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Brad Paisley debuted a nostalgic ‘90s ballad from a new, ongoing project.
Paisley released “Fallin’” on Monday (May 11), a ballad he wrote with Chris DuBois and Frank Rogers. The country superstar shared on Instagram, “at the time we wrote this, that was the sound. The sound of a love song. And when we went into cut this, it felt just immediately like, ‘oh, this is love in the ‘90s.’ And a lot of the kids that buy records and stream music now, you weren’t alive to feel love in the ‘90s yet. But you’re a product, probably, of this kind of song. You might be here because of this kind of song.”
“Fallin’” is the first track to release from Tacklebox, an ongoing project that will include music “from his extensive catalog of unreleased and unrecorded songs, dating back to the 90s, when his career began,” states a press release issued Monday morning. Other Tacklebox tracks were inspired by the “unmistakable” ‘90s country style defined by Alan Jackson, Brooks & Dunn, Alabama and others, plus ’80s legends George Strait and Garth Brooks, to name a few.
“I see this ‘project’ as never-ending. It’s almost like the fans have a direct link to my Dropbox or to a playlist that never ends,” Paisley said in a statement. “We are calling it Tacklebox because it’s a box full of hooks, country lyric hooks. In this digital age, I have every song I’ve ever written at my fingertips. This project gave us a license to dig back into the catalog of songs that were never released, that feel like a time period, a style of writing, a sound, and nostalgia. We went back into the studio to record or re-record at The Castle in Franklin, TN, the same place where several of my first few albums were recorded. When I first started writing and recording music, I couldn’t have dreamed of the ability to put something out instantly for the fans.”
Paisley will release additional music from Tacklebox later this week, per the press release. The Grammy-winning country artist, who is taking the stage on the American Idol finale on Monday evening, announced new “Brad Paisley Live Tour” dates with Jake Worthington. See the list of stops below, and listen to “Fallin’” here:
May 15 Sparks, NV Nugget Event Center
May 16 Pomona, CA Los Angeles County Fair*
May 23 Grantville, PA Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course
May 24 Concord, NC Charlotte Motor Speedway, Coco-Cola 600
June 8 Helsinki, Finland House of Culture
June 9 Helsinki, Finland House of Culture
June 11 Ålesund, Norway SBM Arena
June 13 Hamar, Norway Vikingskipet Open Air
June 16 Stockholm, Sweden Gröna Lund
June 17 Gothenburg, Sweden Liseberg
June 19 Copenhagen, Denmark Tivolo Gardens
June 20 Grolloo, Netherlands Holland International Blues Festival*
June 23 Munich, Germany Tollwood+
June 24 Zurich, Switzerland The Hall+
July 4 Provo, UT Lavell Edwards Stadium*
July 10 Fort Collins, CO Canvas Stadium – CSU
August 4 Davenport, IA Mississippi Valley Fair @ Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds*
August 6 West Chester Township, OH Voice of America Festival @Voice of America Metropark*
NEWLY ANNOUNCED DATES:
August 27 Bridgeport, CT Hartford Healthcare Amphitheater+
August 28 Boston, MA MGM Music Hall at Fenway+
August 29 Bangor, ME Maine Savings Amphitheater+
September 2 Fargo, ND Scheels Arena+
September 4 Milwaukee, WI BMO Pavilion+
September 17 Estero, FL Hertz Arena
September 18 Ft. Lauderdale, FL FTL War Memorial Auditorium
September 19 St. Augustine, FL St. Augustine Amphitheatre
September 25 West Springfield, MA The Big E*
September 26 Richmond, VA Allianz Amphitheater at Riverfront
October 8 Houston, TX The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion+
October 9 Corpus Christi, TX Hilliard Center Arena+
October 10 Ennis, TX Stars of Texas Music Festival at the Texas Motorplex*
*Festival dates
+Jake Worthington opens