Hey guys, Willie Geist here with another episode of the Sunday Sit Down podcast.

My thanks as always for clicking and listening along.

Man, oh man, am I excited to bring you my conversation today with eight-time Grammy winner, Chris Stapleton.

Full disclosure, I'm a massive fan of Chris's.

He and I have gotten together several times for conversations,

and I was thrilled that he invited us down to Nashville

ahead of the release of his new album called Hire.

He brought us into the inner sanctum, as you'll hear,

where he makes his music.

This is a place where his team gets together, the walls lined with guitars and drums and amps and all this cool vintage stuff that he buys when he's out touring and out on the road.

It's kind of just where he goes to write with his guys and with his band and then to rehearse and to get ready for

tours and do anything related to the music he makes. As I said, he's won eight Grammy Awards.

He's won 15 Country Music Association Awards. He's the reigning ACM entertainer of the year. The

accolades go on and on. And you probably know his story that he came to

Nashville in 2001 as a songwriter. Successful at that, wrote hits for Luke Bryant, Darius Rucker, Kenny

Chesney, Tim McGraw, you name it. And then in 2015, released his own debut solo album called Traveler. It was a

huge success, won a couple of Grammy Awards, and he was

off and running. So I think you know his story. You may have heard him sing that national anthem

at this year's Super Bowl. We get into all of that. Absolutely stunning. He talks about how

nervous he was and gives us a tour of the place where he makes it all happen.

So sit back, relax right now, enjoy my conversation with a great Chris Stapleton right now on

the Sunday Sit Down podcast.

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