Stoic masculinity, traditional Bible-based values, dirt roads, trucks, bonfires, furtive nighttime rendezvous with young women who are supposed to be asleep at home, and excess beer-swilling — those are some of the things that country singer and songwriter Brantley Gilbert is into.
Gilbert routinely ponders what it means to be a man, or, in his phrasing, to be a “Grown Ass Man.” He also has a song called “Bro Code.” Gilbert has a dark, slightly morbid streak, with songs about romance that tend to have overtones of unruly excess.
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He’s been called a 21st century version of an outlaw country artist, like those singers in the 1970s who bucked the rules established by Nashville and gave country music a taste of the current counterculture. Things are very different now, and the kind of change Brantley and other artists have brought to country has more to do with mixing elements of rock and rap into the genre.
Brantley Gilbert performs at Mohegan Sun Arena, 1 Mohegan Sun Blvd., Uncasville, on Saturday, Aug. 11, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $39 to $79. 860-226-7711 and mohegansun.com.
