September 1, 2023
2023 LABOR DAY LINERS FROM SMN ARTISTS (AUDIO)
In recognition of Labor Day weekend, these artists send their very best wishes:
“Hey, this is Adam Doleac, wishing you a happy Labor Day weekend.”
“Hi, this is Chris Young, wishing you a happy Labor Day weekend.”
“Hey, it’s Elle King, wishing you a happy Labor Day.”
“Hey this is Georgia Webster wishing you a happy Labor Day weekend.”
“Hey, this is Jameson Rodgers, wishing you a happy Labor Day weekend.”
“Hey, this is Kameron Marlowe, wishing you a happy Labor Day weekend.”
“Hi, this is Kane Brown, wishin’ you a happy Labor Day weekend.”
“Hey, I’m Kix Brooks, wishing you a happy Labor Day weekend.”
“Hey, this is Luke Combs, wishing you a happy Labor Day weekend.”
“Hi, this is Maren Morris, wishing you a happy Labor Day weekend.”
“What’s up y’all I’m Megan Moroney wishing you a happy Labor Day weekend.”
“Hey this is Mitchell Tenpenny, wishing you a happy Labor Day weekend.”
“Hey it’s Morgan Wade wishing you a happy Labor Day.”
“Hey it’s Nate Smith wishing you a happy Labor Day.”
“Hey this is Niko Moon, wishing you a happy Labor Day weekend.”
Matthew, Trevor, Brad, Whit, and Geoff: “Hi, this is Old Dominion…”
Matthew: “…wishing you a happy Labor Day weekend.”
“Hey this is Tenille Townes, wishing you a happy Labor Day weekend.”
“Hey this is Tyler Booth wishing you a happy Labor Day weekend.”
“Hey this is Willie Jones, wishing everybody a happy Labor Day.”
And, here are a collection of work-and-career-inspired stories from you favorite country singers…
“There’s just so many layers to everybody’s job. Even in the music industry…from artist, to producer, to writer, to player, to everybody in every facet in a label. There’s so many moving parts that create all this stuff, and to get it right all at once on one song is so incredibly hard, but it’s so incredibly rewarding”
“It is a dream come true and honestly, I’m still the same person, I haven’t changed at all. I get to help out my family more when I need help, I don’t have to hope that I have $1.67 in my account to get a chicken sandwich like I used to use. It’s still the same life you just know you got more things going for you, I guess, if that makes sense.”
The first job I ever had was a receptionist for my parents hair salon. And they still have that hair salon in Arlington, Texas. It’s called Maren Carson salon. And that was my first ever job. I had to answer phones. I had to book hairdressers schedules. I had to book and cancel appointments. I had to keep track of the register. So it was like a good entry way into the customer service industry. It taught me a lot.
“Yeah, I definitely remember a few mental breakdowns along the way…like, in a bar, where no one showed up for our show. (laugh) And wondering, ‘Can I do this? Am I suppose to be doing this?’ and thank God I moved to Nashville and learned so much. I feel like I got so much under my belt with just the writing rooms and the writers that I’ve gotten to work with over the past few years. I feel like it gave that confidence, and…yeah, looking back I’m so glad I went through the struggles and the highs and the lows because it makes me so much more appreciative of what’s happening now.”
“I am still, because we toured for so long, I still wonder if anyone is going to come to the show (laughs). Its still hard to wrap your head around. We played in Delaware and it was a big field with a huge outdoor stage and you know there were thousands and thousands and thousands of people. We’ve played a lot of those but we’ve been the band that plays the little side stage or whatever and its hard to wrap your head around the fact that that’s no, you are headlining the show and these people are coming to see you. So every show is still a surprise to me and the guys actually make fun of me sometimes because I’m always like, ‘is there anyone here’ and they’re like ‘ yes man, there’s going to be a lot of people here’ (Laughs) But we still have that sense that we want to prove ourselves to them and we want to make them come back and we want to make them feel like they get what they paid for or more than they paid for.”
“My first job was working on an alfalfa field. I moved pipes in the mornings to make sure that everything got properly watered. And for me Labor Day just means a lot of drinking. Party on.”
