Something we can all agree on these days. Though his time as a country music superstar has since passed, there’s absolutely no denying that Brad Paisley was a bona fide powerhouse in his prime. Of course, everyone knows that he’s not only one of the best living country guitarists today but also one of the greatest of all time, going toe-to-toe with legends such as B.B. King, John Mayer and Vince Gill throughout his career. However, when you look at his discography as a whole, there’s a lot more than just world-class guitar work from album to album. Back in his prime, Paisley was firing on all cylinders in terms of album construction and production. While you had all the hits, ranging from “Mud On the Tires” and “She’s Everything” to “Whiskey Lullaby” and “I’m Gonna Miss Her,” there was a lot to discover when you listened to his albums from front to back. Oftentimes, the West Virginia native would incorporate a heavy dosage of skits and outtakes in his early albums. Calling on everyone from “Little” Jimmy Dickens and George Jones on multiple different skits on 2005’s Time Well Wasted, his affinity for incorporating random, oftentimes off-the-wall humor was shown early and often. Beyond the skits on each album, Paisley has scored plenty of hits using his patented humor. It was pretty apparent from the start that the 52-year-old singer knew how to score hits with hilarious songs. Starting with the severely underrated 2000 Top 20 single, “Me Neither,” which sees Paisley all but reject himself after approaching a girl at the bar, he’d go on to score even bigger, humor-filled hits throughout his career. Whether it’s the incredibly ahead-of-its-time look at catfishing culture on 2007’s “Online,” the hilarious take on fading masculinity in our culture on “I’m Still a Guy,” the celebration of the fact that liquor can finally help white people dance on “Alcohol” or his now-iconic decision to choose fishing over a relationship on “I’m Gonna Miss Her,” Paisley has always had a knack for penning some incredibly funny yet well-written tracks over the years. And for Paisley, it’s all intentional. At a recent event in Nashville, shortly after his recent Hallmark’s Countdown to Christmas performance that featured a surprise appearance from Megan Moroney on “She’s Everything,” Paisley would dive into why he’s consistently released (and eventually found success) so many funny songs. As the “Mud on the Tires” singer explains, oftentimes, he wasn’t intentionally sitting down to write a funny song. Instead, he’d find that as he developed many songs’ hooks further, the best ones would make him laugh. And that’s fine with Paisley since, as he puts it, no one hates laughing. “These songs, I just found that sometimes you would start down a path and the best hook made you laugh. And then I started to look for more like that, because no one hates laughing, I would think. If you can make somebody laugh, you’ve done something for them they’ve probably needed. There’s studies that say that.” Using “I’m Gonna Miss Her,” he’d explain that he could have written a straightforward song about his love of fishing. Obviously, there’s not much fun in that, so instead, he’d add the twist of leaving her to spend his days on the banks. I could write a song about how much I love fishing, OR… I could write a song about how much I love fishing and then decide, ‘Well fine, it’s fishing over her.’ You know? And then hook it in a way that makes people laugh.”  Though many country fans have turned their backs on Paisley over the past decade, mainly due to his strange collaboration with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy in 2023 on “Same Here” during the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, let this be your yearly reminder that Brad Paisley was a force to be reckoned with in his prime. While you’re here, check out some of Paisley’s best (and funniest) tracks that you might have forgotten about. “I’m Gonna Miss Her” “Online” “I’m Still a Guy” “Alcohol” “Mr. Policeman” Brad Paisley Tour Dates November 4 – Abbotsford, BC – Abbotsford Centre November 5 – Kelowna, BC – Prospera Place November 7 – Edmonton, AB – Rogers Place November 8 – Lethbridge, AB – VisitLethbridge.com Arena November 14 – Winnipeg, MB – Canada Life Centre November 15 – Saskatoon, SK – SaskTel Centre December 11 – London, ON – Canada Life Place December 12 – Hamilton, ON – TD Coliseum December 13 – Ottawa, ON – Canadian Tire CentreThe post Brad Paisley On Why He Leans On Humor In His Songs – “If You Can Make Somebody Laugh, You’ve Done Something For Them” first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

