Tough Town - Commentary

That's one I had to listen to a few times when I first heard it

Because it was just so incredible

That was "Lost Soul's Prayer" on Big Machine Radio

And we have Brantley Gilbert with us today

He is leading us through every song on his brand-new album, "Fire And Brimstone"

Which is available now, and sharing some of his perspective

And the next one we're gonna play is called "Tough Town"

And I mean to me, this seems like a straightforward

Man, woman, small town, blue-collar anthem, just celebrating the people

And I wonder was there, maybe a particular place

That you had in mind when you were writing this song?

Or was it just about the faces that you see

When you look out into your crowds every night?

What inspired "Tough Town"?

A little bit of everything

You know, it's just the lot of the town we worked for, even when we play big cities

These people are-, a lot of 'em, not most of 'em

Are travelling from small towns like mine

So of course, it's about my hometown, and there is a hardware store in town

My papa used to hang out at all the time and they have pictures on the wall

In the old Crawford W. Long Pharmacy in town

Of what the city used to look like back then, and

Back then and now, it's just a group of hardworking people

So that's all just about the blood, sweat and tears that are

The towns we grow up in, and live in, and it's kinda that in a nutshell

I have a feeling that this one is gonna go over huge live when you play it in concert

This is '"Tough Town"' on Big Machine Radio

Off Brantley Gilbert's brand-new album, "Fire And Brimstone"