Trace Adkins

But this year, I put it back in the set just to set it up and say this is

you know june 20 something is the 30th anniversary of this song coming out on the radio 1996 so does that feel like forever ago or yesterday in some respects it's it's a strange thing some in some ways it was yesterday and in other ways it was a lifetime you know were you was your desire to be a massive solo artist ever

Well, I didn't want to be in a band, if that's what you're talking about.

I did the band thing for about four years, you know, playing clubs and stuff.

And it just always ended not good.

Group dynamics?

Yeah.

I mean, eventually you all end up in a big fight.

Yeah.

Everybody goes their separate ways.

That's been my experience with bands and bands are hard, man.

Bands are hard.

I heard that.

I thought that, you know, I thought I, cause when I first started out, I was a bass singer in a gospel quartet and I did that for a few years.

And,

And I thought that was my thing.

I was going to be a bass singer, you know.

And then I have this very vivid memory of seeing the Grand Ole Opry while it was still on television one night.

And Ed Bruce was on Grand Ole Opry, and he had that deep, rich bass voice.

And I went, hey, he's pretty old.