![]() ![]() She and Alexander talked about the song with Bart Herbison, executive director of Nashville Songwriters Association International. She shared the story with songwriters Jessi Alexander and Jimmy Yeary, and the song they wrote eventually made it to the top of the country charts - and back to the father, whose name Harrington hadn't originally caught on the radio. Connie Harrington was listening to NPR when she heard an interview with a father whose son had died while serving in Afghanistan. I can’t listen to it without crying.The true story behind Lee Brice's 2013 country hit is so powerful that it's hard for its songwriters to discuss without getting choked up. His songs just come through like that for me. He had boats and motors, and so this song is an amazing little novel of a fulfilled life. “But for two weeks out of the year, we’d go to this lake up in the Adirondacks, and all the sudden, our father was totally relaxed. ![]() “When Kevin and I were growing up, our father was an incredibly busy guy,” he said. But the song he says just kills him is Alan Jackson ![]() Got together in the ’60s and fused folk and country – and then later when he and Kevin became friends with the Bellamy BrothersĪnd played the Grand Ole Opry. Michael leans a little country, too, saying he became a fast fan when Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash And I thought Blake Sheltonĭid a great job with ’Footloose.’ When Michael and I first put the band together, I thought we might as well embrace the beast, as it were, so we’ve covered that song a lot in our shows.” (Kevin, of course, starred in the original Footloose film.) “Because I think she’s a really good songwriter. Other country songs the brothers Bacon are loving? “Do we still call Taylor SwiftĬountry?” Kevin said. When someone puts that together with the same kind of chords and the same instrumentation and the same words from the English language, but shapes it in a new way, I just love it.” “One of the best songs on my iPod is ’I Drive Your Truck.’ I just happened to be driving - not my truck, but my Prius - and I heard it, and it’s just got so much going for it, including a very strong anti-war message. When it works, it’s fantastic.” And then he told me about discovering Brice’s new song. I love that feeling in the third verse when the lyrics give you chills. , the conversation came around to country music. In talking to Bacon and his brother Michael about their band, the Bacon Brothers In fact, for Kevin Bacon, it happened in a Prius. You don’t have to drive a truck to fall in love with Lee Brice ![]() (CMT Offstage keeps a 24/7 watch on everything that’s happening with country music artists behind the scenes and out of the spotlight.) ![]()
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