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Luke Combs ‘Made It’ When He Left The ‘Cubical Office’ Behind

Luke Combs is one of the hottest artists in country music today: he was nominated twice for Entertainer of the Year in 2020 and scored several number one songs, sold…

Luke Combs 'Made It' When He Left The 'Cubical Office' Behind
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Luke Combs is one of the hottest artists in country music today: he was nominated twice for Entertainer of the Year in 2020 and scored several number one songs, sold millions of records and was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live in January of 2020.

Luke is a pretty easy going down to earth kind of guy and doesn't really see himself as a superstar, but he does recall when he felt like he "made it." He told us, "When I could pay my bills doing music and not have to do another job. That was making it for me. That was the goal, was not having to work 40 hours. Not have to do the cubicle office grind thing."

His success began sometime in 2011 or 2012 as he says, "I was playing shows 3 or 4 nights a week and didn’t have to work and was just writing music and hanging out and to me that was the dream, you know?"

Combs didn't know how big he would get at the time, he said, "I didn’t think that I had to be any particular thing and obviously those goals and desires to achieve things change over time, which they have now."

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.