Paisley has sold over 11 million albums and has won three Grammy Awards, 14 Academy of Country Music Awards, 14 Country Music Association Awards, and two American Music Awards. He has also earned country music's crowning achievement, becoming a member of the Grand Ole Opry.[2] Paisley also wrote songs for Pixar's Cars franchise ("Behind the Clouds", "Find Yourself", "Collision of Worlds" (along with Robbie Williams), "Nobody's Fool", etc.).
Paisley has stated that his love of country music stems from his maternal grandfather, who gave Paisley his first guitar at age 8 and taught him how to play. At age 12, Paisley wrote his first song, and by 13 he was the opening act for country singers.
Paisley graduated from John Marshall High School in Glen Dale and enrolled at Belmont University (from 1993 to 1995). While in college, he met Frank Rogers, a fellow student who went on to serve as his producer. Paisley also met Kelley Lovelace, who became his songwriting partner.
After graduating from Belmont, Paisley signed a songwriting contract with EMI Music Publishing. His debut as a singer was with the label Arista Nashville, with the song, "Who Needs Pictures" (released February 22, 1999). In May of that same year, he made his first appearance on the Grand Ole Opry. Seven months later he had his first #1 hit with, ""He Didn't Have To Be."
In 2000, Paisley made an appearance on the nationally televised special, "Route 66: Main Street America" featured on TLC (TV channel) and later that same year he won the Country Music Association's (CMA) Horizon Award and the Academy of Country Music's best new male vocalist trophy. He received his first Grammy Award nomination a year later. On February 17, 2001, after forty appearances on the show, he was inducted into the Opry Hall of Fame.
In 2002, he won the CMA Music Video of the Year for ""I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song)." Several celebrities made notable guest appearances in the video, inluding Little Jimmy Dickens, Kimberly Williams (Paisley), Dan Patrick, and Jerry Springer.
Paisley released his third album, Mud on the Tires (2003), following Who Needs Pictures and Part II. The album features the hit song "Celebrity," the video of which parodies reality shows such as Fear Factor and American Idol and included such celebrities as Jason Alexander, Little Jimmy Dickens, Trista Rehn, and William Shatner. The album's title track, "Mud on the Tires," reached Billboard #1 in 2004.
In 2005, after touring with Reba McEntire and Terri Clark on the critically acclaimed "Two Hats and a Redhead Tour," he released Time Well Wasted, containing 15 tracks, including "Alcohol", a duet ("When I Get Where I'm Going") with Dolly Parton, another ("Out in the Parking Lot") with Alan Jackson, and a bonus track, "Cornography".
Brad Paisley was the 2008 CMA and ACM Male Vocalist of the Year winner. Starting with the release of his 1999 album Who Needs Pictures, Paisley has recorded seven studio albums and a Christmas compilation on the Arista Nashville label, with all of his albums certified gold or higher by the RIAA. In addition, he has charted 25 singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, 15 of which have reached #1 with a record 10 consecutive singles reaching the top spot on the charts. On November 10, 2010, Paisley won the coveted Entertainer of the Year award at the 44th annual CMA Awards.
In 2009 he released American Saturday Night which has his first single Then.
His song "High Life," on the 2014 album Moonshine in the Trunk, refers to suing Carrie Underwood after hearing that one of Carrie's songs "reminded me of a poem my brother wrote back in second grade." This was a subtle joke about an actual lawsuit from a songwriter who accused Brad of using her material. (In real life, the lawsuit was won by Paisley in 2016.)
Paisley released "Without a Fight", a duet with Demi Lovato, on May 13, 2016. It was to have served as the lead single to his eleventh studio album, but due to poor chart performance it did not make the album's final cut. He was selected as one of thirty artists to perform on "Forever Country", a mash-up track of "Take Me Home, Country Roads", "On the Road Again" and "I Will Always Love You" which celebrates 50 years of the CMA Awards. The second single "Today" was released on October 6, 2016, which gave Paisley his first Country Digital Song Sales #1, opening at the top of the chart with 41,000 first-week downloads. The single landed in the #1 spot on the Country Aircheck/Mediabase charts, marking Paisley's 24th #1 song. On November 11, Paisley announced on Twitter that the title of the album would be Love and War, which was released in April 2017.
Love and War features several collaborations with iconic artists, including Timbaland, John Fogerty, Bill Anderson, and Mick Jagger, as well as a songwriting credit with Johnny Cash.
On October 4, 2018, Paisley and his wife Kimberly Williams-Paisley partnered with Belmont University and opened a free referral-based grocery store in Nashville to help the community in need. The Board of Trustees for The Store include Brad Paisley, President; Megan Zarling, Chair; Pete Fisher, Vice-Chair; Doug Paisley, Secretary and Elaine Bryan, Treasurer. Other board members include Sarah Cates, Jaynee Day, Hope Fisher, David Minnigan, John Zarling, Olivia Munn, John Schario, Scott Scovill, Michael Stagg, Becca Stevens and Kimberly Williams-Paisley. Executive Director is Gina Hancock.
