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Greylan James is from East Tennessee, so not surprisingly, one of his biggest influences growing up was fellow East Tennessean, Kenny Chesney. And Greylan remembers the life-changing experience with Kenny that set him on a path of chasing his dream to be a country music singer.

Greylan James – first concert Kenny Chesney :35

“I grew up in East Tennessee, so there was always music around, and right when I was a kid, Kenny Chesney was becoming a massive superstar. And so, when I was starting to take guitar lessons, starting to take singing lessons, everybody had a story about how they saw Kenny Chesney come up. And they were like, ‘If you keep on, you’ll become the next Kenny Chesney.’  And my parents got tickets when I was seven years old to Kenny Chesney at Neyland Stadium, and it was my first ever concert. So, I was two years removed from getting that first guitar, and seeing it in action, seeing somebody on that big of a stage was insane for me. And so, that was definitely the moment I was like, ‘Alright, that’s what I wanna do.’ It was a life changing experience.