Stephen Wilson Jr. felt like he had done enough to walk away… until one song brought him back. The “Holler from the Holler” singer has lived a couple of different lives in his lifetime. Hailing from Southern Indiana, Wilson Jr. has certainly made waves in country music over the past couple of years. Wilson Jr. first introduced himself with his EP Bon Aqua in 2023, and then really established himself with his masterful son of dad album he released later that same year. Fans of his are anxiously awaiting more music from the late-blooming artist, and considering he’s really been pushing a single titled “Gary,” there’s reason to believe a bigger project is just around the corner. Wilson Jr. actually confirmed that he’s working on a new album in a recent interview with The Bluegrass Situation. That’s obviously some exciting news, but the more intriguing quote from the country music star was that he almost walked away from music altogether after he released his debut album when he was 44-years-old: “Well, I’m working on a whole new record, which is more just the continuation of conversations and observations from where I left off. Because it would’ve been really easy to never make another record again after ‘Søn of Dad’… I never was trying to be an artist in the first place. And there was a big part of me that was, I mean, honestly, when I was making that record that’s what I was thinking, if I’m going to be perfectly honest with you. ‘I’m going to make this and then I’ll never make another record again,’ because why would I?” That’s actually a feeling that is captured by a lot of artists. They say that a person spends their entire life preparing for their very first album. The sophomore album is usually churned out in just a year or so. For Stephen Wilson Jr., he had over four decades of life to draw off of for son of dad, and because it came together so well, and was so widely praised, it’s understandable that he’d entertain not ever releasing music again. But the good news? Once the idea for “Gary” was dropped into his lap, the country singer changed his tune: “Then the story of ‘Søn of Dad’ just was so much a God thing. It was so divinely orchestrated that I just had a hard time thinking, ‘What would I do from here?’ Everything I ever wanted to do was already done. But that was my own stuff, and I don’t believe God put me in this position for me to do that. It took me some time to figure that out. I’ve got to give ‘Gary’ the credit for that because when ‘Gary’ showed up, that’s when I knew I wasn’t done. If ‘Gary’ hadn’t showed up to show me that, I’m not sure I would’ve ever recorded another song ever again.” Shoutout to “Gary” for keeping the Stephen Wilson Jr. train rolling. Now, the “Calico Creek” singer is planning to go full-steam-ahead with his next album – and his career as a whole. Wilson Jr. is grateful for where he is now, and is fully embracing that the music industry is where he’s supposed to be: “Like I said, I’m not supposed to be here. None of this was supposed to happen. So for me to have any expectation of what is down the road is pretty comical. My dreams outdreamed me a long time ago. I really just want to focus on being there for people and being where I’m supposed to be. That’s one thing I learned from being a scientist and doing all these things over the years: There’s where you can be and then there’s where you’re supposed to be. And there’s nothing wrong with being in either place. There’s no guilt to be had in being where you can be because, man, we’re all just trying to survive. But then there’s where you’re supposed to be, and that can be a very difficult place to be. But I’ve chosen to be there and for whatever reason, I intend to stay there until the day I die.” And we’re all better off because of it. Here’s “Gary” in case you haven’t had a chance to check it out: “Gary” by Stephen Wilson Jr. The post Stephen Wilson Jr. Thought About Never Making Another Album After “Divinely Orchestrated” Debut, ‘Son Of Dad’ first appeared on Whiskey Riff.