Chris Stapleton revealed during a chat with Taste of The Country ahead of Keith Urban‘s All for the Hall benefit concert on February 11 that he is writing new songs.
Stapleton also told Rolling Stone that he is writing a few songs with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell.
“He’s probably my favorite guitar player of all time. To sit around with him and write some songs has been cool. We did some last year too,” Stapleton said about writing songs with Campbell.
Stapleton told both Rolling Stone and Taste of Country that he can’t say for sure if the new material will be out in 2020, although he said, “I don’t want to make any promises, but there is probably some new music on the way.”
Stapleton and Campbell first met in 2017, when Stapleton performed a set at Chicago’s Wrigley Field, opening for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers during the rock band’s 40th anniversary tour.
He is scheduled to return to the venue later this year for the All-American Road Show Tour with Campbell and Campbell’s band, The Dirty Knobs.
Speaking about how his music is influenced by artists, Stapleton said, “I tend to like older music, that’s kind of my biggest influence. But there’s always guys coming up. Marcus King is really cool … We got Yola out on the road with us and she’s really cool to watch.”
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