Maren Morris is definitely one of Country's "It" girls right now, and you will be surprised to hear what musical group she loves to listen to and which artists she credits as her biggest influences.

Here's five things you might not know about Maren Morris:

  1. Maren does not come for a musical family, in fact her parents actually owned a hair salon where she would belt songs out from Patsy Cline and Leann Rimes for guests.
  2. Maren is from Texas, so she filmed the video for "My Church" throughout different parts of Texas to honor her hometown state. 
  3. The idea for her song "80's Mercedes" came from a friend who said they wanted to date a guy with an "awesome, old 80's Mercedes."
  4. Maren loves listening to The Beatles and the Spice Girls, and counts Johnny Cash, Hank Williams Sr., the Dixie Chicks and Sheryl Crow as some of her biggest musical influences.
  5. On stage Maren draws inspiration from folks like Bruno Mars, Ed Sheeran and Bruce Springsteen.

Maren Morris is currently on tour with Brett Eldredge and Keith Urban and will be be playing at the Allstate Arena in Chicago on October 28, 2016. Soon after that she will be heading back to Nashville for the 50th Annual CMA Awards on November 2, where she could be brunching with YOU!

Here's the details on how you could win brunch with Maren among other super cool stuff including a trip to the CMA's on us! Better get yourself signed up right now, time's a waistin'.

 

 

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