Ry Bradley premieres The Next Aldean Show with Crook and Chase this weekend honoring the victims and survivors of the Route 91 Harvest Festival one year after the shooting. Proceeds from the sale of this song, penned by Ry and his producer Justin Busch, are being donated to The National Compassion Fund. Busch and his wife were at the festival and left just before the shooting, but a conversation with Ry, Justin and his wife sparked the inspiration for this song.
“Justin and his wife were at the festival, as well as so many of our friends” says Ry. “Justin’s wife mentioned something just before a writing session about how she doesn’t think she wants to attend any more live shows, but as we talked we realized we can’t let that shooter take that experience from us. All the country fans and bands have bonded together after this tragedy and the support and community of everyone effected is inspiring. There is an environment of looking out for each other that didn’t exist before. We wrote the song in that spirit; to let our country music family know that they are not alone. We will not forget. The music, the community, and our way of life will go on.”
Fans can find the nearest station that airs the Crook and Chase Countdown and air dates and times on www.crookandchase.com or stream it on the iHeartRadio app. The Next Aldean Show is featured on Ry’s latest album Everything I’ve Got, an eight track project where seven of the eight tracks were co-written by Ry and his producer Justin Busch, President and CEO of Grade One View Music. Everything I’ve Got can be downloaded or streamed on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play & Amazon.
The Boot exclusively premiered the lyric video for the debut single Hard Not to Feel and the industry has certainly opened its doors to this California based and Hawaii reared artist with outlets like All Access, AXS-TV, Billboard, Buckles and Bulls, Country Aircheck, Country Music Tattle Tale, Music Industry News Network, Music Row, NashVegas.com, The Country Note, Today in Nashville, Ty Kelly and Chuck & WSM all featuring/profiling Ry.
He recently wrapped, with the help of Visit Norway, the inaugural Ry’s Rock and Roll Camp in Norway. Presented via an outreach program and partnership with the city of Ringsaker, Norway, Ry’s Rock and Roll Camp guided attendees to hone their songwriting, musicianship and performance skills free of charge for youth ages 12 to 20. In Music City, he also connected with the youth once again, spreading joy and music to the patients at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt via an appearance at Ryan Seacrest Foundation’s Seacrest Studio.