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Even the most seemingly organic contemporary country albums — the ones by often-awarded "authentic" artists like Miranda Lambert and Eric Church — can sometimes show evidence of a checklist. Eager to prove both currency and adherence to tradition, these more daring country stars range over predetermined territory, showing familiarity with Southern musical landmarks like the blue hills, the swamp, the honky-tonk and the arena-rock amphitheater. There's almost always a funny song on these album, and a family-focused tearjerker; there are numerous references to hard liquor and soft-focused rural landscapes. There's some fast picking and power-chord riffing, and a soulful moment that hits purposeful transcendence. The best artists perform this predictable eclecticism with skill and passion; they do care about, and have fun with, country's touchstones. That said, a listener can anticipate each required turn, like the compulsory elements in an Olympic skating routine.

On his debut solo album, Traveller , Chris Stapleton has the double axels and triple jumps down, but he delivers each with a remarkable lack of showiness, so that each one feels like much more than an exercise. Partly — mostly, maybe — this is because of his voice, which became one of Nashville's most beloved in the years he spent leading the bluegrass-based SteelDrivers and singing on albums by everyone from Dierks Bentley to Angaleena Presley to Vince Gill. Stapleton, who was raised in Kentucky, sings with the power of a classic Southern rocker, but modulates his rawness with a great sense of soul phrasing and a seasoned balladeer's ability to scale down.

This decade's endless parade of blue-eyed pretenders could learn a lot from the care Stapleton takes incorporating soul elements into a declamatory rocker like "Nobody To Blame" or a smoky love song like "Tennessee Whiskey." Stapleton turns the latter, previously recorded in laconic versions by both David Allan Coe and George Jones, into an Otis Redding-style burner. His melismatic flights on the verses never feel showy; they flow logically from the previous moments when he's held back.

"Tennessee Whiskey" is one of two relatively recent country favorites included on Traveller , allowing Stapleton to prove his bona fides with the genre's songbook. (The other is the charming "Was It 26," previously recorded by the Charlie Daniels Band, which now reads as gentle advice from the 37-year-old Stapleton to hard-partying young fans of the likes of Luke Bryan.) The other songs are all Stapleton co-writes — he's as valued as a Music Row songwriter as he is for his umami-providing background vocals. Stapleton takes back the mournful "Whiskey and You" from Tim McGraw in a version that really feels like a bitter hangover.

Elsewhere, Stapleton artfully employs his skills as a songwriting generalist: There's the Texas dance hall sweetness of "More of You," a duet with the pitch-perfect harmonizer (and his wife) Morgane Stapleton; the hard rock crash of "Parachute"; the nod to Johnny Cash on "Daddy Doesn't Pray Anymore" and the hat-tip to Hank Jr. on "Might As Well Get Stoned." The images of frisky devils, fields full of stars and many empty bottles might not be shockingly original, but they appear within stories that always register as immediate and personal.

Producer Dave Cobb allows Stapleton to lay back or push forward within arrangements that don't have any gimmicks, only great playing and plenty of space for that big voice to fill. Throughout Traveller , Stapleton presents himself as a true Southern character, a family man who can't help but cling to his vices and a searcher whose sometimes old-fashioned dreams of home don't prevent him from wanting to roam the modern world. Has Stapleton lived all of these stories of hard luck and wild times? I hope not, for the sake of his liver and his kids' college funds. But in the imaginary space where country clichés become the gospel truth, he's utterly convincing.

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• The title track of Chris Stapleton's debut solo album was inspired by some soul-searching in the desert. "My father passed away in October 2013, and [I] had a single die around the same time on radio, so I needed a little head clearing space," he recalled. "My wife had the presence of mind to know me well enough that I needed that. She bought me an old jeep out in Phoenix, Arizona, and we flew out there and decided to drive it home." "Along the way, just driving through the desert, I was thinking about life and how we're all just passing through it and that's what the song is," Stapleton continued. "So, as I was driving, I was humming lyrics into my phone and wrote the song then and there. Somewhere in New Mexico, probably, that song was born."
• Chris Stapleton won Album of the Year for Traveller at the November 4, 2015 CMAs along with Male Vocalist of the Year and New Artist of the Year. Following his breakthrough night at the ceremony, the Traveller record made a spectacular re-entry at #1 on the Billboard 200. It was the first ever album to re-enter at the peak position, after dropping out of the chart. The 177,000 album units it earned in the week following the ceremony were more than Traveller had sold in total prior to Stapleton's CMA appearance. From Traveller 's release on May 5, 2015, up through to the week ending October 29, 2015, it had sold 96,000.
• This won the Grammy Award for Best Country Solo Performance at the 2016 ceremony. Traveller also won for Best Country Album.
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Song Review – Chris Stapleton’s “Traveller”

