NEW YORK – Morgan Wade is eight years sober and reveals to USA TODAY she can now look back on some of her younger years "fondly." The singer-songwriter gives fans a trip down memory lane with her fourth studio album "The Party is Over (recovered)," a release primarily comprised of reworked songs and demos that date as far back as 11 years.
"There was a while that singing about shots and bars was kind of odd for me," Wade, 30, recalls after a performance for USA TODAY Acoustic, a series that provides a stage for notable and rising talent across the USA TODAY Network. "I'm still a work in progress, but it's hard to see how far you've come until you look back. I'm proud of that 19-year-old because she was struggling, but she still came through."
Wade is on tour with rock bands Shinedown and Bush. In the wake of performing at Madison Square Garden, the country music artist chats about her latest album, what days off on tour typically look like and where she sees herself in 10 years (hint: it's with a family of her own).
For Wade, a typical day off while on the road involves the local Dave & Buster's. Her go-to in the arcade is the "coin game," where a player uses a single token to push a group of tokens off a ledge and into their winnings.
