Brett Elderedge recently talked to People magazine and revealed that at one time, he made a living by playing in the lobby of the Mandalay Bay resort. saying, "Before I signed my first record deal, I was in a house band in Vegas. It was me and my bass player — who’s still in my band to this day — and I was just singing covers and random stuff. I was writing songs and I wanted to get experience playing with a band in a setting like that."

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