Getting John’s side of the story. Earlier this week, John Moreland raised eyebrows when he took a shot at Zach Bryan – who he collaborated with for a song just last year. It was announced a few days ago that Zach had inked a deal to sell his publishing catalog for $350 MILLION, while also signing a new deal with Warner Records to record two more albums. And apparently Moreland wasn’t impressed. The always-outspoken former Zach Bryan collaborator, who joined him on “Memphis; The Blues” on Zach’s album The Great American Bar Scene, took to social media after news spread of Zach’s new deal to give his thoughts. It was short but very much to the point: “$350 M is a lot of money to pay for the f***** off-brand version of me. Y‘all have a great day” Well damn! Tell us how you really feel, John Moreland pic.twitter.com/rzZOQDWf71 — Prairie Playlist (@PrairiePlaylist) May 7, 2025 It was a little weird to see Moreland take such a public shot at Zach, which led some (including us) to wonder whether it was just two friends joking around, busting each others’ balls a little bit, or whether it was truly a shot at Zach. But then Zach made it clear that it wasn’t just a friendly jab when he took to his own Instagram to address the comments from Moreland…and it sounds like he was completely blindsided. Zach also said that he would be removing his collab with Moreland from his album: “yooo just saw this from an artist I’ve always respected and supported. Not trying to be dramatic but refuse to have anyone with a problem with me on my records. Replacing Memphis the Blues. If it goes down for a bit just know this is the reason! No hard feelings! Confused as s**t, Tulsans look out for Tulsans!” He then followed it up with one last comment: “Last thing I say on it! Not partial to arguing with butt hurt grown men” Zach also clarified that he would be re-releasing the song once Moreland was removed. Of course we’ve heard a lot of stories about Zach in the past, especially from his ex-girlfriend Brianna Chickenfry, so the natural question was raised: What exactly did Zach do for Moreland to call him out like that? And it seems like now we have our answer. In a video posted to his Instagram story, Moreland explained that he hadn’t met Zach when he was asked to be on the album: “Just a really big artist from where I’m from asking me to be on a record, cool.” Moreland says that he didn’t have the greatest impression of Zach after their first meeting, but says at that point it was “no big deal.” Afterwards though, he hung out with him a few more times, and…well, I’ll let Moreland explain it from here: “At this point I’ve hung out with him five, six times. I don’t like this motherf*****. Am I supposed to be upset? If I was asked to be on the album today I wouldn’t do it. I don’t want to be on an album with a dude who is a d***head to my wife and my friends right in front of me every time I see him. I don’t want to be on an album with a dude who I’ve heard tell borderline racist jokes more than once. I don’t want to be on an album with a dude who brings a 19-year old girl in the bar, and then when they tell him she can’t be in there, looks at me like I’m supposed to have his f***** back. I don’t like that person. That’s who thinks I’m an a**hole? Fine. As far as I’m concerned, getting kicked off a Zach Bryan album is way f****** cooler than being on a Zach Bryan album.” Well I guess that explains his feelings towards Zach.The post John Moreland Explains Why He Doesn’t Like Zach Bryan, Says He Wouldn’t Appear On An Album With Him If He Were Asked Today first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

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Making a cowboy emotional. During a red carpet interview with Billboard ahead of the ACM Awards a couple days ago, Jelly Roll crashed Cody Johnson’s conversation, and Cody told him he needed to stop telling people who he voted for to be Entertainer of the Year because people kept asking him about it. Cody was in the category with Jelly Roll, in addition to Morgan Wallen, Kelsea Ballerini, Luke Combs, Chris Stapleton and Lainey Wilson, who ultimately won the coveted award. And yes, artists do vote for ACM Awards winners, which are determined by votes from the Academy of Country Music’s professional membership, that includes artists as well as other industry professionals. In the lead-up to the show, Cody admitted that he had his heart set on EOTY out of all the other seven awards he was nominated for, making him easily one of the most-nominated artists of the evening. He took home just one trophy for Song of the Year for “Dirt Cheap.” He joked with Jelly on the carpet: “You can’ tell everybody you voted for me.” Most artists don’t ever publicly reveal who they voted for, but Jelly had a lot to say about is friend and why he was so deserving of such a big award. In typical Jelly Roll fashion, he started preaching about why he voted for Cody for EOTY, getting fired up telling a story about how CoJo was there for him during a pivotal moment in his career: “I tell everybody…. I had to come tell everybody that I voted for you again. Well, I’ve told this story a bunch, we’ll get there, but I wanna say this, one of the most important moments of my career, I won my first award at the CMT’s, and the first person I saw in that moment of my life was this cowboy. And he hugged me like we grew up together, I get emotional thinking about it. I mean, literally, I never felt more accepted. And I was such a fan anyways. and I have a lot of acquaintances in this room, but I don’t have any f****** friends. That’s my brother.” He also explained how much Cody goes about his career, taking no crap from anyone, touring the world and selling tons of tickets, while still being a faithful husband, father and farmer who is down-to-earth and humble through all of it: “He’s the Entertainer of the Year because he preaches the gospel, he works harder than everybody, he tours the entire world, he does it unapologetically, he doesn’t ask help from anybody for anything, he does it his way and his way only, he makes no compromises, takes no bull****, and then he goes straight home, and he’s a husband, a father and a f****** farmer. That’s why he deserves to be Entertainer of the Year.” I mean, I couldn’t have said it any better myself because his career and the he handles it all is extremely impressive. Cody has always been true to himself and has never made any bones about what he believes or who he is, a rarity in the music industry (even country), to be sure. Jelly’s answer made Cody visibly emotional, and he said hearing that made him “want to cry”: “I’m going to get emotional… that makes me want to cry. That was probably one of the nicest things anyone has ever said about me.” It’s gotta be pretty moving to make a cowboy cry… @countrysayings Jelly is the kind of friend everybody needs… #CodyJohnson #JellyRoll #ACMAwards #countrymusic ♬ original sound – Country Sayings Cody and his wife, Brandi, also announced that they are expecting their third child, a little boy, and Cody also gave one of the best performances of the night with Brooks & Dunn, singing their classic “Red Dirt Road”: The post Jelly Roll On Why He Voted For Cody Johnson To Win ACM Entertainer Of The Year Award: “He Preaches The Gospel… He Does It Unapologetically” first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

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