Brad Paisley Says Working With Alabama Was 'Mind-Blowing'

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Brad Paisley's latest single, 'This Is Country Music' is still sitting pretty in the top five on the charts, but the superstar already has his mind on his follow-up single, 'Old Alabama,' which is just starting to hit the airwaves.

"My next single has something that's really cool, I think, that we came up with when we were writing this new album," he tells Buffalo, N.Y. radio station WYRK. "We were writing a song that mentions a few things and realized that the perfect bridge for the song is the bridge from 'Mountain Music.' And so I contacted [Alabamamember] Randy Owen and asked if he wanted to write it with us, and then got those guys back together. Instead of sampling a piece of 'Mountain Music,' I had those guys come in the studio and record it. It was one of the most mind-blowing experiences of my life."

The reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year admits he was more than a little starstruck when he hung out in the studio with the legendary band. "That's the biggest group in the history of country music!" he gushes.

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