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Blake Shelton Is Careful Not To ‘Overthink’ His Songs

Blake Shelton is just plain fun to be around: he’s got a big personality and he doesn’t take himself so seriously. It’s the same when he looks for songs to…

Blake Shelton Is Careful Not To 'Overthink' His Songs
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Blake Shelton is just plain fun to be around: he's got a big personality and he doesn't take himself so seriously. It's the same when he looks for songs to record and take to the stage.

Blake told us about keeping his music catalog upbeat, "What's the fun in music is everything so serious and has this underlining deep message you know? I don't think when Steve Miller wrote 'Space Cowboy' that it was nothing more than, to me when I hear it it's just fun. It just makes you wanna drink or smoke or whatever."

He added, "I think you can overthink things and really take the personality out of a song by overthinking it."

After playing a sold-out Cheyenne Frontier Days concert on Saturday (7/31), Shelton kicks off his "Friends and Heroes Tour 20201" on August 18 in Omaha, Nebraska.

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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.