Tracy Lawrence

“This chapter of my career is much more comfortable than I thought it would be,” says Tracy Lawrence. “The transition from being a commercial radio artist, with the chart game, the politics and all of it-the decompression from that was a little bit difficult. But what I’ve found is that it gives you an opportunity to reflect back, see the high and low spots and all that, because you’re not running on the treadmill all the time.”

Not that Lawrence has slowed down as he passes thirty years as a country music icon. With 13 million albums sold and 18 Number One singles, he continues to release music and tour, but has also diversified into numerous media and charity projects. He started the decade with the ambitious Hindsight 2020 Vol 1, 2, and 3 albums, commemorating his three decades of work with recordings of 30 songs that included classic hits and new music.

Lawrence recently released the Live from Billy Bob’s album and is headed out on a 2023 co-headlining tour with Gary Allan. Coming off the Hindsight albums, he’s gearing up to return to the studio (“I wrote so much music that by the end of the third album, I’d literally run out of songs, but I really want to get back to the creative part”). There’s also a docu-series in the works, looking back on his remarkable career. “A lot of wonderful stuff happened through the ’90s,” he says, “but a lot of it’s a blur, so I’m curious to see what they found out and what they’ve dug up that other people remember.”