Thomas Rhett kicks off The Center Point Road tour this weekend with back-to-back shows at The Wharf Amphitheater in Orange Beach Alabama on Friday and Saturday.
Thomas is super excited to be heading back to the stage, and canāt wait to play the music off of his Country Again: Side A album for the fans ā like his number-one hit āWhatās Your Country Song?ā
But thereās actually one song that the crowds at Thomasā shows might not get to hear.
On an album filled with deeply personal songs for him, āHeaven Right Nowā is even more so.
Thomas co-wrote the track about a very close friend of his and his wife Lauren, named Hunter, that sadly passed away nearly a decade ago.
But even to this day Thomas thinks about his friend all the time, āYeah, I wear this braceletā¦Iāve had this bracelet on for about 8 years now itās got his initials on it soā¦and Iām reminded of him every single day and he was like a brother to my wife and one of the most amazing humans in the world and one of those people that every time you walked into a roomā¦it didnāt matter if you were having the worst day in the world he made you smile and I think that is such an amazing quality to somebody can have it just to bring light into a room that maybe a little bit dark. So as we started writing this song I was like I canāt ride this not about him you know heās the closest person to me that Iāve ever had passed away.ā
With the emotional punch that the lyrics have on Thomas ā and anyone else who listens to the song and relates it to their own life ā he canāt imagine where heād sing it in his show, āYeah, Iām even debating whether Iām actually going to play it. Itās just one of those songs thatās like, do you play it first? No. Do you play in the middle? Probably not. Do you end the show with it? Absolutely not.ā
Thomas Rhettās Country Again: Side A includes the title track which is a Top-10 ā and climbing ā hit songā¦
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