Justin Moore brings country hits to Beaver Creek

Country musician Justin Moore brings his multi-platinum hits to Vilar Performing Arts Center in Beaver Creek on March 13.

Growing up in the 1980s and ’90s, his main influence was traditional country music, and even when the genre wasn’t popular during the middle of his career, he stuck to it.

“I think it’s all about being true to yourself, no matter what type of artist you are, whether it’s music or whether it’s painting or whether it’s acting — you gotta be true to yourself, and I don’t know why I stayed true to myself, but I’m fortunate and happy that I did,” he said. “I always loved Alabama, Hank Junior, Alan Jackson, George Strait — the list goes on and on. I always felt like they were speaking to me, and they were talking about how I was growing up. That’s a really cool thing about country music is that it kind of describes the way that you’re growing up — at least the way I grew up.”

He released “This Is My Dirt” last year, earning him his 13^th No. 1 single. The hit, “This Is My Dirt” is autobiographical for him. It’s inspired by his grandfather, whose mother passed away at his birth, so he was raised by his grandpa on the land that his mom was also raised upon. Now, Moore and his wife are raising their kids on that same land.

“I never go into making an album trying to make a statement or a message. I just try to wrap the best songs I possibly can and record them,” he said. “Throughout my career, I’ve learned if it’s personal to me, it’s probably personal to a lot of other people out there, as well. The first example of that was our first No. ‘Small Town, USA.'”

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The band is just starting a new project, though Moore doesn’t have an idea of its theme, as he follows his process of simply laying down the best songs he can.

But one thing’s for sure: Audiences can expect a high-energy show that includes most of his hits, as well as some of the new tracks on “This Is My Dirt.” He considers Colorado a second home, as his family often skis throughout the Rocky Mountain region.

“My band and I have always talked about the fact that it’s our job to go throw a party for an hour and a half or for whatever the timeframe is, and so we try to do that,” he said.