The Bellamy Brothers’ “Let Your Love Flow” Experiences Resurgence
- Originally released in 1976, “Let Your Love Flow” went to No. 21 for The Bellamy Brothers, but a recent credit card commercial introduced the tune to a wider audience, helping it rise up the UK charts. (watch the commercial)
- Lee Ann Womack earned the 26th spot on Paste magazine’s Best of 2008 list.
- Watch the black and white music video, filmed in-studio, for Trace Adkins‘ “I Can’t Outrun You.” Good stuff.
- Country music movie producer Victor Lewis passed away last Thursday at the age of 86.
Born in Johnson City, Mr. Lewis founded Marathon Pictures on Music Row in 1964, with Audrey Williams. With Marathon, he produced Country Music On Broadway and Second Fiddle To An Old Guitar, movies that traded on the popularity of country hits and country stars. Mr. Lewis had met Audrey Williams when he booked and produced a tour called the Hank Williams Memorial Show in 1958.
- Country Universe wants to know what albums released in 2008 you consider to be worthy of five stars.
- Peyton Hillis played third fiddle to Darren McFadden and Felix Jones as a razorback at the University of Arkansas, but last week he got his first NFL start as a Denver Bronco and scored two touchdowns. It’s his choice of music (country) and fashion style (western wear) that receives the brunt of attention from his teammates, though. He counts George Strait, George Jones and Conway Twitty among his favorites, and thinks Alan Jackson is pretty good, too.
- The latest addition to NPR’s live streams from Mountain Stage is Chris Knight, who performs three songs acoustically from his newest album Heart of Stone and two from its predecessor, Enough Rope.
- Watch Martina McBride join Elvis Presley on stage for a performance of “Blue Christmas.”
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November 21, 2008 at 10:51 am Permalink
Knight’s “Enough Rope” is really under-rated I think. It’s rocking for sure, but its quieter tunes (enough rope, williams son) will easily measure up well against the greats from his first couple of albums.
November 21, 2008 at 11:01 am Permalink
I thought it was really cool how the incorporated Martina into that video, even adding applause when she came out …
November 21, 2008 at 11:16 am Permalink
Didn’t the Bellamy Brothers song do a lot better on the pop charts than # 21? I remember that song was played a lot on the rock/pop stations I listened to on the radio back then. Hmmmm….
Slow news day, so that means its time for:
“Opry Heads Up!”: Artists worth hearing this weekend:
Friday: The Wrights, The Steeldrivers, Terri Clark, and (?)Bart Millard(?)
Saturday: Patty Loveless, Danielle Peck, Hal Ketchum, Nanci Griffith (Its not a GAC “Opry Live” show)
Trace Adkins can be pretty amazing when he wraps his voice around the right material. Good stuff indeed.
November 21, 2008 at 11:33 am Permalink
Couldn’t agree more on Trace Adkins!
November 21, 2008 at 11:36 am Permalink
Rick: “Let Your Love Flow” was a #1 pop hit, #21 country, #2 AC.
November 21, 2008 at 2:27 pm Permalink
“Let You Love Flow” was actually a bit of an anomaly for the Bellamy Brothers.
It was more a pop hit (huge) than a Country hit; and it was not written by either of the brothers.
Actually David Bellamy is an excellent and underrated songwriter; one who as a teenager penned the hit recorded by Jim Stafford called “Spiders and Snakes.”
November 21, 2008 at 2:39 pm Permalink
How has Trace Adkins not been mentioned in the category of male vocalist of the year?
November 21, 2008 at 3:02 pm Permalink
I wish I’d picked up Peyton Hillis off the free agent list in my fantasty football league. Nice to see he’s got good taste in tunes.
November 21, 2008 at 7:05 pm Permalink
Earthshaking Country News Alert! (from CMT.com’s New Section):
“Julianne Hough Not Returning to Dancing With the Stars Next Season” - OMG!!!!! November 21, 2008
Julianne Hough will not return to Dancing With the Stars when the next season begins in May, she said Thursday (Nov. 20) in an interview with Ryan Seacrest on his syndicated radio show. “I really, really want to focus on the music and, you know, kind of be taken seriously a little bit,” she said. Hough, who has a record deal with Mercury Nashville, won the top prize on the show in seasons four (with Apolo Anton Ohno) and five (Helio Castroneves), but was eliminated early in season six (with Adam Carolla). She and partner Cody Linley were dismissed on Tuesday night (Nov. 18) from season seven. However, Hough said she may return to the series in the fall of 2009.”
Rick’s rag: I personally think that since Julianne’s “country music career” is rooted mostly in her being a regular on “Dancing With The Stars”, it is foolhardy for her to leave the show! She is abandoning her fan base in order to “you know, kind of be taken seriously a little bit”. Well Julianne is taken very seriously by her “Dancing With The Stars” faithful fans while Top 40 radio listeners think of her mostly as the gal on the chewing gum TV commercial. Taylor Swift would never make such a counter productive career decision…..
November 21, 2008 at 9:42 pm Permalink
I’m with you on Enough Rope, Kelly. I think the title track is one of my favorite songs by anyone.
November 23, 2008 at 10:30 pm Permalink
But have you heard Julianne sing? She is a great singer. See how high she reaches in “Hallelujah Song”. She’s much better than some other country artists.
November 24, 2008 at 12:43 am Permalink
That Trace Adkins track is stunning
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