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Tanner Flowers / Press

“I know all my fans know where I’m taking this thing. I know the industry knows where I’m taking this thing. And I know that all the haters know that there ain’t nothing getting in my way from right here in this very interview to the top of the mountain. You can either climb on this train or step back and watch it blow right on passed you. ”

“ “So, I sat down and began to write. I wrote Jesco’s life story in song. The song is real. There’s not a fake line in it. The song ‘The Dancing Outlaw’, is a dedication and honor to the legend of Jesco White.” In a rare telephone interview White praised the songwriting collaboration, saying, “I love the song. It’s really about what I went through in my life. What Tanner sang about is like I had written it myself. I think it’s really beautiful. I admired the way he put everything together. I thought it was genius. It matched me.” Read more: Cleveland Daily Banner - Local songwriter honors ‘Dancing Outlaw’”

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“What do you think has happened to country music? Why do you think they went out and recruited Hootie and the Blowfish? It’s because they want it to be pop music! And if you wanna hear pop music, you sure don’t wanna be listening to the songs I’m writing! You may wanna listen to something some Canadian up in Canada wrote. Just typed it right up on his little labtop and sent it on in to Nashville! Let me tell you something. There’s a couple pinstripe suit wearing fools that are the reason country music has went from Hank Williams Jr, to Lady Antebellum! They’re also the reason country music has went from Waylon Jennings, Johhny Cash, Travis Tritt, to what?!! To who?!! Keith Urban? Mr Australian highlights? Look. It all comes down to this. COUNTRY MUSIC NEEDS COUNTRY MUSIC. Period!! So I say toss the pinstripe suits, let reggae music stay in Jamaica, and let’s turn by God Tennessee back into the country music capital of the world!! Is that too much to ask for? ”

“Do you think what you hear on country radio today is real? Do you think for one second Justin Moore could kick my ass? If you do, I can assure you are sadly mistaken. I’m not saying Justin Moore’s not talented. Truth be told, he’s one of the few left that I actually enjoy listening to. What I’m saying is that most of the entertainment you are being entertained with is fake!! The songs that are being played on country radio today are about as close to being country music as Dierks Bentley is close to having arms the size of mine. ”

“As a songwriter with a gift for empathizing with his clients, Flowers said he writes all his songs with the intent of reaching people on a very personal level. “I really want you to be able to feel what I’m saying. I want people to have something they can relate to in their lives. I think that’s really what music is all about.” ”

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“People tell me that my songs have brought them to tears, laughter, made them fall in love with their spouse all over again. They say I’ve helped bring a smile to their faces with the memories that my songs make them reflect back on. And I can’t speak for everybody else out there, but as for Tanner Flowers, that’s what songwriting is all about. If the listener can hear a line in your song and travel right back to that moment in his or her own mind, if they can relive that moment, then as a songwriter, you just achieved success! Words are a very powerful thing. Relationships have been started on a song. Families have been brought together on a song. Time can sometimes stand still on a song. So for all of you out there with the gift of songwriting, don’t take it for granted and waste it on fake songs. Don’t agree that that Bob Marley wannabe song Sugarland did is country music. Strive to write what’s in your heart, and then you too can help change the life of someone for the”

“ Who hasn’t heard of me?! I’ve been writing songs longer than today’s country music has been pretending to be country music. Who am I? I am just another one of you out there reading this and thinking to yourself, ‘‘Well damn he’s right.‘‘ Well I know I’m right!! Difference is, I’ll take a stand for country music!! I’ll wave the flag!! I’ll take the reigns and ride this wave all the way to the top!! I’m a country music fan. That’s who Tanner Flowers is. I just may enjoy writing country music more than the next person. What can I say? I’m just me. And it’s a hard thing pretending to be anything else. ”

““We met on a Thursday night and were in the studio that weekend recording ‘Wannabe.’ By the first of that following week executives had decided this was the song. It’s almost unbelievable how far this song has taken off in a little over two weeks.” ”

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