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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Jason Aldean: No. 1
1. Jake Owen was offered "Big Green Tractor" first ...
... and he turned it down! Owen doesn't regret it, however: He knew that his version of the song, about growing up in rural America, would be disingenuous, so he let another singer take a crack at it. The tune became one of Aldean's biggest hits, spending multiple weeks at No. 1 and almost singlehandedly doubling the size of the venues he could sell out.
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