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LANCO: Small Town Love Song

When fans hear “Greatest Love Story” from LANCO, they easily relate to the story line, because it’s one that so many people have lived. LANCO lead singer Brandon Lancaster says that not only did he observe stories like he sings about in the song, but he also lived it, “I grew up in Smyrna, Tennessee…so, small town in Tennessee, and ‘Greatest Love Story’ just kind of came from observing. Songwriting can be both experiencing and observing, and kind of a combination of the two, so this was kind of a combination of the two. I’ve been in a relationship that stared with us living in the same place and then she moved away, and did the long distant thing for a while, and separated for a time, and then kind of came back together.  So, that aspect of it is very true to me. Then also just kind of growing up in Smyrna, you just saw a kind of reoccurring story that is the more detailed aspect of the song, where high school sweethearts…and the guy may go work at the plant that’s in Smyrna, and the girl goes to college, and then they kind of come back together and find that, that time apart made them realize that, that person is what they really need in their life.” You can check out the video for “Greatest Love Story” at LANCO Music dot com, or just click HERE

audio  Brandon from LANCO shares that the inspiration for “Greatest Love Story” has a more than one personal connection to him. (:51)
“I grew up in Smyrna, Tennessee…so, small town in Tennessee, and ‘Greatest Love Story’ just kind of came from observing. Songwriting can be both experiencing and observing, and kind of a combination of the two, so this was kind of a combination of the two. I’ve been in a relationship that stared with us living in the same place and then she moved away, and did the long distant thing for a while, and separated for a time, and then kind of came back together.  So, that aspect of it is very true to me. Then also just kind of growing up in Smyrna, you just saw a kind of reoccurring story that is the more detailed aspect of the song, where high school sweethearts…and the guy may go work at the plant that’s in Smyrna, and the girl goes to college, and then they kind of come back together and find that, that time apart made them realize that, that person is what they really need in their life.”