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Did You Know
- • Started on violin in elementary school orchestra before picking up guitar at 13.
- • Spent childhood summers working cattle on his grandfather Bobby Yancey's ranch in Montgomery County.
- • Was booking his own gigs at local venues by age 16 after learning harmonica at 15.
- • Dropped out of Austin Community College to pursue music full-time in the Austin honky-tonk scene.
- • His debut album The Limestone Kid (2015) is named after the limestone terrain of his Texas upbringing.
- • Built a massive independent following for years before signing with Universal Music Group in 2019.
- • His breakout hit "Pretty Heart" launched four consecutive #1 country radio singles.
- • Won ACM New Male Artist of the Year in March 2022.
- • His song "What Kinda Man" was literally born from a turkey hunting trip in Kansas.
- • During live shows, "Hell of a Year" goes pin-drop quiet as thousands sing along in a mid-set acoustic strip-down.
Locations in Lyrics
90 location references across 38 songs
Songs & Places
Like a Cowboy
Detroit, MI
Texas
Great Plains, US
"in my souped-up Mustang"
Sunny Days
Dallas, TX
"Dallas Cowboy for Halloween"
Young Man’s Blues
Conroe, TX
"Used to run down County Road 2854"
Young Man's Blues
County Road 2854, TX
"Used to run down County Road 2854"
Big Sky
Tulsa, OK
Corsicana, TX
Wichita, KS
Houston, TX
Boston, MA
Big Sky Country, MT
"Woke up hungover on this Tulsa street"
Meet You in the Middle
California
"All the way from California"
Good Time Charlie’s Got The Blues
Los Angeles, CA
"Said they're moving to L.A."
Silhouette
Chicago, IL
Greenville, TX
Austin, TX
"Ever seen Chicago in the fall"
Blanco County Rain
Blanco County, TX
Highway 17, TX
"Blanco county rain"
Lucy
Alabama
Indiana
Idaho
"Alabam', Alabam'"
Galveston Bay
Galveston Bay, TX
FM 3005, TX
"Next to Galveston Bay"
Handle On You
Bakersfield, CA
Oildale, CA
Tennessee
Kentucky
"Drop a needle on a vinyl and cry to an old Haggard song"
Solid Country Gold
Texas
Austin, TX
Monahans, TX
Houston, TX
Nashville, TN
Chicago, IL
Detroit, MI
"Tell Jesus I'm in Texas when they put me in the dirt"
Pretty Heart
Austin, TX
"In these Austin neon lights"
Why Indiana
Indiana
Las Vegas, NV
Memphis, TN
San Antonio, TX
Portland, OR
"Why Indiana"
New Orleans
New Orleans, LA
Louisiana
Houston, TX
Texas
Big Hill, TX
"Woke up this mornin' 50 miles from New Orleans"
My Blue
Vanderpool, TX
Limestone County, TX
"Fell in love with the white line and a girl from Vanderpool"
New York Is On Fire
New York City, NY
"New York is on fire"
Lonesome Ten Miles
Conroe, TX
"I don't miss old Conroe"
Memphis Rain
Memphis, TN
Mississippi River
Tennessee
"That old Memphis rain"
Things are Looking Up
Mars Hill, NC
Sanford, NC
Los Angeles, CA
Bluff, UT
"Well I seen the Bailey Mountain"
Hurricane
Lake Charles, LA
"Bet she'll have that Lake Charles, Louisiana, welcome sign"
What Kinda Man
Oklahoma
Kansas
Oklahoma-Kansas Border, OK
"just north of Oklahoma"
Misunderstood
Austin, TX
"Late night train back to of Austin"
Things I Never Told You
Dyess, AR
Nashville, TN
Detroit, MI
"I had a Playboy stashed in a Johnny Cash LP sleeve in my room"
Dallas
Dallas, TX
"If I don't leave Dallas"
Come On
Texas
Louisiana
Georgia
Tennessee
"Take me to Texas"
Dallas (feat. Danielle Bradbery)
Dallas, TX
"Song about Dallas"
Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues (feat. Cody Johnson)
Los Angeles, CA
"Said they're moving to L.A."
Hell of a Year
Conroe, TX
I Can't Breathe
Conroe, TX
To Be Loved By You
Conroe, TX
Montgomery County
Conroe, TX
Montgomery County, TX
Texas State Highway 105, TX
McAleb Road, TX
"One day, I'll be a Conroe Tiger quarterback"
Speed
Conroe, TX
"Just a kid outta Conroe lookin' for somethin' a little bit louder"
Jet Plane To GA (Acoustic)
Georgia
"There's a jet plane leaving Georgia late tonight"
'Til the End (Acoustic)
Houston, TX
Highway 105, TX
San Jacinto River, TX
Lake Conroe, TX
Montgomery County, TX
"I run back home to Houston in search of simpler times"
One Less Mouth (Acoustic)
Los Angeles, CA
"I'm out here up on L.A. looking out down there below"
Ellis Unit One (Acoustic)
Huntsville, TX
"But then they transferred me to Ellis Unit One"
GOAT Standings
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Region: Upper Gulf Coast / Houston Area
Conference: Texas
Regional Rank: #28
Weekly Trend
Rivers & Roads in Song Nearby
Connected Places
Conroe, TX
Alabama, AL
Austin, TX
Bakersfield, CA
Blanco County, TX
Bluff Dale, TX
California, CA
Chicago, IL
County Road 2854, TX
Dallas, TX
Dallas Cowboys, TX
Detroit, MI
Galveston, TX
Greenville, TX
Houston, TX
Lake Charles, LA
Las Vegas, NV
Los Angeles, CA
Memphis, TN
New Orleans, LA
New York City, NY
Oklahoma City, OK
Texas, TX
Tulsa, OK
Vanderpool, TX
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