“I’m Gonna Miss Her,” Brad Paisley Brad Paisley is currently one of the biggest names in country music. But in the early ’90s, he was just a student at Belmont University in Nashville with dreams of becoming a singer. He decided to write a funny song with his friend (and future producer) Frank Rogers to perform at a school concert, and that song was “I’m Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin’ Song).” The Belmont students thought that the idea of a man choosing fishing over love was hilarious and eventually, Paisley landed himself a record deal with Arista Nashville. Though the label was on board for him to put the song on his debut album, Who Needs Pictures, Rogers felt like the song needed to come from an established name. (Just in case female fans out there weren’t wild about the idea of their man leaving them to go on a fishing trip.) Though major names like Garth Brooks, George Strait and Alan Jackson wanted to record the song, Paisley was patient and held onto it until the time was right. Fast forward to his second album, Part II, and Rogers and Paisley finally let the world hear the song they’d written together years before in school. The song became Paisley’s third number one on the Billboard country charts. He even earned Song of the Year, Single of the Year and Video of the Year nominations at the CMA awards.
Songs with Banjo from Harold Hagler
