If you followed along with my blog in 2025, you may remember my posts commenting on the other artists who the duo covered in short videos back in 2016 and 2017 while on long stretches of their tour. They covered many country music artists from Brett Eldredge and David Nail, to Rascal Flatts, Hunter Hayes, and others! I have also written about covers they did while at various radio station studios across the country.
While I was searching on YouTube today to find a video to write about, I came across this one that I do not think I had seen before. Just when I thought I had seen every Dan + Shay video on their channel and beyond, I found one that I had not viewed before!
This specific clip was posted on November 18, 2013, just over 11 months from the time that Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney met one another for the first time! Mooney tells disc jockey Melissa Ann at country radio station Froggy Pittsburgh about the first time he heard a Rascal Flatts song on the radio when driving around with his sister. At the time, he had no idea who was singing the song "These Days"
After he was done reminiscing, the duo started singing the first verse of Rascal Flatts' early hit "These Days". I always enjoy hearing Smyers play his guitar, and in this video, you can hear his harmonies, which were incredibly strong, even in the very early days of Dan + Shay. Mooney's vocals on the first verse blew me away as well. They left me wanting to hear more of this song, especially one round of the chorus. I hope they post a full cover of this song in the near future!
Please enjoy hearing Mooney's full commentary and listening to the duo sing the first verse of the tune in the video below!
Video courtesy of @melissaMAK23's YouTube channel
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