Brantley Gilbert just welcomed his baby girl, Braylen Hendrix, and no matter how tough you might think Brantley is, he says, “Two things that really can make me cry in this world, and that’s my two youngins.”
One of the hardest times for Brantley is when he leaves the house to go on tour, which usually happens at night. He says, “Every time I leave the house, [Barrett]’s figured out now when that’s happening. He fights sleep a little bit harder.”
Usually Barrett loves Brantley’s bus, which is parked at home when he’s not on the road, and they’ll visit it once a day and let Barrett jump around and be a little rambunctious boy. “But,” Brantley says, “if I take stuff up there he kinda starts figuring it out a little bit. I don’t think he’s to the point where he knows exactly what’s going on but I think, you know, he’s got an idea that something’s gonna be different tomorrow, and he fights sleep a little more.”
While leaving at night when Barrett is asleep is tough, leaving during the day when he’s awake tears Brantley up. “He doesn’t really like it when I get in my truck and go places,” explains Brantley, “But when I load up on that bus, he knows it’s going to be for a minute. And man, he like grab my leg and, you know, just, ‘Da-Da,’ and aw man. Dude it ripped me up. That’s my little man.“
Now Brantley has two babies and his wife who will miss him when they don’t travel on the road with him, but Brantley knows there’s work to be done, and things are about to get a lot busier with the release of his new album, Fire and Brimstone, featuring his latest single with Lindsay Ell, “What Happens in a Small Town.”
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“Two things that really can make me cry in this world, and that’s my two youngins. Every time I leave the house, he’s figured out now when that’s happening. He fights sleep a little bit harder. He knows if I start walking my bag up to the bus – cause the bus stays at the house. He loves going up there. That’s usually part of our day. He wants to walk to the top of the hill and he’ll get on the bus, climb in the bunks and he’s rambunctious, man. He’ll wanna wrestle for a minute, and you know, he loves the bus. But if I take stuff up there he kinda starts figuring it out a little bit. I don’t think he’s to the point where he knows exactly what’s going on but I think, you know, he’s got an idea that something’s gonna be different tomorrow, and he fights sleep a little more. But the worst is when I have to leave during the day when he’s awake. He doesn’t really like it when I get in my truck and go places, but when I load up on that bus, he knows it’s going to be for a minute. And man, he like grab my leg and, you know, just, ‘Da-Da,’ and aw man. Dude it ripped me up. That’s my little man.“