Daily Discovery: Kelsey Waldon, “Who Do You Love?”

Videos by American Songwriter

ARTIST: Kelsey Waldon

SONG: “Who Do You Love?”

BIRTHDATE: March 28, 1988

BIRTHPLACE: Barlow, Kentucky

AMBITIONS: To be my best thing, everyday.

TURN-OFFS: Neediness.

TURN-ONS: Confidence… and cowboy boots.

DREAM GIG: To share a bill with queen Emmylou Harris. At the Ryman! (Of course)

MY PREFERRED MODE OF TRANSPORTATION: doesn’t matter, as long as I get there.

CELEBRITY CRUSH: Townes Van Zandt. Unfortunately, all my celebrity crushes have done gone.

PETS: Our compound has 5 cats. Hans, Waylon, George, Mr. Bigs, and Peanut. They’re not mine, but they might as well be.

THE BOOK THAT CHANGED MY LIFE: “A Deeper Blue: The Life and Music of Townes Van Zandt” by Robert Earl Hardy.

I NEVER LEAVE HOME WITHOUT: a song.

I WROTE THIS SONG: in Nashville, the spring of 2011.