Whenever Brett Young finds himself with some down time out on the Lady Antebellum You Look Good Tour, he has plenty of ways to keep himself entertained. Charles Kelley of Lady A has been known to have a basketball hoop out by the tour buses, but Brett says, “We’re actually the camp that’s setting up the hoop on this trip, which has been fun, and their guys have come over and played with us a little bit.”
Staying in shape and getting in a workout is also something Brett tries to keep up with out on the road, and it’s been a little easier on this tour because he says, “Hillary’s husband and Lady A’s drummer, Chris, one of their trailers is literally a fitness trailer. And so he’s out there training anybody that wants to get a workout, he’s getting his own workout in.”
And while songwriting might technically be considered work, Brett has been enjoying bonding with his tour mates in some songwriting sessions. He says, “Charles and I have hung out quite a bit but not athletically. He’s actually, whenever I bring writers on the road he’s going, ‘Hey, let me jump in, let me write with you.’ And so I’ve written with Charles three or four times at this point and it’s been a blast. I think probably songs that will end up on their record, songs that will end up on mine, and it’s been fun.”
Brett recently released “Like I Loved You,” his third single from his debut album, so it’s likely he’ll start looking ahead to recording his next album, and may get to record some of those songs he and Charles have written.
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“We’re actually the camp that’s setting up the hoop on this trip, which has been fun, and their guys have come over and played with us a little bit. One of the things is like there’s downtime and so we bring out a football, we bring out a basketball hoop. Hillary’s husband and Lady A’s drummer, Chris, one of their trailers is literally a fitness trailer. And so he’s out there training anybody that wants to get a workout, he’s getting his own workout in. Charles and I have hung out quite a bit but not athletically. He’s actually, whenever I bring writers on the road he’s going, ‘Hey, let me jump in, let me write with you.’ And so I’ve written with Charles three or four times at this point and it’s been a blast. I think probably songs that will end up on their record, songs that will end up on mine, and it’s been fun. And the Lady A Camp is so great and they’ve not only been so easy to work with but like I’ve been able to learn so much from them too.”