Hidden Gems from the B-Side — Tenth Avenue North (Week 29) 🎧 e̸d̸i̸t̸e̸d̸

Worn 🎶 Control (Somehow You Want Me)

So I’m starting a new band this week for my Sunday music post…

Tenth Avenue North started in the early 2oO0s when a group of students met at Palm Beach Atlantic University in West Palm Beach, Florida. Lead singer Mike Donehey, drummer Jason Jamison, and their friends needed a name for a local show and couldn’t agree on one. They ended up using the name of the street where some of them lived… 10th Avenue North. The name was supposed to be temporary—but it stuck.

Before signing a record deal, they spent years playing churches, colleges, and small venues while releasing independent projects. Their breakthrough came with their major-label debut album Over and Underneath (2oO8), which included songs like Love Is Here and By Your Side.

They announced a farewell in 2o2O, but later reunited after a multi-year hiatus and returned to recording and touring. From what I’m hearing, they’re still going strong today and back out on the road again.

I first heard them in 2oO8… and I remember thinking, “these guys are pretty dang good.”

Funny story though… I actually bought into a rumor back then. Someone told me this band started in his church in Sarasota, Florida, and that they were named after the street the church was on—10th Ave N. So I ran with that for a while 😄

There’s a little truth mixed in there—they are from Florida, and they are named after a street—but yeah… not Sarasota, and not that church. That’s how stories get twisted over time.

So what happened? How do things like that even start? 😄😁

But anyway… we’ll leave that there.

Let’s get into the music.

I hope y’all enjoy 🎶

Bathroom Recording of Worn

Proverbs 3:5–6 (ESV)

Trust in the Lord with all your heart… and do not lean on your own understanding.
In all your ways… acknowledge Him… and He will make straight your paths.

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Outlaw Roots — The Hank Jr. Legacy (Week 20)

In the Arms of Cocaine 🎶 Footlights

Hey yall… it’s after 3am for me. I’ve had my headphones on for a while just letting the music run… letting life run…

I landed on these two tonight…

🎶 In the Arms of Cocaine — from Strong Stuff 1983

🎶 Footlights — from Rowdy 1981

I can relate to both of these…

Those arms are no place to be.

Slow burns… bad turns… live… learn…

and try not to kick out the footlights out again.

Thanks for listening.

© 2026 Bryan Loia Hudson

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Hidden Gems from the B-Side — Flyleaf (Week 18)

So I Thought ♬ Cassie

Hey yall… happy Sunday… today I have two more from Flyleaf for you.

Both of these songs carry a lot of emotional weight. Cassie was inspired by Cassie Bernall, one of the students killed during the Columbine High School massacre in 1999, and reflects on the courage of standing firm in faith even in the darkest moment. So I Thought looks at a different kind of struggle — that painful realization when someone you trusted turns out not to be who you believed they were. Together, they show two sides of Flyleaf’s writing: faith under fire… and truth after betrayal.

♬ So I Thought
Album: Flyleaf
Year: 2005

♬ Cassie
Album: Flyleaf
Year: 2005

John 16:33 (KJV)

“In the world ye shall have tribulation…  but be of good cheer… I have overcome the world.”

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Blue Flame Ships

~~~》

The Way lit…

The passage remains…
the crossing is older…

The night makes room…

The horizon does not move—
the mountains keep watch—           ~~~》
the moon doesn’t blink…

Things leave the frame…
some things remain…

still burning blue…

~~~》

🌙🌌→😔🖤
🤲🔥→❄️🧊→🧍‍♂️
👻🤍→🤝
😵‍💫→😴❌
🕳️⬇️⬇️⬇️💔
😢🙏💭
🕯️⚰️
1️⃣💘→🔚💘

🚶‍♂️→🌍→👫
🎁→💝→🫴
🛏️→💗→🧠
🔥→🌧️→🌦️
🔥✨🔥

👀🌑→🧱
😨🫀
🏃‍♂️→📞→⚡💥
🧎‍♂️💔
🌫️🫀
💘♾️
1️⃣💘→🔚💘

🚶‍♂️→🌍→👫
🎁→💝→🫴
🛏️→💗→🧠
🔥→🌧️→🌦️
🔥✨🔥

😵‍💫→😴❌
🕳️⬇️⬇️⬇️💔
💘♾️
1️⃣💘→🔚💘

🚶‍♂️→🌍→👫
🎁→💝→🫴
🛏️→💗→🧠
🔥→🌧️→🌦️
🔥✨🔥

🎁→💝→🫴
🚶‍♂️→🌍→👫
🎁→💝→🫴…emoji lyric tower 🤷‍♂️

Hebrews 12:27–28 (trimmed)
“What cannot be shaken may remain… therefore… let us be grateful… for a kingdom… that cannot be shaken…”

Inspired by “The Flame” — Cheap Trick (1988)

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