
“Tennessee Whiskey” is on Chris Stapleton’s Traveller, which can be bought here. Gorley’s catalog of contributory hits also included Luke Bryan’s “That’s My Kind of Night,” which went to No.1 on Hot Country Songs and No.2 on Country Airplay the same artist’s “Games,” Lanco’s “Born to Love You,” and another airplay chart-topper, Dierks Bentley’s “Living.” They included Thomas Rhett’s “Life Changes,” “T-Shirt” and “Marry Me,” all three of them country airplay No.1s, as was Jon Pardi’s “Dirt on My Boots.” The program’s Platinum Anthem for the past year, based on streams and sales, was Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus’ smash hit “Old Town Road.” Prolific hitmaker Ashley Gorley was named Top Songwriter, for hits that generated an incredible 10 multi-platinum, 15 platinum and 13 gold certifications.

Someone told him he could filter quickly through just a bit of charcoal to meet the rules with no change in taste, he said. Verse 1 Used to spend my nights out in a barroom Liquor was the only love Id known But you rescued me from reachin for the bottom And brought me back from bein too far gone Chorus Youre as. What could be more traditional Tennessee than that? “We’re using techniques and processes used by Benjamin Prichard back in the 1700s,” he told them. With a lobbyist, Prichard began walking the halls of the Tennessee legislature. When the movement to define Tennessee whiskey as charcoal-filtered bubbled up, “I said no! I’ve been making Tennessee whiskey for 10 years now,” he said. That meant a white-corn mash, not yellow a pot still and no charcoal filtration. “My fifth-generation grandfather Benjamin owned a distillery in Lincoln County” in the 1790s, he said. But rum, it’s not as popular as whiskey,” he said. “Our rums have won awards literally from here to London. 1.7M Join others and track this song Scrobble, find and rediscover music with a Last.fm account Sign Up to Last.fm Length 4:53 Lyrics And honey, I stay stoned on your love 'Tennessee Whiskey' is a country song written by Dean Dillon and Linda Hargrove. The disco ball still hangs in the gym.Ī few years in, trends changed. 'Tennessee Whiskey' is a country song written by Dean Dillon and Linda Hargrove. End your day at an urban distillery, such as Corsair and Nelson's Green Brier Distillery, both located just an hour and a half from Lynchburg in downtown Nashville's growing Marathon Village.Įventually he bought the entire schoolhouse. Try starting the day with a distillery in a rural area, such as the Jack Daniel Distillery in Lynchburg. See what Tennessee has to offer: Mix up your Whiskey Trail experience. When he expanded into an office, “They had enough money to hire the band every week!” He set up his stills in the former cafeteria of a schoolhouse the county used for dances. SME (on behalf of Columbia Nashville) LatinAutor - SonyATV, CMRRA, BMI - Broadcast Music Inc. Chris Stapleton Traveller 2015 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.“It was more fun than you could believe,” he said. Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group Tennessee Whiskey

He and his wife bought a 20-acre farm with a 200-year-old farmhouse. Lincoln County had passed a vote in the 1970s, but nothing opened. “$5,000 would buy you 1,000 shares,” he said.Īt that time, a county had to hold a referendum to open a distillery.

He ran into a friend at his 40-year high school reunion who wholesaled liquor. This girl got so close to Zach Bryan she lost her mindand got herself kicked out in the process. The distillery is housed in a building that once served as a school in the Kelso community.įrom then, Prichard’s rum snowballed. Zach Bryan Kicks Out Fan Who Tried To Yank His Guitar From His Hands. A bottle of Benjamin Prichard’s Tennessee Whiskey is on display at Prichards Distillery Feb.
