VCS Vol 2026 #36 with Ashley Puckett

So your career in music started when you picked up the guitar at 16 years old and just said, I'm going to do this.

Is that how this all happened for you?

I mean, pretty much.

I've been singing since I was five years old.

So music has always been in my heart.

I've been writing since as long as I can remember.

When I started playing guitar, that was, I think, when I knew I was a little bit more serious and wanted to aid my songwriting.

And from there, it was just something that I couldn't let go of.

Was there a person or an influence that kind of got you over this and said, yeah, I've got to do this?

God, maybe.

Well, there you go.

Honestly, there have been some times in my life as I got older, obviously through high school and even just out of high school, I was still on music and But a little bit after that, you know, life happens.

You know, you're growing up, you're an adult.

And there were a couple of times that I did kind of put it on the back burner, not necessarily on purpose, but it wasn't necessarily my focus either.

And there were some times that, you know, years went by and I barely, you know, wrote a song, thought about music, sang a song, and it all kind of fell back into place.

And I think that that little break, even though I...

I don't regret that time, but I look back and I do say, man, if I only had those other couple of years too that I, you know, put some effort into this.

But I think that break needed to happen.

I think because when it did start coming back, I realized how much it meant to me.

And from there, it was always something I knew that was in my heart.

kind of gained a better appreciation for what it is that you're doing now.

Well, and you've worked with some of the industry's best, Brian Cole, Doug Casper.

You have had some folks in your corner that are phenomenal.

I have, and I'm actually back in the studio.

So I'm working with Doug again and Adam, and I'm really excited for the new way that everything's turning.