Drake White Ignites The Charts With a Single Spark
By Will Estell
If you ’ re a fan of country music you ’ re likely also a fan of Drake White . There aren ’ t many avid country music lovers , or heck lovers of music period , that can listen to “ Makin ’ Me Look Good Again ”, “ It Feels Good ”, “ The Simple Life ”, or his first release from the best-selling album , Spark , “ Livin ’ The Dream ” and not have a deep respect and admiration for the kind of soulful sound this small town Alabama singer / songwriter -and his band , The Big Fire — are earning numerous accolades and tens of thousands of fans with .
In 2015 , Rolling Stone named White as one of their “ 10 New Country Artists You Need to Know ”… and they weren ’ t lying either . The insight expressed by the granddaddy of all music publications has been spot on , as the boy from small town Hokes Bluff Alabama has literally taken the country , and country music , by storm . As evidence of this , Drake White was recently named “ 2017 Grammy Awards ’ Artist of Tomorrow ”,
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