CURRENT SINGLE: “Heaven by Then” with Blake Shelton, featuring Vince Gill
When the idea came about to get Blake Shelton and Vince Gill to join Brantley Gilbert on his latest single, “Heaven by Then,” Brantley loved the idea, but he didn’t want to get too excited or start hittin’ them up until their people told his people that they were on board.
Brantley Gilbert – process with Blake & Vince :35
“When the call came back that said, yeah, they’re into it, you know, I’m texting both of ‘em like, ‘Man, thank y’all so much for bein’ cool, and bein’ on this. When we got mixes back from the producer, I’d send it to him and go, ‘Hey, if you hear anything you don’t like, let me know and we’ll change it.’ But it was an awesome process. We were all in separate places when we recorded, but it was kind of a cool way for everybody to put their spin on it with no pressure from me being in the … Not that they’d feel pressure from me bein’ in the room, but they just did what felt natural to ‘em, and I feel like sonically you hear that. I feel like, everybody was kinda in a pocket when they sang on it and put it together, so we’re stoked about it, man.”