One last ride for Tonic— a small send-off to a band that carried seasons of my life. Their songs were companions more than tracks… Windows down… volume up… thanks for the road…
Before the charts and the stages, there were just three sisters, a living room, and a faith that needed a voice — growing up in Elgin, Illinois.
BarlowGirl — Rebecca, Alyssa, and Lauren — grew up making music the way most people learn conversation: naturally, together. They started in churches and youth events, not chasing careers, just serving with what they had.
What set them apart was unity — three voices, one heart — and the fact that they’re great musicians who truly rock. Drums, bass, guitars, keys, harmonies… real grit, real skill, real sound — not just message.
When they stepped onto bigger stages, they never lost that core. No image games. No shortcuts. Just faith, honesty, and rock-solid music.
If you’re new to BarlowGirl, you’re not discovering a band — you’re meeting a family who turned worship into rock and conviction into legacy.
I’ve got two live acoustic studio versions of these songs for you today…
🎵 Never Alone (2004) — BarlowGirl
🎵 Beautiful Ending (2009) — Love & War
I hope you have a blessed Sunday.
…….🗣️❓🏁✨❓✨✨❓🧍♂️➡️🫵❤️✨✨…🏁🤗🫵🤗’…
The blonde girl is Lauren… she plays drums… but not today lol
The song begins at 1:33 mark 👇
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Deuteronomy 33:27 (NIV)
“The eternal God is your refuge… and underneath are the everlasting arms…”
Hey yall… hope all is well… this week I’m sharing two favorites — we’ll finish up Tonic next week before turning the page…
🎵 Mean to Me • Year: 1999 • Album: Sugar
🎵 Do You Know • Year: 2o02 • Album: Head on Straight
Mean to Me is good… one of my favorites from them… but it’s hard to pick a favorite with these guys… so press play and enjoy…
Happy Hump Day… 🐫
This one has the F word in it once at the 3:36 mark… 👇
…….📖→💛☀️→📄📄→🌬️→👁️👁️→😌→🚶♂️↔️🏠→🌌’
So open up the book that you keep deep inside… Let the pages yellow in the sun… Show them that you’re not afraid to let them see… How far you can be… from home…
Sidewalk Prophets 🎶 The Words I Would Say 🎶 Live Like That…
One of the coolest things about Sidewalk Prophets is how much of their story was shaped by other people. Early on, a demo they recorded was submitted to a contest without their knowledge — and they won. That surprise moment opened doors they never planned for. Years later, they kept that same spirit of community by inviting fans to help shape the Live Like That album itself, using fan-submitted photos for the cover and even letting fans sing background vocals. From the start, their music has never been just theirs — it’s always been shared…
Here’s two more great ones from them…
🎵 “The Words I Would Say” — from These Simple Truths (2009)
🎵 “Live Like That” — from Live Like That (2012)
I pray yall have a super blessed Sunday… enjoy the music and the message…
James 1:22 (NIV) Do not merely listen to the Word… and so deceive yourselves… Do what it says…
1 John 3:18 (NIV) Dear children… let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth…
Sidewalk Prophets 🎶 You Love Me Anyway 🎶 Keep Making Me…
Some bands don’t start on stages… they start in small rooms… borrowed amps… quiet prayers… and long drives…
Sidewalk Prophets began in 2003 on a college campus in Indiana… just a few friends writing songs about faith doubt and grace while playing worship nights and whatever doors opened… They toured in vans… played churches and coffee shops… and learned how to carry songs into real lives before anyone was listening…
That slow road mattered… because when their music finally reached the wider world… it already knew how to sit with people…
Two songs from that journey still hit me deep… and honestly… I think these are two of the greatest Christian songs ever… I know… that’s saying a lot… hey… it’s just my opinion… 😁
🎶 You Love Me Anyway (These Simple Truths 2009 — single 2011)
🎶 Keep Making Me (Live Like That 2012)
I hope yall enjoy… thank you for your time… have a blessed Sunday…
Hey yall… if you check my blog out at all… you already know how much music means to me…
Being a musician and a singer… I love all kinds of sound… I’ve got influences everywhere — punk… rock… outlaw country… even rap… Christian music.. of course… and more… Throw it all in a blender and you pretty much get me… my sound…
But if I’m being real… it all started for me with outlaw country… with Hank Williams Jr… aka Bocephus…
Most people know him… but they usually only know three or four of the big songs… What a lot of folks don’t realize is — he has hundreds of songs that go even deeper than the famous ones…
To me… his music is pure art… straight poetry…
And here’s the part that surprises people — for a guy known for that raw… hard sound… Hank Jr. wrote some of the best love songs I’ve ever heard…
I learned to play guitar from his music… I learned to sing from his music… I honestly know every single one 😁😎…
So… I’m starting something new…
Every Friday… I’m going to feature one Hank Jr. song — a weekly spotlight — to help introduce people to the side of him most never get to hear…
When I really think about it… he’s probably had more influence on me than any other artist…
His music is special… and to most of the world… it’s still a secret…
Hey yall… I got two more songs from Tonic for you…
Open Up Your Eyes — from their 1996 debut album Lemon Parade — It’s a great one… I like the video too… how they start dancing on the skates at the end… lol
Mr. Golden Deal… also from Lemon Parade (1996)… I love this one… it’s like poetry…
easy to skip past… worth stopping for…
Hidden gems… I think.. I hope yall enjoy them…
…….💎🎶~→💿🎶’…….<¤>~→||→=||~’
Wishing everyone a Happy New Year in 2o26… here’s to turning pages — not running from them…
Hey yall… today the spotlight lands on Tonic… They’re excellent if you ask me.. I was so impacted by their music back in the mid-90s… and they’ve stayed one of my favorites through the years.. I still perform their songs to this day… because they live deep in me. They formed in 1993 in Los Angeles.. with Emerson Hart leading the way on vocals… and they’ve always had a way of mixing honesty.. heart.. and melody in a way that just hits life right where it lives…
I’ve got two songs for you today…
🎵 You Wanted More — 1999 — from the album Sugar… (also it was featured on the soundtrack from the movie “American Pie…”)
🎵 Waltz With Me — also from Sugar 1999… a beautiful track…
Hope you enjoy… press play and let the songs do what they do…
“Take Me In” — released in 2004 on the album Sea of Faces and “It’s Like Me” — released in 2006 on the album Strong Tower
“It’s Like Me” is special to me… it’s become one of my favorites… the more I hear it… the more it sits with me… and it’s become like a theme song for me… because… “it’s so like me… to never see…”
I hope you guys enjoy them… and have a blessed day…
..¹4³..🎶…”it’s so like me”→.to..→”never see”→..🎶.→”when it came”→.🎶..→”when it went”→🎶…→”now it’s gone away”…🎶’
🎶”Take the coal… touch my lips… here I am…”
Isaiah 9:6 (NIV)🌿🕊✝️ > “For to us a child is born… to us a son is given… and the government will be on His shoulders… And He will be called… Wonderful Counselor… Mighty God… Everlasting Father… Prince of Peace…”
Heart of Loia `'.,°~ 