Jake Worthington

Oh, wow.

And you've also got collabs with artists like Jake Worthington and Hannah McFarland.

They opened up for you in the UK last year.

So it really feels like you're lifting them up and giving them this platform.

She finished third.

The runner-up was Jake Worthington, and the winner was Josh Kaufman.

Even the host, Carson Dilley, later said that he was completely shocked that Christina did not take it all, that she did not win this whole competition.

Now, a little side note about the winners of that competition.

Well, Well, Whiskey, I wrote four years ago, probably, by myself and just thought, man, that sounds really country.

And then fast forward and I met Jake Worthington and he's on tour with me.

And I thought, man, his voice is perfect for that song.

How cool would that be? And then there's some that I wrote the day before I went in the studio, and there's some I went back and revisited.

I feel like you got a couple options on here for like musical event of the year like a couple contenders well

you know in the same way that I feel like it's kind of my obligation to take what I'm blessed to be able to do and share it with some up-and-coming artists and take them out on the road or have features like Hannah McFarlane on go again or jake worthington on uh well well whiskey kind of kind of demographic so you know to be able to show them somebody that meant so much to me is a cool thing

right and when you think about like brooks and done like i know they ask everybody at the show every night like how many people is this your first brooks and done show and ronnie's like it's like 80 of the crowd's first show which is so crazy yeah but also

so cool that they're there's of course they're still out beating the streets and touring and you know putting the work in so it's uh it's it's awesome to see that that's still living in the way it is

I guess they're going to do some George and Tammy song.

Tanya Tucker, Jake Worthington, Billy Yates, Heath Wright from Ricochet, and the one and only Mr.

Dean Dillon.

And Cletus T. Judd is going to be the host for it.

They pride their whole style off of wanting to sing like George Jones, especially the newer country artists.

You look at guys like Jake.

Jake is on the list there, Jake Worthington.

To sit and listen to him, he's got George Jones all in it.

Wow.

The first time I heard you sing, and I feel the same about Jake Worthington, man.

Isn't

he great? Yeah, he's just who he is.

He's really good.

He's incredible.

Before I forget, I wanted to ask you about Jake Worthington.

Yeah.

Now they say everything old becomes new again.

And Jake Worthington basically showed up wearing a vintage suit, carrying a steel guitar, and reminding Nashville that country music didn't start with a drum loop and a guy yelling truck every 12 seconds.

This Texas traditionalist grew up soaking in the sounds of honky-tonk legends like Lefty Frizzell and George Jones.

His mission? Bring back the twang, the heartbreak, the kind of country where the singer actually sounds like he's lived a little.

Next New Thing is a wink at the music business because Jake knows the funny truth.

Sometimes the next big thing is actually the thing we forgot was great in the first place.

Here's Jake Worthington.

This is called Next New Thing.

And even...

Like Jake Worthington right now, I'm a huge fan of him.

I like that old boy because he reminds me of the stuff I grew up on.

He's a real deal.