CURRENT SINGLE: “Hard Days”
At this point in his life, Brantley Gilbert’s close circle of friends is pretty tight and rarely ever changes. Most of his closest friends were around long before he had any success. “People that have no issue whatsoever holding me accountable or kind of just keepin’ me honest,” says Brantley.
If someone ever does come along wanting to be part of Brantley’s trusted world, he says, “To become one of those people now, there’s definitely channels and challenges. And say, if you make it through all of my tests, then you’ve got to make it through everybody else’s around me. That’s the hard part. But if they get through my guys out on the road or my biker brothers, that’s a pretty good filter, I guess you could say.”
And Brantley admits that he is always leery when someone is trying too hard to be part of his world or coming at him too fast. “The greatest way to (handle) it,” says Brantley, is to say, “‘Look, slow down. Nobody dislikes you, but nobody loves you yet.’”
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“With me man, especially now, like a lot of the people that are in my circle are people that were around before everything happened. People that have no issue whatsoever holding me accountable or kind of just keepin’ me honest. And to become one of those people now, there’s definitely channels and challenges. And say, if you make it through all of my tests, then you’ve got to make it through everybody else’s around me. That’s the hard part. But if they get through my guys out on the road or my biker brothers, that’s a pretty good filter, I guess you could say. The greatest way to do it, it’s just like, ‘Look, slow down. Nobody dislikes you, but nobody loves you yet.’”