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Interview with Josh Kelley at the Masters Tournament

AUGUSTA, GA. — Metro Spirit just got done interviewing Augusta native Josh Kelley, who will play the Drive Fore! Show Rock Fore! Dough concert tonight, before Colbie Callait and Hootie & the Blowfish takes the stage.

We got the feeling that Kelley didn’t even our camera or microphone there to get him talking. In fact, later tonight, you will probably find him conversing with a brick wall. He was visibly excited to be at the show, revved up after playing nine holes with some of the kids at First Tee of Augusta (Kelley attended the University of Mississippi on a golf scholarship) and excited about his life, in general.

Kelley’s new album, “Special Company,” has exceeded his new company’s expectations, he said, especially since it’s his first release from Modern Day, his own company, which is probably a very special… company… okay, moving on.

In its seventh week, it currently sits at No. 46 on the Billboard charts, but it has been as high as No. 7. We blame Mariah Carey’s new release for its drop in popularity after the release of just one single, “Two Cups of Coffee.” Perhaps it will rise again when he releases his second single from the album, “My Kind,” in the coming weeks.

Kelley is a strong, smart musician, but he also calls himself “a businessman; I like doing business.” The company has set new, loftier goals for itself, and hopes to reach them before the end of this year.

His new bride, Katherine Heigl, did not make the trip to his hometown with him. She’s currently filming “Grey’s Anatomy” and another film. If imdb.com is any help, it’s a film called “The Ugly Truth, a rom-com about a relationship-challenged television producer and her chauvinistic correspondent. It also stars Gerard Butler, of “300” fame, and Cheryl Hines, best known for her role on “Curb Your Enthusiasm.”

But Augustans may yet get the chance to rub elbows in Surrey Center with Hollywood. Kelley says his plans are to return to Augusta three times a year. Surely “the missus” will make the trip once or twice.

Kelley gave us an inside look at his upcoming music, an as-yet-unnamed album for which he’s already written all of the music — the best he’s ever written, he said.