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But there’s no compromising, and no half measures here. Released ahead of the album’s May 5th street date, the title track from Traveller has just about everything you could hope to hear ahead of this highly anticipated release. It’s country, it’s real, it’s steel guitar, it’s tone. And it highlights Stapleton’s voice excellently. The album itself (produced by Dave Cobb) may still take a more Southern rock/sensible approach, but this song serves up some pretty juicy red meat for the true country crowd.

When “Traveller” starts, you almost have to ease into Stapleton’s voice, but it quickly becomes the track’s marquee asset, bolstered by a female harmony. We just don’t hear these male higher register singers in mainstream country anymore. Hell, we really don’t hear great male singers anymore, period. And when you do, the song is awful. The writing of “Traveller” finds the common “Ramblin’ Man” theme and spruces it up a bit, but the whole vibe and approach to the track works very well for Stapleton. This is his sweet spot.

Being a songwriter that is in demand is one of the shortest routes to the top of mainstream country music. With the lack of revenue from mechanical sales or album cuts, labels are relying on 360 deals and other caveats with their artists to give them a piece of the artist’s publishing and recoup production costs. As crazy as it may seem, Luke Bryan, Sam Hunt, even Chase Rice got their foot in the door as songwriters first, and have since moved into the performance realm. With Mercury Nashville behind Stapleton and the time taken for this project to develop, you root for a similar fate to befall him, and for a track like “Traveller” to find its way onto radio.

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Sounds great. I was worried about this release given “What Are You Listening To”. Just didn’t care for it. I assume that’s his wife on BGV’s. She has a beautiful voice. Been a fan since the Steeldrivers.

I am so happy this album is coming out and simply cannot wait for May! I have been listening to Chris’s live performances of this song on YouTube for a while and I must say I prefer them. The album version is wonderful of course but is a little more polished and lacks the rawness and heartiness of the live performances. But no complaints really and I’m still buying it!

Steeldrivers with drums and steel guitar . And next to THAT act, THIS IS the sweet spot for C.S.as Trigger observes .

This is a voice and delivery to be reckoned with and you won’t mistake it for anyone else’s , – with the exception of Gary Nichols , who’s uncannily similar voice was the ONLY justifiable replacement for Chris in the aforementioned Steeldrivers .

” We got your ‘fresh right here ” …a FRESH , retro-country arrangement that allows every vocal and musical nuance to bask in its glow free from the fear of over -compression , free from the 3 sided attack of distorting humbuckers howling for attention and snare drums rivaling wrecking balls crashing through your cranium in the ballad -free zone known as mainstream country radio .

If the teaser “Traveller’ tells us anything about Stapleton’s upcoming collection , move over Sturgill and make some room …company’s coming and they plan on staying a spell .

lol NO. Stapleton doesn’t even compare to Simpson or Isbell or any of the others. No.

I strongly disagree, particularly with any statement saying Stapleton isn’t the caliber of Sturgill. Then again, while I think Simpson is mad talented with tons of potential, I don’t think he’s nearly fully developed. He’s melodically unoriginal. I just haven’t drank that kool-aid. Stapleton has the benefit of being not just talented, but seasoned, both personally & professionally, much like Isbell, actually. That said, I still expect more diversity in his sound than Isbell. You won’t get a narrow range in tempo from this cat! Can’t wait. I’ll see ya on the bandwagon when ya climb onboard. 😉

So are you missing the drastically different songs that Isbell releases? I mean, there are tracks that sound more folky, more Dylan-esque. There are straight up acoustic-driven country songs. There are alt-country songs driven by electric guitar that hearken to his DBT days.

I find Jason Isbell much more varied than Chris Stapleton, but that’s just me, I guess.

Also, calling an artist melodically unoriginal means absolutely nothing. The best art isn’t completely unique. The best artists understand that they can take a known model and make it their own. Unique to them, you could say.

Chris Stapleton released “What Are You Listening to?” and co-wrote some really shitty songs. He’s not Simpson caliber. Or Isbell caliber. Is he good? Yes, but he’s more of a Jamey Johnson good, in my opinion. Acquired taste. Some dark patches on his resume. Be happy that he exists but don’t put him on the pedestal where somebody else belongs.

