Eli Young Band’s latest single, “Dust,” is about a girl wanting to get out of her hometown and head off into the world for bigger and better things. The guys in the band say they never really had that urge to flee their hometowns, in fact they all still live in Texas, which is where they are all from. But there was one aspect of wanting to get out of Texas, which was with their music. Mike Eli says, “We always had this dream of being this national band and having our music loved all across the country. So we never really put ourselves in the box of staying in Texas and playing in Texas forever.”
Now that Eli Young Band has gained national and even international fame they haven’t forgotten where they got their start. “Our fans that started everything for us, down in Texas, they’re our foundation,” says Mike. “Everything that we’ve built is on their shoulders and so, they always knew that because we were telling them that. We want to do this and we wanna do it big, and so they stuck by us every moment, every chance that we had to go and take this thing huge.”
Eli Young Band is currently headlining their own dates and opening some dates on Jake Owen’s Days of Gold Tour throughout the summer.
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Eli Young Band – wanting to get out of hometown :41
Mike Eli – “You know, I think we all still in Texas, and so that’s our home. But, when it comes to the band and where we wanted to take this, we always had this dream of being this national band, and having our music loved all across the country. So we never really put ourselves in the box of staying in Texas and playing in Texas forever. So, our fans that started everything for us, down in Texas, they’re our foundation. Everything that we’ve built is on their shoulders and so, they always knew that because we were telling them that. We want to do this and we wanna do it big, and so they stuck by us every moment, every chance that we had to go and take this thing huge.”