Writing of the current single “The Weekend,” she opines, “the thing that really makes the song, and much of Gilbert's music, feel as pugnacious as it does is the way that he sings… he uses it to accentuate the extremes of his performing persona, channeling stubborn small town resilience through his clenched drawl, airing aggression through his strenuous, sandpapered rasp and hinting at pent-up ferocity with surly, monosyllabic spoken asides. His performances are instantly recognizable, often confrontational and pack a punch.”
“All I’ve ever done (with my songwriting) is write my life,” says the man who penned Jason Aldean’s “Dirt Road Anthem,” nominated for CMA Song and Single of the Year. “All these songs are pages from life, and the albums are chapters. What she – or anyone hears – is what I’ve lived in the time in between.”
