- ABC News
- November 8, 2018
Country stars share where they were 10 years ago
Country music has gone through a dramatic transformation in the past 10 years – and so have many of today’s biggest stars. A decade ago, many of today’s artists were still in school. Some were working at odd jobs like bar tending and working at Target. Some had just landed their big break and were the hot young new kids on the Nashville block. As part of the ABC News special “Country Music’s Biggest Stars: In the Spotlight with Robin Roberts” airing Sunday, Nov. 11, Luke Bryan, Carrie Underwood, Florida Georgia Line and many more country stars spoke about their journey in country music over the last decade and where they came from. Here’s what they had to say: Brett Eldredge “I used to sneak out of class to go to write songs,” Eldredge said of his time at Middle Tennessee State University 10 years ago. “I had no idea what I was doing… I just had no fear. I would go to class and I would go act like I was going to the restroom, and then I would go write a song in Nashville… But...