DALTON DOVER PAYS TRIBUTE TO HIS MOMMA WITH
“I WOULDN’T BE HERE” AHEAD OF MOTHER’S DAY
Second Release via UMG Nashville/Mercury Records
Follows Chart-Climbing Single “Giving Up On That”
“I WOULDN’T BE HERE” AHEAD OF MOTHER’S DAY
Second Release via UMG Nashville/Mercury Records
Follows Chart-Climbing Single “Giving Up On That”
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – On the heels of his first single via UMG Nashville/Mercury Records “Giving Up On That” earning the title of most-added the week of its debut at Country radio, Dalton Dover releases “I Wouldn’t Be Here,” paying tribute his momma ahead of Mother’s Day. Dover’s Instagram followers got a preview of the song when he shared his mom’s reaction to hearing it for the first time. “I Wouldn’t Be Here” is streaming everywhere now.
“I wrote ‘I Wouldn’t Be Here’ for one of the most important people in my life, my momma,” shares Dover. “She’s my best friend, the greatest Mimi to my babies and the wisest woman I’ve ever met. I’m so grateful that I get to call her mom.”
Written by Dover with Russell Sutton and Dan Isabell, “I Wouldn’t Be Here” touches on the highs and lows of growing up and the saving grace of Dover’s mother, as he speaks to her directly throughout the song:
Every little league game, every middle school play
Every time I scraped my knee
Every double shift, every penny pinched
Was for my brother and sister and me
My first song came out all wrong, but you told me it was good
I’m standing now to a sold out crowd just like you said I would Every time I hit rock bottom
You picked me right back up
When I felt like I was nothing
You said son you’re more than enough
I’m the man I am today because you cared
I wouldn’t be here if you hadn’t been there
Written by Dover with Russell Sutton and Dan Isabell, “I Wouldn’t Be Here” touches on the highs and lows of growing up and the saving grace of Dover’s mother, as he speaks to her directly throughout the song:
Every little league game, every middle school play
Every time I scraped my knee
Every double shift, every penny pinched
Was for my brother and sister and me
My first song came out all wrong, but you told me it was good
I’m standing now to a sold out crowd just like you said I would Every time I hit rock bottom
You picked me right back up
When I felt like I was nothing
You said son you’re more than enough
I’m the man I am today because you cared
I wouldn’t be here if you hadn’t been there
Named a Pandora 2023 Artist to Watch, an Amazon Music 2023 Breakthrough Artist to Watch: Country Class and a member of CMT’s LISTEN UP 2023 Class, Dover made his international debut at C2C: Country to Country Festival’s CMA Songwriters Series before joining Chase Rice on the Way Down Yonder Tour. This summer, the Georgia native will perform at the Nissan Stadium Platform Stage and Chevy Vibes Stage at CMA Fest, along with opening for Luke Combs at his Gillette Stadium stop in July and select dates with Parker McCollum among festival and headlining shows.
Dalton Dover Upcoming Tour Dates
May 5 Downtown Commons Concert Series w/ Matt Stell Clarksville, TN
May 6 Grand Ole Opry
May 19 Georgia Country Jam
May 20 WYCD Detroit Hoedown
May 23 Froggy 101’s Guitars & Stars After Party
June 9 CMA Fest – Nissan Stadium Platform Stage Nashville, TN
June 10 CMA Fest – Chevy Vibes Stage
June 15 KC Live!
June 22 Rams Head Live! w/ Chase Rice Baltimore, MD
June 23 Mulcahy’s Pub And Concert Hall w/ Chase Rice Wantagh, NY
June 24 Kegs Canalside w/ Chase Rice Jordan, NY
July 3 Greatest 4th in the North Country Stars & Stripes Concert Lake City, MI
July 8 Showare Center Kent, WA
July 14 Orion Amphitheater w/ Parker McCollum Huntsville, AL
July 15 The Wharf Amphitheater w/ Parker McCollum Orange Beach, AL
July 22 Jack Daniels Old No. 7 and Country Cocktails Presents Foxborough, MA
Luke Combs Bootleggers Tailgate Party Powered by Whiskey Jam
July 25 Elkhart County Fair
Aug. 5 Victory Live Featuring WGAR Country Jam Cleveland, OH
Aug. 12 Voices of America Country Music Festival 2023 West Chester, OH
Aug. 24 Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium Chattanooga, TN w/ Parker McCollum
Aug. 25 Skyla Credit Union Amphitheatre w/ Parker McCollum Charlotte, NC
Aug. 26 CCNB Amphitheatre at Heritage Park Simpsonville, SC w/ Parker McCollum
Photo Credit: Jim Wright
About Dalton Dover
Lauded by MusicRow as a “master country talent,” Dalton Dover’s current single “Giving Up On That” via UMG Nashville/Mercury Records was the most-added track at Country Radio upon its debut with 60 first week adds and garnered over 1 million streams in the first two weeks of its release. His latest release “I Wouldn’t Be Here” is available everywhere now. Named a Pandora 2023 Artist to Watch, an Amazon Music 2023 Breakthrough Artist to Watch: Country Class and a member of CMT’s LISTEN UP 2023 Class, he made his international debut at C2C: Country to Country Festival’s CMA Songwriters Series before joining Chase Rice on the Way Down Yonder Tour. This summer, the Georgia native will perform at the Nissan Stadium Platform and Chevy Vibes stages at CMA Fest, along with opening for Luke Combs at his Gillette Stadium stop in July. Dover first started singing at church as a kid, winning his fifth-grade school talent show performing Justin Bieber’s “Baby.” In that moment Dover’s love of performing was born. By the age of 16 he had picked up a guitar and started teaching himself to play, yet it was his grandfather who turned him on to country music and artists such as Keith Whitley, Rhett Akins, Joe Diffie and Steve Wariner. Performances at local bars soon followed along with sharing covers of some of his favorite songs on TikTok. It was there he caught the ear of producer Matt McV and A&R veteran and founder of Droptine, Jim Catino, who quickly signed Dover. His debut track “You Got a Small Town,” produced by McV, quickly garnered critical acclaim from Billboard, MusicRow, Country Now and Wide Open Country. With his debut and his follow-up “Baby I Am” earning notable playlisting, Dover was named a Spotify Hot Country 2022 Artist to Watch along with a spotlight as Billboard’s February Country Rookie of the Month and a nod for MusicRow’s 2022 Discovery Artist of the Year. After opening for Luke Comb’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium show in Atlanta, Ga., Dover set out on a seven-date run of his own headlining shows, performing across multiple locations of Blake Shelton’s Ole Red, followed by Priscilla Block’s Welcome To The Block Party and his debut at the Grand Ole Opry.
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