SINGER-SONGWRITER AND MUSICIAN YOU KNOW FROM ALABAMA SHAKES.

HER CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED DEBUT SOLO ALBUM "JAMIE" IS OUT NOW.

PLEASE WELCOME THE EXCEPTIONAL, THE SINGULAR, BRITTANY HOWARD,

EVERYBODY!

( APPLAUSE ) BRITTANY, IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE

YOU.

I'M SO HAPPY THAT YOU'RE HERE, AND, YES, I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT

YOU'RE NOT HERE IN THE STUDIO BECAUSE I WILL SAY -- AND I MEAN

THIS TO THIS DAY, 812 SHOWS IN, YOUR PERFORMANCE THAT YOU DID IN

THE STUDIO IS STILL MY FAVORITE PERFORMANCE WE'VE EVER HAD ON

THE SHOW.

I MEAN IT.

LIKE, IT WAS JUST INCREDIBLE.

HOW ARE YOU DOING?

ARE YOU WELL?

>> I'M DOING REALLY GOOD, JAMES, THANK YOU.

AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME, BY THE WAY, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR

KIND WORDS.

>> James: WE SHOULD CONGRATULATE YOU.

YOU HAVE A BIRTHDAY COMING UP FRIDAY.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY FRIDAY.

HOW ARE YOU GOING TO BE CELEBRATING THIS MON MEN US TO

OCCASION?

>> WELL, ME AND A GROUP OF MY CLOSEST FRIENDS ARE GOING TO

RENT A CABIN AND WE'RE GOING FISHING.

>> James: FISHING IN A BOAT OR FROM THE BANK?

>> HOPEFULLY, I WILL BE FISHING ON ALL OF IT.

HOPEFULLY, I WILL BE IN A BOAT, BANK, I'LL GO UNDERWATER, I'LL

DO WHATEVER IT TAKES.

>> James: CAN I BE HONEST?

I CAN THINK OF NOTHING BETTER THAN GOING FISHING WITH BRITTANY

HOWARD.

( LAUGHTER ) AND I SAY THAT, AND I FEED YOU

TO KNOW I MEAN THIS, THERE IS NO ONE IN THIS ROOM I WOULD WANT TO

GO FISHING WITH.

( LAUGHTER ) >> HAVE YOU BEEN FISHING?

>> James: I'VE NEVER BEEN FISHING.

BECAUSE IT DOESN'T APPEAL TO ME.

BUT IF I WAS FISHING WITH YOU, I THINK I WOULD BE INTO IT.

IF I WOULD BE FISHING WITH IAN, I WOULD BE WE'RE LEAVING.

>> THE FISHING FASHION IS WHY I DO IT.

>> James: THE WADERS, I'M INTO THE WHOLE THING.

>> THE WADERS, THE WADING BOOTS, YOU KNOW, REAL EARTH AND TONE.

>> James: YES.

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

THAT'S WHERE UH IT'S AT.

THAT'S THE FUTURE, GUCCI WADERS.

>> James: I NEVER KNEW YOU WERE A FISHER BECAUSE IN

ADDITION TO FISHING, YOU'VE ALSO TAKEN UP -- AND THIS IS

IMPRESSIVE.

YOU'VE TAKEN UP WEIGHT LIFTING AND YOU DEAD LIFT 250 POUNDS.

LOOK AT THIS!

( APPLAUSE ) THIS IS SO IMPRESSIVE.

HOW DID YOU GET INTO THIS?

WHEN DID DEAD LIFTING BECOME A PART OF YOUR LIFE?

>> I GET INTO IT OVER THE PANDEMIC.

I'M A PERSON WHO REALLY LIKES TO STAY BUSY, AND RUNNING OUT OF

TOUR THE DO AND SITTING AROUND THE HOUSE, I HAD TO COME UP WITH

SOME NEW SOLUTIONS.

AND ONE OF THOSE THINGS WAS, LIKE, WEIGHT LIFTING.

I GREW UP, MY MOTHER WAS A BODY BUILDER.

