Eric Church Gold & Platinum

It was an unseasonably warm day in March as Eric Church was in Nashville to celebrate a #1 song with “Talladega.”  His record label took the opportunity to present him two additional gifts: A Platinum record for “The Outsiders,” and a Gold Record for his debut album “Sinners Like Me.”  That album was released almost ten years ago, and didn’t contain any Top 10 singles, but its songs have become a mainstay of Eric’s live show.  Eric talked about that day with Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton:

“The Sinners Like Me turning Gold meant more to me because of the journey of where we came from.  That day, I told the crowd that we’d just played a show in Chicago, and we played 9 songs of that album.  Nobody knew what was a hit or what wasn’t a hit, because it’s been that iconic an album for me, from These Boots, there were songs that never had a life at radio, but have been the foundation of our fan base, so to get a Gold plaque was special to me.  The environment when I came out was female dominated, if you can believe that.  It was “soccer mom country,” and our stuff was so different, and now that part of country music is a massive part of what we do.  I think it was just a different time, different circumstances.”

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