‘Introvert’ Dean Brody Talks About Humble Beginnings & Philanthropy

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Canadian country music star Dean Brody is burning up the charts with his new single, “Paint the Town Redneck”, and he recently sat down with ET Canada’s Carlos Bustamante.

At the time, he’d just been forced to evacuate from Kelowna, right before several “big shows,” admitting he’s feeling “a little bit discombobulated right now.” During the conversation, Brody looked noted that for those who knew him way back when, his success has been surprising. “I was the least likely kid to make it, you know, in music,” he said. “So they’re really proud and they can’t believe it, because I’m quiet.

You know, I’m I’m pretty reserved. I’m an introvert by nature.” READ MORE: Dean Brody And Mickey Guyton Earn No. 1 On Canadian Country Radio With ‘Boys’ He also touched on how much he was shaped by growing up in a small town. “I think I really didn’t notice how much it shaped me until I moved to the city and moved to the big city and moved to Nashville and spent some time in Toronto… you know, I’m  definitely a type of person that grew up in a small town with, you know, holes in my jeans, hand-me-down jeans, stuff like that, and things that I might be embarrassed of now… It wasn’t an affluent upbringing… Then I come to the big city and it’s like, ‘Whoa, whoa, all all these homes have foundations.

All this is amazing.'” In addition, Brody opened up about his philanthropic efforts, and how he first became involved with charity work. “It’s sometimes not really easy to to boil it down, but yeah, I guess in 2011, I read a book about girls being exploited in South America, and I just called up the author and, ah, looked him up and said, ‘Hey, is there anything I can do?’ And he’s like, ‘Yeah, I lived there seven years.