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Florida Georgia Line’s ‘Songwriting Bus’ Lets The Write On The Road

Songwriting is so important to Florida Georgia Line that when Brian Kelley and Tyler Hubbard started their Tree Vibez publishing company, they invested in a tour bus to allow their…

Florida Georgia Line's 'Songwriting Bus'

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – APRIL 07: (L-R) Brian Kelley and Tyler Hubbard of Florida Georgia Line perform onstage during the 54th Academy Of Country Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 07, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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Songwriting is so important to Florida Georgia Line that when Brian Kelley and Tyler Hubbard started their Tree Vibez publishing company, they invested in a tour bus to allow their songwriters to go out on the road with them and other artists to write songs.

Most of the guys' new album Can't Say I Ain't Country was written on the bus.

Tyler Hubbard explains, “I think if you listen to this album and compare it to our previous three albums, the quality of the songs, it really does set itself apart. That is because we were able to write so much over the last two years. Having that bus on the road kind of joined our two worlds together. It wasn’t just touring on the weekends and just writing Monday through Wednesday in town. We could kind of do both. We could bring the writers out, let them get inspired by the live shows, let them get inspired by the fans and watch and see how the fans are connecting with what songs.”

The duo opened the ACM Awards on Sunday with a performance along with Artist of the Decade Jason Aldean.

-Nancy Brooks

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.