I had a little studio, and I just picked up an acoustic, and we did a little version of me singing it. My friend Jon Stone, we’re just buddies and we trade songs all the time … I just heard his work tape, and I went, “Oh dude! What a smash!” So I ran inside to my house. What was it about your current single, “A Woman Like You” that appealed to you? And then, luckily, the Eli Young Band loved it, and I could see that they were really passionate about the song, and that meant a lot to me. We already had a single out, and it just couldn’t work. We wrote it in a few hours - probably from like 11 in the morning to 2 or 3 o’clock in the afternoon. I was talking about my girlfriend to her. And at that time, that’s what my story was. Her biggest quality, to me, in a writer is she makes you stay so honest to what’s going on.
It was just a reassurance kind of a thing. When I was with her, I was in, and it was hard for her to really believe that with her whole heart. These guys had treated her bad, and so that song was really for her. By the time we ended up dating, she kind of got a little insecure. I always wanted to date her, but she always knew I was just kind of this good guy, and she dated all these bad boys. It was awesome! I had a best friend for years and years, and I always had a thing for her. Let’s talk about “Crazy Girl.” How did this song transpire, and what was the writing process like for this? In a recent interview with CMT.com, Brice shares a few stories behind his successful songs and explains which tune he’s thankful Blake Shelton and Chris Young didn’t get to first. Written by Johnny Bulford, Phil Barton and Jon Stone, as well as recording his second album, Hard to Love, due this spring. What’s more, he’s currently enjoying airplay with his newest single, “A Woman Like You,” I mean, Vince Gill and Chesney? These are guys I grew up listening to.
“It’s crazy to me to be where I was 10 years ago, where I was five years ago and now, in the company that I’m in. “I’m just honored to be sitting anywhere near them,” Brice said of his fellow nominees. The chart-topper is nominated for song of the year at the April 1 awards show in Las Vegas. A few weeks later, the song craftsman would garner his fourth Academy of Country Music Award nomination for “Crazy Girl,”Ī passionate love ballad he co-wrote with Liz Rose and was later recorded by the Eli Young Band. 2, the singer-songwriter’s good fortune had only just begun. “I had to do it the old-fashioned way.”Įngaged to Sara Reeveley on Jan. “I was like, I cannot wait any longer,” he grinned as he relived the moments of getting down on bended knee to propose. The helpless romantic brought his girlfriend of more than 10 years there for an unforgettable vacation. South Carolina native Lee Brice began the New Year tucked away in a cozy bed and breakfast in Key West, Fla.
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