![]() ![]() You and Blake have a long history, with your previous collaboration "Hillbilly Bone" earning a GRAMMY nomination.īlake had to do it with me, because I would've beat him up if he wouldn't have done it. This song previously appeared on the deluxe version of your album Proud To Be Here. You co-wrote "If I Was a Woman," and brought in Blake Shelton to sing on it. I wish he would've sang on it, but he played harmonica and that was more than I could've ever asked for. I think he'd like the song." Stevie said he wanted to play harmonica on it, and of course, I loved that. We sent him an advanced copy of the album, he heard that song and thought, "Oh wow, I'm going to play that for Stevie. My attorney in New York represents Stevie. The Stevie Wonder thing happened just by accident. This was the perfect song for Keb' to do, that Delta blues sounding kind of thing. We finally got around to working together. We've been threatening to record together for years-he lives here in Nashville. That was a huge feather in my bonnet, so to speak. GRAMMY Award-winning Keb' Mo' likes my stuff." I met him at an awards show one night, I can't even recall now which one it was. Keb' and I have known each other for years. ![]() "Memory to Memphis" features Keb' Mo' and harmonica from Stevie Wonder. She recorded her vocal part and sent it to us and it just killed me, absolutely killed me. ![]() We felt this song lended itself to a duet. I've never sang with a female that blended with my voice, the way her voice blends with mine. It takes a particular kind of voice to blend with my voice, and Melissa's is perfect. ![]() It's hard for me to do duets with females because my voice is so low. You collaborate with Melissa Etheridge on "Love Walks Through The Rain." Looking back over your discography, you've only recorded one other duet with a female artist on your albums-with Colbie Caillat. But they said, "Well, we're going to reach out to him and see," and these people said yes. Some of them, I thought, "That's crazy." Like, Snoop's not going to do a record with me. That was my producers, Mickey and Derek George, coming up with these ideas. You have a surprising range of collaborators on this album. caught up with the "Where the Country Girls At" singer about his epic new album, The Way I Wanna Go, his return to touring and what his career bucket list still holds. If it's the last record I ever make, then it was a good one to go out on." I think it shows in the vocals on this record, and it's probably the best record I've ever made. It's better than it's ever been.' I've never had an opportunity to make a record where my voice was rested. My producer, Mickey Jack Cones, who has been working with me for like 15 years, said, 'I've never heard your voice this strong. Doing this record, I was going in the studio with weeks of vocal rest. "In the past, I would come in off the road on a Sunday, rest a couple of days, then go to the studio. "This is the first record that I've made that I wasn't gigging at the same time that I was making the record," Adkins says. It also features Adkins' signature, deep baritone at its finest. The album features music with Adkins' country star pals including Luke Bryan and Blake Shelton as well as collaborations with Melissa Etheridge, Keb' Mo', Pitbull and Snoop Dogg Stevie Wonder even contributes harmonica. It wasn't just one of the most productive, but also one of his most collaborative years, too. It was one of the most productive years of my life." I feel guilty saying this, but for me, it was awesome. "COVID has been horrible for everybody else. Then COVID came along last year and we just kept cutting because there wasn't anything else to do," Adkins tells. "We started recording for the album in 2019. Rather than taking it easy, he focused on a myriad of projects, including filming three movies and heading into the studio to create his 25-song album, The Way I Wanna Go, due out Aug. When touring came to a halt in March 2020 due to COVID-19, Trace Adkins faced the most leisure time he's experienced since launching his career 25 years ago with his debut project Dreamin' Out Loud. ![]()
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