Should Brantley Gilbert have to give an acceptance speech at the 2012 ACM Awards in April, he tells Taste of Country he’ll pretty much wing it. The singer says he won’t come prepared with notes, or a written list of thank yous.
December 17, 2011 I was just about to go up on stage at Guitars and Cadillac's and introduce the first act Friday night at the Brantley Gilbert concert, when out of the corner of my eye, I saw another country music singer, songwriter and producer, Rhett Akins. I'd heard that he might be traveling with this group of guys, and for good reason. Thomas Rhett-Akins is the son of Rhett Akins. So right after I got done bringing on Thomas Rhett I got a chance to talk to his well known father and the singer of "That Ain't My Truck"
December 13, 2011 As of last week the Brantley Gilbert concert with special guest Thomas Rhett sold out. The show will be at Guitars and Cadillac's Friday night December 16 and for those holding tickets the doors will open at 7PM. However, for those of us who didn't buy a ticket (yes, me included) here is a video of what has been happening at the Taste Of Country concert tour. At some point in the show both Gilbert and Rhett sing the song Brantley wrote for Jason Aldean Dirt Road Anthem.
November 10, 2011 Well with just a little over a month until Christmas it's time to start thinking of all the upcoming events going on in our community. Abilene is very family friendly so there are lots of things to do as a "family". We
October 7, 2011 What at first appears to be an overnight success story is exactly the opposite. Brantley Gilbert who hails from Jefferson Georgia started out trying to make it in the business before 2006, that's when Gilbert's first album on Average Joe's records, "Modern Day Prodigal Son", was originally set to be released, but Gilbert was dropped by the record label a week before the albums were to be delivered to stores. Gilbert went on to release two albums, all the while trying to get his foot in the door as a serious performer. In February 2011, Brantley left the old record label to join with Big Machine Records' Valory Music Group, where he has charted a top 20 song and still climbing with "Country Must Be Country Wide."
September 29, 2011 The biggest country concert of the year features Brantley Gilbert, live at Guitars and Cadillacs on December 16th.
September 23, 2011
Brantley Gilbert, a high school graduate, with dreams and ambitions of being a country star and was attending Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville GA., where he was studying to become a relationship counselor. The main reason he dropped out of college and didn't finish getting his degree as a "relationship/marriage counselor" was because he busy touring and practicing his relationship counseling theories on unsuspecting couples at dance halls and concert venues all across the south. Then he started getting busier playing more shows than studying for finals on relationship theories. Of college and performing guess which one, won the tug of war?
September 21, 2011 Brantley Gilbert is heading to Abilene on December 16th to headline the 2011 Taste of Country Christmas Tour, but don't assume that the Georgia-born singer will carry on the holiday tradition a la Vince Gill and Amy Grant or John Berry. Gilbert is on the brink of stardom because his shows are as lively and rambunctious as anyone who headlines major arenas and amphitheaters right now. He's focused, emotional and honest. As a result, his fans are as loyal as a biscuit is to gravy.
September 19, 2011 Brantley Gilbert is a well known name around most parts of Georgia. However, Brantley Gilbert is real well known around Nashville, the Jason Aldean home, and with most of today's country singers looking for a hit song to record. Gilbert is responsible for writing several songs that Jason Aldean has recorded, and the last two number one songs Aldean had were "Dirt Road Anthem" and "My Kinda Party" came from Brantley Gilbert's pen.
Recently, Gilbert let this little known jewel of a video out that has him and country rapper Colt Ford writing the song "Dirt Road Anthem" which went straight to the top of the charts recently and stayed there for more than four weeks, which is unheard of in today's fast moving charts. So if you have ever wanted to write your own hit song, study this video closely and take lots of notes. Brantley is one of country musics best singer and songwriters.
