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(CSC) 1. Thank you for your time and congratulations on having three #1 singles in the past few years! (“People Are Crazy,” “That’s How Country Boys Roll” and “Pretty Good At Drinkin’ Beer”)
(Billy Currington)
Thanks a lot and as you say, they’re very nice to have; no doubt about it.
(CSC) 2. As a writer, what are the first few thoughts that run through your mind when you gather ideas for a song?
(Billy Currington)
Well it’s always different for me when it comes to writing songs. Sometimes I’ll hear someone say something that sounds like a good title and just start from there, or just be sitting there playing my guitar and melodies will come out and words will follow that. It’s never really too much of a thought process just something that naturally happens; they just start coming out.
(CSC) 3. Tell us about your brand NEW album, “Enjoy Yourself” and how does it define you at this current point in your career?
(Billy Currington)
Definitely when I listen to this album versus the first three, I could tell each year that I get older, wiser (laughs), more mature in my vocals and in the production itself. I feel that this album is full of good songs that represent me and where I am in life. They’re mostly really happy songs, laid back; that’s the way I see them and that’s just how I am.
(CSC) 4. You’re hitting the road with Kenny Chesney this year. What are you looking forward to most about this huge road show and opportunity?
(Billy Currington)
Man it’s an honor to be out with an artist as big as Kenny Chesney. It’s something that I’ve been wanting for awhile because I knew if I ever got out there with him I’d be in front of lots of people that I’ve never played in front of; it’s an opportunity to bring my music to those people and hopefully gain them as new fans. I hope that they’ll go buy the new album and come to the next show that I’m playing in their area. That’s one thing, and another thing is that I look forward to learning from Kenny as a businessman and as an artist; see how he connects with his fans like he does and take some of that of what I learn and put it into my own show. Whatever he’s done, he’s done it right.
(CSC) 5. When you take the stage to perform, what do you feel is the most important quality that you bring to the fans?
(Billy Currington)
I think the most important quality is the energy, as a whole band. We always talk about it how even if you’re having a bad day, remember when you walk on that stage you have to bring the best energy that you got because you want to light these people up and you want them to have a great time, and walk away wanting to come back. It seems like every night we all focus on that; we bring a lot of positive energy to those people. I hope that every one of them feels it!
(CSC) 6. Growing up in Rincon Georgia, how has your Southern heritage played a role in your musical style?
(Billy Currington)
Well I was born in Savannah, Georgia and eventually after living on one of those little barrier islands for about a year, we moved inland to a town called Rincon; it was a little red light town at the time, a very simple place to grow up, a lot of dirt roads, a lot of fishing holes, and a lot of things that turn a boy into a country boy no doubt early on.
(CSC) 7. How has your southern heritage played a role in your musical style?
(Billy Currington)
Yeah, well definitely being from the south, you know the part of the south I was from, Savannah had lots of music and not only country music but it was deep in blues and rock and everything else. There were bands all over that type of world that played it all and I got exposed to that. I guess that’s why people say when they listen to my music, some of it sounds R&B, some sounds really, really country and some of it they can’t say what it sounds like. (Laughs) I guess that’s from all that mixture of music.
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