Chris Stapleton: Photos From the Billboard Cover Shoot
Pics of the country star as ‘Traveller’ celebrates 10 years.
Chris Stapleton photographed April 10, 2025 in Nashville. Kathryn Boyd Brolin
We had all met up for dinner in Santa Fe a couple of years ago. It was Chris, Morgane, me, my wife Kathryn and several band and crew members very close to Clan Stapleton. It was a humbling night in that no matter the status of our perceived successes, we all seemed to resort to naked-in-a-dream, childish reactions when the stress mounted. But in sticking with said dinner, it turned out full of a nectar that ended the night in everyone’s favor.
The owner and maître d’ of this Mexican restaurant came in on his day off, a little tipsy, I think, sporting a rhinestone-studded cowboy hat, and he welcomed us with grand sweeping gestures, overenunciating as he introduced each course with a rolling monologue. After his many waiters (one assigned to each of us) served us with aristocratic flair, he instructed us, with great drama, to, basically, pick up our spoons.
“Break the outer coating!” We did. “Now spoon up a small portion of every color on your dish. Every color!” We did as we were told. “And on the count of three put it in your mouth.” He was whispering at this point. We were getting scared. “One!” I looked up at Chris across the table from me, and his mouth, behind his beard and mustache, was neither grinning nor frowning, but something twisted in between. “Two!” We all had our spoons at exactly the same height, most shaking. After a long pause… “Three! In!”
Like Willy Wonka, the owner knew precisely what was happening — delectable, divine, an otherworldly Disney ride in our mouths — as it happened. “You will next be getting a slight chile burn in the back half of the inside of your cheeks riiiiight now!” He was spot on. This was sorcery, Mexican f–king magic.
Read the full Billboard cover story about Chris Stapleton here.
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Image Credit: Kathryn Boyd Brolin Chris Stapleton and Josh Brolin photographed April 10, 2025 in Nashville.
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Image Credit: Kathryn Boyd Brolin Morgane and Chris Stapleton photographed April 10, 2025 in Nashville.
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Image Credit: Kathryn Boyd Brolin Chris Stapleton photographed April 10, 2025 in Nashville.
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Image Credit: Kathryn Boyd Brolin Chris Stapleton and Josh Brolin
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Image Credit: Kathryn Boyd Brolin Chris Stapleton
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Image Credit: Kathryn Boyd Brolin Chris Stapleton and Josh Brolin
Link to the source article – https://www.billboard.com/photos/chris-stapleton-photos-billboard-cover-shoot-1235981910/
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