Luke Bryan is asking for trouble after claiming he’s a better farmer than Blake Shelton.
Listen to your favorite Country music now on Audacy and check out Luke Bryan Radio
During a recent interview on Apple Music’s The Ty Bentli Show, Luke playfully discredited Blake’s farming skills saying he does “pretend farming.”
"I mean, he's just putting out like wild grasses — stuff that literally will grow on Mars," said Luke. "I'm actually planting stuff that human beings can enjoy. I'm not feeding a bunch of rabbits and moles and stuff. Blake's farming earthworms and stuff."
While we know better than to get involved in this debate, we must admit Luke has some serious farm cred after growing up on a peanut farm in Georgia before moving to Nashville to pursue his music career.
"It was literally 15-hour days, breathing dust,” he explained. “It's crazy because at the time, I mean, I'm 24, 25 years old, and I remember physically feeling like I had been in a gang fight, played a football game. That's how hard we were working. It was 24/7 and just working constantly during peanut season.”
He continued, “I was still gigging. I was still playing concerts Fridays and Saturday nights. I'd be in the damn peanut mill on a Thursday, and God, I'd have to go drive through the night and sing college shows with peanut dust all in my lungs. It was a wonder. I probably sounded pretty awful back then!"
Things clearly worked out for Luke in the music world, but old habits die hard as he re-visited farming when he got bored for the first time during the pandemic and planted 24-acres of sweet corn. Wow!
Reminded of al the work farming takes after tending to the corn, Luke is happier than ever to be headed on tour this summer with his Raised Up Right Tour. Luke will be joined by Riley Green and Mitchell Tenpenny for the trek kicking off June 9.
LISTEN on the Audacy App
Sign up and follow Audacy
Facebook | Twitter | Instagram