Lee Brice Talks Spending Time With His 3 Kids, Collaborating With Edwin McCain, Making His New Self-Titled Album & More

Brian Egan

Lee Brice Talks Spending Time With His 3 Kids, Collaborating With Edwin McCain, Making His New Self-Titled Album & More

Jim Casey talks with Lee Brice about:

  • early mornings with his three kids, Takoda, Ryker and Trulee
  • his five-month-old daughter, Trulee
  • releasing his self-titled studio album on Nov. 3
  • why he decided to self-title the album (the Metallica effect)
  • building the album on an organic level via the instrumentation
  • putting every bit of “Lee Brice” into the album
  • co-producing the album
  • co-writing 11 songs on the album with the likes of Ross Copperman, Dallas Davidson, Rhett Akins and more
  • co-writing “Story to Tell” with Edwin McCain, a song that features Warren Haynes on guitar
  • current single, “Boy,” and what his two sons think about it
  • making the video for “Boy”
  • recording “The Best Part of Me” for his daughter
  • spending family time in South Carolina this winter
  • hitting the road in January

Quote Worthy:

  • Lee Brice: “Edwin McCain was my hero growing up. He’s from South Carolina. Growing up it was him and Garth . . . they were two of my biggest influences. I was able to get in touch with [Edwin]. I called him up  . . . and he came to Nashville. We wrote two songs that night. It was like I’d known him my whole life. And then I decided that one of the songs [“Story to Tell”] was for sure going on the record, so I asked him if he would come sing on it . . . he’s so talented and so smart and so funny. It was crazy to be able to go make music with one of my heroes.”

Show Participants:

  • Lee Brice
  • Jim Casey, NCD editor in chief

photo by Brian Egan

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