These next two — “Fully Alive” 🎶 “All Around Me” 🎶 — (acoustic versions)
are both from their debut self-titled album Flyleaf (2005)… and man… that record was something special. Made fans out of a whole lot of people… me included.
Somewhere along the way I drifted from Lacey Sturm for a bit… but about a year ago, I found my way back — right around the time I started my YouTube channel “bryanforchrist.”
All I do over there is make Christian music shorts — so if you’re ever bored one day… come check me out. I’ve got a few Flyleaf ones up there too 🎶
And quick tip — on all my shorts, you can get to the full song: tap the little thumbnail in the bottom right… then when it redirects, go up top left and tap the larger thumbnail — that’ll play the whole track. It can look a little tricky at first… but once you see it, you got it.
Now as much as I love Flyleaf… I’ve never actually performed any of their songs myself 🎤
That’s about to change.
I think this week… I’m gonna learn “Circle” 🎶 (from their second album Memento Mori — 2009)… it’s probably my favorite from them… hard to choose though
So again… thank y’all for listening… for reading… I appreciate you — and I’m always thinking of you 🙏
Have a blessed day…
Romans 3:23 “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”
When you were five, what did you want to be when you grew up?
I don’t want to grow up… I’m a Toys R Us kid… they got the best… for so much less… you’ll really flip your lid… from bikes to trains to video games… it’s the greatest toy store there is… gee wiz… I don’t want to grow up… cuz baby… if did? I wouldn’t be a Toys R Us kid… 🤷♂️
Gonna Go Huntin’ Tonight 🎶 Here I Am Fallin’ Again
Hey yall… got two more good ones for you… The first one’s fast… the second one slow…
As I was selecting the songs for this one… I was reminded of my first Hank concert… I think I was 14… it was me… my best friend Joey… my good buddy Chris… and two neighbor girls… April and Ashley…
Ashley’s mother was a police officer… and she and the chief of police for our town took us all to the concert that night…
It was a crazy and fun night… I won’t go into details… other than just to say… everyone had a lil too much to drink… including Hank…
And I ended up spending the night at Ashley’s house… Got the T-shirt!
My mother was not happy the next day… cuz she was worried about me… …but you know how us Gen X kids used to roll 😎…
So let’s get to the music…
🎵 Gonna Go Huntin’ Tonight — Strong Stuff — 1983
🎵 Here I Am Fallin’ Again — Habits Old and New — 1980
Oh! I also included a pic of the mountain Hank fell off… with a lil diagram… showing the path of his fall… just a miracle that he survived (it was 1975… Ajax Mountain near Wisdom, Montana)
Man… I’m so loaded up with music and bands… sometimes I just sit there like… who’s next?… there’s just too many…
But yeah… Fuel… one of my favorites. They’re a little different… some songs are slower… easy… almost laid back… but when they decide to… they can come in hard and rock the absolute crap out of you.
I’ve seen them a few times… but here’s a cool one…
I lived in Leesburg, Florida from 2o16–2o21… little old house… about two blocks from downtown. Leesburg is known for Bikefest every year… bands playing all week long…
And I’m not kidding… I could always hear it all from inside my house… loud and clear.
So it’s 2o17… I’m laying on my bed one day… windows open… just chilling…
Then all of a sudden…
music cuts through the silence…
this band starts rocking… hard… sounding really good…
I’m laying there like… hold up… who is that?…
then it hits me…
duuuude… it’s Fuel !!! 😁🥳😎
So yeah… I just laid there… in my bed… and listened to their whole set that evening…
super cool.
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I got two for you now…
🎧 Shimmer — Sunburn (1998)
🎧 Bad Day — Something Like Human (2oO0)
Shimmer is the song that put them on the map… these 2 are a little more chill… in coming weeks… I’ll let them rock harder for you… thought I’d take it easy on you for starters 😏…
What’s a secret skill or ability you have or wish you had…?
I’ve done a lot… I love a lot.
Sports… fishing… music… writing… working out pretty religiously these days… and I’ve always loved driving… oh… I’m a people and animal whisperer too…
I drove 18-wheelers all across the U.S. for 17 years… professionally. Spent time training student drivers with FedEx Ground… that part stayed with me… something about watching it click.
Same thing with teaching guitar and music back in the day… there’s something about passing things on.
But if we’re talking secret skills…
I can juggle.
Learned it as a teenager from a guy at a pool hall… with billiard balls.
And this one’s a little ridiculous but true…
I can throw grapes so high they disappear… wait… track them back down out of the sky… and catch them in my mouth.
Oh… and I can juggle grapes and eat them at the same time…
Yeah… I know… lol…
Nothing special… just a fun way to feed your face.
Not today though… too much other stuff to juggle…
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