Riley Green‘s got jokes. The Alabama native is coming in an incredible 2025, has been on the road nonstop for his Damn Country Music Tour, and still has a handful of shows left before it wraps up at the end of the year. Outside of his hectic tour schedule, he’s still finding time ot have some fun on stage. He recently played a show at Nashville’s famed Losers Bar & Grill, which is next door to his bar, the Duckblind, for their birthday bash. @rachelannslee Hell of a way to go !!! #rileygreen #losersbarandgrill #losersoriginal #countrymusic #hellofawaytogo ♬ original sound – Rachel Brown And the year is far from over because Riley Green is up for 4 CMA Awards from the success of his duets with Ella Langley, “You Look Like You Love Me” and “Don’t Mind If I Do.” The duo already scored one CMA Award at last year’s show for Musical Event of the Year with “You Look Like You Love Me,” and the viral success of that song has carried into this year as well. Riley Green knows how to do a duet well, and this year he also released duets with Randy Houser, Hannah McFarland, and Luke Bryan. While Riley Green is stellar on his own, it’s always fun to hear how different artists’ voices pair and the storylines they curate when they write and record a duet. And it sounds like Riley Green hopes that there are many more duets for him in the future. Earlier this year, during an event at the GRAMMY Museum, Riley Green participated in a panel-style interview, during which his dream duet partner was discussed. Naturally, Green’s answer included some heavy-hitting names. When asked who his dream collaboration was, Riley Green shared that he would love to sing with or work with George Strait or Alan Jackson. “Just, you know, The King, George Strait, I guess that’d be pretty good. Or I’d settle for Alan Jackson if I had to. Either one of them would be fine.” The slight joke in his answer makes the audience chuckle, but it also shows his deep reverence for the greats who have heavily shaped the genre he calls home. Although Green admitted that his favorite country song of all time is AJ’s “Here In The Real World,” he favors the idea of working with The King a tiny bit more. When the panel host asked why that hasn’t happened yet, given Green’s sound leans toward the more traditional end of the spectrum, Green had a very hilarious (and probably accurate) response: “I think the problem is, has he thought about it? You know what I mean? I’ve thought about it a lot. When he starts thinking about it, that’s when it’ll happen.” HA. Nothing like a bit of self-deprecation. After putting himself down a little bit, Riley Green recovers and shares how much he respects both Strait and Jackson’s career, and that he hopes to have a fraction of the success they’ve had: “I’m just such a big fan of those guys, and when you think about it from my point of view, I’m fairly early in my career, even though I’ve been doing it a while. When you’ve done it as long as they have, that really says a lot, because this is a grueling lifestyle. You know? You’ve got to really love it to do it for that amount of time.” Green then candidly admits he’s not sure he can see himself touring and being on the road for as long as Strait and Jackson have, but he hopes the future holds a long career for him, no matter what that looks like. “I hope that I can write songs that people relate to. If I can keep writing songs that people feel something from listening to, I think I’ll do it as long as I can do that.” Amen to that. At this rate, it’s safe to bet that Riley Green will be in the limelight for the foreseeable future. Check it out: @rileygreenalerts Riley Green Explains Why He Hasn’t Made A Song With George Strait @Riley Green #RileyGreen ♬ original sound – RileyGreenAlerts The post Riley Green Offers Hilarious Response When Asked If He Would Ever Collaborate With George Strait: “The Problem Is, Has He Thought About It?” first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

They did it all together. Willie Nelson is gearing up to release his 78th career solo studio album (the 155th of his career in total), and this current project will pay tribute to another country music legend, Willie’s friend, the late, great Merle Haggard. Titled Workin’ Man: Willie Sings Merle, the album is set to drop soon, on Friday, November 7th, and features 11 country classics penned by the Hag himself. Of course, the two of them put out several projects together during their careers, including their iconic Pancho and Lefty in 1983, Seashores of Old Mexico in 1987, Last of the Breed also in 1987, and lastly, Django and Jimmie in 2015. They were close friends, and in a Rolling Stone article from 2016, following his death around a week prior in April, Willie wrote about their friendship and how much Merle meant to him. They were friends for over 50 years, and first met in Nashville in the early 60’s, of course, during a poker game at Willie’s house. This was before either of them went back home, Merle to Bakersfield and Willie to Texas, and they had an instant connection: “Merle and I were buddies from way back. I first met him at a poker game at my house in Nashville in the early Sixties, before he went back to Bakersfield and I went back to Texas. We always had a lot in