There was a couple of words that had to, which is not normally something we would do - usually we capture live performances, but there were a few words that were indiscernible. When you write a song that's sad, do you cry when you write it? Or is that just the rest of us? Every word of that song is just a true thing. I'm not really a dog person, either, that's worth saying. We had her for 14 years and I miss her quite a bit. I wrote that song the day after our dog, Maggie, passed away. Tell me about "Maggie's Song." Who's Maggie? What's that song about? Tiny Desk Chris Stapleton: Tiny Desk Concert Maybe we just need to shut down and write some more, live some more, tour some more. "All the power went out in the entire town of Muscle Shoals," the Grammy winner says, "I was kind of like, maybe this isn't happening. Seeking a creative stimulus, he and his crew booked the storied Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Alabama.
Putting together his latest album, Starting Over, was more of a struggle than usual. It was the 2015 CMA awards, where he performed a medley with Justin Timberlake, that took his career to another level. Before he blew up as a solo artist five years ago, he was already writing hits for artists like Kenny Chesney and Luke Bryan. Starting Over is the fourth studio album from Grammy-winning Nashville songwriter Chris Stapleton.Ĭhris Stapleton may be offbeat for Nashville - big beard, old style, more personal lyrics - but he's still the kind of songwriter who can churn out an album in a couple of weeks.