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If there's a theme that runs through Play Time, the brand-new solo CD from singer-songwriter Brady Seals, it's definitely rated R. From songs about beer and girls who like to drink and party, to tunes about illicit activities that are best left out behind the barn, so to speak, this CD's got them all.

A native of Ohio who's long made his home in Nashville, Seals is likely best known from his days as the long-tressed keyboardist and sometime frontman for the platinum-selling Little Texas lineup. It was with this act, which he co-founded, that Seals first gained songwriting credibility with hit-country songs such as My Love, God Blessed Texas and What Might Have Been.

Ultimately opting to go his own way, a 20-something Seals went on to release a few solo CDs before joining forces with other musicians to create the band known as Hot Apple Pie, an act that scored a top-20 while signed to the MCA label. These days, however, Seals is on his own once more, and excited about his new CD for StarCity Recording Company, which is set for release Aug. 18, 2009.