Jake Owen photo by GAC Staff.

Many male musicians will tell you their earliest motivation to sing or play guitar was a simple one: They wanted to attract girls.

Jake Owen has discovered firsthand that it works. He’s become a magnet for female fans, and he doesn’t mind it one bit, though his parents have mixed reactions about the frenzy their son has stirred.

“We were out in Portland at this place called Duke’s [Country] Bar & Grill,” Jake notes, “and there’s a photo of me on stage playin’, and there’s literally like 40 bras on my microphone stand — 40 of ‘em!”

His mother was a bit put off when she saw the photo.

“She just shook her head,” Jake says, “like, ‘You’ve got to be kidding me. I can’t believe my son…I raised my son to do — he’s out there doin’ this!?’ I said, ‘Mom, look, I must be doin’ somethin’ right.’”

And his father?

“Dad’s high-fivin’ me!” Jake says. “You know, he’s just like, ‘Let me ride around. Let me hang out with you.’”

For his part, Jake invites the ladies’ response. His current single, “Eight Second Ride,” is loaded with suggestive innuendo. And on Friday, as rain pelted the top of his bus before a show in New Jersey, he tweeted, “Let’s get naked.” Not surprisingly, he got deluged with comments.

“Never had so many responses in my life,” he tweeted again less than an hour later. “People like gettin’ naked. Especially in the rain.”

Jake begins hosting daily webisodes for ABC.com Nov. 4 as the network gears up for the 43rd annual Country Music Association Awards. The installments might be titillating, but it’s a safe bet Jake will keep his clothes on.

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