Brad Paisley Parks His Tour Bus Until the New Year

Brad Paisley played his last tour date of the year this past weekend. Now comes a welcome break to spend time doing other "stuff" which he says includes quality time with his wife and their two sons.

Brad spoke with radio host Jeff Foxworthy this week, explaining to Jeff that concerts are often the last thing on fans' mind by the end of the year. "Towards November we're done 'til January with tour dates," says Brad. "We have other stuff to do, but we learned last year that I just don't think that people have time in their lives to go see shows [after October].

Jeff pointed out that "even if they want to, they don't have time and they don't have money," although Brad explained, "We keep our prices real low on tickets but that doesn't matter now. What matters is in November and December no one buys one concert ticket. They're going to buy two or three, and that's a couple hundred bucks by the time you go out and come home and eat or whatever, and Christmas is going to suck that out of you. People have to make a choice."

Brad adds that his material tends to have a more summer, outdoors-y vibe. "A lot of my songs are about things like summer and fishing. It just feels better for me to tour in the spring, summer and fall than it does at Christmas."

"A lot of your songs -- pardon me -- are just about goofy stuff," Jeff responded. "I've often said if you were not musical, you would have made a great stand-up comic. You've got the little funny bone in you."

Brad took the compliment, but reasoned, "I'm funny when I have six months to finish a song. I don't think anyone's going to sit in that audience for six months and wait for me to come up with the right joke."

Brad puts his comedy skills to the test as he co-hosts the CMA Awards with Carrie Underwood, Nov. 11 on ABC. Expect a few patented Paisley zingers during the telecast!