How Zach Bryan Became an Overnight Indie Country Star | Interview + thoughts on 'DeAnn'

Do we have the next Tyler Childers on our hands? That's what a lot of people are saying about Navy ordinanceman Zach Bryan, who is having a viral music moment (at least "viral" in our little corner of the country music world) with his album 'DeAnn.' In today's video I talk with Zach about his sudden rise. Some TIMESTAMPS for the interview: 8:23 Where are you/where do you live? 9:00 What do you do in Navy? 10:00 When did you get into music? 11:30 How are you handling the sudden rise? 13:40 Who are your musical influences? 16:45 Why did you start releasing stuff online? 18:30 Songwriting style... "messiness" 20:00 Discussing recording the album (and why there is laughter in the recording of "Condemned") 24:40 Talking about his low-fi production style, and why that is working 27:00 Tell me about DeAnn, your mother. 29:50 Discussing "God Speed" and hopefulness. 32:00 Where do you go from here? 34:15 Zach makes a clarification about his song "Felker." Find Zach Bryan: Apple Music:   / deann   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/3YYZIz... YouTube:    / @zachbryan1067   Twitter:   / zachlanebryan   Instagram:   / zachlanebryan   Shoutout to this piece at Saving Country Music, which helped me research for the interview: https://www.savingcountrymusic.com/me... Find Grady: Website: http://gradywsmith.com Patreon:   / gradywsmith   Subreddit:   / countrymusicstuff   Twitter:   / gradywsmith   Instagram:   / gradywsmith   Facebook:   / gradysmithwriter   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5SB...