Thoughts on home from Tullahoma

The concept of home is evolutionary, constantly changing, always adapting, and is oftentimes places and people all at once. But there is always one original home that accentuates the traits and roots behind who we are as people. For Dustin Lynch, home may have a million different destinations, but he is where he is and he is who he is because of his hometown in Tullahoma, Tennessee.

Tullahoma, Tennessee has a nice ring to it, doesn’t it? It’s almost like it’s begging to be written about. Lynch welcomes his listeners into a personal piece of his life through the town that charmed him. Tullahoma is a small town of about 20,000 residents, located in southern middle Tennessee, somewhere on a map between Huntsville, Alabama and Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

Even though Tullahoma and the all-encompassing experiences Lynch describes in his latest album are unique to him, the funny thing about music and concepts of home is that everyone can relate in their own way. He sings about old flames, the house he grew up in, and the roads he got rowdy on in his homage to his hometown in his Tullahoma album. It allows listeners to understand Lynch more, to relate to their own nostalgia, and to roll windows down and blast on their own back roads.  

Lynch’s Tullahoma album excites sparks about nostalgia in a sexy and endearing duet with Lauren Alaina, explores a unique take to the phrase ‘country star,’ and takes a stab at a fresh and relatable “Dirt Road Anthem” in his own “Little Town Livin’.”