Country singer Lee Brice has a lot to be proud of lately. His single “Love Like Crazy” was named Billboard’s “Country Single of the Year” in 2010, and it set the record for the longest run, a staggering 56 weeks, in the country chart’s history, thus surpassing Eddy Arnold’s 54-week record for “Bouquet of Roses” in the late 1940s. This year, Brice repeated this feature, where his co-penned tune “Crazy Girl,” became a #1 hit for the Eli Young Band, and was subsequently named Billboard’s most played country single of 2011. “I was so lucky to be a part of that,” says Brice. “A good friend of mine, Liz Rose, and I wrote that tune eight years ago. My girlfriend at the time was being a little insecure, and I was trying to re-assure her in her song that I wasn’t going anywhere. The song sat around, and then the Eli Young Band heard it and they loved it. I was honored that they recorded it, since it’s the biggest hit.”Brice’s forthcoming album is expected to be released in late spring, via his label, Curb Records. After a few changes with producers and after experimenting with new things, Brice is proud of the final product. “It’s just a ‘real’ album, so I am excited about it, and I hope people like it,” he admits.
In 2011, the Academy of Country Music (ACM) took notice of Brice’s talent, where the South Carolina native garnered nominations for “Song of the Year” and “Single of the Year” respectively. In addition to these prestigious nods, Brice is thankful for several other career highlights. “Touring with Willie Nelson as part of the Country Throwdown tour, playing the Grand Ole Opry, and writing a song for Garth Brooks, were three big pinnacles for me,” he reveals.
Brice shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon. “We are going to be playing more shows than we’ve ever played before, and we’ll be making more records in the future,” he states.
On a personal note, Brice is engaged to be married to the woman of his dreams, Sara. “Sara is a wonderful woman and somebody that I’ve known for a long time that I wanted to marry.”
His current single “A Woman Like You,” is escalating its way up the country charts. “I fell in love with the song from the first time that I heard it. I thought it was smash. I did a home demo of it, and the next day we cut it, and I sent it to the label, and they loved it too. It was magic, and a song that obviously makes the girls happy and it does some things for the fellas too. It says some things that the fellas cannot really get away with saying in real life, so they need to say it in a song.”
“When I first heard the song, I was definitely thinking about my fiancée,” he remarks.
By: Markos Papadatos
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