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Outlaw Roots — The Hank Jr. Legacy (Week 14)

Old Habits 🎵 Man Of Steel

So I’ve evolved… musically…
since I first started spinnin’ round this world…

My earliest memories—
with my mom and dad—
were The Beach Boys…
and Eagles…

Then around 8… 9 years old—
it was Michael Jackson…
Van Halen…
whatever was lightin’ up the radio back then…

Then came my early teens—
and that’s when Hank Williams Jr. hit me…

And after that…
I just exploded…

Rock…
Folk…
Punk…
Blues…
Rap…
RnB…
Christian…

A little bit of everything—
and somehow… all of it stuck.

But to me…
you can never forget where you came from…

So here’s two excellent ones from my early days—

Allow me to hike up my dress a little for you… so you can see… what im workin’ with… what my roots look like.

Old Habits 🎵
Habits Old and New (1980)

Man Of Steel 🎵
Man of Steel (1983)

and ima bout to listen with you… if you don’t mind. 😎

Featured image credit… Rick Diamond and Getty Images

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Outlaw Roots — The Hank Jr. Legacy (Week 13)

New South 🎵 I’m Tired

Hey y’all…
I’m so ready for the weekend…

Just wanna relax…
chill…
listen to music…
play a little guitar…

Keep it simple—
more feeling…
less words…

Here’s two Hank songs for you 👇

🎵 “New South” — 1977, from The New South

🎵 “I’m Tired” — Out of Left Field 1993

These are a little deeper cuts…
definite Hidden Gems 💎

“I’m Tired” cracks me up 😄
Funny song (at least to me)…
little bit of language—
he keeps saying “son of a beach” in the chorus…
just a heads up lol…

Anyway…
hope y’all enjoy…
and have a great weekend ✌️🎶

Some Language 👇

Guess Em?

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Hidden Gems from the B-Side — Flyleaf (Week 20)

Fully Alive 🎶 All Around Me

Happy blessed Sunday yall…

I’m sticking with Flyleaf a little longer.

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.”

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Outlaw Roots — The Hank Jr. Legacy (Week 11)

Dinosaur 🎶 All In Alabama

Sup yall… got two of my favorites for you today…

If I was ever forced to make a top 10 list of Hank songs… both of these are on it—no question.

I’ve played ’em hundreds of times over the years…
for myself… when no one was around…
and for plenty of others along the way…

And honestly… it’s been a little while…

So I think I’m gonna grab my guitar later…
sit back… and run ‘em both again…

Just me… the strings… and that old feeling…

But for now… let me quit talkin’…

and let’s get this thing goin’… ♩♪

🎶 Dinosaur — 1980 — Habits Old and New

🎶 All in Alabama — 1980 — Habits Old and New

Hope yall have a great weekend…
and don’t be like Hank and go fallin’ off the side of any mountains 😄♩♪

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Hidden Gems from the B-Side — Drivin N Cryin (Week 19)

Fly Me Courageous ♬ Build a Fire

Hey yall… welcome…

Today I got two more from these guys…
both of ‘em take me back…

Back to around ‘98…
weekend nights… guitars plugged in…
just playing for hours…

There was this lady and her husband…
and also a guy named Dennis…
and my best friend Ron on drums…
we’d go all night…

And somewhere in the middle of it all…
between the laughs…
the beer… the whiskey… the weed…
these two songs would find their way in…

I don’t miss the stimulants…
but I sure miss the music…
the friendship…
the memories…

I think about Dennis a lot…
he passed way too young…
great guy… great guitar player…

♬ “Fly Me Courageous” — Fly Me Courageous (1991)

♬ “Build a Fire” — Fly Me Courageous (1991)

So this one’s for you, Dennis…

Rock on, brother… 🎸

That’s Dennis in the background with the black n white guitar…

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Hidden Gems from the B-Side — Flyleaf (Week 17)

Circle 🎶 Again

..For this week’s Hidden Gems from the B-Side, I’m digging into the catalog of Flyleaf — a Christian rock band that brought raw emotion.. powerful spiritual themes into the rock world in the mid-2000s. Led by the incredible voice of Lacey Sturm, one of my favorite singers, their music never shied away from pain, redemption, and the search for truth.

The band came out of Texas — the same region that gave us rock legends like Pantera and ZZ Top — proving that powerful music can rise from the same soil in very different ways.