In November 2018, Paisley released "Bucked Off", the lead single from his upcoming studio album. On March 11, 2019, Paisley released "My Miracle".
In 2021, Paisley released his own Bourbon brand called "America Highway Reserve." As this whiskey was aged in barrels in the "Rolling Rickhouse" semi-trailer that followed Paisley's 2019 concert tour, Paisley collaborated with Bardstown Bourbon Company to create this Bourbon.
Catch All the Fish
Brad Paisley Lyrics
Jump to: Overall Meaning ↴ Line by Line Meaning ↴
The one was full of fishing gear, the other Miller Lite
The checkout-lady laughed and said 'You think you got enough'
And I said 'Yeah, You're probably right', and filled another two carts up
Gonna catch all the fish
Gonna drink all the beer
We're not staying here
Might take all day
Might take all year
Till we catch all the fish
Till we drink all the beer
So I picked up the boys at dawn and we were on our way
It hadn't been ten minutes before Jimmy's cellphone rang
His old lady asked him how we'd be on the lake
And I said You tell her 'We're staying here however long it takes'
Gonna catch all the fish
Gonna drink all the beer
Better warn her now
Better make it clear
Might take all day
Might take all year
Till we catch all the fish
Till we drink all the beer
Just as long as there's a can left in that cooler
Just as long as there's a bass left in that lake
That just means we still got some work to do here
Just as long as there's still gas left in that tank
As long as there's a can left in that cooler
As long as there's a bass left in that lake
That just means that we still got some work to do here
As long as there's still gas left in that tank
Well, we caught all the fish
And we drank all the beer
And we ran outta gas
Now we're stuck out here
With lots of empty cans
And worthless fishing gear
'Cause we drank all the fish
And we caught all the beer
Well, I mean we caught all the fish
And drank all the beer
In Brad Paisley's song "Catch All The Fish," the singer describes a fishing trip with his buddies where they set out to catch all the fish and drink all the beer possible. The song begins with the singer buying fishing gear and beer, joking about the checkout lady's remark on whether they have enough. The lyrics then transition into the singer and his friends embarking on their fishing expedition for a day or year; the exact duration doesn't matter, as they are determined to catch all the fish and drink all the beer. The singer challenges his friend's partner's doubts about their return home by stating their commitment to stay until their mission is accomplished.
The chorus emphasizes the goal of the trip, with the singer singing that they are going to catch all the fish and drink all the beer. The singer wants to make sure that his buddy's wife knows they are not coming back until they have caught every single fish and drank all the beer they have. The second verse stresses the competition between the friends, as they want to leave when they have caught all the fish and drank all the beer possible. They don't want to come back until these goals have been accomplished. The song's final lines reveal that the singer's group has completed their task, that they are stranded, and that they have no more fish or beer to catch and drink.
Line by Line Meaning
I filled up two shopping carts late last night
I purchased a lot of items for our fishing trip
The one was full of fishing gear, the other Miller Lite
One cart had fishing gear, and the other was filled with Miller Lite beer
The checkout-lady laughed and said 'You think you got enough'
The cashier found it amusing that I had so much fishing gear and beer
And I said 'Yeah, You're probably right', and filled another two carts up
I agreed with her and went ahead and bought two more carts full of supplies
Gonna catch all the fish
I plan to catch all the fish
Gonna drink all the beer
I plan to drink all the beer
Gonna head outta town
I'm leaving town
We're not staying here
I will not be staying in this location
Might take all day
It may take an entire day
Might take all year
It may even take a year
Till we catch all the fish
I will continue fishing until I catch all the fish
Till we drink all the beer
I will continue drinking beer until it's all gone
So I picked up the boys at dawn and we were on our way
I picked up my friends early in the morning, and we started our journey
It hadn't been ten minutes before Jimmy's cellphone rang
Shortly after we started, Jimmy's phone rang
His old lady asked him how we'd be on the lake
Jimmy's significant other called to ask how our fishing trip was going
And I said You tell her 'We're staying here however long it takes'
I instructed Jimmy to tell his partner that we will stay as long as it takes to catch all the fish
Better warn her now
You should warn Jimmy's partner now
Better make it clear
Make sure she understands
Just as long as there's a can left in that cooler
As long as there is still beer in the cooler
Just as long as there's a bass left in that lake
As long as there are still fish in the lake
That just means we still got some work to do here
That means we still have more work to do to finish our fishing trip
As long as there's still gas left in that tank
As long as there is fuel in the tank of our vehicle
Well, we caught all the fish
We successfully caught all the fish
And we drank all the beer
We successfully drank all the beer
Now we're stuck out here
Unfortunately, now we are stuck in this location
With lots of empty cans
We have many empty beer cans
And worthless fishing gear
Our fishing gear is now useless
'Cause we drank all the fish
We drank so much beer that we could not catch any more fish
And we caught all the beer
We drank so much beer that we ended up not catching any more fish
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: ASHLEY GORLEY, ASHLEY GLENN GORLEY, BRAD DOUGLAS PAISLEY, CHRIS DUBOIS
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind