Anytime Thomas Rhett is touring and he has to leave his two young daughters and his wife at home, it’s always tough. But Thomas knows and was recently reminded that compared to some of our military men and women who leave their family sometimes for months or years, he has it pretty easy. In fact, he recently got to meet a special group of Marines at his show in Hawaii. “We just recently we did a show in Hawaii and it was the night before and we were talking to the promoter of the show and he said that – cause we had sold the show, it was like a 360 seating show – and he said he was going to give basically the entire section to all these Marines that had just gotten home from like an 18-month deployment yesterday.”
Thomas knows that the level of sacrifice our military men and women speak for us and our freedom is next level, and she says, “Gettin’ to hang out with those guys and gettin’ to talk about their life and how tough that is … Like we think we have it a little bit hard because we’re gone 50 days a year, like that is just a whole different level. And the level of respect I have for the people in our military it’s just like, you can’t really put it into words because I don’t know what it’s like to be gone that way and deal with the stuff that they deal with on a daily basis. But just the sheer thankfulness that I have that I get to write songs and play music because of what they’re doing for us in whatever part of the world they may be in. Just super grateful and constantly in our thoughts and in our prayers.”
Thomas just kicked off is Very Hot Summer Tour, and is getting to play some of the brand new music off his Center Point Road album, which comes out on May 31st, featuring his latest single, “Look What God Gave Her.” Chances are he’ll get to meet and shake hands with many of our military men and women and thank them for their service.
Thomas Rhett – Memorial Day :49
“My cousin was a Marine. I’ve had several family members that were in the Army. And just recently we did a show in Hawaii and it was the night before Hawaii and we were talking to the promoter of the show and he said that – cause we had sold the show, it was like a 360 seating show – and he said he was going to give basically the entire section to all these Marines that had just gotten home from like an 18-month deployment yesterday. And so getting’ to hang out with those guys and gettin’ to talk about their life and how tough that is. Like we think we have it a little bit hard because we’re gone 50 days a year, like that is just a whole different level. And the level of respect I have for the people in our military it’s just like, you can’t really put it into words because I don’t know what it’s like to be gone that way and deal with the stuff that they deal with on a daily basis. But just the sheer thankfulness that I have that I get to write songs and play music because of what they’re doing for us in whatever part of the world they may be in. Just super grateful and constantly in our thoughts and in our prayers.”