Riley Green ‘Learned A Lot’ On Luke Combs Tour

Riley Green recently announced his early 2024 headlining tour with 1990s country hitmaker Tracy Lawrence as one of his openers. Riley spent the summer of 2023 on one of country music's biggest tours with Luke Combs, who sold out multiple nights of stadiums nationwide.

I talked with Green last week before he released his new album, Ain't My Last Rodeo, and he told me how the Combs tour helped him out. He said, "I certainly learned a lot. It's a different show. You know, I think I am a lot more drawn to the smaller acoustic venues and the more intimate setting. It's completely different, so there is a lot I had to learn to fill up a big stage like that and to appeal to fifty-thousand people."

He continued, "I definitely learned a lot about a live show, and it really put me in front of a lot of new potential fans. It was a great opportunity. I think me and Luke have a lot of the same fans. We have some similarities in music and songwriting, so it was cool to have that opportunity and to see fifty-something thousand people singing 'I Wish Grandpas's Never Died' back to me every weekend is pretty motivating."

Green's new album has a song with Luke called "Different Round Here." He told me how it came about, "I wish I had a really cool story about it; I just texted him and said, 'You want to be a part of this song?' It was always a really big song for me, and the fans have always screamed that song to me at shows when I play it. I told him I thought it might be the next single, and fortunately for me, he wanted to be a part of it."

Riley concluded, "It worked out great, and the timing was great with the tour, and it's fun to see it going up the charts now."

Riley Green recently announced he is releasing a new album, Ain't My Last Rodeo, on October 13 on BMLG Records. The 12-track project is named after a song on the album, "My Last Rodeo," which the singer wrote following one of the final conversations he had with his late Grandaddy Buford while in the hospital.

Riley attributes his Grandaddy Buford for his musical appreciation, education, and inspiration. He said in a statement, "I was fortunate enough to grow up within about three miles of my grandparents, so they were a huge part of my growing up and who I am—and this album is a lot of who I am. This is really the first time I was able to really take my time, write, and record songs that really felt like a cohesive album."

He added, "I'm really proud of it and want to thank the fans for all of their encouragement—I hope y'all enjoy it."

Green recently dropped a new song from the project called "They Don't Make 'Em Like That Anymore" that he co-wrote. The chorus of the new song includes the lyrics, "'Cause they don't make 'em like that no more / Some things you can't find in the discount store / There's just something 'bout bein' handmade / And bought with cash on a firm handshake / Like old Zebcos and pocket knives / Shotguns, rifles, four-wheel drives / And this worn-out pair of boots that my daddy wore / Well, they don't make 'em like that no more."

Riley also has a song with Jelly Roll on the project and a cover of Tim McGraw's "Damn Country Music."

The new album includes his current single, "Different 'Round Here," which features Luke Combs.

Green posted to Instagram, "My new album "Ain't My Last Rodeo" will be out October 13. The album preorder and a new song will be out this Friday. #newmusic #aintmylastrodeo #countrymusic #weouthere."

As we celebrated the upcoming release of his new album, we gathered some information that his peeps shared with us about the country hunk that we found interesting.