Brad Paisley - Made Speechless!
As reported
by Taste of Country on 1/25/2015 -
Brad Paisley has agreed to make a dream come true for a young musician named Blaze — and the guitarist has YouTube to thank for it. According to his website, Blaze got his first guitar at the age of five — the same year he saw his first Kiss concert and decided that he would devote his life to music. He has been playing professionally since age 12, and gigs with his band around Las Vegas. He has developed a lightning-fast pick technique that incorporates influences from classic blues to metal and ’70s arena rock, but in recent years he has become enamored of country music, which first caught his ear due to Paisley’s technical proficiency on the guitar. The young guitarist set his sights on getting to jam with Paisley, and he wrote and recorded a song titled ‘Brad Paisley’ that is based around the tag line,
“I wanna jam with Brad Paisley.” The song details all the things the young musician would be willing to do to make that dream come true — including mowing Paisley’s lawn — and features him in a number of humorous situations with someone who’s had Paisley’s face dubbed in over his own. The track’s outro also features Blaze in a jaw-dropping trade-off guitar solo, partly as himself, and partly as “Paisley,” in which he emulates Brad’s style in places. It didn’t take long for Blaze to get his wish. He posted the video to YouTube on Jan. 20, and the following day, Paisley himself took to Twitter to accept his offer. Speechless. Obviously, a lot of work went into this. & yessir, I will jam with you. My local
@guitarcenter or yours?
http://t.co/QiOtFC01l6 — Brad Paisley (@BradPaisley)
January 21, 2015 Brad Paisley kept his promise.. and upgraded it.. inviting Blaze up on stage at
his concert in Colorado Springs.
Since then, Blaze has went on to play
on Blake Shelton's studio albums and tours with The Swon Brothers (featured
on THE VOICE) and even plays the Grand Ole Opry!
(
The song was produced and mixed by
AWritersParadise - Nashville. )
Amazing what a well written song and top
notch production can achieve!
Congrats, BLAZE!