Thomas Rhett wrote several of the songs on his debut album, although he didn’t write his latest single, “Get Me Some of That.” But when it came to choosing material for his first CD he had the good problem of having too many songs. Thomas says, “The hardest part was definitely pickin’ songs and I’ve probably got, you know, 300 songs in my catalog and 250 of ‘em that’ve never been cut or touched, so it was a thing of like, ‘Do I wanna go back and cut some of these old songs, or do I wanna keep it fresh and cut some new songs, write some new songs?’”

Ultimately Thomas says he wanted a good mix. “I wanted to cut songs that were of the now and I wanted to cut songs that I felt like were timeless, and I wanted to cut songs that told stories, whether light or deep. But pickin’ songs was definitely the most challenging part of that.”

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Thomas Rhett – challenge of choosing songs :31
“The hardest part was definitely pickin’ songs and I’ve probably got, you know, 300 songs in my catalog and 250 of ‘em that’ve never been cut or touched, so you know, it was a thing of like, ‘Do I wanna go back and cut some of these old songs, or do I wanna keep it fresh and cut some new songs, write some new songs,’ you know? I wanted to cut songs that were of the now and I wanted to cut songs that I felt like were timeless, and I wanted to cut songs that told stories, whether light or deep, but pickin’ songs was definitely the most challenging part of that.”