Brad Paisley’s Secret Talent

countdown | August 10, 2014

We all know Brad Paisley is a Grammy-winning singer/songwriter/guitar player. He won the CMA Entertainer of the Year. So there’s no questioning his musical skills. But Brad has another artistic talent that doesn’t get as much attention: His painting. Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton visited Brad’s California house, where he actually saw examples of his work, and spoke with Brad about it:

(L) I was talking to your older son Huck, and saw there was a painting you have on the wall of an older Corvette, and Huck told me, ‘My daddy didn’t paint that one.’ And I said, ‘Your daddy paints?’ He said, ‘Yeah.’ And he showed me a couple of things you’ve painted. (B) Yeah there’s a couple of them in there. Those are early ones. I did it because my wife wanted to buy some insanely expensive painting. I said, ‘I can do that.’ It was some pretty simple landscape, and I said, ‘I can do that.’ She said, ‘I’ve never done that, but I can do that.’ So I bought some paints and did it. I drew my whole life, but didn’t paint. Painting is different thing than drawing. It’s moving things around on a canvas with a brush, knowing what happens when they combine. I’ve gotten better at it. But it’s fun to do.

(L) Huck also told me he has a song on your new album. (B) Yeah, his first grade class sings on one of the songs. One of my favorites, actually.