Josh Turner was celebrated, along with songwriters Marc Beeson and Daniel Tashian, at a party in Nashville this week for the recent chart-topping success of his song “Hometown Girl.”
Josh knew the moment he heard the song that it would be a hit, and he loves it when he’s right. “During the record making process, I was at that point I was looking for some different kinds of songs that I probably wouldn’t cut in the past because I was trying to find some ways to change my sound up and different ways to present my voice. And I felt like ‘Hometown Girl’ was just the song to do that, and I love it when I’m right.”
The North Carolina native and father of four follows up his No. 1 hit with “All About You” from his latest album, Deep South.
Audio / Josh Turner says his gut feeling was right on the money when he first heard “Hometown Girl.”
DownloadJosh Turner (HTG No. 1) OC: …when I’m right. [laughs] :51
“‘Hometown Girl,’ when I first heard it, that melody – first of all – stuck in my head. Before I even knew what the words were, I I was humming that melody all the way home, and I’m thinking, ‘Man, this is a pretty good sign here.’ And then when I started kind of digging into the lyric, I loved what it said and I felt like it was something that my fan base could really connect with and relate to…that appealed to me. And then at the time too during the record making process, I was at that point, I was looking for some different kinds of songs that I probably wouldn’t cut in the past because I was trying to find some ways to change my sound up and different ways to present my voice. And I felt like ‘Hometown Girl’ was just the song to do that, and I love it when I’m right.” [laughs]
