2023 Guitar Pull Artist - George Birge

Beasley Digital

4/23/2025

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00:00Well, we've got Scottie McCreary, we've got Tiger Lily Gold, and now it's time to reveal

00:05our third QYK Guitar Pole artist.

00:08We've got a guy on the phone who is an absolute stud.

00:12He actually has performed here in Tampa.

00:14Yes, he has.

00:15And is a very talented dude.

00:18His song that he has on the radio right now, he wrote actually for Jason Aldean, and then

00:23said, hey, you know what, Jason?

00:24I'm going to record it.

00:26That happened.

00:27So, he will be at our QYK Guitar Pole.

00:29So, QYK Guitar Pole artist, please reveal yourself.

00:33Tampa, what's going on?

00:35This is George Burge, and I cannot wait to get down there and hang out with you guys.

00:39I got my mind on you, and you on my mind.

00:43Got these four wheels on a two lane, and we're cutting through the night.

00:47Yeah!

00:48Come on.

00:49Nice.

00:50George Burge, Mind on You, is his single.

00:53This man is awesome.

00:55Out of Austin, Texas, was a golfer in college.

00:58He said, you know what, I'm going to do the music thing.

01:00So, turned his clubs in for a guitar, and look at him now.

01:03Listen, guys, I've been getting hit all over social media from people hearing the song on

01:08the radio, and it's got me just jonesing to get down there and play it for you guys

01:12in real life.

01:13So, I'm counting the days, and I cannot wait to come turn it up down there.

01:16Yay!

01:17He's from the South.

01:18You hear it?

01:18Yeah.

01:19Jonesing?

01:20Jonesing.

01:20Not a lot of people say that.

01:21Way to bring that back, George.

01:22Way to bring that back, buddy.

01:24That's it, man.

01:24We're keeping it alive.

01:26No, we're really one of the nicest guys, and we are pumped to have you, man, and doing

01:30an acoustic set as well.

01:32I always ask this question, what are some of the advantages of playing acoustically versus

01:37a full band?

01:39Like, what do you get out of that?

01:40Do you play songs differently?

01:42Do you play songs slower, maybe, than you would in a full show?

01:46Like, how do you approach those type of shows?

01:48Obviously, there's a rush playing a rockin' set, full band, electric guitars, and drums,

01:52but I really do like these broken-down acoustic sets, because, you know, that's how we write

01:55the songs.

01:56When I'm sitting here in a studio in Nashville working, it's not like we're playing with

01:59a full band while we're writing the song.

02:00We're writing just you, a pen and paper, and a guitar.

02:03And so, to be able to come share the stories behind the songs in a little bit more intimate

02:07fashion, and really let people see, like, the core bones of the song and how it was

02:13born, it's pretty special for me, and I feel like, for listeners, it's a lot easier for

02:18them to connect when it's broken down like that, and you see it in its raw form.

02:21So, it's something that I really enjoy sharing, and we've had a lot of success connecting

02:25with folks doing it, so I can't wait to come try it out down there.

02:29Oh, it's going to be awesome.

02:30Talking to George Burge, he's going to be at our QYK guitar pool.

02:33George, this is a song that kind of came out of COVID for you, right?

02:36Mind on You, and kind of got big on social media first?

02:39This song, it's no exaggeration to say, it completely changed my life.

02:43In 2020, I had asked out of my record deal, I was hanging up my boots, I was kind of done

02:47chasing the artist thing.

02:48I'd had a bunch of close calls and just couldn't quite make it happen, and I decided I was going

02:52to be a songwriter and just pitch my song to other folks, and I wrote this song with

02:56a buddy of mine, Colt Ford, who's also a country artist, and I knew it was special, but

03:00I didn't really have a way to put it out, and so I ended up pitching it to Jason Albin's

03:03producer.

03:04We get an email the next day, everybody's flipping out, don't play this song for anybody else,

03:08Jason's going to put it on his new record, and at the time, that was the biggest thing

03:12to ever happen to me.

