Brantley Gilbert can get a little wild on stage, often running around and working every inch of the stage. Last year there was a picture of him in mid-air, upside down in front of his drum riser, which seemed like it almost had to be photo-shopped, but Brantley explained he had a little help from the set design. “We’ve got the drum riser that my drummer’s drum kit goes on that raises from the ground up to ten feet during the show. So I was like, man there’s no way I can have somethin’ that cool on stage and not be able to play with it, at all. So, the day before we left I had my stage tech build a platform onto the front of the drum riser.”
The platform lifted up to about seven feet off the ground, which is when Brantley figured out he could do a backflip off of it, although we’re sure members of his team were a bit worried about the safety of the stunt.
Brantley is currently taking some time off the road until May 1st. In the meantime he’s promoting his latest song off his Just As I Am album, “One Hell of an Amen.”
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Brantley Gilbert – drum riser flip :23
“I was like, man there’s gotta be one more thing I can do. We’ve got the drum riser that my drummer’s drum kit goes on that raises from the ground up to ten feet during the show. So I was like, man there’s no way I can have somethin’ that cool on stage and not be able to play with it, at all. So, the day before we left I had my stage tech build a platform onto the front of the drum riser, to seven feet. It was fun.”
WHAT HE’S DOING THIS WEEK – MARCH 30, 2015 – MONDAY
Brantley Gilbert is in California this week where he was nominated at last night’s 2015 iHeart Radio Music Awards. Meanwhile, Gilbert has just announced a new Platinum edition of his Just As I Am album set for release May 19, 2015 with five new songs added.
BRANTLEY GILBERT – THE FACTS
BIRTH DATE: January 20, 1985 (He’s 30)
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: “One Hell Of An Amen” sits in the Top 40 on Mediabase this week.
GRAND OLE OPRY DEBUT: August 2012
CURRENT TOUR: His own “Let It Ride Tour”
LATEST MUSIC VIDEO – 2014 – “One Hell Of An Amen”
RECENT TWEETS:
Brantley Gilbert @BrantleyGilbert · Sunday, March 29
Headed to the #iHeartAwards tonight & wanted yall to hear it first: Just As I Am Platinum Edition out May 19 with 5 new songs. Get ready….
Brantley Gilbert @BrantleyGilbert · March 19
#RenegadeAward @BrantleyGilbert #BGNation #iHeartAwards RT TO VOTE… http://bit.ly/iHRAwardsVote
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
2014 – American Music Awards – Favorite Country Album – Brantley Gilbert – Just As I Am