Summertime couldn’t come fast enough this year for Jake Owen, who not only sang the feel of summer right into his latest hit, “Barefoot Blue Jean Night,” but also had his sights set on hitting the road on the U.S. leg of Keith Urban‘s Get Closer 2011 World Tour. The tour kicked off last month and continues through mid-October, and Jake told us that touring with Keith is something that’s been on his goal list for a long time. (AUDIO INFO BELOW)

• Jake has a new album on the way! Called Barefoot Blue Jean Night, look for it everywhere on August 30th!
• Visit JakeOwen.net to see the cool new video for “Barefoot Blue Jean Night” and check out the upcoming Keith Urban tour dates!

  Jake Owen talks about touring with Keith Urban. (:11)
“I’ve always wanted to go out on the road with him because he’s just one of the most amazing talents that we’ve all seen in our genre in a long time. Keith Urban’s the real deal. He’s gonna make us raise the bar every night because he’s that good.”