Live music creates life-changing moments, and for many that sing on stage and make memories for fans, they too have their own story to tell about the shows that made a mark and helped get them to their own turn in the spotlight.
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The same is true for Jordan Davis, who tells Katie Neal this week during the Superstar Power Hour about a few of the concerts that inspired him to do what he does.
"I go back to Eric Church at the Varsity in 2007 in Baton Rouge. I think it was that was one that, I just remember falling in love with music again, like seeing it performed live," Davis reveals. "He wasn't the Eric Church he is now, but the show was the exact same like back then, he was doing the exact same thing that he's doing now. It's just we've caught up."
"Another one is John Prine and Amos Lee, in New Orleans," he adds. "I went with my dad. It was the Mahalia Jackson Theater in New Orleans, and it was just me and him, and it was just Amos with a guitar and then John had like a little stripped-down kind of four piece band. I remember just being moved by storytelling that night and it felt like the the world stopped for 2 hours."
Before finding his calling in the world of Country, Jordan Davis was an environmental science major, and if the hits never hit, he says he'd probably would be working on an oil rig.
"I'll be like a health and safety officer on like an oil rig like, out in the middle of the ocean," he says, though he can't imagine ever doing that now. "No, not at all."
"I always say this, like if this bellies up, I don't know what I would do. I'll probably just sit paralyzed at the house like, 'I gotta go play shows,' right? Like I don't know. I can't see myself doing anything else but playing music and writing songs, which is also crazy the fact that that's my job."
To hear more from Jordan Davis on family life, his new album, and the speed of the industry, check out the full conversation above.