Kip Moore was honored with a party at BMI in Nashville on Thursday to celebrate the number-one success of his hit, “Beer Money.” Folks munched on tiny sandwiches, shrimp, Valentine’s Day candy and red velvet milkshakes, along with a beer or two, at the celebration, which also feted Kip’s co-writers Troy Verges and Blair Daly.
Kip said they had actually started in one direction with the song, but it ended up quite differently. “We were talking about college and not having enough money for beer that weekend, and I kinda responded. I was like, ‘I know we were always trying to save our beer money,” says Kip. “But then it kinda morphed into another thing where it was more about the economic times…I had a buddy whose dad had lost his job and the family was pretty down and out, and he couldn’t find another job, but the buddy was telling me that he was still at the bar that weekend. People are always going to always have an outlet; they’re always going to need that outlet no matter how bad times get, so that’s kinda how the whole thing started.”
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Kip will also appear as himself on an upcoming episode of ABC’s hit TV show, Nashville. He joins Vince Gill, Pam Tillis and The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach in a scene revolving around a surprise birthday party for the character Deacon (Charles Esten). Kip says Deacon is his favorite character. “Deacon, the character of Deacon – they’re actually one in the same people – he might be the coolest human being on the planet,” says the Georgia native. “I never get star-struck over anybody, but I happened to see a couple of episodes, and I was like, ‘Dude, that’s the coolest character on the planet.’ He’s that way in real-life. He was the nicest, most chill dude.”
While Kip admits he is a lot better as a musician than he is an actor, he had a good time filming the episode. “It was a fun experience for me. It definitely was out of my comfort zone,” he says. “It was really fun. They were all very welcoming and easy to deal with, and I had a blast.”
Kip is currently making his way up the country charts with his latest single, “Hey Pretty Girl.”
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