Brantley Gilbert has been an opening act and a headliner, and he admits the experiences as an opener haven’t always been perfect, but he says, “I think everybody handles themselves different on the road. I think we’ve all had positive and negative experiences. I think the negative ones really teach you how to treat people when the tables turn. But, the positive things through the years have been, there’s too many to name.”

One particular tour that really made an impression on Brantley was his time on the road with Toby Keith a couple of years ago. “A cool thing about that tour was meetin’ people that had been in his crew for 20 years and still talk good about him, which to me, in this business a lot a times it’s cutthroat and you gotta make some decisions. Sometimes people’s feelings get hurt, but to have people that’ve worked for you for 20 years and still believe in you and talk good about you, dude did somethin’ right,” says Brantley.

When he thinks about the longevity of his own career, Brantley, who is currently climbing the charts with his latest single, “One Hell of an Amen,” says, “That’s only somethin’ that I can hope, at the end of the day that’s pretty much my long-term goal is all the guys that work for me, and with me, to look back after 20 years and say, you know what, that dude did right by me.”

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“I think everybody handles themselves different on the road. I think we’ve all had positive and negative experiences. I think the negative ones really teach you how to treat people when the tables turn. But, the positive things through the years have been, there’s too many to name. I can tell you that one of the things about the Toby Keith tour that was awesome was, you know, meetin’ him and gettin’ a relationship with him and learnin’ from him, that’s awesome but, another cool thing about that tour was meetin’ people that had been in his crew for 20 years and still talk good about him, which to me in this business a lot a times it’s cutthroat and you gotta make some decisions. Sometimes people’s feelings get hurt. But, to have people that’ve worked for you for 20 years and still believe in you and talk good about you, dude did somethin’ right. That’s only somethin’ that I can hope, at the end of the day that’s pretty much my long-term goal is all the guys that work for me, and with me, to look back after 20 years and say, you know what, that dude did right by me.”

WHAT HE’S DOING THIS WEEK – MARCH 16, 2015 – MONDAY 

Brantley Gilbert is back from playing shows in Europe and is off the road for a while until the beginning of May when he gets back on the bus for shows in Arkansas and Texas.

2015 IHEART RADIO MUSIC AWARDS

NOMINATION – Renegade Award – Brantley Gilbert

The 2015 iHeart Radio Music Awards will air live on NBC on March 29.

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:

No new tweets from Brantley this week.

Brantley Gilbert @BrantleyGilbert · March 9
pumped to be nominated for the #iHeartAwards #RenegadeAward… Vote here or RT to vote http://bit.ly/iHRAwardsVote

Brantley Gilbert @BrantleyGilbert · March 2
BG NATION yall gotta carry the flag for all of country music..we are up for iHeart music’s RENEGADE award.. vote here http://news.iheart.com/features/iheartradio-music-awards-15

Brantley Gilbert @BrantleyGilbert · February 25
So when they tell you you’re not supposed to lay on your back…. https://instagram.com/p/ziWszxAmDf/

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