Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Rising Country Music Star Brantley Gilbert Joins Boot Campaign 

Laces Up Combat Boots to Show Gratitude for U.S. Troops

 

NASHVILLE, TN (January 30, 2012): The Boot Campaign welcomes Brantley Gilbert to its grassroots efforts of showing gratitude for soldiers, raising awareness of their needs and supporting their transition home after combat.  To launch Brantley Gilbert’s involvement in the Boot Campaign, his official Boot Campaign photo is featured on the homepage of BootCampaign.com starting Monday, January 30, 2012.  Brantley Gilbert’s boot photo is being promoted on Boot Campaign social media pages on Facebook and Twitter.

ABOUT BRANTLEY GILBERT
At the young age of 27, Brantley Gilbert already has a list of impressive industry accolades. The rising star made his debut at #2 on the Billboard Country Albums chart upon releasing HALFWAY TO HEAVEN DELUXE in September and along with the original has already sold over 400,000 albums to date. His first single on The Valory Music Co., “Country Must Be Country Wide,” recently scored the #1 spot at Country radio. His current single “You Don’t Know Her Like I Do,” is Top 30 and rising. As a celebrated songwriter, Gilbert has penned three #1 hits – “My Kinda Party,” “Dirt Road Anthem,” and most recently, “Country Must Be Country Wide.” This past November, he received his first award nomination at the CMA Awards for Song of the Year. In addition to playing his own headlining dates, Gilbert is on the road with Eric Church for his The Blood, Sweat & Beers Tour.

ABOUT BOOT CAMPAIGN
The Boot Campaign is a 501c3 non-profit, grassroots military appreciation and veteran awareness campaign started by five women from Texas, known as the Boot Girls.  The Boot Girls launched the Boot Campaign in 2009 to spread awareness of the needs of military personnel returning home from combat and express gratitude to current military.  Through the sale of military combat boots, the Boot Campaign donates proceeds to a group of partner charities that work with soldiers healing from a variety of physical and emotional combat wounds, embodying the campaign motto that, “When They Come Back, We Give Back”.  www.BootCampaign.com

 

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