I don’t like comparing artists with each other anyway, but especially in this case, I think we owe it to Stapleton to at least release his first solo album before we stick him in any box. Yes he’s been around for a while, but what he will be as a recording artist is still very much an unknown quantity beyond this song.

Sure does remind one of a Steeldrivers song. Is that his wife singing in this song? Cannot wait for this album!

I played this for my buddy. He asked when Travis Tritt released a new album.

That was my first thought when Chris’ vocal kicked in! 😀 Anyway, nice track.

LOVE THIS Trigger. Thanks for sharing. Excited for his new record. Wonder if that is his gorgeous wife Morgane singing with him? Their live performance of “Amanda” (on youtube) still knocks me to my knees.

This is good stuff!!!

Like other’s “What Are You Listening To?” left me a bit cold, it was not bad by any means, but it also was pretty forgettable lyrically and was a bit too “poppy” in terms of production.

This song is what I was hoping a “mainstream” Chris Stapleton would sound like, I have high hopes for the album.

This song is killer. And yet another album was added to my list of release dates to watch for that day.

Is it May 3 yet?

But I’m not hearing any falsetto, just a great high register.

More please.

And if I may…

What is a 360 deal?

It means basically an all-encompassing deal, where a label shares in an artist’s publishing, touring, even merch. I don’t know if this is the kind of deal Chris Stapleton has, but it is what encourages labels to sign songwriters, and what encourages performers to get more songwriting credits so the label can then share in those profits.

Cliff Notes version.

And here I was thinking the Labels were screwing the artists over before…

I’m fairly certain he’s not on a 360 deal. He signed his publishing deal January 2014. He’s too savvy to sign 360.

“Is it May 5th yet?”

Is it fucking warm yet?

But in all seriousness, I’m not trying to compare Stapleton to anybody but he’s very reminiscent of Travis Tritt imo

Pretty Good! It has soul and steel guitar that the country radio has forgotten.

I was really happy to learn Cobb was producing this album.

Maybe it’s because I YouTube Stapleton all the time, but I’d love to see him do a live album. I always seem to enjoy his stripped down versions the best. Excellent songwriter.

The song is just alright too me. Stapleton’s voice is excellent, but the song sounds… hmm.. sloppy. The steel guitar sounds shrill / screechy at times, and combined with the acoustic in certain spots just grates on me. This song could be orders of magnitude better than what I’m hearing.

I don’t completely disagree here. Then again, Cobb is by far not my favorite producer.

He should be embarrassed that Luke Bryan will be linked to him.

Luke Bryan , for all of the junky crap he releases as singles , actually seems to know a good song when he hears one….. although those good ones are almost always ” album tracks “. Check out a song by Erin Enderlin ” You Don’t Know Jack ” which LB recorded an album or two back . It’ll break your heart lyrically . Shoulda been a SONG OF THE YEAR nomination . BTW she also wrote MONDAY MORNING CHURCH for AJ and LAST CALL for Lee Ann Womack .

Great song, I love that particular type of sound.

Chris Stapleton not as good as Jason Isbell? Spare me. I like Jason, I’ve met him, seen him live. He’s way too coffee house and raw for me. A poor mans Damien Rice. Stapleton is in a whole other league both for writing chops (across genres) and a rare and timeless voice. Chris will cross over to another whole audience with this Gregg Allman/Warren Haynes feel. Love this guy.

No one who is actually a successful writer in today’s music scene is embarrassed by who releases their material. Even if it is a Bro Country Clown.

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Set List: Chris Stapleton’s 2023 All-American Road Show Tour

After kicking off its latest leg in Charlottesville, Virginia, Chris Stapleton’s All-American Road Show will travel across North America through 2024 with a star-studded guest list of featured artists (Margo Price, George Strait, and Little Big Town are just a few). The show will inclue songs from Stapleton’s fifth studio album, Higher, due out in November. Whether you’re preparing for an upcoming show or revisiting one you recently attended, explore the tour's set list and put yourself in the crowd.

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George Strait, Chris Stapleton in concert at EverBank Stadium. Here's what you should know

The echoes from two Luke Combs concerts will barely have time to fade before another big country crowd heads to Jacksonville's EverBank Stadium, this time for a triple bill of George Strait , Chris Stapleton and Little Big Town on Saturday, May 11.

Strait is about as big a star as you'll find anywhere in country music, and Stapleton isn't far behind. In fact, all three acts have headlined shows at venues in the Jacksonville area.

