{"id":3660,"date":"2019-09-18T10:07:37","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T17:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/?p=3660"},"modified":"2024-08-04T18:53:55","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T01:53:55","slug":"brittany-howard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/brittany-howard","title":{"rendered":"Episode 168: Brittany Howard"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"subhead\">&#8220;Stay High&#8221;<\/div>\r\n\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/SongExploder168-BrittanyHoward-600x314.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"314\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/SongExploder168-BrittanyHoward-600x314.png 600w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/SongExploder168-BrittanyHoward-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/SongExploder168-BrittanyHoward-768x402.png 768w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/SongExploder168-BrittanyHoward.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\r\n\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/play.prx.org\/e?uf=http%3A%2F%2Ffeed.songexploder.net%2FSongExploder&amp;ge=prx_93_2058c9a1-7705-47ef-8ee8-955970af77d3\" width=\"650\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe>\r\n<div class=\"download-links\">LISTEN: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.com\/songexploder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">APPLE PODCASTS<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/radiopublic.com\/SongExploder\">RADIOPUBLIC<\/a> \u00b7 <a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/dovetail.prxu.org\/song-exploder\/2058c9a1-7705-47ef-8ee8-955970af77d3\/Brittany_Howard_Stay_High.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MP3<\/a><\/div>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/blkfootwhtfoot?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\">Brittany Howard<\/a> is the guitarist and lead singer of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grammy.com\/grammys\/artists\/alabama-shakes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">four-time Grammy-winning<\/a> band <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alabamashakes.com\/\">Alabama Shakes<\/a>. This month, she\u2019s releasing her first solo album, called <a href=\"http:\/\/smarturl.it\/brittanyhoward\"><em>Jaime<\/em><\/a>. In this episode, Brittany breaks down the song \u201cStay High,\u201d which was the album\u2019s first single. She started working on it while staying at a house in Topanga Canyon, near LA.\r\n\r\nYou can <a href=\"https:\/\/song.link\/us\/i\/1468956645\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">buy or stream &#8220;Stay High&#8221; here<\/a>. Watch the official music video below.\r\n\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/CfizQsGWOxI?controls=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe>\r\n\r\nFor a transcript of this episode, <a href=\"http:\/\/songexploder.net\/transcripts\/brittany-howard-transcript.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here.<\/a>\r\n\r\n<i>Illustration by <\/i><i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lerms.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carlos Lerma<\/a><\/i><i>.<\/i>\r\n<blockquote><span class=\"header\">footnotes<\/span>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Topanga,_California\">Topanga Canyon<\/a>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shawn_Everett\">Shawn Everett &#8211; Engineer<\/a>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nate_Smith_(musician)\">Nate Smith &#8211; Drummer<\/a>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.labella.com\/artists\/zac-cockrell-alabama-shakes\/\">Zac Cockrell &#8211; Bass<\/a>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Celesta\">Celesta<\/a>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertglasper.com\/\">Robert Glasper<\/a><\/blockquote>\r\n<!-- \/wp:post-content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Stay High&#8221; \ufeff LISTEN: APPLE PODCASTS \u00b7 RADIOPUBLIC \u00b7 MP3 Brittany Howard is the guitarist and lead singer of the four-time Grammy-winning band Alabama Shakes. 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