{"id":2063,"date":"2025-03-25T11:11:54","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T11:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=2063"},"modified":"2025-03-25T11:11:54","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T11:11:54","slug":"scotty-mccreerys-2-year-old-son-melts-hearts-singing-a-george-strait-classic-as-the-country-star-passes-his-love-for-music-to-the-next-generation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=2063","title":{"rendered":"Scotty McCreery\u2019s 2-Year-Old Son Melts Hearts Singing a George Strait Classic as the Country Star Passes His Love for Music to the Next Generation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.countrythangdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Scotty-Mccreerys-Son-Steals-The-Show-Singing-George-Strait.jpg\" alt=\"Scotty Mccreery's Son Steals The Show Singing George Strait\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2>Scotty McCreery Is Instilling A Love For Country Music In The Next Generation<\/h2>\n<p>Former\u00a0<em>American Idol<\/em>\u00a0champion and recent Grand Ole Opry member\u00a0Scotty McCreery\u00a0is passing on his love for country music to his son.<\/p>\n<p>Scotty married his wife Gabi in 2018, and the pair welcomed a baby boy, Merrick Avery McCreery, in October 2022. Their son\u2019s name is steeped in meaning\u2014Merrick comes from his maternal grandfather, and Avery honors Avery County, which Scotty and Gabi call home<\/p>\n<div class=\"FununDRP\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-39636\" src=\"https:\/\/updatetin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/462515115_1111958190295990_8194510673636168392_n-1-222x300.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/updatetin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/462515115_1111958190295990_8194510673636168392_n-1-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/updatetin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/462515115_1111958190295990_8194510673636168392_n-1-759x1024.jpg 759w\" alt=\"\" width=\"603\" height=\"815\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The \u201cFive More Minutes\u201d singer regularly shares videos of life with his son, who goes by Avery. From golf practice to singalongs in the car, the father-son duo is developing a close bond that is heartwarming to see.<\/p>\n<p>Scotty has also found musical inspiration in fatherhood, releasing songs like \u201cPorch\u201d and \u201cLove Like This,\u201d which were written with his young son in mind.<\/p>\n<div class=\"3ygxzTXk\"><\/div>\n<p><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-0\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DEqBe_kSwSS\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=675&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fupdatetin.com&amp;rp=%2Fvubtvlita%2Fscotty-mccreerys-2-year-old-son-melts-hearts-singing-a-george-strait-classic-as-the-country-star-passes-his-love-for-music-to-the-next-generation%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR0bZ7M1OkGEdCBAq#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A2584.6999999284744%2C%22ls%22%3A1016%2C%22le%22%3A2569.5%7D\" height=\"969\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Avery McCreery Sings George Strait<\/h3>\n<p>In an adorable video shared on social media, Scotty and Avery are in what appears to be a home recording studio. With his sweet little voice, the toddler sings:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cExcuse me, but I think you\u2019ve got my chair.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Keen country music fans will recognize that this is the opening line of George Strait\u2019s 1985 hit, \u201cThe Chair.\u201d The song went to #1 on both the US and Canadian country charts and was certified platinum by the RIAA. Additionally,\u00a0<em>CMT<\/em>\u00a0ranked \u201cThe Chair\u201d as #24 on their Top 100 Country Songs of All Time list.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"George Strait - The Chair (Official Music Video)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_Nh-NsqBsGE\" width=\"350\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-origwidth=\"350\" data-origheight=\"235\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The video clearly shows that Avery has been exposed to the classics. Scotty himself recalls listening to Merle Haggard, George Jones, and Conway Twitty as a child.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>He asks his son, \u201c<em>Who sings that song?<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Avery answers definitively, \u201c<em>George Strait.<\/em>\u201c<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Watch the precious video of Scotty McCreery with his son Avery below!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"featured-embed\"><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-1\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DHJDjgigdMA\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=675&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fupdatetin.com&amp;rp=%2Fvubtvlita%2Fscotty-mccreerys-2-year-old-son-melts-hearts-singing-a-george-strait-classic-as-the-country-star-passes-his-love-for-music-to-the-next-generation%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR0bZ7M1OkGEdCBAq#%7B%22ci%22%3A1%2C%22os%22%3A2591.399999976158%2C%22ls%22%3A1016%2C%22le%22%3A2569.5%7D\" height=\"945\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scotty McCreery Is Instilling A Love For Country Music In The Next Generation Former\u00a0American Idol\u00a0champion and recent Grand Ole Opry member\u00a0Scotty McCreery\u00a0is passing on his love for&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2064,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2063"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2065,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2063\/revisions\/2065"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}