In 1981, David Allan Coe, a country singer, released “Tennessee Whiskey”. It became popular when Chris Stapleton, an R&B artist, covered it on his first album, “Traveller”, in 2015. This led to a trend on social media where people covered Stapleton’s version with backing tracks.

One famous cover happened in 2017 in a Home Depot parking lot, where Kris Jones sang “Tennessee Whiskey”. His daughter, Dayla, asked him to sing to show off his skills to her friends. The video got a lot of attention, with Country Music Family reporting 70 million views on social media within 14 months.

Kris Jones’ “Tennessee Whiskey” video, featuring Dayla’s emotional performance, tells a heartwarming story of a father and daughter. Ellen DeGeneres noticed the video on Facebook and invited the duo to her show, “The Ellen Show”. Jones’ 2018 EP, which includes a Chris Stapleton song, also went viral on the internet.