SO, YOU KNOW, AS A KID, I GREW UP AROUND ALL THESE REALLY

TANNED, YOU KNOW, STRONG MEN AND WOMEN, AND I GUESS AS I GOT

OLDER, I WAS JUST, LIKE, OH, YEAH, THAT'S SOMETHING I KNOW

ABOUT.

SO I TRIED IT, AND I HAVE BEEN TRAINING WITH MY TRAINER, AND,

YEAH, I'M LIFTING.

I GOT PEOPLE HITTING ME UP NOW, CELEBRITIES AND STUFF, THEY WANT

TO WEIGHT TRAIN WITH ME, NOW.

>> James: WHO?

WHO WANTS TO WEIGHT TRAIN?

>> PABLO SCHREIBER.

>> James: HE CALLS YOU SAND SAYS, I WANT TO DEAD LIFT, I

WANT TO PICK SOME STUFF UP?

>> HE SAID, NEXT TIME YOU'RE IN L.A., LET'S GO TRAIN TOGETHER.

I SAID, OH, YES.

OKAY.

I CAN GET THAT IN MY LIFE.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

>> James: SO YOU TAKE IT TO THE WAIST.

DO YOU EVER TO THE -- AAAHHH!

>> WE CALL IT CLING AND PRESS.

>> James: YEAH, THESE ARE ALL TECHNICAL THINGS YOU NEED TO

KNOW ABOUT.

ARE YOU A CLEAN PRESSER?

>> I'M A CLEAN PRESSER.

I'M THE BEST AROUND.

THAT'S THE THING, I CAN'T WAIT TO GO STATE.

YOU NEVER KNOW.

I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO PACK IN AS MANY TITLES AND AWARDSHIPS AS

I CAN IN THIS LIFETIME.

I WANT TO BE THE TENNESSEE STATE CHAMP.

>> James: OH, MY GOODNESS.

THAT WOULD BE INCREDIBLE.

NOW, LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR ALBUM, JAMIE.

YOU SAID THAT IT'S A MEMORIAL TO YOUR SISTER, WHO PASSED AWAY

WHEN YOU WERE YOUNGER.

TALK TO ME ABOUT THAT, HOW HAS SHE IMPACTED YOUR CAREER AS A

SOLO ARTIST AND, PARTICULARLY, THIS RECORD?

>> SURE.

SO WHEN I WAS LITTLE, MY SISTER JAMIE WAS MY FIRST TEACHER, SHE

WAS MY HERO, YOU KNOW, SHE WAS FOUR YEARS OLDER THAN ME, SO I

GOT ON HER NERVOUS, AND SHE WAS ALSO JUST LIKE THE BEST THING IN

THE WORLD.

SHE TAUGHT ME HOW TO PLAY PIANO, HOW TO DRAW, HOW TO USE MY

IMAGINATION.

REALLY TAUGHT ME EVERYTHING I USE TODAY TO BE WHO I AM.

AND TO HAVE THIS MUSIC CAREER THAT I HAVE BEEN GIFTED, YOU

KNOW.

SO WHEN I WAS DOING MY SOLO RECORD I WAS AFRAID AND SCARED.

I THOUGHT, THIS COULD BE A REALLY BAD IDEA BUT THERE WAS

SOMETHING IN ME THAT MADE ME WANT TO LEAN INTO IT AND MAKE

SOMETHING ON MY OWN AND CREATING AND TAKING A RISK.

MY SISTER TAUGHT ME THOSE THINGS AND THOSE QUALITIES.

I KNEW WHEN THE RECORD WAS FINISHED EVERYONE WAS ASKING ME

WHT ARE YOU GOING TO CALL A RECORD?

AND I KNEW MY NAME HAD TO BE ON IT, OF COURSE, BUT MY SISTER'S

NAME HAD TO BE ON IT.

I WANTED TO SHARE THAT AND PUT GRATEFULNESS ON HER NAME.

>> James: THAT'S SO WONDERFUL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE WITH US, BRITTANY, I CAN'T TELL

YOU HOW MUCH -- I FEEL LIKE I COULD TALK TO YOU FOR A WEEK AND

I WOULD BE HAPPY.

BRITTANY HOWARD WILL BE PERFORMING RIGHT HERE.

COME ON BACK, EVERYBODY.