If Brantley Gilbert had to choose the person he admires the most outside of music he says it would absolutely be his late grandfather whom he called PawPaw. Brantley says, “I lost him a few years back from a battle with lymphoma and I think about him every day, and all the lessons I learned. All the things he taught me, I’ll never be able to write enough songs to really grasp all that and get all his messages out, but I know he made an unbelievable impact in my life and continues to, to this day. Not a day goes by that I don’t miss him.”
While there are several people who have impacted Brantley’s life he says, “Between [my PawPaw] and my mom and my dad, they’ve always been my one true north and a safe foundation.”
Brantley is currently enjoying his latest top ten hit with “Small Town Throwdown” and he’s busy touring the country on the latest leg of his Let It Ride Tour, which will run through November.
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“Outside of music there’s a lot of people I admire. But, the first person that stands out in my mind, that would have to be my pawpaw. I lost him a few years back from a battle with lymphoma and I think about him every day, and all the lessons I learned. All the things he taught me, I’ll never be able to write enough songs to really grasp all that and get all his messages out, but I know he made an unbelievable impact in my life and continues to, to this day. Not a day goes by that I don’t miss him. Between him and my mom, and my dad, they’ve always been my one true north and a safe foundation. So, definitely my pawpaw stands out.”
WHAT HE’S DOING THIS WEEK – OCTOBER 20, 2014 – MONDAY
Brantley Gilbert scored a 2014 American Music Award nomination last week for Favorite Album Country for his Just As I Am project. Meanwhile, Brantley is on the road on his “Let It Ride Tour” this week with shows on Thursday (10/23) at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa, on Friday (10/24) at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri and on Saturday (10/25) at Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri.
2014 AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS NOMINATION
FAVORITE ALBUM COUNTRY – BRANTLEY GILBERT’S JUST AS I AM
The American Music Awards will broadcast live from the NOKIA Theatre in Los Angeles live on November 23 on ABC.
BRANTLEY GILBERT – THE FACTS
BIRTH DATE: January 20, 1985 (He’s 29)
HOMETOWN: Jefferson, Georgia
PARENTS: 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: With Thomas Rhett and Justin Moore “Small Town Throwdown” sits in the Top 8 on Mediabase this week.
GRAND OLE OPRY DEBUT: August 2012
CURRENT TOUR: His own “Let It Ride Tour”
LATEST MUSIC VIDEO – 2014 – With Thomas Rhett and Justin Moore “Small Town Throwdown”
RECENT TWEETS:
NO TWEETS THIS WEEK FROM BRANTLEY… LOOKS LIKE HE’S ON A TWITTER BREAKJ
Brantley Gilbert @BrantleyGilbert · September 30
Thanks @DJHISH for the footage… Lights of My Hometown this weekend….
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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” & “Dirt Road Anthem”
2013 – Academy Of Country Music Awards – Top New Male Artist