{"id":1317245,"date":"2019-12-13T10:04:37","date_gmt":"2019-12-13T17:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1815679"},"modified":"2019-12-13T10:04:37","modified_gmt":"2019-12-13T17:04:37","slug":"picture-this-luke-combs-just-another-fan-in-the-crowd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/picture-this-luke-combs-just-another-fan-in-the-crowd\/","title":{"rendered":"Picture This: Luke Combs Just Another Fan in the Crowd"},"content":{"rendered":"
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by Alison Bonaguro<\/a><\/span>
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Here\u2019s all the proof you need that neon dreams do come true. <\/p>\n

Just four short years ago, Luke Combs was living in Nashville trying to get his country career off the ground. (Remember when he told me<\/a>, \u201cThe first eight months I was there, nobody would touch me with a ten-foot pole. I had meetings with publishers and labels, and people would say, \u2019Man, the songs just aren\u2019t that great\u2019\u201d?)<\/p>\n

And just like Alan Jackson says, Lordy, don\u2019t the wheels turn slow? But still, even though Combs wasn\u2019t exactly blowing up country radio and selling out shows when he got to Music City, he was still a bona fide fan. As evidenced in the new old picture the folks at Whiskey Jam posted on Instagram on Thursday (Dec. 12).<\/p>\n

Taken less than a year after Combs moved to Nashville and about a year before he released his debut single \u201cHurricane,\u201d he is basically all of us. Just watching the show, close to the front of the stage, soaking in the music that was playing that night, before and after his set. It was a Carolinas Takeover show, featuring Cody Webb, Josh Phillips, James McNair, Ricky Young, Rob Williford (Rowdy Rob) and Warren Stone.<\/p>\n

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\u201cTBT 7\/20\/15,\u201d the Whiskey Jam people wrote. \u201cThis dude standing front row supporting his friends at WJ (Whiskey Jam at Winner\u2019s Bar and Grill) is wrapping one of the more mind-blowing tour runs we\u2019ve ever seen with 2 sold out shows this weekend in Nashville. Hats off to @lukecombs & his powerhouse team. <\/p>\n

\u201cChase your dreams, kids.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shortly after that night at the Whiskey Jam, Combs inked a record deal, released \u201cHurricane,\u201d and came in and hit us like a storm without warning.<\/p>\n

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