{"id":1313738,"date":"2019-08-20T04:00:54","date_gmt":"2019-08-20T10:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1810692"},"modified":"2019-08-20T04:00:54","modified_gmt":"2019-08-20T10:00:54","slug":"brett-youngs-life-story-unfolds-in-new-chapters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/brett-youngs-life-story-unfolds-in-new-chapters\/","title":{"rendered":"Brett Young\u2019s Life Story Unfolds in New \u201cChapters\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:ao:image:cmt.com:680269?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\/shelburnec\/\" title=\"Posts by Craig Shelburne\" rel=\"author\">Craig Shelburne<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\">43m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>Over the last few years, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/artists\/brett-young\">Brett Young<\/a> has grown from dedicated fan to a good friend of Gavin DeGraw. Earlier this year they even <a href=\"https:\/\/lasvegassun.com\/news\/2019\/mar\/20\/brett-young-interview-joint-hard-rock-concert\/\">co-headlined a show<\/a> in Las Vegas. Now they are affable co-stars in the new music video for \u201cChapters (The Acoustic Sessions).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As their friendship gradually developed, Young finally got the nerve to ask DeGraw to write music together. DeGraw agreed, with the only requirement being that they\u2019d write Young\u2019s life story. The result is \u201cChapters,\u201d which also appears on Young\u2019s second album, <em>Ticket to L.A.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AKJYNlylDJU?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\/AKJYNlylDJU?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>\u201cThis song is so special to me, it\u2019s exactly my life,\u201d Young said. \u201cGetting to revisit and retool it with Gavin was a really cool experience, especially now that I\u2019m in an exciting new stage of my life. I hope the fans feel like they can relate to it too and enjoy the new spin we put on it!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DeGraw told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apnews.com\/51df523ae82a4bfdac65b2b5aec647a8\">Associated Press<\/a>, \u201cI love his story. He had high hopes for something else and it didn\u2019t work out. Instead of kicking a can about it, he found a new direction. It\u2019s a real classic underdog story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cI\u2019ve been lucky to have success. It\u2019s different when you get to watch someone you\u2019re friends with have success. It\u2019s well<br \/>deserved. I tell Brett, \u2018You\u2019re gonna be the next stadium act.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1810692\/brett-youngs-life-story-unfolds-in-new-chapters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Craig Shelburne 43m ago Over the last few years, Brett Young has grown from dedicated fan to a good friend of Gavin DeGraw. Earlier this year they even co-headlined a show in Las Vegas. Now they are affable co-stars in the new music video for \u201cChapters (The Acoustic Sessions).\u201d As their friendship gradually developed, [&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-1313738","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-13 09:23:47","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\/1313738","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=1313738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1313738\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1313738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1313738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1313738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}