Rice plans to "Go Down Singin'"

Mirroring the cover art of "I Hate Cowboys," which features an image of his late father holding two Coors Banquets during the late '80s in Wyoming, Rice recreated that photo himself for "Go Down Singin'" as he continues to honor the man who not only served as his childhood hero, but who also still shapes his music and the person he is today.

Rice said, "I'm 38 now, and that's part of it. I've journaled since I was 15 years old, but there's something about being able to tell other people. I'm a deep person, but I don't know to show it in real life, so I'm trying to do it in my music."

"For me, 'Go Down Singin' is everything about where I am and what I want," he said. "I'm starting to see myself as who I want to be, not who I thought I should be. That's a good start. And I think a lot of men struggle with this stuff, too."

Rice worked a second time with producer Oscar Charles (Boy Named Banjo, Madeline Edwards, Elvie Shane.

"For one record, I thought I was Ed Sheeran. For one, I thought I was Florida Georgia Line," he said. "I was 22. I got into the party scene, I got lost. I didn't know. I was very influenced by Eric Church, and wanted to be like him, though mostly, I was just so confused. You fall into things, being in the studio, and you look back..."

Rice wrote four songs with Lori McKenna.

"I wanted to bring her a song I had started that was the story of moving to Nashville, getting anything you wanted and losing it all," Rice recalls of "Oh Tennessee." "I knew she would understand, and from there, well, we had so much to say."

"I'm a fuck up, and I know it," he said. "But I'm trying. I mean, my favorite story in the Bible is David, who sends his best friend off to war, so he can be with his friend's wife. I was a lost kid who lost his dad. I'm not alone. I know lots of people struggle, too. The last record dealt with that loss, and this one is about taking all that and becoming who you're meant to be."

The track list is:
1. Go Down Singin' (Chase Rice, Blake Pendergrass)
2. Fireside (Chase Rice, Jackson Dean, Jonathan Sherwood, Oscar Charles)
3. That Word Don't Work No More featuring Lori McKenna (Chase Rice, Lori McKenna, Oscar Charles)
4. Hey God It's Me Again (Chase Rice, Corey Crowder, Randy Montana)
5. Oh Tennessee (Chase Rice, Lori McKenna, Oscar Charles)
6. Haw River (Chase Rice, Blake Pendergrass)
7. Arkansas (Chase Rice, Rob Baird)
8. Numbers (Chase Rice, Jeff Hyde, Ryan Tyndell)
9. If Drinkin' Helped (Chase Rice, Lori McKenna, Oscar Charles)
10. Little Red Race Car (Chase Rice, Jackson Nance, Heath Warren)
11. You In '85 (Chase Rice, Lori McKenna, Oscar Charles