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Like many country singers, Brett Eldredge made his first impact in the music industry as a songwriter. He co-wrote the song “I Think I’ve Had Enough”, which appeared on Gary Allan’s 2010 album “Get Off On the Pain” when he was a mere 23 years of age.
By the middle of the year, he had a record contract with Atlantic Records, his first single came out in September and in October, he debuted at the mecca of Country music, The Grand Ole Opry. A rite of passage that every budding country star is honoured to go through.
However, his career didn’t truly take off until his third single “Don’t Ya”, came out in 2012. The single was a top 30 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, top five on the Hot Country charts and by September the following year, it had sold nearly 800,000 copies in the US alone. With that, Brett Eldredge had arrived.
2013 saw him open for Taylor Swift’s enormous Red Tour and his debut album was released the following fall. “Bring You Back” peaked at number two on the Country album charts and number 11 on the Billboard charts, and has sold a reported 120,000 albums in the US alone.
2014 saw him going from strength to strength as well, netting a Country Music Association Award for New Artist of the Year. Clearly, Eldredge is the country star of tomorrow, and his star is only going to rise further and further given time and experience.
If I must tell the truth, I happened upon Brett Eldredge by accident, but very glad I did! This is how it stated. With the windows down and my favorite country station cranked up a song came on called "Don't Ya" by an artist I'd never heard of, Mr. Brett Eldredge. I immediately fell in love with the song, ran home and downloaded the "Bring You Back" album.
I listened to Brett for months, I was hooked on this album. It was full of songs that either touched my heart or got me rockin' the the "Beat of the Music" I heard him singing "One Mississippi" in an online video and knew at that point he was an artist that I would enjoy seeing live.
Thankfully, a few weeks later I got notice of Brett playing a FREE show at a local casino in my area. Best part was, on top of this free show, he was offering a VIP package which included meeting him in person for a Q & A along with an acoustic performance backstage before the show.
From the moment Brett Eldredge walked into that room with his amazing smile and small town, country boy charm, it was apparent to me that Brett Eldredge was going to be one of my new favorite country artists. From a couch in this 10x10 room, he chatted with each of the fans for quite a while, answering questions, laughing and joking like he'd known us forever. He took a "poll" to see what song we'd all like him to play and "Beat of the Music" won hands down. Needless to say, when Brett picked up that guitar and started singing it was AMAZING! Truly an experience I will never forget and the concert hadn't even started yet!
He thanked us all for being there, signed a posted for each of us, and we each got to take our meet and greet photos with him. He even happened to notice that I was wearing a bracelet from my Billy Currington fan club and he told me he would be touring with Billy and Chase Rice on Billy's "We Are Tonight" Tour Spring of 2014. Knowing I would be at several of Billy's shows in the spring, I thanked Brett and told him I would definitely be seeing him again soon.
We took our seats and waited for Brett to come on and once he did it was non-stop energy, excitement, and incredible music. Brett told stories and gave the crowd insight behind each of the songs that he performed. He definitely had a great connection with the crowd. He had them up on their feet, dancing in the aisles. It is obvious that Brett Eldredge loves what he does and his extraordinary talent leaves you wanting more.
I've seen Brett several times since this first show and each time is more amazing than the one before. If you get a chance to see Brett Eldredge play, don't miss it. You truly won't be disappointed.....see ya there!!