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Welcome to Biscuits and Jam from Southern Living.

I'm your host, Sid Evans, and you all may have noticed that I've interviewed a few alums of reality TV shows who have gone on to some great careers.

Well, today I'm talking with someone who burst onto the country music scene when he became the youngest male singer to ever win American Idol back in 2011 when he was just 17 years old.

Scotty McCreary grew up in Garner, North Carolina, just outside of Raleigh.

And it's there that he developed his talent by singing and playing music at the local Baptist Church.

Now he has a new album out called Rise and Fall that showcases very different sides of

his personality, from being a man of faith and family to being a man who also likes a cold

drink and a good time. We'll talk about all that, his Puerto Rican heritage, the ups and downs of

his career, and what it meant to be inducted recently into

the Grand Ole Opry on this week's Biscuits and Jam.

Scotty McCreary, welcome to Biscuits and Jam.

Hey, thanks so much for having me. Appreciate it. Where am I reaching you right now? I'm back home in Riley, North Carolina. Okay, nice to be home for a few days during a busy year for you. Yeah, it's busy. I think I'm home. We're here another six hours or so, and then we're busting back out out but it's been good to be home a little bit

well listen i don't even know what to say congrats on first i mean you just want a CMT award

you're about to be inducted into the grandal opry you got a new album coming out a lot of great

stuff happening for you. Thank you.

Yeah, it's been a wild rock. I've got to be honest, just the last few years, for sure. It's just blow my mind a little bit. But I've always just loved to sing country music, and the fact that I get to do it for a living is crazy. And to be recognized by CMT and the fans, it's amazing. and then the grandal Opry is for me a dream come true as a 30 years old, but I'm an old

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