Russell Dickerson chatted with Billboard on the red carpet of the 2023 CMA Awards.
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00:00 We're here with Russell Dickerson.
00:01 How is it going?
00:02 - Incredible.
00:03 - My short friend. - Feeling great.
00:04 Yes, I'm feeling incredible.
00:07 How are you? - Good.
00:08 I'm great, I'm tall for once.
00:10 The air is nice up here.
00:11 - Right?
00:12 - Yeah, is this how you feel all the time?
00:13 - Yeah, it is.
00:14 You got a great view of the horizon all over.
00:17 - Yeah. - You got it.
00:18 - So you've never had a bad view at a concert, I guess.
00:20 - No, I feel bad.
00:21 Like, I have a low-level anxiety at concerts
00:24 because I'm like, I wanna stand up,
00:26 I wanna sing every song,
00:27 but I'm gonna block five rows of people behind me.
00:32 - It's a dilemma.
00:32 - Whatever.
00:33 - Speaking of concerts,
00:34 you invited the hottest couple to your KC show.
00:37 You invited Travis and Taylor.
00:39 - I did.
00:40 - Did they come?
00:41 - What do you wish would have happened in your wild,
00:46 that they would have shown up?
00:47 - In your wildest dreams.
00:48 - Wildest dreams.
00:51 No, they did not show up.
00:52 But, you know, they were the giants,
00:55 or sorry, KC was playing the giants.
00:58 And I went to the Ares tour.
01:01 I did my due diligence.
01:03 - It's a long show.
01:04 - It was incredible.
01:05 I got so many Swifty bracelets.
01:07 - Oh, that's awesome.
01:08 - It was the best night of my life.
01:10 - Good.
01:11 - We got to share a little suite with Lil Nas X,
01:14 Maren Morris.
01:15 It was incredible.
01:17 - That is amazing.
01:18 What would a song with you, Nas, and Maren sound like?
01:20 - Oh my, like the hottest heat you've ever heard.
01:23 - Yeah.
01:24 - Period.
01:25 - Done.
01:26 - Yes.
01:27 - So I do need to ask, you have the After Party Deluxe out.
01:30 How does an After Party get even crazier?
01:32 How do you do that?
01:33 - Well, what we did is we took the hype tracks,
01:38 and we did live versions.
01:40 So they got the crowd, the energy,
01:42 so they're even more hype.
01:43 And then we took the chill, acoustic type stuff,
01:48 and we made it more chill.
01:50 You know what I mean?
01:51 - Real contrast.
01:52 - We have a slew of emotions on the After Party Deluxe.
01:56 So it's like, and it feels like, that's like a party.
01:59 You know, like when you walk in, it's all,
02:01 OMG, we're tied.
02:01 And then sometimes by the end of the night,
02:03 you're sitting around, sipping a nice whiskey
02:06 around a fire, talking about your feelings.
02:08 - That is usually what happens by the end of the night.
02:10 - You know what I'm saying?
02:11 - You make it.
02:11 - Maybe there's a tear shed.
02:13 Maybe there's a weeping and a shoulder.
02:15 If you ever need a shoulder.
02:17 - Well, I'm too tall for your shoulder now.
02:20 - Oh, okay.
02:21 You get one bone graft and you're too good for everybody.
02:26 - That's what happens.
02:27 So, best after party you've ever been to?
02:30 Do you have one?
02:31 - Yes.
02:31 - What was it?
02:32 - It was at Ronnie Dunn's house.
02:34 We were not even invited.
02:38 We hopped in the SUV with Little Big Town.
02:41 They were like, you're with us.
02:42 I was like, perfect.
02:43 Hopped in, got out.
02:46 We're in Ronnie Dunn's barn, hanging out.
02:50 My wife's doing a tequila shot with Reese Witherspoon.
02:53 I get to play Red Dirt Road with Kix Brooks
02:58 and then Ronnie Dunn comes up and starts singing.
03:00 Can you imagine this?
03:01 - This sounds like a fever dream, I can't.
03:03 - And then I'm playing drums on another.
03:05 So, Miranda Lambert's playing a Tom Petty song.
03:09 They got a little band set up.
03:11 And I'm playing drums.
03:14 Gigi Hadid is playing the bongos next to me.
03:17 Kacey Musgraves gets up and sing a song.
03:19 It was one of those nights that you're just like,
03:22 this is what this town is all about.
03:27 This is what you hear about.
03:28 So, it's crazy.
03:30 One for the history books, for sure.
03:32 - I'm gonna be thinking about that for a long time
03:34 and I wasn't even there.
03:35 - I mean, every once in a while I go back in my phone
03:38 to make sure it actually happened.
03:40 'Cause I'm like, there's no way.
03:41 I start singing Red Dirt Road
03:44 and Reese Witherspoon's right here and she's like,
03:48 you know what I mean?
03:49 And I'm like, bro, what?
03:51 It's crazy.
03:52 - It's the life you live.
03:53 - Now we're best friends.
03:54 - Wow, all right.
03:55 Well, thanks for making time for us
03:56 given you have such famous best friends.
03:59 - Yeah, you're welcome.
04:00 I mean, they're calling me right now, sorry.
04:02 I gotta take that.
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