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Brantley Gilbert On Duet Partner Lindsay Ell: ‘She Can Shred’

Brantley Gilbert and Lindsay Ell didn’t record their duet “What Happens in a Small Town” at the same time in the studio, but when Brantley heard her vocals and guitar…

Brantley Gilbert On Duet Partner Lindsay Ell: 'She’s Not Just A Pretty Face'
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Brantley Gilbert and Lindsay Ell didn't record their duet “What Happens in a Small Town” at the same time in the studio, but when Brantley heard her vocals and guitar licks he was happy with what he'd heard.

He shared, “I was stoked. I heard some of it, you know, over FaceTime, but when I actually got to hear it through good speakers it was … she killed it.”

Brantley continued, “I knew she was going to kill it, but when her name came up the reason it was such a snap your fingers, like, ‘Oh that’s it, if she’ll do it, that’s the one’ [is because] a lot of folks have been doing the cross-genre thing and there’ve been a lot of duets goin’ around, and it being my first one, it had to be the right person and had to be the right sound. She’s not just a pretty face. She’s not just a voice. She can shred, and she did her thing. It’s sick. I love it.”

Fans will be able to see Brantley and Lindsay performing the song live every night on Brantley’s "Not Like Us Tour," which kicks off on June 20.

-Nancy Brooks

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.