{"id":1318108,"date":"2020-02-06T09:32:32","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T16:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1817579"},"modified":"2020-02-06T09:32:32","modified_gmt":"2020-02-06T16:32:32","slug":"justin-moore-celebrates-the-ones-that-didnt-make-it-back-home-at-the-sutler-saloon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/justin-moore-celebrates-the-ones-that-didnt-make-it-back-home-at-the-sutler-saloon\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Moore Celebrates \u201cThe Ones That Didn\u2019t Make It Back Home\u201d at the Sutler Saloon"},"content":{"rendered":"
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by Alison Bonaguro<\/a><\/span>
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There\u2019s more than one way to get a country song to the No. 1 spot on the charts. You can take some kind of shortcut, or you can take the long way around. <\/p>\n

Which is exactly how Justin Moore feels about his latest No. 1 song, \u201cThe Ones That Didn\u2019t Make It Back Home.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the song celebration on Wednesday afternoon (Feb. 5) at Nashville\u2019s Sutler Saloon, Moore and his songwriters joked about how long it took for this one song to climb. It was released in October 2018.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt this point, I don\u2019t give a damn how long it takes. They all get there.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSince the song came out three or four years ago,\u201d Moore joked, \u201cit\u2019s great from an artist perspective to enjoy the success of a hit song. Your pay goes up a little bit. And you get a little press and this and that. But it\u2019s even more special when you have a song like this. It\u2019s more than just a hit song when you hear from a police chief in a meet and greet, and he tells you about one of his guys he lost in an incident. Or when men and women come up to me in the supermarket and share their stories, and thank me for writing or recording this song. It should be the other way around. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt never gets old to hear those stories. I feel proud to be a small part of this record,\u201d he added, \u201cand blessed to be able to have a voice in this industry.\u201d<\/p>\n

When the song\u2019s co-writers \u2014 Paul DiGiovanni, Chase McGill, and Jeremy Stover \u2014 took their turn at the mic to share how blessed they felt to be part of what McGill called a power ballad about war, they kept their speeches short. But you could tell their hearts were full. <\/p>\n

McGill thanked Jesus for the gifts he\u2019d given him, his co-writers, his family and everyone who worked on the record. <\/p>\n

DiGiovanni said that complete strangers have shared their version of the story with him, and that he wasn\u2019t prepared for that. \u201cThat\u2019s a really cool thing,\u201d he said, \u201cand I don\u2019t know if I ever expected to be a part of something as moving as this.\u201d He also had a shout out for the Green Bay Packers, saying, \u201cThank for letting us write this song in your parking lot.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stover got chocked up as he thanked those who served and sacrificed, and ultimately inspired the song. As a longtime collaborator of Moore\u2019s, the two men go way, way back to Moore\u2019s self-titled debut album from 2009. Stover produced the album and co-wrote all nine tracks, including Moore\u2019s very first No. 1 song \u201cSmall Town USA.\u201d <\/p>\n

As Moore said, he shared the sentiments of his three co-writers and everyone else who helped take the song to all the way to the top. <\/p>\n

\u201cI echo the thoughts of all three of these guys, obviously. Like Chase said, I want to first and foremost thank my lord and savior Jesus Christ. I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve done that at any of these parties, so thank you for reminding me to do that,\u201d Moore said. \u201cAs fun and as awesome as all this stuff is, the proudest moment of my life happened earlier this week when my oldest daughter (Ella )\u2013 who\u2019s about to be 10 \u2014 got saved and has Jesus in her heart.\u201d<\/p>\n

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