Jeff Bates has been a staple in country music for nearly 10 years, since breaking onto the scene with his deep, sexy voice, cranking out hits such as “Long Slow Kisses,” “The Love Song” and “I Wanna Make You Cry.” All this time later, Bates is still delivering the music his fans want to hear, more so now than ever.
“As an artist, I have certain goals at this point in my life, and that is to make the music that I want to make, without anybody saying it needs to be this way or you should do this,” says Bates. “I know I have the best fans in the world. They’ve been loyal, and they’ve been with me through thick and thin. I know what they ask for and what they want to hear, so I want to make that kind of music. I want to make music that I’m proud of – just once – without it being filtered through everybody else’s creative mind.”