Jelly Roll: That One Moment That Changed Everything
Jelly Roll’s success in country music is so much more than he ever imagined it could be. He told us in an interview last week that it all began when he uploaded one special song. He said, “The truth is weird. The truth is, I think if I would have never hit upload of ‘Save Me’ and been bold enough to try that different thing, I think I would have achieved what I thought my dream was at the time.”
He explained, “My dream was just to sell two or three thousand seats in the Southeast and Midwest so my daughter could grow up in the best school district in the state of Tennessee. I had just enough money at that time to afford a house in that school district. I was the first person (in my family) to own more than 700 square feet of a house ever, so I was already like, this is my dream. If I could just maintain it for her (his daughter), that would be great.”
He added, “What I didn’t know was what God had planned. Man makes a plan, and God laughs was kind of the thing. God was like, ‘That’s your dream, but I’ve got a bigger box for you; I just need you to trust me.”
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Jelly admits t was hesitant to put the song out at first. He said, “Dude, I was so uncomfortable… I’ve referenced the YouTube comment under the original ‘Save Me’ post. It was something along the lines of ‘I’m nervous about this. I’ve never done anything like this. Should this make the album?’ I asked the question, and it wasn’t to trip engagement; it was if it didn’t go good, at least I could hide behind me, ‘Hey, I told ya’ll this was different.'”
He concluded with a big grin, “It completely changed my life. My wife was my A&R. She called it. My wife is a critic and a half. Let me tell you something. She is the first person to tell me a song is mediocre, and she’s also the first person to tell me what’s going to work. I could have never imagined this is what could have happened.”
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