More: The countdown begins: 100 days until the Iowa State Fair returns 7. Mail-in entries will be accepted as well. The "Love Like Crazy" singer is participating with Ankeny-based Casey's General Store in a Summer of Freedom Sweepstakes contest. Casey's Rewards user will automatically be entered for a chance to bring Brice to their hometown for a live show through Sept. That's what fills up this entertainment hole in my chest." "I'm very excited about being back on the road to where I could see the stories in their eyes," he said. He even did a few virtual shows but admitted that he found them a bit "weird." The 41-year-old said he couldn't feel fans returning the energy he feeds off while performing. While at home, he continued to write music, produce, and record.
While quarantining with COVID-19, Brice continued to write musicīrice mentioned that he didn't neglect his love for music, either. "It's gonna change my priorities as far as how much I'm going to be on the road, how much I'm going to be home, because I see how important it is to be in their lives as much as possible on a daily basis," he added. A new, one-day festival slated for September
More: 80/35 music festival canceled again for another year. "I look back at this year, and to be able to see that I spent more time with my family than I ever had, I'll never take that for granted," he said. He said it also taught him the importance of family and spending time with his three children, Ryker, Takoda and Trulee. It was a little vacation for me to just rest, and that's a blessing," Brice said. "I consider myself one of the lucky ones. More: Big Country Bash is back after 2020 COVID-19 cancellation, bringing lineup of hitmakers, up-and-coming acts to central Iowa But after quarantining, he said, he recovered. He began to feel increasingly tired, he said, and lost his sense of smell for a while. It wasn't until later that the virus started to take a toll on him. Lee Brice spent more time than ever with his family during COVID-19īrice said that he didn't have any significant symptoms leading up to his test, and he wouldn't have known he had COVID-19 unless he had taken the test. He tested positive for the deadly virus the morning of the award ceremony. dates through November.īrice is ready to hit the road after the COVID-19 pandemic nixed the majority of his shows in 2020, including his Country Music Association Awards performance with Carly Pearce. Charles' Avenue of the Saints Amphitheater and Events Center, launching another round of U.S. It ends with his return to Iowa for the bash at St.
"It's going to be fun because we're going to bring some heat, I promise you," the Sumter, South Carolina native added about his July 2 show on the opening night of the two-day festival.īrice will be performing in Cedar Rapids June 17 and Sioux City June 18 before a seven-show European swing. "And to get to the bash, the bash is going to be rocking! "People are ready to hear music, they're ready to get out there," Brice said in an interview with the Des Moines Register. Sara agreed with Lee’s initial sentiment: “It’s so very much about that girl that all of us-deep down, at the end of the day, at the end of our lives-really hope to have loving us,” says Lee.View Gallery: 20 Photos: Lee Brice performs at Wells Fargo ArenaĬountry music star Lee Brice isn't "Hard to Love," and this Southern man is making his way to Iowa as one of the headliners for the 2021 Big Country Bash after last year's cancellation due to COVID-19. I was like, ‘Does this appeal to you as a female?’ She’s like, ‘Absolutely! We’re all one of them girls.’” “I’m like, ‘I don’t know if a girl’s gonna like that or not.’ So, I played it for my wife-she’s always the best judge of that stuff. “I mean, as I wrote it, I was like, ‘Okay, I think this is really good, but I’ve gotta check,’ because it’s one of those things, like, as a guy, you could say this and go, ‘One of them girls, are you one of them girls?’” says Lee. Lee penned the song the following morning with Ashley, Dallas and Ben, but he wasn’t sure the song would be well received due to the possible negative connotation of the title.Īs Lee told Kix Brooks of American Country Countdown, he presented the song to the judge-his wife of seven years, Sara. Lee was inspired to write “One of Them Girls” after a moment of reflection with his family on Father’s Day in 2019. Penned by Lee, Ashley Gorley, Dallas Davidson and Ben Johnson, “One of Them Girls” is the lead single to Lee’s upcoming sixth studio album, Hey World, which drops on Nov. 1 single, “Rumors,” which topped the charts in July 2019, and his collaboration with Carly Pearce, “I Hope You’re Happy Now,” which peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart for the second straight week as Luke Combs’ “Lovin’ On You” continues its four-week reign atop the chart.