{"id":418858,"date":"2026-07-31T02:07:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T02:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/418858\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T02:07:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T02:07:10","slug":"tracy-lawrence-gives-honest-take-on-why-he-gave-up-on-california-its-disheartening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/418858\/","title":{"rendered":"Tracy Lawrence Gives Honest Take On Why He Gave Up On California: \u201cIt\u2019s Disheartening\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Country music legend Tracy Lawrence<\/a> felt like he had no choice but to \u201cpull the plug\u201d on pursuing a side career in California.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s been a mass exodus from the \u201cGolden State\u201d over the years. Whether it be wildfires, do-nothing politics, or rising prices, Californians are ditching the west coast for places like Austin, Texas, and Nashville, Tennessee, (just to name a few landing spots). Ask any of them why and they\u2019ll tell you that California isn\u2019t what it used to be.<\/p>\n

Even Hollywood isn\u2019t the place to be to make movies and TV shows anymore\u2026 just ask Taylor Sheridan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Lawrence recently sat down on the Like A Farmer Podcast, and he too has pretty much given up on California. The \u201cTime Marches On\u201d singer revealed that he had been working with some acting coaches and was exploring an acting career, but he eventually gave up on all of it because of the current state of California:<\/p>\n

\u201cI had a couple of different acting coaches that I was working with over the last several years, but I mean, it\u2019s just weird going out to California these days, man. It\u2019s kind of\u2026 it\u2019s disheartening. I just kind of pulled the plug on all that stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n

The \u201990s country star admitted that the state boasts a lot of natural beauty, and said despite what many might say, it\u2019s full of wonderful people. But it just became too much to handle \u2013 financially and otherwise \u2013 for the side pursuits in his life.<\/p>\n

When it comes to touring in California, Lawrence does his best to make it work. However, he goes into it knowing that that traveling with a load of buses can quickly eat up the potential profit of the trip:<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve got about a three week run out there in August and September. Man, we\u2019re looking at $10 a gallon just for gas. You know, take a fleet of buses out there and your trucks and stuff and go out there and try to promote shows. <\/p>\n

They tax you to death. The economy out there is awful. You know, the price of fuel and just getting in and out of the states, tremendous. It\u2019s basically as difficult and as unprofitable as going into Canada right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Clearly Canada and California aren\u2019t two of Tracy Lawrence\u2019s favorite places\u2026 at least when it comes to finances, and trying to manage a fleet of tour buses. You can hear the country star talk more about it in the Like A Farmer interview below:<\/p>\n

And speaking of a fleet of buses\u2026<\/p>\n

Not too long ago, we got a chance to catch up with Tracy Lawrence on his very own tour bus backstage at Barefoot Country Music Fest.<\/p>\n

The country star talked to us about traveling, playing beach festivals, staying connected in country music after decades in the industry, why he loves doing his very own podcast, his country music Mount Rushmore (which is conveniently tattooed on his arm) and much, much more.<\/p>\n

Make sure to check it out before you go!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Country music legend Tracy Lawrence felt like he had no choice but to \u201cpull the plug\u201d on pursuing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":418859,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8],"class_list":["post-418858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418858\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/418859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}