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.

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“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

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                                                                      Nashville, TN

May 19            Georgia Country Jam                                                              Atlanta, GA

May 20            WYCD Detroit Hoedown                                                       Detroit, MI

May 23            Froggy 101’s Guitars & Stars After Party                                    Scranton, PA

June 9              CMA Fest – Nissan Stadium Platform Stage                                    Nashville, TN

June 10            CMA Fest – Chevy Vibes Stage                                             Nashville, TN

June 15            KC Live!                                                                                 Kansas City, MO
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                                                                Goshen, IN

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. For more information, visit DaltonDoverOfficial.com or follow along on InstagramTikTokTwitter and Facebook.

 

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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...