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Brantley Gilbert Gains a "Country Wide" Foothold

By the time Brantley Gilbert rolled into Nashville for an interview at CMT .com, he said he'd been sleeping on his tour bus for months. Although he does have a house in Jefferson, Ga., he says he just uses it to wash his clothes.

"I repack and I'm back out," says Gilbert, who will release an album this year on the Valory Music Co. label.

"They keep me pretty busy, but I asked for it. When I was talking to [the label], I was like, 'You tell me what you need and I'll do it. I really ain't got nothing else to do,'" he says with a laugh. "I don't know what to do when I'm home. I'd just stare at the wall."

During this easygoing conversation, Gilbert talks about his electrifying new video, his songwriting success and his firmly-planted Southern roots.

CMT: What do you remember most about filming the video for "Country Must Be Country Wide" ?

Gilbert: We did it at the abandoned state penitentiary here in Nashville. That's where The Green Mile was filmed. It was really neat seeing all of those old cells. ... Death row felt a little bit eerie. We saw the place where they had the electric chair. ... They had a chair set up, but not the electric chair itself, and I sat in it for a minute. It felt weird .

Jason Aldean had a lot of success with songs you wrote, including "My Kinda Party" and "Dirt Road Anthem." What did you think about his version of "Dirt Road Anthem"?

It was different. It was flattering. Hearing somebody with that stature sing a song that meant a lot to me. It was interesting.

By saying "different," do you mean just different from your version?

Right. I mean, after you hear something and play something and sing something so many times, you get used to your way of doing things. When it changes just a little bit, it's different. But it's a good different.

Fans can get used to hearing the original version -- and then there's a new version. Can you assure your fans that you're happy with Aldean's version, too?

Yeah. The other day, Jason was talking to a good friend of mine ... and said, "Yeah, man, I like Brantley. Our fans just think we should hate each other." (laughs) That's because he's catching all the flak about "you stole Brantley's songs" and I'm catching crap about "you're selling all your songs." And that's not the case. He took them to a different level.

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