With only a handful of dates left on the Night Train Tour, Thomas Rhett says his experience opening for Jason Aldean over the last several months has been an incredible learning experience that he took as much advantage of as possible.  “I think I might have missed three intros of Jason all year.  I usually go get off stage, put some shorts on, go watch Jake, go back to the bus and then go back out and watch the intro of Jason.  I always watch the first five songs.”  Watching Jason gave him a lot of ideas about what he would want his own headlining tour to look like some day, but Thomas says more importantly he learned what he wants his shows to sound like.  “[I learned] to record songs that I believe in.  Every night he gets up there and he sings.  Not to namedrop myself, but he gets up there and he sings ‘1994’ and then he follows it with ‘Big Green Tractor’.  Those songs could not be any more different, but you believe Jason when he sings them.”  Thomas is starting to build his own collection of hits with songs like “It Goes Like This,” and he says, “To get up there and play 90 minutes worth of humongous hits, I think every artist should strive for.  I think you want your show to be full of massive hits, because then you never let people go.  They’re always engaged and they’re always intrigued into what you’re doing and they know every word to it.”

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Thomas Rhett – biggest takeaway from aldean tour  :50

“I think I might have missed three intros of Jason all year.  I usually go get off stage, put some shorts on, go watch Jake, go back to the bus and then go back out and watch the intro of Jason.  I always watch the first five songs.  The things that he’s done with his production are incredible.  Learned a lot about what I want my stage to look like one day.  But more importantly, to record songs that I believe in.  Every night he gets up there and he sings.  Not to namedrop myself, but he gets up there and he sings ‘1994’ and then he follows it with ‘Big Green Tractor’.  Those songs could not be any more different, but you believe Jason when he sings them.  To get up there and play 90 minutes worth of humongous hits, I think every artist should strive for.  I think you want your show to be full of massive hits, because then you never let people go.  They’re always engaged and they’re always intrigued into what you’re doing and they know every word to it.”