Chris Young’s Lawyer Issues A Statement on Singer’s Arrest

Chris Young's attorney, Bill Ramsey, has issued a statement on Young's arrest at a Nashville bar (1/22). Included in the statement is a direct link to video footage (shown below in FB link). The footage shows the interaction between Chris and TABC officers on Monday night (January 22, 2024) in Nashville. That's when the 6'4" singer was forcefully shoved to the ground and arrested.

"What happened to my client Chris Young at a bar in Nashville on Monday night was wrong, and he never should have been arrested and charged in the first place. In light of the video evidence, Tennessee ABC needs to drop the charges and apologize for the physical, emotional, and professional harm done towards my client ."

News Channel 5 reports that the singer allegedly engaged with agents of the Alcoholic Beverage Commission inside Dawg House near Music Row.

According to police, the agents entered Tin Roof at around 8:30 p.m. to conduct a compliance check. The officers approached Young and checked his ID; Young reportedly began asking questions and recording the agents. The questions were answered, and the agents then made their way to another bar, the Dawg House to continue their compliance checks.

Young and others reportedly then followed the agents to the bar. Agents checked ABC cards and began walking to the door. That's when Young proceeded to put his hands out to stop one of the agents from leaving the bar.

News Channel 5 reporter Nick Beres posted two video clips from the bar's cameras on his Facebook page. The reporter captioned the clips in part, "I obtained security video from inside the bar of what happened Monday night. You'll recall Young was arrested for disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, and assault of an officer for allegedly attacking agents with the Alcoholic Beverage Commission. Young is accused of confronting them after they checked his ID."

He continued, "According to Young's lawyer, all his client wanted to do was to confirm the identity of the men — who were not in obvious uniforms … and ask about the photo of his ID. The video does not appear to show Young striking the agent in the shoulder … rather, he reaches out. WHAT DO YOU THINK?"

See that post here.

With the release of Chris Young's new song "All Dogs Go To Heaven," depicting the heartbreak of losing your canine best friend, we got to thinking about what some of the best country music songs were about dogs, and we found some good ones.

Admittedly we were surprised Miranda Lambert didn't have a dog song as she, along with her MuttNation foundation, does so very much for our canine friends. Miranda does have a song from 2020 called "How Dare You Love," along with a lyric video that features pictures of dogs. She also performed on the ACM Awards with Chris Stapleton in 2021 for his song about his dog, "Maggie's Song." We did, however, find gems from Carrie Underwood, Stapleton, and more than one from Blake Shelton.

Here are our top five picks for country songs about dogs.

An early song from Carrie telling who she prefers her canine to the dating scene. The chorus sings, "And, I, I close my eyes / And, I kiss that frog / Each time finding / The more boys I meet, the more I love my dog."

Blake won the CMT Music Awards' Video of the Year award for the video for this song in 2018. The song's chorus includes the lyrics, "I'll hang the pictures, you'll hang the stars / You'll pick the paint, I'll pick a guitar / Sing you a song out there with the crickets and the frogs / You'll name the babies, and I'll name the dogs, yeah."

A great song about losing your best friend. The chorus sings, "All dogs go to Heaven / To spend forever running wild and free, off the leash / I know he'll probably go before me / Oh, and that's the day I'm dreadin' / But he'll be waiting on me at the gates / 'Cause all dogs go to Heaven."

Chris wrote this song about losing his family's beloved lab terrier dog.

Blake's version of this song has become a classic and is also the name of his bars in various cities, including Nashville, soon in Las Vegas, and in Oklahoma. The song was originally recorded by George Jones on his 1990 album; You Oughta Be Here with Me. Kenny Rogers also covered it on his 1993 album If Only My Heart Had a Voice. The chorus includes the lyrics, "And the warden sang / Come on somebody / Why don't you run / Ol' Red's itchin' to have a little fun / Get my lantern / Get my gun / Red'll have you treed before the mornin' comes."