Following up the success of his song “Slow Down Summer” – Thomas Rhett is turning to his buddy Riley Green for “Half Of Me.”
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“Half Of Me” is the latest single from Thomas’ album Where We Started.
Sharing the story behind the song, Rhett says, “I think I knew from the very first moment we wrote this song, I wrote it with my dad (Rhett Akins), Josh Thompson and Will Bundy, we wrote it on the bus in Cincinnati, Ohio, and the first time I heard this song I just kept seeing Riley Green being a part of this song, and I’ve gotten to know Riley pretty good over the last couple years, we’ve became good hunting buddies and just a good friend to know, and he drove up from Alabama and put his vocal on this song and we had a good time cracking up about vocals, and I think he nailed this thing in like three takes. He got to sing it with me one night in Ohio, and I think this is going to be really special going into the summertime, to release just a simple song about drinking beer this summer, and I think it was a really cool fit having Riley Green on this song.“
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Riley Green recalls Thomas reaching out to him about being on the track, “So, when Thomas called me about doing ‘Half Of Me’ I remember the first time I heard the song I thought it was an awesome summer song, a beer drinkin’ song, I was kind of sold from the first moment at Duck camp hearing about a song of maybe wanting to drink a beer instead of doing work, I think that was kind of the story of my childhood- probably most of us.”
Fans will get to hear Thomas singing “Half Of Me” when his Bring The Bar To You tour – with Parker McCollum and Conner Smith – starts on June 17th in New Hampshire, “I can’t wait to play this song this summer on the road.”
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Thomas teases that there might be some chances for fans to see the two sing “Half Of Me” together this summer, “Hopefully Riley makes an appearance somewhere or maybe I can make an appearance with you.”
To which Green responds “Let’s go!”
Check out “Half Of Me” from Thomas Rhett and Riley Green…
Photo Courtesy of Thomas Rhett & Riley Green