Lucas Hoge Talks Growing Up In Nebraska, Playing for the Troops, Upcoming Album, New Single, “Dirty South,” and More

Lucas Hoge Talks Growing Up In Nebraska, Playing for the Troops, Upcoming Album, New Single, “Dirty South,” and More

Jim Casey talks with Lucas Hoge about growing up in tiny Hubbell, Nebraska, hunting and trapping in the Nebraska countryside, playing on the football team and in the marching band, leading three different bands—country, Southern rock and worship—while he was in high school, playing music for U.S. troops in places like Afghanistan with the Wrangler National Patriot program, his new single, “Dirty South,” new album coming out in July and more.

Show Participants

  • Lucas Hoge
  • Jim Casey, NCD director of editorial

Show Notes & Links

The Writers Room, Ep. 99, 16 minutes
photos by Jason Simanek

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