{"id":1318876,"date":"2020-03-18T09:45:36","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T15:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1819171"},"modified":"2020-03-18T09:45:36","modified_gmt":"2020-03-18T15:45:36","slug":"luke-combs-socially-distancing-but-still-showing-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/luke-combs-socially-distancing-but-still-showing-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Luke Combs: Socially Distancing But Still Showing Up"},"content":{"rendered":"
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by Alison Bonaguro<\/a><\/span>
\n25m ago<\/span>
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This is kind of becoming our new normal: while the world tries to stay socially distant to stop the spread of the coronavirus, country artists are finding ways to stay connected to the fans. <\/p>\n

Even if that means playing a show for a purely virtual crowd. <\/p>\n

That\u2019s what Luke Combs did on Tuesday night (March 17) on Instagram. Much like Keith Urban did the day before<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\u201cPumped I was able to play a couple of songs for y\u2019all! Thankful technology allows us to connect like this and forget about everything that\u2019s going on for a little while. Everyone stay safe and keep up with the World Health Organization (@who) for all of the latest: www.who.int,\u201d Combs shared when he posted the video for anyone and everyone who might have missed it when it was live. <\/p>\n

Combs started the 20-minute show by first asking how everyone was doing and then explaining what he was up to. <\/p>\n

\u201cHope you guys are doing good. Crazy times. I\u2019m here in my garage in the middle of Tennessee somewhere,\u201d he shared. \u201cAnd I just felt like playing some music. It\u2019s awesome we have stuff like this to be able to see each other. I\u2019m gonna play a couple songs tonight, just to try to take your mind off things a little bit.\u201d<\/p>\n

Then he said he was going to play one cover song and one new song. But then, after doing Tracy Chapman\u2019s 1988 debut single \u201cFast Car\u201d and then \u201cTil the Sunshine Shines Again,\u201d* Combs decided to keep going. \u201cI said I was gonna do two, but here we are. I figured why not just keep going? I mean, what else do any of us have to do anyway,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

To introduce his 2017 hit \u201cWhen It Rains It Pours,\u201d Combs said the song was inspired by some of the early tongue-in-cheek music of Brad Paisley. He wrote it with Ray Fulcher and Jordan Walker, and recalled having the title in mind. \u201cI had pitched the title as a really slow, really sad thing. And Jordan said, \u2019What if the song is fun? What if it\u2019s not<\/em> the most depressing song you\u2019ve ever heard?’\u201d<\/p>\n

And with that, the uptempo break-up hit was born. <\/p>\n

After that, Combs played his very first single from 2016, \u201cHurricane,\u201d saying it was the song that changed everything for him. (He also encouraged his fans to sing along, even though he wouldn\u2019t be able to hear them.)<\/p>\n

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* About the new song: Combs shared the story behind \u201cTil the Sunshine Shines Again.\u201d
\u201cI spent some time before this whole crazy quarantine thing writing songs for a couple weeks. We didn\u2019t really have this situation in mind that we are in now when we wrote it, but it feels an appropriate song to play,\u201d he said. \u201cWe were sitting around down there at the beach, and it was raining outside. And it never rains at the beach. And (fiance) Nicole was like, \u2019Man, what do you do when it\u2019s raining?’\u201d<\/p>\n

Combs is planning to do another garage show next week, and every week that we\u2019re all quarantined. Stay tuned for details. <\/em><\/p>\n

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Alison makes her living loving country music. She’s based in Chicago, but she’s always leaving her heart in Nashville. <\/div>\n

@alisonbonaguro<\/a> <\/div>\n

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