From the bedroom straight to the stage. Isaac Gibson of 49 Winchester stopped by the Whiskey Riff Raff podcast to talk to us about why the band doesn’t do pre-show rituals, the story of how Luke Combs bought a t-shirt from their website, how many years it took for 49 Winchester to go “full time,” how their band name came to be, hunting trips that he’s gotten to go on because of his music career and much more. One thing that we were really able to dive into was the collective journey that the band went on to get to where they are today. Isaac talked a lot about how all the band members were still working full time jobs when they initially started out, and it was a matter of years before they were all able to fully embrace life as artists and musicians. Gibson was working in his family’s business, so he had some more flexibility when it came to playing shows. It also helped that his father was on board with the idea of 49 Winchester from the get-go. For 12 years, Isaac’s dad has been selling merchandise at shows (he still does to this day), and even drove the band’s van in the early days. He’s never missed a show, and Gibson says that he’s really fortunate that his parents have always been in full support of what he does: “I lucked out that I had really supportive parents. I got that gene for loving words and loving writing from my mother, who is also a great singer. Outside of that, no real musical ability or talent in the family. It was just something that I kind of happened onto, but they were super supportive of it from day one.” Considering Isaac’s mom and dad had never heard him really sing or play before 49 Winchester’s first ever show, that makes their support that much more impressive. In fact, no one had ever heard Gibson sing or play prior to the inaugural 49 Winchester concert. The band’s frontman told us that his parents may have snuck a listen here and there through the walls of the family home, but other than that, the only people who had witnessed his singing ability were a couple of his bandmates: “Most of my music and most of my first songs that I wrote were played very much in private, like in my bedroom, closed door. Upstairs, they could hear it from downstairs. It was never like, ‘Hey, let me show you this’ or anything. They were always still very supportive of it.  Actually, the first time that anybody ever heard me sing was the first 49 show. It was the first time I ever sang in front of people, besides Chase and Bus, my first bandmates.” That seems pretty wild, does it not? However, it’s just a testament to the somewhat blind support that Gibson received from his parents. From what he remembers, they just saw how much he cared about making music and writing songs and decided to get fully behind him instead of questioning him or pushing him towards the family business: “They just saw the amount of time I put in it and the amount of joy that it brought me, and I think if you are a parent, that’s really a recipe for success. If a kid is willing to pour their heart into something, and it brings them a lot of joy, that’s something that can stick and can work and really grow and blossom. So it’s cool that they saw that.” @whiskeyriff Listen to the Whiskey Riff Raff podcast. @49 Winchester #whiskeyriff #whiskeyriffraff ♬ original sound – Whiskey Riff You can hear Isaac Gibson talk more about his upbringing, and how he kept his musical abilities a secret, by downloading the podcast on Apple Podcasts by searching “Whiskey Riff Raff” or by clicking here. We’re also available on Spotify and wherever else you can listen to podcasts. Cheers, y’all. Audio Video The post 49 Winchester Frontman, Isaac Gibson, Says No One Ever Heard Him Sing Until The Band’s First Live Show first appeared on Whiskey Riff.