Love Like Crazy

Audio Mixer: Ed Seay.
Recording information: Blackbird Studios; Cool Tools Audio; paragon Studios; Rooster Tail Studios.
Photographers: Jeremy Cowart; Todd Purifoy.
Lee Brice doesn't look much like a star on the cover of his debut, Love Like Crazy -- sweet enough guy, but the backwards ball cap and close-cropped beard suggest the jock next door, which is kind of what he is. A former football player, Brice turned to music after an injury, and while he doesn't have the macho swing usually associated with football players, he does possess a crowd-pleasing instinct that's not without some charm. Brice has an ability to seem like your own local boy made good, which gives these cheerfully generic tunes personality and appeal. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine