Country Pop Bites: Brad Paisley – April 17

Did you know that on this day in Country Music History in 2009 Brad Paisley and Kimberly Williams-Paisley welcomed their second son in to the world?

It's true!  Jasper Warren Paisley was born at a Nashville hospital.

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Here are 5 interesting facts about Brad Paisley.

• His grandfather, a country-music fan, gave him his first guitar when he was 8.
• He wrote his first song, "Born on Christmas Day," when he was 12; his school principal was impressed and asked him to play it at a Rotary Club meeting.
• He performed on WWVA's "Jamboree USA," a weekly country-music radio show, after the station's program director saw him play at the Rotary meeting.
• He was a "Jamboree USA" regular for eight years, opening for country stars the Judds, George Jones and Ricky Skaggs, among others.
• He started the Brad Paisley Foundation in 2000 to help charities in and around his hometown of Glen Dale, WV.