic drop right there.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"author\">\n<div class=\"description\">Samantha is a country radio insider with a deep love for the music and its stars. She can often be found on a red carpet or at a late-night guitar pull.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1793162\/chris-stapleton-essential-songs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Samantha Stephens 22m ago It\u2019s insane to think that the booming and inimitable voice of Chris Stapleton resounded under the mainstream radar for as long as it did. It\u2019s hard to imagine what music would sound like today without his songs. Rick Diamond\/Getty Images for CMT Before his multiple award wins and his major [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1308699","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 06:37:37","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":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1308699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1308699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1308699\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1308699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1308699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1308699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}