Jake Owen Talks New Album, Success of Recent Singles, ACM Awards Nomination, Drifting Through Life & More

Jake Owen Talks New Album, Success of Recent Singles, ACM Awards Nomination, Drifting Through Life & More

by Jim Casey | @TheJimCasey  |  March 22, 2019

Jim Casey talks with Jake Owen about:

  • creating his sixth studio album, Greetings From . . . Jake
  • what ties the album together
  • picking the 14 songs for the new album
  • the all-star group of Nashville songwriters who have cuts on the album
  • the success of singles “I Was Jack (You Were Diane)” and “Down to the Honkytonk”
  • earning a nomination for ACM Single of the Year for “Down to the Honkytonk”
  • selecting “River of Time” for the new album
  • having fun and “drifting through life”
  • hitting the festival circuit this spring and summer

Podcast participants:

  • Jake Owen
  • Jim Casey, editor in chief of Nash Country Daily

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