Mega music star Zach Bryan played his first show at Tulsa’s Rabbit Hole Bar and Grill.
Fast-forward a few years, and he has three back-to-back shows booked next December at the BOK Center. Two shows just weren’t enough. Demand for tickets proved too high, and a third performance was added.
That’s called progress. And it has made Tulsans and all of Oklahoma proud of this homegrown talent.
Bryan shared that memory of his first show before his 2021 debut on the Grand Ole Opry. Producers of “My Opry Debut” sent a crew to Oologah to film Bryan in his hometown.
In that episode, Bryan also said he never expected to be a musician, but he always wanted to be a songwriter. He can take pride in that skill because fans on social media post regularly about the power of the soulful, relatable lyrics in his rapidly growing songbook.
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Dubbed “Music’s Most Reluctant New Star” by the New York Times, the 27-year-old dodges much of the fame that comes with his success. And he’s equally uncomfortable with the labels that attempt to classify his music into one specific genre.
Meanwhile, the awards and recognition keep mounting.
Rolling Stone recently named his new self-titled album No. 10 out of the year’s top 100 albums.
Bryan was a four-time winner at the Billboard Music Awards this year. He received Top New Artist and Top Rock Artist in addition to garnering Top Rock Song for “Something in the Orange” and Top Rock Album for “American Heartbreak.”
He recently earned three Grammy nominations in the categories of Best Country Album for his self-titled album in addition to Best Country Song and Best Country Duo/Group Performance for “I Remember Everything” (featuring Kacey Musgraves). Bryan’s Grammy-nominated album has occupied a spot in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 for 11 consecutive weeks.
Stay tuned for the outcome of those nominations at the Grammy Awards on Feb. 4.
His rocketing success is a lot to try to follow, Bryan’s father, Dewayne Bryan, told the Tulsa World before Zach’s record-setting concerts at the BOK this summer.
“I can’t keep track of all this, to be honest,” he said about his son’s achievements. “There’s just no way to describe what it’s like being the parent of this person.”
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