Sugarland: Not Your Typical Country Band
I recently had the pleasure ofinterviewing Kristian Bush of country’s hottest band Sugarland. Let me say that I am not a fan of Sugarland or their brand of country. It’s not that I think they’re a shitty band; they’re just not a band that I would run out and buy their albums. After reading up on them and interviewing Bush, I must say that I have quite a respect and appreciation for this band for one simple reason: THEY ARE A COUNTRY BAND THAT WRITES THEIR OWN SONGS! Bush and his partner Jennifer Nettles are quite aware that they are breaking a Nashville cardinal rule that dictates that they must employ a songwriter to compose their music, but it doesn’t really matter to them because they claim Atlanta and even recorded their last album in their hometown. Everyone from Vince Gill to Waylon Jennings to Brad Paisley to Montgomery Gentry pay and have paid a lot of money to songwriters, while Sugarland is doing it themselves and finding oodles of success in the process.
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