GAC Takes Stars Back to Their Day Jobs

By Caitlin Rantala

On Oct. 2 GAC premieres Day Jobs, an original series that follows country artists as they revisit the day jobs they had before they had airtime on the radio. Each one-hour episode will show three artists as they work an eight-hour shift at their prior place of employment.

Artists featured in Day Jobs include Trace Adkins (roughneck/offshore oil rig), Chris Young (AC unit installation), Craig Morgan (Army soldier), Kimberly Schlapman (waitress), Neal McCoy (women’s shoe salesman), Rodney Atkins (landscaper), Chuck Wicks (potato farmer), Josh Kelley (golf instructor), Eddie Montgomery (butcher), Joe Nichols (warehouse dock worker), Aaron Tippin (corporate jet pilot), David Nail (Dairy Queen employee), Darryl Worley (commercial fisherman), Easton Corbin (Ace Hardware employee), Gary Allan (construction worker), Phil Vassar (restaurant owner), Troy Gentry (bartender), Danny Gokey (truck driver), and Clay Walker (cattle rancher).

“Country music has long epitomized the working man and it was great to see so many stars wanting to tell their stories and revisit their early jobs alongside the hard working people doing those jobs today,” said GAC President Ed Hardy. “Viewers will get rare insight—straight from the stars themselves—about an important part of these artists’ lives.”

Many of the stars, including Adkins, had to put in additional training hours to re-qualify for the old gigs.

Day Jobs is produced by Taillight TV, producer Sarah Brock, and executive producers Tom Forrest and Thom Oliphant.

Other new programming coming to GAC includes Tom’s Wild Life, featuring famed outfitter Tom McMillan and celebrity friends such as Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert, who retreat to his Kansas ranch. Set to premiere Sun., Sept. 18 at 8:00 p.m./CT.

And George Strait sat down for a rare two-part interview with Storme Warren on Headline Country, with the second installment airing Thurs., Sept. 22, 8:30 p.m./CT.