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.
Whiskey Lullaby
Brad Paisley Lyrics
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She broke his heart, he spent his whole life tryin' to forget
We watched him drink his pain away a little at a time
But he never could get drunk enough to get her off his mind
Until the night
He put that bottle to his head and pulled the trigger
And finally drank away her memory
Than the strength he had to get up off his knees
We found him with his face down in the pillow
With a note that said, "I'll love her 'til I die"
And when we buried him beneath the willow
The angels sang a whiskey lullaby
La, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la
The rumors flew but nobody knew how much she blamed herself
For years and years she tried to hide the whiskey on her breath
She finally drank her pain away a little at a time
But she never could get drunk enough to get him off her mind
Until the night
She put that bottle to her head and pulled the trigger
And finally drank away his memory
Life is short, but this time it was bigger
Than the strength she had to get up off her knees
We found her with her face down in the pillow
Clinging to his picture for dear life
We laid her next to him beneath the willow
While the angels sang a whiskey lullaby
La, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la
The lyrics of Brad Paisley's song Whiskey Lullaby tells a tragic story of two lovers who turned to alcohol to numb their pain after the breakup of their relationship. The first verse describes the guy's heartbreak and how he tried to forget his love by drinking his pain away. But he could never get her off his mind until he finally took his life. The second verse describes how his former lover also struggled with her pain and tried to forget him with alcohol until she couldn't take it anymore, and she also took her life. The chorus repeats the haunting phrase, "Life is short, but this time it was bigger, Than the strength they had to get up off their knees," showing how the tragedy was too much for them to handle.
The lyrics also describe how the people around them, probably their friends and family, found them dead after they took their lives. The final lines suggest that they were buried together under a willow tree, and the angels sang a "whiskey lullaby" as a dirge for their tragic end. The song ends with a few more melancholic notes, repeating the first verse.
Line by Line Meaning
She put him out like the burnin' end of a midnight cigarette
She ended their relationship abruptly and callously, leaving him feeling harsh, empty, and consumed.
She broke his heart, he spent his whole life tryin' to forget
The pain of their separation was so profound that it became an ever-present focus of his thoughts that he could never shake.
We watched him drink his pain away a little at a time
As he couldn't forget her, he sought solace in drinking - but only occasionally and in small quantities at first.
But he never could get drunk enough to get her off his mind
No amount of alcohol could effectively make him forget or stop loving her; instead, it made him feel worse and more consumed by his grief.
Until the night
He chose to end his life, finally giving in to the emotional pain and drinking himself to death.
He put that bottle to his head and pulled the trigger
He committed suicide by shooting himself while drunk.
And finally drank away her memory
He drank himself to death, finally eradicating her memory from his mind.
Life is short, but this time it was bigger
The anguish he felt over her loss was too great compared to the time he had left to live.
Than the strength he had to get up off his knees
He was completely overcome by emotions, unable to fight against depression or despair.
We found him with his face down in the pillow
He died alone and depressed, succumbing to his overwhelming emotions.
With a note that said, "I'll love her 'til I die"
He left behind a note showcasing his eternal devotion to the woman he never stopped loving.
And when we buried him beneath the willow
His final resting place is under the shade of a weeping willow tree.
The angels sang a whiskey lullaby
The mournful wails of mourners sounded like a sorrowful melody accompanied by the empty bottles of whiskey.
The rumors flew but nobody knew how much she blamed herself
After their split, she struggled with alcoholism and felt guilty about the relationship ending, but few people knew the depth of her emotional struggles.
For years and years she tried to hide the whiskey on her breath
She attempted to keep her addiction to alcohol secret, even when its effects became visible.
She finally drank her pain away a little at a time
She gradually drank more and more alcohol to cope with her pain and grief.
But she never could get drunk enough to get him off her mind
No amount of drinking could assuage her grief or make her forget her past love.
Until the night
She also chose to end her life, drowning in alcohol and emotions.
She put that bottle to her head and pulled the trigger
She committed suicide by drinking herself to death.
And finally drank away his memory
Her grief was so profound that it took death to free her from the memory of their past love and separation.
While the angels sang a whiskey lullaby
Even in her death, the sorrowful song of whiskey emphasized the depth of their pain and despair.
We laid her next to him beneath the willow
They were laid together in death, symbolically reunited under the shade of the willow tree.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Songtrust Ave, Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
Written by: Bill Anderson, Jon Randall
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Here, feeling the same shit, jus takin it a day at a time, reminiscing what cud have been
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@DanceWithLillian
Me, but I knew this song for ever!!
@barbaraedwards8548
This song is from the heart that has been broken. My mom cheated on my dad when he was in Vietnam. She shamed herself. Something broke in dad and he left one day to heal in the wilderness. To this very day I have not seen nor spoken to him. I know he is alive and well. He has another family now. I have not tried to contact him, I don't want to bring the sadness back to him. By reminding him of a life he worked hard to forget. I love you daddy.
@brianrupp5974
Please try contacting him. You really should at least try. You deserve to have a relationship with him
@christopherremen2606
Trust me... You Dad is missing a huge part in his life without. Speaking from experience. As a Daddy.
@tetesilcy9609
Awww.. U need to connect to ur dad