Crossroads

One of my favorite shows on TV is CMT Crossroads. It pairs a country artist with an artist from another genre (usually pop/rock). They sing each others’ songs and chat it up about their various musical experiences. There are a few duds, but I love a lot of them. One of my favorite games to play is “Who would be your Crossroads artist?” I love thinking about doing the show and what artist I would get to meet and collaborate with…cool. (a few possibilities: Springsteen, U2, Coldplay, James Taylor (he was taken by the Dixie Chicks, though))

Here are my favorites and links to videos.

Little Big Town and Lindsey Buckingham – Best by far!! “Bones” is basically a modern day Fleetwood Mac song anyway.

Brad Paisley and John Mayer – Both amazing guitar players although you feel a little bad for Brad because it seems John isn’t really into his music as much.

Dixie Chicks and James Taylor – Their version of “Carolina in My Mind” is one of my favorites that comes up on shuffle. Just James’s guitar, voice, and harmonies by the Chicks.

Kenny Rogers and Lionel Richie – Went to the taping of this with my HUGE Lionel Richie fan sister-in-law Norah. Their chemistry was awesome. They should do an album and tour together.

Jason Aldean and Bryan Adams – Brand new one, but what a hit. Their voice sound amazing together and Bryan should do a country album!

Do you have a favorite??

You can come undone

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This is the sixth week of the YouTube Sessions!  I’ve got another country song for you.  This one has quite an interesting inspiration…I was watching an interview with Jessica Simpson last week on TV.  It struck me how she had been through so much — some self-inflicted, some not, but yet, for those few minutes in that studio she could just talk about music and leave all that stuff outside.

This got me thinking about how a person can do that for someone else.  How “In Here” the outside world can just disappear for awhile. 

Obviously, this song is just inspired by Ms. Simpson, not directed toward her :).

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New Week. New Song.

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This is the fourth song in the YouTube Sessions. I’m proud to bring you a brand spanking new song that took me forever to record (hard guitar parts take some time:)…I hope you like it!!!

Please comment and let me know what you think.

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YouTube Sessions #3

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Week three of the YouTube Sessions!  I’ve gotten some great responses from the first two videos, so thank you.  After you watch the video below, be sure to go to my channel and subscribe.

“I Need You Lord” is an older song to which I’ve added a new section.  I was walking to the grocery store (something I do a lot) and for some reason I was singing this song in my head.  When I got to the end of the verse, I just kept singing and this new section was born.  Enjoy.

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YouTube Sessions #2

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Here’s the second installment of my series, the YouTube Sessions.  Today’s song is “All of Me.”  It’s a fun, upbeat song made for celebrating.  I always read in Scripture about the Lord being the “God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob” or the “God of Israel.”  What struck me is that, because of Jesus, He is also the God of me – all of me.

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