You Heard It First

I have gone on about Eric Church and his shows, his music, his foundations, his family and his past so how about now we just hear from him?  One can learn a lot about him as an artist and who he respects and what he believes in by looking beyond the curtains.  The Interview part 1 can be found with very little searching.  It's worth listening to.  The cool part is a fan or anyone else interested in listening can get a feel for him.  He mentions who he respects as an artist and why. For example he mentions Bob Seger and Bruce Springsteen both because he respects how they evolved as an artist and how they created music reflecting their lives and careers through all the years and all the albums released.  

Following up the previous interview,  Eric Church touches on how he feels the best music is produced and how it should be listened to.  The interview Stagecoach 2016 repeats this in a different setting, he continues to answer that the best way to listen to the albums released are on vinyl records and its a shame that mp3 versions and even CD versions are available because they are "so thin".

So lastly, in order to incorporate my needed video uploaded to Youtube I decided it would be best to ask some people a few questions regarding Eric Church and his music or organizations.  I asked each of them the same three basic questions just to make things quick and painless.  Among the questions asked were

1.  What is your favorite song by Eric Church?

2.  Have you ever seen Eric Church preform live?  If so, Where?

3.  What is most you would pay for backstage passes to one of his shows?

The following are linked responses from Youtube

Interview 1

Interview 2

Interview 3

Eric Church Gives Back

                                 
Eric Church is a rockstar, but how many of you know about how much he gives back?  Church has his own foundation called Chief Cares Foundation based out of Middle Tennessee.  Eric and his wife Katherine are the founders of their global wide registered non-profit organization.  They help with underprivileged families and children in states such as Tennessee and his home state or North Carolina as well as countries and orphanages around the world.  The Chief Care foundation funds multiple organizations across the country and around the world such as Mercy Multipled, Genesis Global, Nashville Humane Association, Mason G. Smoak Foundation, 
Miller Harris Foundation, and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

After a rough year with Hurricane Mathew along side with the foundations focus on youth diabetes research Eric and his wife Katherine surprise the press with a stunning 1 million dollar donation to their foundation, ultimately combining with other donations reaching a record year, netting an astounding 2.1 million dollars in 2016.  If you would like to donate yourself just visit their website at https://ericchurch.com/chiefcares and join the party!

2016 CMA Awards

The country music awards (CMA's) are a big deal in country music.  They only come around once a year.  All the years popular songs, albums, and artists come together and honor who did well that year.  The CMA's also include tons of live performances and events to make for one great show.  Now that you know a little bit about the CMA's, can you guess who had another big year? 

This year Eric Church's new album and the songs on it were up for a lot of awards.  He was nominated to win Album of the Year, Single of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year, Music Video of the Year, and Song of the Year.  Eric's song Record Year was nominated for the awards previously listed but was not able to clinch the award.  However, his latest album, Mr. Misunderstood, won the Album of the Year Award this year.  Along with his nominations and awards Eric also preformed his song Kill A Word from his award winning Mr. Misunderstood album.