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Why would he relocate to Tennessee? He
had good reason. "Nashville is not at all
what people think it is," he swears. "It's
not all corporate country music – there's
an incredible underground rock and roll
scene, and an incredible punk and songwriting scene there that's just not country.
And I'm from the South, so I wanted to
keep it kind of in the South, so Nashville
of that transformative move, licensed to
his own ASCAP publishing company,
Young Town Mountain; King's ASCAP
outlet is Effecter, Burns' is Evan Taylor
Burns for BMI. "But I don't really sit down
and try to write a song with specific subject matter on purpose," he explains. "I
mean, if I could write like Johnny Cash, I
would, where there's a beginning, a middle and an end. So ("Tall Boots") was definitely out of a place of desperation, and
the realization that you cannot help but
grow older. So it's just whether you enjoy
that or not."
What about the track's plaintive line
"Young man, 23/ Living on ampheta-
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made perfect sense. And I had a couple of
friends there, working in studios, who
offered me some studio time. I had a circle of friends there, so I figured 'Hey –
why not?' And I'll be honest with you –
that was probably the best decision I ever
made."
A few years ago, at 21, Young packed
up his truck, left home with his parents'
blessing, and moved in with a Music Row
buddy until he could afford his own
apartment. Optimistically, he imagined
the town's publishing-house gates swinging wide to welcome his composing
expertise. It didn't happen. "The reality
was, everyone there wrote songs. And
everyone was good," he remembers of his
first wake-up call. "Especially the circle I
was running in – everyone was extremely
talented. So it kind of put me in my place,
as far as wanting to work really hard. So I
just took a big step back and just focused
on writing for a while, before I ever even
performed in Nashville. So it was a good
learning experience, for sure."
That period lasted nearly a year, while
the aspiring artistvworked "shit jobs like
every other songwriter, restaurant jobs,
waiting jobs." But he was a quick stud K