<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a title="Brantley Gilbert" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/brantley-gilbert-concert-tour-tickets/">Brantley Gilbert</a> Tells Apple Music About Latest Album &#8216;So Help Me God,&#8217; Writing &#8220;Heaven By Then,” Getting Sober and More.</p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a title="Brantley Gilbert" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/brantley-gilbert-concert-tour-tickets/">Brantley Gilbert</a> joins <em>Today’s Country Radio with Kelleigh Bannen</em> for a charming and candid look at his latest album &#8216;So Help Me God.&#8217; Gilbert shares the story of the late night karaoke outing with <a title="HARDY" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSHardy/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fhardy-tickets%2F">HARDY</a> that lead to his collaboration with personal heroes <a title="Blake Shelton" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSBlakeS/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fblake-shelton-tickets%2F">Blake Shelton</a> and <a title="Vince Gill" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSVinceG/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fvince-gill-tickets%2F">Vince Gill</a> on &#8220;Heaven By Then.&#8221; He and Kelleigh also dig into Gilbert&#8217;s journey through recovery from alcohol abuse and the inspiration for the album closer &#8220;So Help Me God.&#8221;</p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Tune in to <em>Today’s Country Radio with Kelleigh Bannen</em> on Apple Music Country and listen to the episode in-full this Friday (December 2) at 11am PT / 1pm CT / 2pm ET or anytime on-demand at <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://apple.co/_TodaysCountry" target="_blank">apple.co/_TodaysCountry</a>.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">&#8220;I&#8217;m a guy that says if I say I&#8217;m going to do something, I&#8217;m going to do it or die trying. And with alcohol, it got to a point with it where I knew it was something I needed to change and cut back on and I said, &#8220;You know what? This has a little more control over me than I like, and I just need to get it out of my life,&#8221; and couldn&#8217;t do it. Physically. That really frustrated me. Going in and being open to a different route of not being able to do it by myself was kind of humiliating and almost embarrassing to an extent, for about a split second. And then the thought was, &#8220;Dude, get it out of your life.&#8221; I wasn&#8217;t valuing or prioritizing the things in life that I was raised to value and prioritize. This chapter of my life, I didn&#8217;t plan on making it to 30, to be completely honest. I didn&#8217;t ever think I&#8217;d be married or have kids. Like, I wanted to be a biker.&#8221;</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">&#8220;One night, I&#8217;ll never forget, we had when “[Country Must Be] Country Wide” went number one, we threw a little celebration out on the road. Man, I kind of looked around and had this thought. It was like, &#8220;Man, we&#8217;re supposed to be celebrating something that an overwhelming majority of people that try to do something with music will never accomplish experience.” And we&#8217;re not really celebrating. We&#8217;re doing the same shit we do every night and it kind of got lost in… Just to getting wrapped into every day and every night being a party. I went back on in the back of the bus and called my&#8230; And that was literally a moment where I was like, &#8220;Hey man, let&#8217;s find some time and I need to do whatever it takes to get this junk out of my life.&#8221; That&#8217;s kind of where that started.&#8221;</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Tune in to <em>Today’s Country Radio with Kelleigh Bannen</em> on Apple Music Country and listen to the episode in-full this Friday (December 2) at 11am PT / 1pm CT / 2pm ET or anytime on-demand at <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://apple.co/_TodaysCountry" target="_blank">apple.co/_TodaysCountry</a>.</p>