Press release –
Country music maverick Gavin Adcock can now include Executive Producer on his list of achievements with today’s announcement of Adcock’s brainchild, Country Never Dies, set to be released Friday, March 13.
Adcock’s vision for Country Never Dies is multi-faceted. As a fan of classic Country music himself, he wanted the project to be a reminder of where the genre came from and honor those who paved the way for him and other artists.
“I came up with the idea of this album one day when I was listening to some country music and realized that I’m never going to get to hear any new music from some of the artists, because they’re not with us anymore,” says Adcock. “I grew up listening to a bunch of these artists, and some of them are the main reason I’m in Country music, and how I got my style.”
On Country Never Dies Adcock enlisted the help of nine of his artist peers to join him on the special, timeless, project.
“I chose these young artists for this project because they’re some of my favorite up and coming artists in all of country music, and I think everyone should listen to ‘em. Some of them have already made a good way in the business, and then some of them that maybe y’all have never heard of.”
The first song to release off the forthcoming album, ‘Only Daddy That’ll Walk The Line’ made famous by Waylon Jennings, is available now.
“There’s a bunch of people that these songs mean the world to them. They grew up listening to these songs, hearing their parents or grandparents play them. I think it is important in country music to remember the people who paved the way for us. This is Country Never Dies.”
Track Listing:
1.Only Daddy That’ll Walk The Line (Gavin Adcock) *Originally performed by Waylon Jennings
2.Slow Hand (Hudson Westbrook) *Originally performed by The Pointer Sisters / Conway Twitty
3.He Stopped Loving Her Today (Jake Worthington) *Originally performed by George Jones
4.Southern Nights (Ashley Cooke) *Originally performed by Glen Campbell
5.Slide Off Your Satin Sheets (Braxton Keith) *Originally performed by Johnny Paycheck
6.Wayfaring Stranger (Lanie Gardner) *American folk song, performed by Johnny Cash
7.You Win Again (Vincent Mason) *Originally performed by Hank Williams
8.Kentucky Bluebird (The Creekers) *Originally performed by Keith Whitley
9.Simple Man (Austin Snell) *Originally performed by Lynyrd Skynyrd
10.Big City Blues (Shelby Stone) *Originally performed by Keith Gattis
11.Mama Tried (Gavin Adcock) *Originally performed by Merle Haggard
ABOUT GAVIN ADCOCK
Gavin Adcock, dubbed by Billboard as “one of country music’s most buzzed-about artists” is a Georgia native, born and raised in Watkinsville. Former Georgia Southern University football player, Gavin grew up working on his family’s cattle farm and dreamt of riding bulls in the PBR. He started writing songs in high school, but it wasn’t until the spring of 2021, when Adcock tore his knee playing football, that he used his healing time to record and release his first original single.
Since then, Gavin has collectively amassed more than 1.5 BILLION global streams across singles including the fan-favorite, RIAA PLATINUM-certified, “A Cigarette,” GOLD-certified songs “Run Your Mouth,” “Deep End,” “Four Leaf Clover” and more. His album, Actin’ Up Again, was crowned the largest major-label country debut from a solo male artist released in 2024 and was the year’s top streaming major-label debut across the genre. Within less than a year, Adcock more than doubled his previous streaming record with over 25 MILLION first week US streams on new album Own Worst Enemy, released August 15, 2025. Own Worst Enemy debuted as the top new Country album on the Billboard 200 Country Chart (No. 4) and top streaming new album on the Billboard 200 All-Genre Chart (No. 14) week of release.
The MusicRow Awards “Discovery Artist of the Year” nominee has won over the hearts of both Country music fans and music industry alike, leading to his New Artist of the Year nomination at the 60th ACM Awards. Taking his music to the fans, Adcock continues to sell out music venues from coast-to-coast via multiple headline tours including his Actin’ Up Again (Again) Tour — and recently wrapped 2025 Need To Tour. Gavin’s dedicated fanbase has quickly grown internationally, leading to Adcock selling out his 2025 Canadian Headline tour within one week. In addition to playing a plethora of new headline dates and major festival appearances, Adcock joins superstar Morgan Wallen for the second time as support on 16 dates of Wallen’s Still The Problem Tour 2026.
