Luke Bryan Returns 10/24-25

The co-host this wknd is Luke Bryan, back for a second week as Lon’s co-host. He talks about his Double Down Tour with Jason Aldean, his two boys, Bo & Tate, and looks ahead to his Crash My Playa festival in January. Plus he reveals how he celebrated his 50th birthday,

Luke has done several stadium shows this year with Jason Aldean: “It’s been fun.  The biggest challenge is we gotta remember when we sing each other’s parts.  We laughed our way through it.  I did an audible with him on Neon Moon.  I knew Jason could handle it.  Maybe he’ll spring one on me in Vegas.”  The Las Vegas Double Down show will take place on December 11th.

Whenever Luke co-hosts, Lon asks about his sons.  This time, though, Bo Bryan is quarterback of his high school football team. “His first ever varsity start was broadcast on ESPN-2.  I was so nervous.  At one point, ESPN called my manager and asked if they could put a mic on me.  She told them ‘Absolutely not.  You won’t be able to use any of it.'”

Lon was watching Bo on TV, and noticed that Bo was great at interviews: “I didn’t send him to media training. He’s actually better than me.  There was one thing on his first interview, I showed him, and the next time he did an interview, he corrected it.  My wife calls him my “mini-me.”

One sad note: This past weekend, Bo broke his collarbone, and will be out of the lineup for a while. Bo had surgery on his shoulder Monday, and Luke’s wife Caroline posted, “Not the best day for Bo, or our family, but he’ll be back!!!!”  She also posted a picture of Bo with his arm in a sling.

Meanwhile, Luke’s younger song, Tate, is on the school golf team: “Tate really works hard at golf.  That’s our thing.  We do it together. He’s always excelled at golf.  He’s already beaten me.  I’d say he’ll beat me by two strokes.  I’ve been expecting him to be at even par very soon.”

Luke is looking forward to hosting his 12th annual Crash My Playa festival in January.  One of the artists next year will be Hardy.  He told Lon he was slow to accept Luke’s offer because the festival is in the middle of deer season.  Luke said, “I know how important deer hunting is to him. At one time I sent him some deer blinds to him. Maybe I have to send him another deer blind to compensate him for missing a few days.  I’ll paint the deer blind in Crash My Playa colors.”

Luke just celebrated his 50th birthday, and did it in style: “We went out to a golf course in Idaho. We had 38 couples with us.  I found a plane that held 60 people, had all loaded up on the plane, and flew to Idaho together.  We played golf, went fishing and had a great time. It was a 10 out of 10 birthday.”

Luke also has great stories this week about Ella Langley, Dustin Lynch, Jelly Roll, Tucker Wetmore, and Carrie Underwood.

NEXT WEEK: Dustin Lynch

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