There might not be a more disappointing artist in the history of country music than Chris Young. He’s got an excellent voice, and some of his early songs and albums really set him on the right path to having a stellar career. But chasing trends, muting the twang, and dialing up the pop sounds have made Chris Young one of the most milquetoast artists currently making “country,” with one forgettable single and album after another not even fit for the Rascal Flatts catalog.
Chris Young just released a new album on October 17th (who knew?), and yep, it sounds just like the last few snoozefests, full of pop songs being pushed to the country market that probably won’t even sell or chart well. What a waste of talent. How bad has it gotten for Chris Young? Even Morgan Wallen doesn’t want to listen to that $hit, and that’s saying something.
It can be very revealing of someone’s true opinions when you hear what they say when they think nobody is listening. Morgan Wallen got in a lot of trouble previously for being caught on someone’s Ring doorbell camera saying a naughty word. In this instance, it’s audio from bodycam footage when Wallen was being arrested from the notorious chair-throwing incident on April 7th, 2024 that has folks in a tizzy.
Wallen was charged with three felony counts for hurling a metal chair off the roof of Eric Church’s Lower Broadway bar in Nashville, Chief’s. The chair landed very near two Metro Nashville police officers, and if it had hit someone, would have probably caused serious injury. Wallen later plead guilty to two misdemeanor counts of reckless endangerment, and was sentenced to seven days in a DUI education center, as well as two years of probation.
Segments of the bodycam footage from the arrest have been trickling out over the last few weeks, and the most recent dump has raised the cackles of Chris Young fans. While in the back of the patrol car headed to the pokey, Morgan Wallen can be heard saying to the officers, “Please do not play Chris Young on this motherfu**er,” and later, “Oh hell no, he’s terrible.”
In recently surfaced bodycam video from Morgan Wallen’s 2024 arrest, the Wallen can be heard talking with the responding officer in the back of the patrol car.
At one point, Wallen comments on Chris Young, telling the officer, “he’s terrible.” pic.twitter.com/DG2zKECHD8
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Not to give a ringing endorsement to anything Morgan Wallen says, but having to listen to Chris Young’s music handcuffed in the back of a squad car just might be in violation of the provisions in the Bill of Rights against cruel and unusual punishment.
Along with some other revelations from Wallen on the bodycam footage—including that Wallen initially tried to claim he didn’t even throw the chair—the other notable thing is how chummy the officers were with Wallen. It’s a stark contrast from how a lot of other folks would have been treated in a similar scenario.
That’s not how officers in Nashville acted with Chris Young just a few months before the Morgan Wallen chair incident. During a compliance check by Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission officers at the Tin Roof in Nashville where Young was drinking, the singer started to ask the compliance officers questions, and then proceeded to follow them around the bar as they checked the IDs of other patrons.
When Chris Young confronted the officers, one of them pushed him, resulting in Young tumbling to the ground, and the officers arresting him for disorderly conduct, assaulting an officer, and resisting arrest. When video came out of the incident, it immediately exonerated Chris Young of any wrongdoing, and the charges were completely dropped. Young was standing up for the other bar patrons who the compliance officers were being aggressive with.
Overall, Chris Young seems like a good, upstanding guy—much more than Morgan Wallen.
Maybe Wallen saying Chris Young’s music sucks is the pot calling the kettle black. But when even Morgan Wallen is going off on your music like The Dude in The Big Lebowski did The Eagles, maybe it’s time to re-evaluate your career trajectory.
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