Country band Parmalee, comprised of brothers Matt and Scott Thomas, cousin Barry Knox and life-long friend Josh McSwain, are feeling extra grateful these days.
乡村乐队Parmalee由兄弟Matt和Scott Thomas、堂兄Barry Knox和终身好友Josh McSwain组成，这些天他们感到格外感激。
 
The group — famous for No. 1 hits like “Carolina” and “Take My Name” — dropped their deluxe album For You 2 on Sept. 22, and the release is more meaningful than they could’ve imagined.
该组合以《Carolina》和《Take My Name》等热门歌曲而闻名，于9月22日放弃了他们的豪华专辑《for You 2》，这次发行比他们想象的更有意义。
 
“I always celebrate my second birthday on the 21st of September, since the incident,” says Scott, who was critically injured after being shot during an armed robbery back in 2010. “I had a 5% chance of living. These guys didn't know if I was going to live or die,” he adds of his bandmates.
“自从事件发生以来，我总是在9月21日庆祝我的二岁生日，”斯科特说，他在2010年的一次武装抢劫中被枪杀，伤势严重。“我有5%的机会活下来。这些家伙不知道我是生是死，”他谈到他的乐队成员时补充道。
 
Scott’s brother Matt still recalls the shooting with great detail.
斯科特的哥哥马特至今仍十分详细地回忆起枪击事件。
 
“We were playing a club show on a Monday night, and two guys tried to rob us on our RV afterwards at gunpoint. [Scott was] shot three times. We had to go to the hospital that night. It was horrible,” he says.
“一个星期一晚上，我们在俱乐部演出，两个家伙随后持枪试图在我们的房车上抢劫我们。斯科特中了三枪。那天晚上我们不得不去医院。太可怕了，”他说。
 
The “craziest part,” the brothers add, was that the band was simultaneously on the verge of a record deal.
兄弟俩补充道，“最疯狂的部分”是乐队同时处于唱片交易的边缘。
 
“It was about to happen and then just the train comes off the tracks,” says Matt. “Scott’s about to die, and all we could focus on was just getting him better because we had to go back to Nashville.”
马特说：“事情就要发生了，然后火车就脱轨了。”。“斯科特快要死了，我们所能关注的只是让他变得更好，因为我们必须回到纳什维尔。”
 
The band also credits their fans, friends and family for helping them get through such a challenging period both emotionally and financially.
乐队还感谢他们的粉丝、朋友和家人在情感和经济上帮助他们度过了这样一个充满挑战的时期。
 
“They all raised money for us. Local bands, people in concerts so we could have a little money in the bank to pay the credit card bills we owed and to pay his hospital bills and get back and forth and that kind of stuff,” says Matt.
马特说：“他们都为我们筹集了资金。当地的乐队，参加音乐会的人，这样我们就可以在银行里有一点钱来支付我们欠的信用卡账单，支付他的医院账单，来回奔波等等。”
 
In fact, getting support from family is something that the band has been fortunate enough to have since the very beginning — Matt and Scott’s mom took out a second mortgage on her home to help Parmalee pay for the first recording of “Carolina.”
事实上，乐队从一开始就很幸运地得到了家人的支持——马特和斯科特的母亲为她的房子申请了第二笔抵押贷款，以帮助帕马雷支付《卡罗莱纳》的第一张唱片。
 
“She's always supported us. She raised us as a single mom for a long time, but she just did everything. I'm sure the other ladies in the community thought she was crazy because we just couldn't get it going and couldn't make it,” recalls Matt. “We finally did.”
马特回忆道：“她一直支持我们。她把我们作为一个单身妈妈抚养了很长一段时间，但她什么都做了。我相信社区里的其他女士都认为她疯了，因为我们就是做不下去。”“我们终于做到了。”
 
With the release of For You 2, and the band’s latest single “Girl in Mine” on its way to becoming their fourth No. 1 hit, the group is elated that they get to continue pursuing every day. They're currently on tour with Train, and in 2024, they'll hit the road with Kane Brown.
随着《For You 2》的发行，乐队的最新单曲《Girl in Mine》即将成为他们的第四首热门单曲，乐队很高兴他们能继续追求每一天。他们目前正在与Train一起巡演，2024年，他们将与Kane Brown一起上路。