I mean, he’s already so great by himself, and he holds the audience so well, but that being in that specific moment.”

Just absolutely on fire, and I think that was his first album since Chief, and so he was in that moment. It doesn’t matter what the song is, what you’re wearing. “There’s a certain point in everyone’s career that reaches a certain level, like for a while, you’re just white hot. “I was a woo-girl that night… I was in the Church choir.”ĭuring that particular show, Eric was the guy in country, and with the success of both Chief and The Outsiders, no one else could touch him: Luke added that he was in full-on fan girl mode that night watching Eric front and center, and I’d be lying if I said I haven’t been there myself with a few other artists at that venue… so I really do get it, Luke: It was also a solo acoustic Eric show, which I’m sure was absolutely incredible to see in and of itself. Second cousin Rick sounds about as real as they come…Īnd as you probably read in the caption of the aforementioned photo of Luke that night, it was a turning point for him that really inspired him to pursue a legitimate career in country music. So Rick was like, ‘Come on, dude.’ So I was the first person in here.Īnd Rick went over to the bar and I bought like five drinks from him over there, and I stood right there in the middle the whole time.” So the radio winners were gonna get in 10 minutes before doors, come in and get drinks or whatever. “And so I got a call from him maybe 15 minutes before doors opened. Not gonna get in.”īut about 15 minutes before the doors opened, Rick called Luke back and got him in before anyone else even stepped foot in the building: We get all the way down here, got in a car accident, not gonna make it. It wasn’t like they were gonna sneak us in the back, ‘cuz there was nowhere else to get in except the front door.Īnd so I’m thinking like, there’s no way. We go way back.’ So I called him, I’m like, ‘Hey man, what’s the deal on this thing, dude?’ He’s like ‘Man, this is a tough ask, dude, I don’t know.’īecause there was like three or four thousand people waiting in line. “I’m like, ‘Second cousin Rick, listen, we’re homies. I certainly would’ve done the same thing to get in and see Chief there if I were Luke… I mean, it’s not what you know, it’s who you know, right? So I was like I’m gonna be that guy that like, calls my mom’s cousin Rick, you know?” We got here, and the line was just super long, and I was like, we’re not gonna get in, you know. “That was my biggest concern at that point.

Seeing as everyone was okay after the wreck, Luke’s biggest concern at that point was still just getting to the show despite the literal bump in the road: It wasn’t, like, bad, but enough to where the police had to come.”

So, like, probably in Hickory somewhere, a little over halfway from Boone to here, got that sorted out. “And so actually ended up getting in a car accident on the way to the show. And so Church did a, this was when ‘The Outsiders’ was coming out, so I rode down here with a friend of mine from college.”īut about halfway there, Luke and his friend got in a car accident, which delayed their whole plan of getting there early: “My mom’s cousin, Rick, used to work here at the bar. Thankfully, Luke knew the right people, and his mom’s cousin Rick was a bartender at Coyote Joe’s at the time: He had the best spot in the house that night, but almost didn’t even make it in. He recalled the day very clearly, saying the concert took place on Valentine’s Day around the time Eric released The Outsiders: A post shared by Luke Combs 🎤 always thought it was such a cool picture, and figured there had to be a pretty great story behind it for Luke to have been that close at a sold out show like that one was.

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