Jordan Davis remembered a classic 1980s country song when he met with his team of co-writers, the same group that penned the award-winning anthem “Buy Dirt,” featuring Luke Bryan. It was that conversation that inspired Davis’ next single, “Tucson Too Late.”
Davis teamed up with his brother, Jacob Davis, and brothers Josh and Matt Jenkins to write “Tucson Too Late,” one of 17 tracks that appeared on Davis’ latest full-length album, Bluebird Days. Davis premiered the “Tucson Too Late” music video on Thursday (August 10), and remembered the day the song was written. Davis said, per his record label:
“So, ‘Tucson Too Late,’ another song I wrote with Jacob, Matt, and Josh, the ‘Buy Dirt’ squad. I write more with them more than I write with anybody. I think it’s cool for us, every time we get together it like, what can we do, what have we not done, what is something that we can try to write today that’ll challenge us that’s different? And I remember talking about (Keith Whitley’s) ‘Miami, My Amy,’ you know how that song just grabs you, and as you can tell, out of that conversation came ‘Tuscon Too Late.’ I really like the way we kept this very simple, we let the lyrics speak, we tried to really just kinda make the listener feel the kinda worry that this guy was going through trying to get this girl back, and I think Paul (DiGiovanni) absolutely nailed the production on it in letting the vocals speak and letting the lyrics shine. And I think too, like it’s something that I’ve never done. I don’t think I’ve ever released a song that is as maybe traditional as this one. You know, stuff like this is what I grew up on. Being able to have a song like this out that has this kinda feel, I don’t know, for me it’s fun. I’m pretty fired up about ‘Tucson Too Late.’”
Davis, a new father of three, is currently on the road on Dierks Bentley’s headlining “Gravel & Gold Tour.” He’s set to kick off his own headlining tour, the “Damn Good Time Tour,” at the end of this month. Watch Davis’ “Tucson Too Late” music video here: