When Brad Paisley flew into the Nashville airport on his private plane after a concert with Jewel and Chuck Wicks, he was met with quite a surprise when exiting his plane. Waiting for him on the tarmac were two uniformed officers, and a camera crew, ready to intercept him.
Cuffing Paisley, the men said they had a warrant for his arrest for his involvement in “serious crimes.”
Replied a confused Paisley: “You’ve gotta be kidding me! I’ve never done anything wrong in my life.””
The country star, 35, was placed in the back of an unmarked car while one “officer” explained, “We have a Miss Jewel Murray who has filed 42 charges against you in the states of Texas and Tennessee for excessive noodling.”
[From People]
Paisley pled guilty to “noodling” on the guitar, a term I was completely unfamiliar with and had to look up, when he realized that he was being pranked and laughed and enjoyed the joke as he was cuffed. Noodling, for those as clueless as I was, is “to improvise a musical passage in a casual manner, esp. as a warm-up exercise.”
We’ve all heard the practical jokes tourmates pull on each other, and some of them get quite elaborate. Brad Paisley is one of those practical jokers on tour and he was getting as good as he gives from the sounds of things.
Paisley admired Jewel’s effort, which utilized two retired police officers. “This is absolutely as good as it gets. This is the best I’ve ever been had,” he said.
Paisley himself is no stranger to pranks, having once imprisoned tour mate Jack Ingram in a PVC pipe cage onstage.
More recently, he “tarred” (with syrup) and feathered fellow headliner Wicks while the “Stealing Cinderella” singer, 29, was performing, then played a video in front of the audience of Wicks’s girlfriend, Dancing with the Stars’s Julianne Hough – announcing she was dumping him.
[From People]
The best kind of sport is a good sport, and the best kind of practical joke adversary is one you know is going to get you back even better! Jewel should watch her back, I’m sure she’s next, and I’m sure it will be epic. The camera crew present at Paisley’s “arrest” was from Great American Country TV, so we should have filmed evidence of the joke soon.
Brad Paisley is so gosh darn cute, dontcha know! And Jewel is just a peach. I like to see people having a good time and being able to joke around. =) Get her back good Brad!
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Heh, ‘noodling’ locally means bare-handed fishing, which actually is illegal, but rarely enforced.
Your ususal prophetic nature, now lending to silence, speaks volumes as to your opinion cod zilla. Your comments are constant faves in my book. (If I were a book hehe, sorry no sleep=inability to compose a proper sentence.) 8)
cali: Thanks, my dear. 😀 And if anyone understands the merits of no sleep, it’s me …
Dante: I think if someone can actually manage to catch a fish with his bare hands, it should be illegal to make him throw it back. Seriously, that sounds like an art form.
If I remember right, you stand in the water with you hands cupped, using your one of your fingers as a lure (wriggling like a noodle as it were) and when the fish goes for it, you grab it and toss it on shore.
Yes, but noodling has been used as a term for improvising on guitar for years.
Isn’t he married? She needs to noodle someone else.
He is married to Kimberly Williams (from Father of the Bride) and she is expecting their 1st child in February.
Wow, I can’t believe the ACM awards are on Sunday! The competition remains tough but Brad Paisley must win Entertainer of Year. Coming off an incredible tour he clearly is the greatest performer of 09′. Check out ACMvote.com and support Brad in the endeavor.