![]() But while nothing is official, Sweet says he will be looking forward to hearing one sound in particular. And all indications seem to be that there is at least a chance that artists will be able to get back out on the road before the end of the year. I mean, let’s face it, it’s a party song.”Ĭurrently, LBT is nominated for Best Country Album (Nightfall) and Best Country Duo/Group Performance (“Sugar Coat”) at the upcoming 63rd Annual Grammy Awards in March. It stood out and just had this cool kinetic energy. We needed some levity to balance some of those other moments. “It really was a no brainer,” remembers Sweet, who also snagged writing credits on LBT classics such as “Fine Line,” “I’m With the Band” and “Your Side of the Bed.” “It was just one of those things. ![]() 1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart soon after its release back in January of 2020 and an example of the juxtaposition of emotions displayed within every note of the Grammy winners’ ninth studio album.Īnd while the song signaled a bit of a left turn from the otherwise heavy lyrical material that made up Nightfall, Sweet and his bandmates knew from the very beginning that it belonged on the album. That heavy song was “Problem Child,” track eleven on the album that debuted at No. “We had Topher Brown and Sean McConnell out on the road writing with us for a few days, and we had just finished something really heavy.” “It’s kind of funny,” Sweet chuckles at the recollection. Written by the members of LBT alongside fellow songwriters Topher Brown and Sean McConnell, the song still conjures up some good feels for Sweet and his LBT bandmates – Karen Fairchild, Jimi Westbrook and Kimberly Schlapman – a foursome that coincidentally extended its global publishing deal with Warner Chappell Music Nashville recently. Just knowing that makes you feel better.”Īnd with a fandom that was looking to ‘feel better’ during the majority of last year, LBT’s single “Wine, Beer, Whiskey” certainly got the job done. “That was a tough pill to swallow,” Sweet remembers of watching LBT’s much anticipated Nightfall tour come to a halt due to the pandemic. Little did anyone know that the fun was soon about to end, as the pandemic and political tensions and racial uprisings took hold of the country just a few short weeks later. In 2020, they released Nightfall, which expanded on their capacity for lyrical nuance, tackling topics like honesty in relationships (“Sugar Coat”), and pushing their sound into previously unexplored territory, including horn-blasted rave-ups (“Wine, Beer, Whiskey”)-all in perfect harmony.“We had trumpet players coming down the aisles,” remembers Sweet during an interview with American Songwriter about the rousing performance of the drinking anthem. ![]() ![]() After bringing Sweet and Westbrook on board to fill out their sound, they spent most of the 2000s gaining modest success with singles like “Boondocks,” which celebrated their rural upbringings with tough-sounding country, and the more breezy, romantic “Bring It On Home.” But it was the lake-ready “Pontoon” and dreamy, retro-tinged “Girl Crush” that turned them into a household name by the middle of the decade. Little Big Town were founded in the late ‘90s when Fairchild and Schlapman, who had previously attended Alabama’s Samford University together, reunited in Nashville. The group’s flawlessly synced four-part harmonies set them apart from other artists populating country radio and built them a reputation as a kind of down-home Fleetwood Mac, with all members-Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman, Phillip Sweet, and Jimi Westbrook-switching up lead vocal duties as well. Little Big Town’s lush sound-seamlessly melding catchy pop and modern country with elements of the genre’s traditional, earthy roots-relies on harmony. ![]()
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