What Happened to Luke Combs' Brother? We Uncover the Mystery
Rumors that Luke Combs has a deceased brother stem from the lyrics in his song, "Where the Wild Things Are."
By Sarah KesterApr. 9 2024, Published 5:24 p.m. ET
Ever since country singer Luke Combs’ song “Where the Wild Things Are” crowned the charts, fans have had one question on their minds: “What happened to Luke's brother?”
This isn’t an bizarre question, taking into account the emotionally charged track is sung from the point of view of a person paying tribute to their older brother’s wild spirit. Sadly, by means of the end of the music, the free-spirit brother meets his dying in a bike twist of fate.
Here, we undercover whether Luke had a brother, plus the tale of ways Luke nearly lost the hit tune to Eric Church.
Did Luke Combs Have a Brother?
Luke does no longer have a brother. He is the only kid to parents Rhonda and Chester Combs. They had Luke in 1990 in Huntersville, NC, after which relocated two hours away to Asheville, where they these days reside.
In the past, Luke has shared how his folks' laborious work afforded him a humble way of life where he may focus on his interest for track. “Obviously, my parents worked super onerous to give us the whole thing that we needed," he stated on The Marty Smith Podcast.
He endured: "I was definitely not a kid that got the whole lot that he sought after."
Luke is incredibly close and grateful for his parents. Once Luke’s country music career took off and the big checks began rolling in, he paid off his parents’ mortgage and helped them retire early.
What is “Where the Wild Things Are” about?
“Where the Wild Things Are” is one of the singles off Luke’s album, “Gettin’ Old.” As soon as it was released, it began to climb the charts, topping off as Luke’s 18th number-one single.
The storytelling in “Where the Wild Things Are” is so emotional and poignant that rumors began to swirl that Luke had a brother who died in a motorcycle accident.
But that couldn’t be true since Luke doesn’t have a brother. He also wasn’t the one who wrote the song. The track is credited to songwriters, Randy Montana and Dave Turnbull.
They wrote the song from the perspective of a man who recalls memories of their free spirit older brother.
“My big brother rode an Indian Scout / It was black like his jacket / American Spirit hangin’ outta his mouth / Just like our daddy / He kicked started that bike one night and broke mama’s heart,” Luke sings in the opening verse.
The lyrics take an emotional turn in the end when it’s revealed that the brother lost his life in a motorcycle accident. “They said he hit that guardrail at half past three / Lit up those streets that never sleep when the sky goes dark / We buried him out in the wind ‘neath the West Coast stars / Out where the wild things are,” Luke sings.
Luke virtually lost "Where the Wild Things Are" to Eric Church.
Much of Luke and Eric’s lives mirror each other. They both are from North Carolina and attended Appalachian State University. Luke has shared in the past that Eric is one of his musical inspirations. After admiring each other from afar, they collaborated in 2019 for the hit duet, “Does To Me.”
So it’s not surprising that both Luke and Eric felt a connection to the song. But it was Luke who recorded the song first after it had been available for several years.
“He almost cut it…I couldn’t believe that song couldn’t land somewhere,” shared Dan Isbell, one of Luke’s frequent collaborators, to Country Now.
“At the time, nobody was cutting story songs at all, really. I mean, outside of Eric Church, probably,” Luke added.
Listen to “Where the Wild Things Are” below!
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