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Male Artist of the Year Nominee - Thomas Rhett

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00:00Jeff Kirkshin from Jeff and Amy in the Morning right here in Las Vegas with Thomas Rhett,

00:04eight-time ACM award winner and other ACMs, but you're back in Vegas, thank goodness.

00:08I know, finally.

00:09Are you happy to be here?

00:10Very happy to be here.

00:11It's been a while.

00:11Yeah, I mean, especially missing it for a couple years.

00:14You know, I mean, I guess 2020, we had it in Nashville, which was kind of weird.

00:18You know, it's funny.

00:19A lot of artists have said exactly that.

00:22It was kind of weird because it's like you kind of just drove home afterwards, right?

00:25Yeah, but at the same time, it was just like it wasn't shocking in 2020 for anything to be super normal.

00:31But, you know, even when I landed here last night, I was like, here we are.

00:34Yeah.

00:35It just felt right.

00:36You know what I mean?

00:37Like springtime, Vegas, ACMs, like this is such a fun time of the year.

00:40Yeah, well, you're nominated for Male Artist of the Year, Album of the Year,

00:43but I want to talk about Parker McCollum.

00:45He's on tour with you.

00:46He is.

00:46ACM, new male artist.

00:47How cool is that?

00:48I'm so jacked, dude.

00:49Did you text him right when you found out the news?

00:51Yeah.

00:52What did you say?

00:52What did you say to him?

00:54Well, I watched this video with Miranda congratulating him.

00:57Yeah, it's so cool.

00:57And Miranda said something that struck me as a song title.

01:00So I sent him the song title first, and then I congratulated him.

01:05I am so okay.

01:06It's a songwriter brain.

01:07We can't say it.

01:08But I will ask you about this years down the road, this very moment,

01:12and I'll say, was this the title?

01:14And I'll say yes.

01:15Okay, good.

01:16It's a good idea.

01:17I love that.

01:17And so you're finally back in Vegas.

01:19We'd love to see you.

01:20You're touring like so much.

01:22The last two years have been a mess.

01:23Yeah.

01:24And now you can finally get back to being an artist, being a songwriter.

01:28For sure.

01:28Are you glad to be back in this?

01:29Or did you, I mean, you got a family at home.

01:31Dude, I loved it.

01:31It's been great.

01:32You know what I mean?

01:32I obviously didn't love how terrible the world has been.

01:35Right, right.

01:35But I did love, I think God knew I needed a little forced off time,

01:39to be honest with you.

01:40Yeah.

01:40And so it was really good just to get to connect with my kids and wake up with them 365 days

01:47in a row.

01:47Take them to school.

01:48You know what I mean?

01:48Make their lunch.

01:49Like, do the whole thing.

01:50And so, you know, we might not ever get that time ever again.

01:53Yeah.

01:53And I enjoyed it so much, man.

01:56But I am really ready to get back on the road.

01:59Like, in a real way.

01:59Because 21 was kind of a tease.

02:01It was.

02:02It was there and then it wasn't.

02:03Yeah.

02:03But I think this year is finally, like, I think we're good to go.

02:06Yeah.

02:06I definitely think so.

02:08And I'm so glad that you feel that way.

02:10And I'm so glad you took some time with the families.

02:11Yeah, me too, man.

02:12Now, was it hard for you to still get in that songwriting vibe when you weren't touring

02:17and you weren't doing your thing the last two years?

02:18Or did you find a new kind of channel of your brain to keep writing?

02:21I found it to be easier.

02:23Really?

02:24Yeah.

02:24That's so cool.

02:25I think once my brain had the time to chill for a minute and not think about what a show

02:31is going to look like or doing this or doing that.

02:33It was just all about being creative, you know.

02:34And I think getting me with my kids for that long, they just inspired so many different

02:38songs on Country Against Side A, this new record.

02:42And I just felt really clear that, like, okay, this is the season that we write songs.

02:46And now we go into the season when we play shows.

02:48And so it was a good creative outlet for me to be able to not be doing shows a whole bunch.

02:54Well, and that's so special that you can still find that season within your life.

02:59And maybe that season lasted two years.

03:01Yeah, it did.

03:01It was a long season.

03:03A long time of writing.

03:04Thomas Rhett on with Jeff and Amy in the morning here in Las Vegas.

03:07You're here for the weekend.

03:08What are you going to get into?

03:09You've been here many times.

03:10Is there something that you haven't checked off the Vegas list yet?

03:14Man, I've checked a lot of things off the Vegas checklist.

03:16And I was talking to my wife this morning.

03:19I was like, it feels, because she's not here yet.

03:22She doesn't get here until Monday.

03:23And usually she's like my craps buddy or my blackjack buddy.

03:27And last night I was like, I had 20% FOMO of like, do I go hang?

03:32And dude, I got in the bed.

03:33I rented a movie.

03:34And I drank a beer.

03:35What did you watch?

03:38What did I watch?

03:39Free Guy.

03:40Oh, yeah.

03:40With Ryan Reynolds.

03:41Yeah, of course.

03:42It was pretty good.

03:43I love that.

03:43Dude, I was in bed by 10.

03:44Freaking woke up.

03:45Worked out.

03:46I mean, I feel great right now compared to years past.

03:50I feel fantastic.

03:50We have seen some artists on Radio Row that have come here and they're like, oh, my God.

03:54Where are we at right now?

03:55Yeah, for sure.

03:56Thomas Red, everybody.

03:57Thank you so much.

03:58And good luck on Monday night.

04:00Thanks, man.

04:00ACMs at Allegiant Stadium.

04:01Thanks, brother.

04:01I appreciate it.

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