A truck song that Luke Bryan DIDN’T want to record? Luke is one of the first names you think of when it comes to the “bro-country” movement of the mid-2010s, back when country music was just a non-stop string of songs about drinking beer, driving down a dirt road in a pickup truck and girls in cutoff jeans. So that’s why it’s a little surprising to hear that Luke passed on what turned out to be a monster hit because it mentioned trucks. During a recent appearance on the BobbyCast, the American Idol judge spoke about how he got into his own head a few years ago about having so many truck songs: “There was one point in my career, I had sang about trucks enough to where I passed, stupidly…on “Sand In My Boots,” because it had Chevrolet in it and…I just went through two years of my life where I was like, ‘Man, I sing about trucks a lot, I sing about tailgates.’ I think I got in my head a little bit, because I think if I had a lot of negativity socially, on socials, that I was getting pegged as maybe a one-trick pony in that lane.” Obviously “Sand In My Boots” went on to become a massive hit for Morgan Wallen, and honestly I don’t even really think of it as a “truck song” just because it mentions a “sunburnt Silverado.” I do think Luke is kinda spot-on here though about being pegged as a one-trick pony, whether that’s fair or not. Luke had some pretty good country music early on his career, songs like “We Rode In Truck” and “Do I,” but around 2013 he became known for his party anthems, spring break songs and – of course – truck songs. We’ve criticized Luke’s music quite a bit in the past for being stuck in that sound, singing about partying on spring break when he’s almost 50 years old at this point and has a wife and kids. And apparently Luke started to feel the same way: “When I was doing spring break stuff, I was 34, 35, 36, 37, making spring break albums appealing to 20 years old. It didn’t get weird, it just felt like, you know, it’s time to move on from maybe the spring break, me trying to sing college songs. But it was fun for me, and it was awesome, and it totally told the world that that’s my personality. I think no matter how people want to categorize me, I think people generally think my personality is, ‘Let’s have some fun.’ And if I’m known for that, if I don’t get Male Vocalist of the Year and Grammys or whatever because I may be known as the guy that’s had fun through his career and put out some fun songs, I’m cool with that.” Honestly, I’m not the biggest Luke Bryan fan, but I really respect the self-reflection here (and he’s right, even though I’m not a huge fan of a lot of his music, he has always seemed like the fun guy. Met him once and he was as nice as could be, funny dude). But country music has changed a lot from the height of Luke’s popularity, and the “truck songs” have fallen out of favor over the past few years – so much so that it caused Luke to overthink it and pass on one of the biggest songs of the past few years.The post Luke Bryan Says He Passed On Morgan Wallen’s “Sand In My Boots” Because He Didn’t Want To Record Another Truck Song first appeared on Whiskey Riff.