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6/14: Brad Paisley flies in to Kicks
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Music stars the week the CD comes out will often criss-cross the country, hitting as many radio stations as they can in pursuit of promotion and sales.
Country star Brad Paisley isn’t even bothering to fly in and get driven to the radio stations. Instead, he’s doing promotional concerts in airplane hangars around the country, including the airport in Peachtree City today for Kicks 101.5.
Over eight years, he’s had 15 top 10 country hits, including his latest whimsical tune “Ticks,” on the album he’s promoting “5th Gear,” which comes out Tuesday. His most notable contribution was probably “Celebrity” in 2003, which mocked today’s pop culture and featured a video with cameos from Jason Alexander and William Shatner. And he’s married to actress Kimberly Williams (“Father of the Bride”).
They escorted him to the hangar in the back of a vintage plane, an SBD-5 Douglass Dauntless Dive Bomber. “This isn’t Kenny Chesney’s plane, but it’ll do,” he cracked.
Here he is getting out of the plane and gabbing with Kicks mid-day host Bill Celler. CREDIT: RODNEY HO
He settled on the stage and looked out into the crowd.
“Pretend they serve alcohol here,” he said. “It’s the middle of the day but looking at you, it’s probably not a big deal.”
He opened with “The World” form his last album.
The second single, he said, will be “Online.” “With computers, it’s a fantasy world. The slogan of this song is ‘Be all that you can be’ You can be by signing into a chat room and lying.” The video, which he said he just completed, will feature a return of Jason Alexander as the “40-year-old virgin” and his dad, played by William Shatner.
He then performed a more personal song, “Letter To Me,” which is a lovely ballad about an adult version of himself writing a letter to his teen-age self.
Celler requested “He Didn’t Have To Be,” a ballad from a few years back. Paisley, a good natured guy, clearly hadn’t played it in awhile and stopped cold before the second verse. “What’s the second verse?” he asked. The crowd helped him fill in the blank and eveyrone laughed.
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By jh
June 14, 2007 1:10 PM | Link to this
His wife is HOT!!!!
By Becky
June 14, 2007 3:01 PM | Link to this
He’s hot too..
By Carri
June 14, 2007 3:04 PM | Link to this
Brad Paisley is CUTE AS A BUTTON! He is adorable and it sounds like his personality is too! I love his music!
By Paula
June 14, 2007 3:34 PM | Link to this
I love Brad! He’s not only good looking, he’s got a GREAT personality!!! (And so does Kim!) I hate it that I wasn’t one of the lucky callers!
By itsme
June 14, 2007 3:53 PM | Link to this
Celebrity is one of the best music videos I’ve ever seen. Two of his duets — Whiskey Lullaby and When I Get Where I’m Going — are some of the most wonderful music anywhere anytime. Yeah, and it doesn’t hurt that he’s easy on the eyes.
By rb
June 14, 2007 4:35 PM | Link to this
We went to that concert today after winning tickets. He is a great musician and is great interacting with the audience. A class act. Thanks Kicks 101.5!
By Jen
June 14, 2007 4:57 PM | Link to this
Forget his wife. He’s HOT!! I love him. Can’t wait for the show in September….
By HBG
June 14, 2007 6:37 PM | Link to this
Brad Paisley puts on a great show and is a great musician.. his shows have something for everyone… ballads, upbeat songs and songs just for laughs.. looking forward to his next show here… I’ll be there!
HBG
By Roswell Mom
June 15, 2007 4:48 PM | Link to this
The Bull gave me tickets & it was great!
By DOA
June 18, 2007 8:29 AM | Link to this
Clearly the Bull and Clay have a long way to go. If CC is so wired in the country music community how did they miss out on the unique event? Oh that’s right there the 3rd ranked country station in Atlanta!
By bytvulawlb
June 24, 2007 10:03 PM | Link to this
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By T.C
June 25, 2007 12:28 PM | Link to this
The total package.Writes Sings and can tear a guitar up.