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Brad Paisley

Contemporary country singer/songwriter Brad Paisley was born October 28, 1972, in Glen Dale, WV; given his first guitar at age eight, he delivered his first public performance at church two years later. With his 50-something guitar teacher Clarence “Hank” Goddard and two of the older man’s seasoned musician buddies, the teenaged Paisley formed his first band, the C-Notes, and at age 12 started writing his own music. After playing in front of the local Rotary Club, he was invited to appear on Wheeling station WWVA’s famed Saturday night broadcast Jamboree USA. Paisley’s debut was so well received that he was invited to become a part of the program full-time, and in the years to follow he opened for the likes of the Judds, Roy Clark, and Little Jimmy Dickens. He later attended Nashville’s Belmont University, serving an internship with ASCAP; the contacts Paisley made there helped him land a songwriting deal with EMI, and he also appeared on innumerable demos.

Signing to Arista, he put forth his debut solo album, Who Needs Pictures, in 1999. The record produced two chart-topping singles in “He Didn’t Have to Be,” an ode to loving stepfathers, and “We Danced” and also acquired generally positive reviews for its diversity of country styles. In the meantime, Paisley recorded a duet with Chely Wright, “Hard to Be a Husband, Hard to Be a Wife,” for the Backstage at the Grand Ole Opry compilation; the two later joined efforts on several music for Wright’s Never Love You Enough album. The sophomore to Paisley’s debut, Part II, was issued in 2001 and promptly returned him to the Top Five with “Two People Fell in Love.” “I’m Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin’ Song)” gave Paisley his third chart-topper, and “Wrapped Around” fell one spot short of becoming his fourth. “I Wish You’d Stay” became the fourth Top Ten hit from the record in early 2003.

At the beginning of August 2005, Paisley put together a short “director’s commentary” preview of his next album for his fan base to download. The full album, Time Well Wasted, appeared two weeks later and narrowly missed the top of the album charts, though it did hit number one on the country charts. In 2006 Brad Paisley Christmas, a collection of both originals and covers, came out, came by 5th Gear in 2007, which included the ubiquitous “Ticks,” a sure future novelty classic. An record of mostly guitar instrumentals (Paisley’s excellent guitar playing is a big part of his appeal), Play, followed in 2008, with the big country vocal hit “Waitin’ on a Woman” added in as a “bonus” track. By now poised at the very top of the commercial country world, Paisley put forth American Saturday Night in 2009.

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Brad Paisley Extends H2O Tour

Posted by WhiskeyChick On September - 1 - 2010

Brad Paisley is extending his H2O Tour to include 13 new dates!
Brad Paisley is havin’ so much fun playin’ in the water that he’s decided to extend his H2O tour through November with 13 new dates! Darius Rucker and Justin Moore will continue with the tour as special guests.
Brad Paisley H2O World Tour [...]

Grand Ole Opry is Back!

Posted by WhiskeyChick On August - 26 - 2010

The Grand Ole Opry sets a date to re-open and a busy fall calendar to boot!
Organizers at The Grand Ole Opry may have been knocked back by this summer’s flood, but they certainly weren’t knocked down! The Opry just announced that they are back in business come September 28th, and that they have a busy [...]

New Brad Paisley Album – Hits Alive

Posted by WhiskeyChick On August - 4 - 2010

Brad Paisley has a new album of old hits on its way November 2nd!
Brad Paisley has taken the top hits of his robust career and created a two-disc album titled “Hits Alive” which is set to release November 2nd 2010. The first disc will feature studio recordings of his best chart toppers, while the second [...]

Brad Paisley – Cartoon Artist

Posted by WhiskeyChick On July - 29 - 2010

Brad Paisley shows his penchant for cartoons in The New Yorker.
The New Yorker magazine takes a poke at Brad Paisley’s sense of humor as they publish some cartoon captions Brad submitted years ago. The magazine often runs caption contests looking for the funniest one-liners to match their equally funny sketches, so it’s no surprise they [...]

Brad Paisley Underwater

Posted by DH Staff On June - 21 - 2010

Tonight, at 10pm ET GAC will air Brad Paisley’s Underwater special that documented the struggle to recover in time for an upcoming tour.
This special will follow Brad through the damage caused by last months flood in Nashville. It is exactly one month after Brad launched his H2O World Tour in Virginia Beach. It follows Brad [...]

Brad Paisley’s H2O WORLD TOUR

Posted by DH Staff On May - 21 - 2010

Brad Paisley’s H2O World Tour will kick-off this coming weekend.
Brad Paisley’s H2O World Tour, sponsored by Chevy, will hit more than 75 cities in the United States, Canada, and Europe over the next 12 months. Darius Rucker and Justin Moore are special guest artist along with Easton Corbin, Steel Magnolia, and Josh Thompson. Paisley’s current [...]

Brad Paisley on the 2010 ACM’s!

Posted by WhiskeyChick On April - 6 - 2010

Brad Paisley H2O Tour 2010

Posted by WhiskeyChick On March - 23 - 2010

Brad Paisley announces his 2010 H2O Concert Tour, featuring Darius Rucker, Justin Moore, and a whole lotta watah!
Brad Paisley is getting fans wet this summer with a full blown water-themed tour! Darius Rucker and Justin Moore will join Paisley as he covers The US, Canada, London and Norway on the Brad Paisley 2010 H2O Concert [...]

Brad Paisley Embraces Twitter

Posted by WhiskeyChick On November - 16 - 2009

Brad Paisley narrowly escapes his last night on The American Saturday Night tour, and recounts the event play by play on Twitter!

Brad Paisley’s Network Television Debut

Posted by WhiskeyChick On October - 16 - 2009

Brad Paisley has announced his involvement with a new network TV show coming next season titled simply “Nashville”.
Brad Paisley has confirmed that he will be participating in the production of a new TV series on CW titled “Nashville“. The storyline of the show is said to follow the struggles and successes of a young female [...]

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