Brantley Gilbert tried living in Nashville for a while, but ultimately he realized he was happier and felt more at home back in Georgia, where he now lives with his wife in a house he had built on a piece of land he owns out in the country. Brantley says his house out in the country is more his speed because, “It’s really, more than anything, a small town environment, more than being the south, I think it’s just being outside of that hustle and bustle. It gives you more time to reflect.”
Brantley also appreciates the attitudes of people in small towns. He says, “I think a lot of times, in smaller towns or smaller cities, people…the economy isn’t booming right there, so they’re having to work together, families having to work together to make things work and to maintain their wellbeing and feed their kids.”
Brantley is just starting to climb the charts with his latest single, “Stone Cold Sober.”
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Brantley Gilbert – small town people :31
“It’s really, more than anything, a small town environment, more than being the south, I think it’s just being outside of that hustle and bustle. It gives you more time to reflect and I think a lot of times, in smaller towns or smaller cities, people…the economy isn’t booming right there, so they’re having to work together, families having to work together to make things work and to maintain their wellbeing and feed their kids.”
WHAT HE’S DOING THIS WEEK – OCTOBER 12, 2015 – MONDAY
Brantley Gilbert celebrated the chart topping success of his “One Hell of an Amen” song in Nashville on Thursday (10/8). He is currently working on new music for a 2016 album release and prepping to tour Europe next month with dates in Holland, Germany and the U.K.
BRANTLEY GILBERT – THE FACTS
BIRTH DATE: January 20, 1985 (He’s 30)
HOMETOWN: Jefferson, Georgia
PARENTS: Keith and Becky Gilbert
DEBUT SINGLE VALORY: “Kick It In The Sticks” – 2010
DEBUT ALBUM: Modern Day Prodigal Son – 2009
CURRENT ALBUM: Just As I Am – RELEASED: May 19, 2014
CURRENT SINGLE: “Stone Cold Sober”
GRAND OLE OPRY DEBUT: August 2012
CURRENT TOUR: Various dates on his own tour.
LATEST MUSIC VIDEO – 2014 – “One Hell Of An Amen”
RECENT TWEETS:
Brantley Gilbert @BrantleyGilbert Oct 9
Two shows on sale today….Orlando: http://goo.gl/DPJrQB Tallahassee: http://www.tuckerciviccenter.com/
Brantley Gilbert Retweeted BigMachine @BigMachine Oct 5
Our #SongSpotlight is @BrantleyGilbert’s #SameOldSong from #JustAsIAm. Listen here: http://smarturl.it/JustAsIAmP
BRANTLEY GILBERT – AWARD WINS
2012 – American Country Awards – Breakthrough Artist Single of the Year (“You Don’t Know Her Like I Do”)
2013 – CRS New Faces
2013 – Country Music Awards – CMA Triple Play Award – “Country Must Be Country Wide,” “You Don’t Know Her Like I Do” and “Dirt Road Anthem”
2013 – Academy Of Country Music Awards – Top New Male Artist
2014 – American Music Awards – Favorite Country Album – Brantley Gilbert – Just As I Am
2015 – iHeart Radio Awards – Renegade Award