My wife and I are currently sitting in front of the stage at brad paisleys country nation tour right now up here on va tech campus. Am I a huge fan of him? Meh. Do I like free concerts and watching college football? Yes.
Paisley's early stuff was great. Then he married a smoking hot chick, got even more famous, and his music became garbage. Barely distinguishable from all his other bros
Brad Paisley is nothing like that jack wagon Luke Bryan. Paisley is a very good guitar player and has some pretty original songs, Bryan is an absolute douche and 99% of his songs sound the same. I have a buddy who writes songs in Nashville and he says most respected writers don't wanna work with him cause his music is so limited.