Country music star Brad Paisley performs at the grand opening of the Music City Center on Monday, May 20, 2013, in Nashville, Tenn. The 2.1 million square foot convention center spans over six city blocks.
NASHVILLE, TN - MAY 02: (EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE) Country musician Brad Paisley performs at the funeral service for George Jones at The Grand Ole Opry on May 2, 2013 in Nashville, Tennessee. Jones passed away on April 26, 2013 at the age of 81.
Brad Paisley performs during the funeral for country music star George Jones in the Grand Ole Opry House on Thursday, May 2, 2013, in Nashville, Tenn. Jones, one of country music's biggest stars who had No. 1 hits in four separate decades, died April 26.
LAS VEGAS, NV - APRIL 07: (L-R) Musician Brad Paisley, singers Sheryl Crow, and Luke Bryan perform onstage during the 48th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 7, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2013 file photo, LL Cool J arrives at the 55th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. Southern white men don't usually drive racial dialogue. For as long as race has riven America, they have been depicted more often as the problem than the solution. So the country music star Brad Paisley must have been unsurprised at the days of widespread criticism of his new song Accidental Racist, which details the challenges facing a white man from the southland and then features LL Cool J rapping from a black perspective.
Country music singer Brad Paisley performs at the Commander in Chief's Ball during presidential inauguration ceremonies in Washington, January 21, 2013.