🎶 Circle
Album: Memento Mori
Year: 2009

🎶 Again
Album: Memento Mori
Year: 2009

Both songs come from their 2nd studio album…

As a bonus, I’m also adding a video of Lacey’s testimony, where she shares the powerful story of how Christ transformed her life.

Hope y’all enjoy… 🎸

👇 💯

2 Corinthians 5:17 (KJV)

“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”

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Hidden Gems from the B-Side — Faith Side (Week 15)

Barlowgirl 🎶 Enough 🎶 Grey

“Enough” and “Grey,” both from Another Journal Entry (2005), show two different sides of BarlowGirl’s heart. “Enough” is actually a cover of the worship song made well-known by Chris Tomlin, and BarlowGirl’s version leans into rich harmonies and a more rock-leaning sound while keeping the focus on God being all we truly need. “Grey” is an original that wrestles with living in the in-between — not fully cold, not fully on fire — calling out compromise and the pull toward lukewarm faith. Together, they capture both worshipful surrender and honest self-examination in the same breath…

Hope you enjoy the music and hope you have a blessed Sunday…

Bonus track 👇 BDW feat. Barlowgirl

Psalm 73:26 (KJV)

“My flesh and my heart faileth… but God is the strength of my heart… and my portion for ever…”

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Hidden Gems from the B-Side — Faith Side (Week 14)

BarlowGirl 🎶 I Need You To Love Me 🎶 No One Like You…

BarlowGirl got their start playing together in the late 1990s as their father’s backup band — their dad, Vince Barlow, was a children’s worship musician, and the sisters performed with him at events across the U.S., eventually writing their own material during that time.

They became known not just for their music, but for their public commitment to sexual purity, modesty, and waiting on God for a future spouse — a stance that shaped their message and deeply connected with a lot of fans walking similar faith paths.

They were active in the Christian music scene from around 1999 until they retired in 2012, closing out more than a decade of ministry through music.

Over the course of their career, the band sold over a million albums and passed a million digital downloads, making them one of the more impactful female-led groups in 2000s CCM.

I have two songs for you today..

🎵 I Need You to Love Me — Another Journal Entry (2005)

🎵 No One Like You — Another Journal Entry (2005) David Crowder Band cover

Hope you enjoy and have a blessed Sunday

Isaiah 58:14 (KJV)

“Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD… I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth…  feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father… for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it…”

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Hidden Gems from the B-Side — Life Side (Week 14)

Matthew Sweet — “Girlfriend” 🎵 “Sick of Myself” 🎶

Athens, Georgia is home to the University of Georgia… Go Dawgs! 🐾 — and it’s also one of the great music cities in America, birthing many iconic bands like R.E.M., The B-52’s, and Widespread Panic, just to name a few.. And this next guy… Matthew Sweet.

Matthew Sweet is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist who became a key figure in ’90s alternative rock and power pop. Born in Lincoln, Nebraska, he moved to Athens, Georgia to plug into that legendary scene before breaking through with Girlfriend (1991) — hooky, heartfelt guitar pop — and following it with 100% Fun (1995), featuring the self-aware anthem “Sick of Myself.” Classic melodies, honest emotion, zero filler.

🎵 “Girlfriend” — from the album Girlfriend (1991)

🎶 “Sick of Myself” — from the album 100% Fun (1995)

Hope yall enjoy this little trip back into some seriously good ’90s sound. 🎸

Bonus live acoustic version 👇

In a world that’s ugly and a lie.. it’s hard to even want to try…

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Hidden Gems from the B-Side — Faith Side (Week 13)

The Spark 🎶 Never Let Go 🎶 With Arms Outstretched 🎶 Jen Ledger 🎶 Yet Not I But Through Christ In Me…

Jen Ledger’s connection to The Spark goes back to her early worship roots in the same church community led by Chris Marvin. Long before she became the drummer and co-vocalist for Skillet, she was serving in worship alongside the people who would later form The Spark.

That shared foundation is why her features on songs like these don’t feel like guest spots — they feel like family coming back together to worship.

Jen Ledger is one of my favorite drummers and singers… i just love her 😁

🎵 Never Let Go — 2022

🎵 With Arms Outstretched — 2025

🎵 Yet Not I But Through Christ In Me — 2023

All 3 of these are great… I wouldn’t skip any 😁

I hope yall have a blessed Sunday… 🙌

👇 that’s Korey from Skillet on the keys.. also in the one above..

This is one my favorites 👇🔥

Galatians 2:20 (NIV)

“I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.
The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God,
who loved me and gave himself for me.”

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