Jamie Foxx Tests Country Music Waters On New Rascal Flatts Album

Leaving the place actually cleaner than when they arrived, the band members began to drive off of the property, a mere five minutes behind the film crew. Just as the first car nearly turned onto the main road, two law-enforcement vehicles blocked them in. Hearts pounded as “fearless leader” Randy Kohrs got out of his vehicle and tried his best to explain the situation, handing over his own information to one officer as the other took a look around the property. Several other law enforcement vehicles could be seen surrounding the property, waiting to blaze in at a moment’s notice. After more than ten minutes of innocently pleading his case, Kohrs convinced them it was for the sake of a Gospel video, handed them both a copy of Old Photograph, assuring them it was not a bribe, he and the rest of the band were allowed to leave, and a huge sigh of relief was breathed by all.

But just as his popularity seemed on the upswing, tragedy struck: Watson’s fiancée, Terri Herbert, died in a car accident, and he spiraled into drugs and booze, almost dying of an overdose before checking himself in for treatment, a real-life version of a country tragedy. Crazy Again, a documentary released last year, traces Watson’s breakdown.

“I know I’m not that smart a person,” he says. “But I have a real good corner on simplicity. I don’t believe it needs to be greased at all. If you can write something in as few words as possible and make it mean as much as you can, and make it only mean one thing, no double Dylan or anything like that, that is hard to do.

“And I do that. I’m good at it.”

While recording at Nashville’s Blackbird Studios, Jamie challenged the members of Rascal Flatts to a basketball competition, with $20 on the line for each basket. Gary LeVox and Jay DeMarcus learned pretty quickly they had no chance against Jamie, but Joe Don Rooney was a little more stubborn. He ended up losing all the money he had on him that day to Jamie.

Basketball story aside, is this Jamie Foxx’s foray into possibly creating his own country album? Maybe playing Ray Charles rubbed off a little on his real life ambitions.