When Country artist Jon Pardi covers an Elvis song, he doesn’t do it halfway.
During a recent show in Texas, Pardi slipped on a newly-purchased Elvis costume and rocked out with the crowd to some good ol’ Elvis tunes. If we didn’t know any better, we’d think the King made a comeback to the stage.
“It was fun, we did three Elvis songs,” Pardi told Audacy’s Rob Stone of his fully committed performance. “I got a new Elvis jumpsuit, a black one. It’s really cool. We’ve been playing ‘You’ve Lost The Loving Feeling’ at the concerts and it kills it every night.”
So what is it that helps Jon get into the Elvis “Pardi” spirit? Maybe it’s some of that fresh liquor from his new spirits line. Last month, Jon revealed a new partnership with Buffalo Chip Spirits and the release of his Pardi Batch Tennessee Whiskey and Pardi Batch 112 Bourbon liquor.
Pardi admits he was hesitant to take his chances in the liquor business when first approached about it, but a couple of good bourbon samples later, he was all in!
“I was like, ‘I don’t know, I’ve never really wanted to be in the liquor business,’ but I was like, ‘whatever, here’s all the bourbon I like,’” Pardi recalled. “They [Buffalo Chip Spirits] came back with… a bunch of batches of samples and I was like, ‘Damn, this is good!’”
If anyone knows good liquor it’s the Pardi animal himself!
Retail locations for Pardi’s new line are expected to be revealed in the near future.
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