Last time we talked to Daughtry was back in November, when he stopped by the Camp Out For Hunger to promote a show in Atlantic City. This past Friday, Chris and guitarist Brian Craddock stopped by the Preston & Steve studio to promote a new song and their show in Atlantic City that night with Breaking Benjamin.
They started off with a quick hello and then got right into rocking, because Chris wanted to make sure he wouldn’t lose his voice during the performance so early in the morning. The first song was their brand new song “Pieces”, which was released earlier that morning. They followed that up with their 2021 hit “Heavy Is The Crown”. Preston and Steve were blown away with how “un-freaking-real” Chris’s voice is, especially so early after performing the night before.
After the two songs Chris and Brian chatted with Preston & Steve. They talked about Chris finding his voice and realizing he had something with it, the potential of being burnt out by his own music while creating it, and the car/headphone test with new music. They chat about rolling up like a baller in his tour bus, working out on the road in hotel gyms, and being star struck with celebrities.
Brian tells a great story of the time he met Don Henley at a Grammy’s after party, where he might have “had a few wobbly pops.”
He also expands on his time on American Idol and how it opened all the doors for his career but also hindered (in his mind) his credibility to rock radio in the start.