Drink a Beer

And it was fun and, man, I mean, song really te- tells a great story.

Number two, Drink a Beer.

Mm-hmm.

[laughs] It's great.

Um, I was, uh, sitting at the island in my house, uh, checking some emails, which I was al- have always historically been the worst at.

And I don't know, I guess, I guess it came from either Stapleton's publisher or Jim Beavers' publisher.

And I saw it, Drink a Beer, hit the space bar, and I hear Stapleton's voice, which at the time, you know, he was on fire as a songwriter.

Um, you know, he had just, I guess, had Your Man.

[upbeat music] And more with Luke Bryan.

We're talking about this song, Drink a Beer.

I was, uh, sitting at the island in my house, checking some emails, which I was al- have always historically been the worst at.

I guess it came from either Stapleton's publisher or Jim Beavers' publisher, and I saw it, Drink a Beer, hit the space bar, and I hear Stapleton's voice, which, at the time, you know, he was on fire as a songwriter.

You know, he had just, I guess, had Your Man.

So any time you heard his voice on a demo, you, you knew there was some real stuff about to go down.

So I drove, and man, back then, me and my bus driver would listen to songs all night.

And I pulled up, and I said, "Caleb, [laughs] I got one of the best ones I've ever heard." And I said, "It's gonna change a lot of people's lives." And man, I laid it out there in the front seat of that bus, and man, we played it, and me and him sat there and just bawled.

Kincaid in Dallas.

Luke Bryan says that he shared an intimate moment with Chris Stapleton last week when they performed Drink a Beer together at his show.

And Luke was actually like falling in love.

I have him as my number one on Mount Rushmore, by the way.

And then the whole time, I'm kind of falling in love.

Wow, my God.

He's talking about Chris Stapleton as they were performing Drink a Beer Together at his show.

I think it was last week.

Artists like Chris Stapleton and Carrie Underwood, I mean that's a lineup.

For sure, but what struck me is how he said Stapleton wrote one of his emotional hits, Drink a Beer.

Right, it's fascinating to see how their collaboration evolved over the years.

Exactly, but doesn't that assume he wasn't already famous? Stapleton was kind of a big deal even back then.