Wade Bowen is playing at Denim and Diamonds tonight and took some time this afternoon to catch up with Drew for another Blake Backstage episode. Wade has had a lot on his plate in 2014. He just got done with a summer full of live shows. He did the annual 'Hold My Beer and Watch This Tour' with Randy Rogers and played a lot of shows on the West Coast. He says that those shows are a lot like going back to his early days because the venues are smaller and the crowds aren't as big as his shows here have become.

Wade has a new single out called 'When I Woke Up Today.' It's the first single from the new album he has coming out in October.  Wade says this self titled album is different from a lot of his past stuff, but should capture some of the energy and fun of the live shows. On top of that album, he's also been in the studio with Randy Rogers working on a 'Hold My Beer And Watch This' album that he says is really taking on a life of it's own.

Wade is pretty active on twitter and today was an interesting day to be one of his followers. Someone had decided to throw out insults about his music and Wade called him out on it. Suddenly lots of Wade's fans and fellow musicians decided to chime in too. People like Casey Donahew, Seth James, and Sam Riggs all added their 140 characters to the fun.

To round it all out, Wade got out the acoustic guitar for a special Blake Backstage performance of his brand new single. Don't miss the show tonight at Denim and Diamonds!

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