
Then she heard what I played in the living room here at my house, and she said, “That don’t even sound like the same song!” And I said, “Well, it’s not!”

He’s a great songwriter, but he didn’t sing that well. My wife heard the demo, but she didn’t like the singer. At the very end, I hit a high A flat, and then I close it up with the piano. I think the arrangement had a lot to do with it. Probably ‘Almost Like a Song.’ That was my first million-seller single.Īny idea why that song broke through and became such a big hit? People shout out their favorite songs at your concerts. Kacey Musgraves came in, and she didn’t have an entourage or anything. And ‘Prisoner of the Highway” with Jason Aldean. I did ‘Houston Solution’ with George Strait. Ronnie Milsap: The hardest thing was coordinating everybody’s schedules! … I did ‘Stranger in My House’ with Luke Bryan. News-Press: Tell me more about your upcoming album, “The Duets,” which features duets with people like Little Big Town, George Strait, Leon Russell and Montgomery Gentry.

Here’s more from Milsap’s interview with The News-Press: They can make you sing better than you thought you could that night, you know?” “‘Cause the audience, they play a big role in the show. “You lock into where the audience is,” he says. That’s what he loves about playing live, he says: The interaction with the crowd. More: Your guide to holiday events in SWFL More: Top live concerts this December in SWFL: Underoath, Bret Michaels, P.O.D., etc. “I usually open up and say, ‘What do you folks want to hear?’” he says. Milsap says he often lets the audience dictate his concert setlists. 1 hits from the 70s and 80s, including “Don’t You Know How Much I Love You,” “It Was Almost Like A Song,” “He Got You,” “Any Day Now,” “Pure Love” and “What a Difference You’ve Made in My Life.”Īnd if there’s something else the fans want to hear, that’s OK: They can just shout it out. Fans can expect to hear plenty of his No. Milsap and his band perform Sunday at Bonita Springs’ Southwest Florida Event Center. “When I’m onstage playing with my wonderful band, that’s about as good as it’ll ever get.” “I’ve still got the passion for it, and I want to go out and play. “I got a long way to go,” the Nashville resident says. He even has a new album coming out in January.

But the pop-country superstar says he has no plans to slow down.
