
I was so sheltered, I didn’t understand it was just church music – and it felt good! It coulda been Ray Charles, too, but it was all over her playing.” She played the piano, and when she played she was black - and I didn’t know it, or think about it. “She could play one note, and pierce your heart. “My Aunt Henrietta had the groove,” he says.


For a man known for raucous live shows and contemplative songs, there’s a whole lot of gospel driving his fourth album. When you dig into Lee Brice, with its thick grooves, the squalling guitars, the tumbling drums, sheets of steamy B-3 organ and wide open vocals, the two time CMA/ACM/Grammy Song of the Year nominee takes listeners to church, school, home and out on a Saturday night.