common. We both hopped trains as kids. We both got our starts playing bass in other bands before stepping out on our own. We’d both been married for the last 20 years. We both had our sons playing guitar with us. Over the years, we played a lot of dates, a lot of poker. He was a great audience for my jokes. I told him recently, ‘You know what you call a guitar player without a girlfriend? Homeless,’ and he laughed.” Willie recalled recording Pancho and Lefty in 1983, when Merle visited Austin, and they recorded their iconic song. There’s a great story behind it, which you can read about HERE, but possibly the most interesting part of the article is Willie talking about how they tried to be healthy in the midst of all the drinking, smoking and debauchery. In fact, they would “burn one down” and run two miles in their cowboy boots, and also did a “10-day cayenne-pepper juice cleanse,” which Willie called “horrible,” obviously: “In the early Eighties, he came to stay with me in Texas to record. We were living pretty hard back then, but we’d also try to be a little healthy. We used to go jogging a lot. We’d burn one down and run two miles in cowboy boots. In Texas, we went on a 10-day cayenne-pepper juice cleanse. It was horrible. One day after we’d been up all night, Merle went to the condo to get some rest. Around 4 a.m., we woke him up to sing his part on ‘Pancho and Lefty.’ He sang it half in his sleep, but Hag sings pretty good in his sleep.” Only those two… I’m actually impressed they made it through all ten days doing that, though, and would absolutely LOVED to have seen them running those two miles through Texas in their cowboy boots… what a visual. Willie also went onto say that he deeply admired Merle, and the fact that he scored so many “Number One songs.” “I always had a lot of admiration for him. He came onto the scene with a bang. He wrote more Number One songs than me, Kris [Kristofferson], anybody. He was a great one to follow. He was able to talk about his life in his songs intelligently and ingeniously, really.” While it’s sad Merle is no longer around to hear Willie’s take on his classic music, it’s so cool to see how much he still means to Willie so many years after his passing. They lived a ton of life together, and accomplished more than either one of them had likely ever dreamed of, and I will never get tired of hearing them tell stories about everything they did together outside of music (especially the not-so-legal stuff). They were two peas in a pod, and two absolute legends, who will both go down as two of the best to ever do it. You can listen to “Somewhere Between” here: “Somewhere Between” “Workin’ Man Blues” Workin’ Man: Willie Sings Merle Tracklist: 1. Workin’ Man Blues 2. Silver Wings 3. Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down 4. Today I Started Loving You Again 5. Swinging Doors 6. Okie From Muskogee 7. Mama Tried 8. I Think I’ll Just Stay Here And Drink 9. Somewhere Between 10. If We Make It Through December 11. Ramblin’ FeverThe post Willie Nelson Recalls Running For Miles (In Boots) Through Texas With Merle Haggard, Then Doing A 10-Day Cayenne Pepper Juice Cleanse: “It Was Horrible” first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

President Donald Trump canceled trade talks with Canada on Thursday after the Canadian province of Ontario began running a television advertisement in the United States that used President Ronald Reagan’s words to criticize Trump’s tariff policies. The ad, which was shared by Ontario’s Premier Doug Ford on X, features Reagan stating that protective tariffs work “only for a short time” and that trade barriers, such as the ones Trump has enacted in his second term, “hurt every American worker and consumer” in the long run.  In response to the ad, Trump called the ad a “fraud” and wrote that “CANADA CHEATED AND GOT CAUGHT!!!” in a post shared to Truth Social. Trump also stated that Reagan “LOVED TARIFFS FOR OUR COUNTRY, AND ITS NATIONAL SECURITY.” The Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute on Thursday said it was reviewing its legal options over the use of the video without permission. “The ad misrepresents the Presidential Radio Address, and the Government of Ontario did not seek nor receive permission to use and edit the remarks,” the organization said in a statement. Canada is one America’s top trading partners with more than $410 billion worth of goods being imported into the U.S. in 2024. This is the second time this year that Trump has terminated trade talks with Canada. In June, Trump rescinded “ALL discussions on trade with Canada” over perceived unfairness to America’s tech companies and dairy farmers. Talks were restarted days later however after Canadian officials announced they would rescind its digital services tax. The post Trump Calls Off Trade Talks With Canada appeared first on The American Conservative.

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