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Lee Brice Sings Charles Kelley Parody Of ‘I Hope You’re Happy Now’

Lee Brice is in quarantine with COVID -19 and won’t be singing his now CMA Musical Event winning song “I Hope You’re Happy Now” with Carly Pearce. Instead, Lady A’s…

Lee Brice Sings Charles Kelley A CMA Parody
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Lee Brice is in quarantine with COVID -19 and won't be singing his now CMA Musical Event winning song "I Hope You're Happy Now" with Carly Pearce. Instead, Lady A's Charles Kelley will step in to sing Lee's part tonight (11/11).

From his barn where he is holding up during his quarantine, Brice wrote a little parody of "I Hope You're Happy Now" just for Charles. The fun song sings, "It's my mistake I caught COVID-19 a little too late / but I guess there's not a right time / Charles my friend I guess it's your time / So go sing my part on ABC tell everyone I'm in quarantine / But I loved singing on this record / but I bet you do it even better."

Lee posted to Instagram, "Sittin’ here quarantined Y’all, I am so disappointed that I’m not able to take the stage with @carlypearce and perform at this year’s @cma awards...BUT, I’m excited to watch my buddy @charleskelley CRUSH it tomorrow night. Y’all tune in on @abcnetwork. I’ll be sitting right here watching along with ya."

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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.