Jay Joyce

And so yeah, man, it was, getting the record deal was the goal at the beginning for sure.

Like, I, I had aspirations of being a country artist that was having hits on the radio, and, um, getting a taste of that through being on Mercury Records there and getting to make a record with Jay Joyce, and man, those experiences were unbelievable and I wouldn't trade, I wouldn't trade those for the world because they shaped me into the, being the songwriter that I am now.

Because I felt like I had, like, especially early on, it's like, man, a lot of these guys I was writing with, it's like we had record deals at the same time.

Right.

Yes.

How did that all come together, and what did you learn from it?

Jay Joyce had a relationship with Emmy as friends, you know what I mean? Like, they were friends-

Right

And that, that, you know, that was something speaking of Lindsay, I had gone out and I had the opportunity to record a song with him.

And, um, Then I ended up making the entire record with Jay Joyce and he was very interested in the fact that Lindsey and I had done a song together.

And so he came up with the idea to do several acoustic guitars on Who You Thought I Was in the way that Lindsey would have done it.

I noticed that on

That song makes me feel good.

Oh, that makes me happy because we based so much of that song around, like, the musicality of it, like the guitars and everything, and I fucking love Jay Joyce and John, and so it was just such an honor to, like, get...

I just loved...

I've known John forever, so I loved that it was this record he was doing with Jay, and I like that John...

And then it was like, I could only see the trees, but I couldn't see the forest.

And so they went back to work with Jay.

And, um, I was like, that's crazy.

You know, it's like, I would think that cause he produces all these great records.

But I know that that came from a place of love and support and respect for me.

And I received that gratefully.

And it gave me a chance to make a record with Jay Joyce and make a record with Frank Liddell and play in the studio with Matt Chamberlain on drums and try all these cool things that I might not otherwise have had the chance to try.

And I'm really proud of the music that I made during that Warner stretch.

That song makes me feel good.

Ugh, that makes me happy because we based so much of that song around, like, the musicality of it, like the guitars and everything, and I fucking love Jay Joyce and Jon.

And so it was just such an honor to, like- Get- I just loved- I've known John forever, so I loved that it was this record he was doing with Jay, and I like that John ...

They had to wrangle that song.

His name was Borchetta, and we became best friends.

And, uh, we had Jay Joyce there.

Tricia Yearwood was our receptionist.

I mean, I can go on and on about the people that were in that building, that it was just the most amazing place to be.

I have loved Brothers Osborne for a long time.

We actually share the same producer, Mr. Jay Joyce.

And when I was trying to figure out who I wanted to work with in Nashville, when I had just signed my record deal, I wanted to work with whoever was doing Eric Church's records and Brothers Osborne because those were the records to me that just sounded like they were living this life of their own.

It felt like they were doing something over here while the story was doing something over here.

So it's like you can decide whichever one you want to pay attention to.

Maybe you can pay attention to both of them, but it just felt different than anything that was happening at that time.

And so, yeah, Mr. Jay Joyce, he can definitely stir stuff up in a little pot and just breathe life into it in a unique way.

And so, when I first heard this song, of course I loved what Jay did to it, but also, I just like the message.

um there's another girl I think that you were singing with the Jade

yeah Jay Joyce yeah beautiful yeah she's a great friend

yeah I

was just with her the other day too yeah

Great singing from Shelby Lynn.

I love her debut album or the album that Jay Joyce produced for her.

It was that era.

She's just phenomenal.