Strait is a "neotraditional" country star, sort of a throwback to the days when country music leaned heavily on pedal-steel guitars and fiddles. He's sold something like 120 million albums and has a record-setting 60 number-one hits. He's in the Country Music Hall of Fame, was named Artist of the Decade by the Academy of Country Music and has won more Country Music Association awards than anyone. Only Elvis Presley and the Beatles have released more gold or platinum albums.

Here's what you need to know about the show.

Where is George Strait playing in Jacksonville?

The concert is at EverBank Stadium , home of the Jacksonville Jaguars .

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Who is opening for George Strait in Jacksonville?

First up is Little Big Town, a quartet that's toured with Strait in the past and has been named Vocal Group of the Year several times each by the Academy of Country Music and the Country Music Awards. The band has played Jacksonville shows at Freebird Live , Metropolitan Park, the arena, the St. Augustine Amphitheatre and Daily's Place, plus they did a 2012 show at Mayport Naval Station before a Georgetown-Florida basketball game aboard an aircraft carrier and played at Florida Country Superfest in the stadium in 2013.

Chris Stapleton is a Kentucky native who wrote hit songs for Strait, Kenny Chesney and Luke Bryan before busting out on his own with his quadruple-platinum debut album, "Traveler." He's won ten Grammy Awards and is the reigning Academy of Country Music Entertainer of the Year and Country Music Association Male Vocalist of the Year. Four of his five studio albums have gone platinum or better and all five topped the country charts. He's played at least three times at Jacksonville's arena and once at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre.

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How much are George Strait tickets in Jacksonville? 

Tickets are available through the stadium's website, everbankstadium.com , ranging from $125-$650.

Has George Strait ever played a concert in Jacksonville? 

Strait has been coming to Jacksonville since at least 1988. He played at the old Jacksonville Coliseum in '88, '94 and '95, headlined a huge country show at what was then called Alltel Stadium in 2000 and played the arena in '11 . He was scheduled to play at the arena in 2008 but came down with the flu backstage and had to reschedule for the following year; Little Big Town was the opening act for that show and played anyway.

Didn't George Strait retire from touring years ago?

Strait made quite a big deal about retiring from the road, even going on a Cowboy Rides Away Tour in 2014 and releasing a live album from the final show. He was back on the road a few years later, sort of, playing almost exclusively at the arena in Las Vegas from 2016-21. He now plays "limited engagements" that are a week or two apart.

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What other stadiums is George Strait playing on this tour? 

The tour includes stops at the home stadiums of the Indianapolis Colts, Iowa State Cyclones, Carolina Panthers, New York Giants/Jets, Utah Utes, Texas A&M Aggies, Detroit Lions, Chicago Bears and Las Vegas Raiders.  

Where can I park for the George Strait concerts? 

Parking options range from $49-$107.50. There are thousands of spots in lots and garages in the nearby downtown area.

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 What time do parking lots open for the George Strait concert? 

How many people will be at the george strait concert .

Officials are expecting around 40,000-45,000 fans. 

What time does the stadium open for the George Strait concert? 

Gates open at 4:30 p.m.

Can I jump into the EverBank Stadium swimming pools if I get overheated during the George Strait concert? 

No, the “spas” on the north end of the stadium will not be open during the concerts. The entire north end of the stadium, which is behind the stage, will be closed to the public. The seats in Daily’s Place, the amphitheater attached to the southern end of the stadium, will be used as a cooling-off area for fans.

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Can I leave the stadium and come back in? 

No. There is no re-entry allowed. 

What time does the first act come on stage? 

Little Big Town is scheduled to take the stage at 5:45 p.m., Chris Stapleton is scheduled to start at 7:15 p.m. Strait starts his show at 9:15 p.m.

Will the George Strait concert be rescheduled if it rains? 

Acts may be postponed due to lightning, but the shows are rain or shine. The stage will be covered, but the fans won’t be. 

What can I bring with me to the George Strait concert? 

Policies will be mostly the same as at a Jaguars game. You can bring in one factory-sealed water bottle that is 16.9 ounces or less. All bags brought into the stadium must be clear and no larger than 12-by-6-by-12 inches. Backpacks of any kind (even clear) are prohibited, and no outside food or beverages are permitted. 

Can I bring a camera to the George Strait concert? 

Not if it has a detachable lens, but you can shoot all the photos you want with your smartphone. Go-Pros, HD video cameras and drones are also prohibited. 

Can I hold up my phone and record the whole George Strait concert? 

There’s no rule against that, but the people sitting behind you will hate you for it.  

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