John Rich fired back at the 'absurdity' of current affairs in first single from latest album, and recalled being a victim of stage-throwing antics in early years of country career.
John Rich is speaking the truth in his new album –"The Country Truth," that is.
"This is a collection of songs that I wrote, recorded that are true statements put out in the form of songs that if I was on a major label, you would probably never hear these songs because they're that true," Rich said."I mean, they get – they get right to it. Whether it's funny songs – some of them are really funny, some are more serious, some are about my family. I've got a song about my two sons. I've got a song about my granddaddy in World War Two.
"I look around our country and I don't see anything funny going on at all. It doesn't matter where you look. It's just more bad news and more bad news," Rich said."So I thought, you know what America needs right now? They need something funny. They need something to come out that they can laugh with and put a grin on their face. So I was kind of looking at our culture these days, and I'm guilty of it, too, that everybody's offended at something all the time.
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