03:13Jason's fresh off of Entertainer of the Year, this would have been my biggest cut of all

03:16time, having somebody else report my song.

03:18I felt like my life had changed.

03:20Well, fast forward about six months, and my own music started taking off on social media,

03:24I had a bunch of stuff going viral, and I ended up signing a record deal, and the head

03:27of the label was like, man, you have to call and ask for that song back, it needs to be

03:30your debut single, and it's going to change your life, which, let me tell y'all how scary

03:33it is to call the Entertainer of the Year, and I was just going to say, how did that

03:37phone call go?

03:39Oh my gosh, there's a million stories in Nashville of that phone call being a complete disaster,

03:44but I cannot say enough kind words about Jason and his team, they were awesome, and they

03:47were excited for me as a new artist, for my opportunity, and they gave me my song back,

03:52and it ended up being the most added song in America at country radio, my first top

03:5740, my first top 30, my first top 20, and hopefully by the end of the year, my first

04:00number one, so I'm very glad I rolled the dives on it, yeah, it's pretty cool stuff.

04:05Yeah, it's really cool, man, and I think I saw you, and I was hanging out with you at

04:09the Dallas Bowl when it cracked the top 40, and you were like, I just remember your face

04:13just being so pumped about it, and now look at it.

04:17You know, it's something that you dream about your whole life as a kid, you know, laying

04:20in bed, staring at the ceiling, thinking about what life's going to be, but you never actually

04:24believe it'll really happen, and to have this thing taken off like it has, and all these

04:28people connecting with it, and showing up to shows, and singing it back, especially

04:32in Tampa, I can't believe the connection y'all's listeners have had with the song, it is really,

04:37really gratifying to me, so I feel very blessed and lucky to get to do this, and you know,

04:41sometimes a second chance pays off, so it's been pretty good, guys.

04:45Have you talked to Jason since?

04:48I have not, you know, he's been putting out a bunch of hits himself, so he was very kind

04:53to let me have this one.

04:55Yeah, it's good that he recovered, okay, you know, we were a little worried about him,

05:01but then he had a song that was number one in every genre, so that was pretty well.

05:06I'll figure he won't have too much trouble paying his bills.

05:08No, he's going to be fine, yeah, especially when he keeps selling pieces of that catalog

05:11for, you know, hundreds of millions of dollars, but you'll do that one day too, George, we're

05:15excited about it, man, we're excited to see you at the QYK Guitar Pool, like I said, you

05:20know, I mess with you a lot, but you are one of the nicest dudes, and I'm so excited

05:24for you, you're somebody that we root for, and Mind On You is a great song, and you said

05:29it, people in Tampa are connecting with it.

05:31Yes, they are.

05:32Cannot wait to hear it acoustically, it's going to be great, and brother, we appreciate you.

05:35Likewise, you are the best, thank y'all for all the support in Tampa, we will see you soon,

05:40and y'all do not want to miss this, I promise.

05:42By the way, George is a good follow on social media.

05:46Yes.

05:46Hey, plug that real quick, George.

05:48Y'all come find me, George Burge on social media, you know, y'all can see the train wreck

05:52that is my life, but there's some highlights along the way.

05:55There is.

05:56No, and he's a talker too, like, he like, you know how we talk songs, and we talk right

06:00up to where the song starts, right, you know, hit the post, as they call it in the biz.

06:05He does that, as he's explaining the songs, and the stories behind the songs, on his

06:10social media.

06:11I love that.

06:11Guy should be a DJ.

06:12Yep.

06:13Hey.

06:13Hey, y'all tell me you heard it on here, if y'all come find me, y'all say hi, and absolutely

06:18check it out.

06:19I'm George Burge, and would love to see y'all on there.

06:21That's George saying, I gotta go.

06:23All right, later, buddy, we'll talk to you soon.

06:25Bye, George.

06:26Bye, guys.

06:27See ya.

2023 Guitar Pull Artist - George Birge

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