Lainey Wilson 's father Brian is as tough as nails and a compliment is hard to come by from the fifth-generation farmer.

In a chat with Kelleigh Bannen on Today's Country , Wilson shares that she doesn't get a ton of praise from her father when it comes to her music, but that's just the way he is.

He did, however, let it slip that her recent single is something special.

"My daddy don't pass out compliments, I'll tell you that," Wilson explains. "But the other day he told me - we were sitting on my porch - and he said, 'It don't get no better than "Somewhere Over Laredo", I'm telling you, it don't get no better than that.'"

Perhaps he laid it on a bit thick because Wilson assumed this can only mean that she has peaked in her career.

"I was like, great, so now it's downhill from he

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