Why Parker McCollum has outrageous country cred – Everett Post

You have to work pretty hard to be more of a country than Parker McCollum.

Take, for example, how the native Lone Star State celebrated his first number 1 “Pretty Heart” in December.

“I was back home in Texas,” he explains, “and it was like the middle of the deer season and I had been bowhunting all season and hadn’t seen a deer I was after. And we actually did a hunting TV show out there, so it’s all on camera. You can watch it on YouTube. “

“But I woke up around 5 a.m. to go to the deer stand,” he recalls, “and … Enzo called me, my manager. And he said, ‘Hey, you’re number 1 on Billboard and Mediabase this week.’ You know, ‘It’s your first number 1. Congratulations. “”

“And [I] went into the house and told everyone, “continues Parker,” and then we went to the booth and I shot this deer about 90 minutes later. “

“So this is a pretty good little morning,” he smiles. “I would love it if that became a tradition.”

Parker’s follow-up to Pretty Little Heart, To Be Loved By You, is out now. His full-length debut, Gold Chain Cowboy, is out July 30th.