ItвЂ™s been cool, though.Д¬&I: How was your experience touring with Luke Bryan, Kenny Chesney, and Jason Aldean? Is there anything that you learned from them that you have developed in your own career?

ItвЂ™s an amazing feeling and it still never gets old. However many years later - you know - itвЂ™s just crazy! To hear it, it just sounds like all the work was worth it. But then, when youвЂ™re sitting there listening to yourself for the first time, itвЂ™s just a flashback to those days as a kid, not even dreaming that that was where I was going to be. First, I had to get used to hearing a song I wrote on the radio with my buddies singing it, so that was pretty amazing.

What was it like to finally hear your voice on the radio? But just being able to entertain people and be in front of folks - the feeling of that is what made me realize I wanted to move to Nashville and do this for a living.Д¬&I: You wrote songs for big-name artists, including Luke Bryan and Florida Georgia Line, before signing a record deal with Warner Music Nashville. I was just thinking cover songs back then. I guess I wasnвЂ™t good enough to play anything in college so I decided I could play the bars, so I started doing that. I never sang or never dreamed I would be here. I literally grew up loving country music, but I always played sports. George Strait, Tim McGraw, Tracy Byrd, all of them. Swindell: You know I always say вЂ™90s country music. How did you go from sports to music? Was there a specific person or event that inspired you to pursue a music career? ItвЂ™s pretty crazy.Д¬&I: We know you are a big fan of sports and played football in high school. ItвЂ™s amazing the support IвЂ™ve had, and itвЂ™s only been two years. ThatвЂ™s why IвЂ™m so thankful that IвЂ™ve had the support. When you get your record deal and start out on this crazy ride, you dream of things happening the way they have for me. How has this been for you?Д¬ole Swindell: Like a dream come true, to be clichГ©. 1 spot on the iTunes Country Music Hot Tracks list. Before his performance at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, we had the pleasure of chatting with Cole Swindell.Д¬owboys & Indians: You were just named the 2015 ACM New Artist of the Year and now your new single, вЂњYou Should Be Here,вЂќ has followed your last four singles, вЂњChillinвЂ™ It,вЂќ вЂњLet Me See Ya Girl,вЂќ вЂњAinвЂ™t Worth The Whiskey,вЂќ and вЂњHope You Get Lonely Tonight,вЂќ into the No. SwindellвЂ™s much-anticipated second album, You Should Be Here, drops May 6 with its first single, the title track, already topping the iTunes Country Music Hot Tracks list. Named the 2015 ACM New Artist of the Year on the strength of his debut album, SwindellвЂ™s success has only just begun. With only two years in the business, Cole SwindellвЂ™s success is on the rise. We caught up with the rising country music artist to talk about his accolades, forthcoming sophomore release, and more.

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