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The further into his career that Jon Pardi has progressed, the more it feels as though he’s settled into the latter 50% of his neo-traditionalist sound. He emerged onto the scene in the early 2010s, when classic country was still largely seen as old hat.
Pardi’s breakthrough 2014 single, ‘Up All Night’, was pop enough to fit into the existing paradigm, while introducing the world to Pardi’s penchant for a more retro, traditional-leaning style.
2016’s California Sunrise saw Pardi hitting his stride, and the project produced a string of prolific singles, such as ‘Heartache on the Dance Floor’, ‘Night Shift’ and ‘Dirt on My Boots’.
Pardi’s increasing prominence was recognised at the 2017 CMA Awards, as he won the coveted New Artist of the Year prize.
Pardi returned emphatically in 2020 with Heartache Medication - a classic country album-title for a classic country album. The project found Pardi leaning into the party-puns that so often get linked to his last name, with the Californian highlighting that he’s just as good at honouring the neon lights (‘Tied One On’) as he is at capturing the after-hours, tear-in-my-beer melancholy (‘Starlight’).
Arguably Pardi’s most assured record was 2022’s Mr. Saturday Night, which pivoted around a trademark piece of wordplay (“They don't know how much I missed her Saturday night”). Alongside his faux-bandmates of Midland, ‘Longneck Way to Go’ epitomised the exuberant, playful representation of heartbreak that Pardi has honed throughout his career. The swaggering single earned 2022 CMA Award nominations for Musical Event of the Year and Music Video of the Year.
The Californian chart-topper is heading out on a colossal world tour, which will take him across the US, Canada, Europe and the UK.
The tour will also feature special guests, Jackson Dean, Randall King and Ella Langley.
Midland and Jon Pardi's 'Longneck Way to Go' has been nominated in the Collaborative Video of the Year category for the 2023 CMT Awards.
They'll be joined by the likes of Sierra Ferrell, Blackberry Smoke, Tenille Townes and Megan Moroney.
The romantic, uptempo hit originally appeared on Pardi's celebrated 2022 album, Mr. Saturday Night.
The War and Treaty, Ricky Skaggs and more also performed on the all-new Opry stage.