At 14, I was in my own little classic rock country band. Then, after high school, I started another band called Northern Comfort. That was based out of Chico, Calif.
'Dirt on My Boots' was pegged as the second single from 'California Sunrise' from the get-go, and we felt like it was just a fun song to go with.
My grandmother loved country music, and she's the one who really got me into country music. She had George Strait tapes, a bunch of them. I remember listening to tapes, taking them out, the covers and the back.
I love coming back around Northern California.
I played the bars in northern California since I was 18. We played at least three hours, and there's no which-way about it: That definitely helped.
A lot of my fans, and a lot of country music fans, they still wear boots.