{"id":80683,"date":"2023-03-15T12:38:05","date_gmt":"2023-03-15T11:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=80683"},"modified":"2023-03-15T12:39:21","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T11:39:21","slug":"teach-your-children-well-we-speak-to-lavon-coates-about-his-music-inspirations-and-new-single-raise-her-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2023\/03\/teach-your-children-well-we-speak-to-lavon-coates-about-his-music-inspirations-and-new-single-raise-her-right\/","title":{"rendered":"Teach Your Children Well: We Speak To Lavon Coates About His Music, Inspirations, And New Single, ‘Raise Her Right’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Following on from our review of Lavon Coates’ new single and video, ‘Raise Her Right<\/a>‘, we bring to you a chat with had with the artist himself.<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Thank you for speaking to us today!<\/strong> What’s the Lavon Coates story? How did you get into country music?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m just a small town boy that works an everyday job like everyone else. I’ve always loved music and singing. It has always been a dream of mine to be a country singer, I just never made that step to do it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The video for your single, ‘Raise Her Right’ is really emotional! Tell us about the dream the song is based on.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I woke up at 230am one morning with the chorus of this song in my head so I got up and wrote it down then went back to bed. 5am the same morning, I got up, got dressed for work, and the melody for this song popped in my head. I went to work and wrote the first verse and finished the song the next day. I honestly believe my daddy sent me that chorus and melody to the song. So he helped me write it from heaven and the entire world needs to hear it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Family is clearly important to you. What do you think are the greatest things a parent can do to ensure they raise their children right?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teach them right from wrong. Give them all the love you can and most importantly let them know who their heavenly father is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We know that ‘Raise Her Right’ is based on a dream, but is that how most of your songs are written? What inspires you to write, and what is the songwriting process?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The songs mainly just hit me. Once you get started, everything just falls into place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who inspires you in your every day life?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My little girl, of course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you have a particular brand of guitar you like to play, and if so why did you choose that one?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have a guild guitar that was a gift from my daddy. I’ll play it forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What’s next for Lavon Coates? What can fans expect?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

More great songs of course, and hopefully some live shows sooner than later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, what question do you wish someone would ask you in an interview, but nobody ever does? And what’s the answer to that question?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why didn’t you try to be an artist sooner??? Answer– as a younger man, being an artist was always a fantasy of mine. Going to work everyday, coming home hunting and fishing – that was me. Even though getting on stage and singing for thousands of people was always in the back of my mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can watch the music video for \u2018Raise Her Right\u2019 below, and find out more about Lavon Coates and his music online on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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