BRANTLEY GILBERT’s song “One Hell of an Amen” was inspired by a couple of real-life guys. One was his buddy Kory who faced up to his fatal Leukemia diagnosis by telling the doctor to, quote, “Bring it on!”
The other was a soldier named Jon who gave his life for our country. Brantley explains, quote, “One of my friends went to Iraq on several tours. He had a best friend over there who passed away just a couple feet from where he was positioned.
“When he told me the story it made me feel like I was right there with him. The way he told me the story . . . it punched me in the chest.”
Even though both stories are sad, Brantley says the song is, quote, “about the good fight. It’s about the attitude, the strength and the courage those boys had for what they were going through. Kory battling Leukemia and Jon fighting in Iraq.
“It’s about two different wars. Anytime you go out fighting for your life or fighting for your country, that’s ‘One Hell of an Amen’.”
Carrie Underwood Wants to Reclaim Her Post-Pregnancy Body . . . and She Still Hasn’t Settled on a Baby Name
CARRIE UNDERWOOD is about seven or so months into her pregnancy, and despite the whole plumpness thing, she’s still loving it.
She says, quote, “Just knowing that the whole process itself is really beautiful. Even when I feel pretty large, it really is such a miracle and such a beautiful thing.”
That said, she IS thinking wistfully about the return of that tight little body. Quote, “I’m looking forward to reclaiming my body. I’ve been saying it’s been on loan for the past many months . . . I’m excited to take it back.”
Carrie and her husband MIKE FISHER know they’re having a boy . . . what they DON’T know is his name.
Quote, “We don’t have a baby name. We need to lock that down here pretty soon. We joke a lot about funny things that go with Fisher, [thankfully] there’s not some family name that I have had to be like, ‘No! That’s terrible!'”
The Show Must Go On
ERIC CHURCH’s band and crew got hit with the flu before his show on Saturday in Salt Lake City, so he rescheduled it for May 25th. But he ALSO didn’t want to let the crowd down, so he went solo for 19 songs, and in some cases got a little help.
Trace Adkins, Craig Morgan, Tracy Lawrence, Ted Nugent, and Colt Ford have been added to the lineup ofCharlie Daniels’ “40th Anniversary Volunteer Jam.” The show is going down August 12th in Nashville. As always, funds will benefit Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces. Find out more at CharlieDaniels.com.
Another One Bites The Dust…
ERIC PASLAY very quietly got engaged to his girlfriend Natalie Harker back in December. They haven’t announced a date yet, but they’re looking to make it official sometime this spring.