![]() ![]() I met a lot of good people and enjoyed the sights. "It was my first trip to Europe, and I really enjoyed it. We had a gap and came back home and then went to Australia. ![]() "I just came back from Europe," Young said. He joins Brad Paisley's Beat This Summer tour in May with more than 25 shows set. He opened on Jason Aldean's My Kinda Party Tour and Miranda Lambert's On Fire tour last year before headlining his own tour during the winter. "Both are super talented and some of the nicest guys you would ever want to meet." "I've known them both for a long time," Young said. Young's current single release I Can Take It From There was co-authored by Young and Ben Hayslip, who grew up in Evans, and Georgian Rhett Akins, who spent several summers It's ironic that Young's return to the Augusta area next week will be in Evans. He only wears a tie when he's at church cuz he don't like to get dressed up. Part of the lyrics go: "He makes his living with his hands a tried and true blue collar man. His affection for Harris, whom he regards as his real father, was summed up in the song He's My Dad, which is on Young's independent album I Wish I Was Lying. Young was 10 when Harris married Young's mother, Becky. He financed them doing odd jobs, including construction work for his father, Michael Harris. His second and third albums, The Man I Want To Be and Neon, were produced by James Stroud, who also has been producing a new CD that Young plans to have out this year.īefore signing to RCA, Young, like most starting-out entertainers, made a couple of independent albums. Young's win earned him an RCA Records contract and resulted in his first major label album, which was self-titled and was produced by Buddy Cannon. ![]() Young said, for the record, that it was not Park Scott or Keith Swann who urged him to try out for Nashville Star, as reported on such online sites as Wikipedia, but a Nashville music personality named Billy Block (visit ). Many of America's country music fans first came to know Young when he won the fourth season of the USA network's music competition show Nashville Star in 2006. Opening for Young will be Nashville singer and songwriter Brent Cobb, who grew up in Ellaville, Ga., near Columbus.Ĭobb's songwriting success has included Luke Bryan's recording Tailgate Blues, David Nail's Grandpa's Farm, Kellie Pickler's Rockaway and the Eli Young Band's Go Outside and Dance. Tickets are $25 advance or $35 at the gate. Thursday, April 11, at the Lady Antebellum Pavilion at Evans Towne Center Park, part of the Columbia County Championship Festival. The music video of his recording You had 2.6 million hits as of earlier this week Gettin' You Home (The Black Dress), 3.7 million Voices, 4 million The Man I Want To Be, 6.7 million and Tomorrow, 10.8 million.įans can hear him sing those hits in person when Young returns to the Augusta area for a show at 7 p.m. He also was in a regional commercial for Toyota trucks.Īpparently, music fans love what they are seeing and hearing because the number of "hits," or individual views, as recorded by is astonishing. You do want to make them believable, though, so people have something visual to enjoy along with the audio."Īs a young actor, Young also landed cameo parts in Reba McEntire's music video of her hit single I'll Be and Buddy Jewel's video of Southern Comfort. "It takes all day to film them, and yet they're only 3½ minutes long. "And actually, doing the videos is among the least favorite things I do," he added. "Obviously, I think it's a lot different going from something like that to doing a music video," Young said earlier this week in a call. He even was in a production of The Nutcracker. Growing up in Murfreesboro, Tenn., just south of Nashville, he acted and sang in local musical productions of West Side Story, Evita, Footloose and Les Miserables. With his extensive acting background, tt's no wonder that Chris Young comes across so naturally in his music videos.
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