Luke Bryan’s IMDb TV docu-series, Luke Bryan: My Dirt Road Diary released over the weekend, and while Luke hopes to inspire others with his story of overcoming loss, he says it was difficult to re-visit the times of such tragedy in his life.
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The docu-series tells Luke’s story from his childhood in Georgia, to facing the tragic loss of multiple family members and overcoming grief to become a Country headliner. Luke lost his brother, Chris, in a 1996 car accident, his sister, Kelly, for unknown health reasons in 2007 and her widower, Lee, seven years later to a heart attack.
"When you start talking about the loss of siblings and even the loss of my brother-in-law — I mean, he was my brother, he had been in my life since I was 7, 8 years old — and the hesitancy is, gosh, you almost feel anxiety of telling aspects of your life that are so tragic," Bryan told TODAY’s Willie Geist.
“You worry about people at home just really wondering why this much tragedy and unfortunate things have happened in my life," he continued.
Despite his hesitations and anxieties, Luke believes the series is a way to honor those who helped him along the way, and pass some love along to fans who are facing similar grief.
"I have to remember there are people out there that have gone through similar stuff that I have," he said. "And so me telling my story of how we get through this as a family, you pray and you feel like you're going to help some people."
"At the end of the day, that's really what we're trying to do. We're tryin' to just tell the story of my dirt road diary."
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