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Bear Rinehart - NEEDTOBREATHE lead singer on his college football career, his new album and living unashamed

Sports Spectrum Podcast

Sports Spectrum

Sports

4.9685 Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Bear Rinehart is the lead singer with the GRAMMY nominated, multi-platinum rock band NEEDTOBREATHE. In college, Rinehart starred at wide receiver with Furman University from 1999-2002. He won the 2002 Banks McFadden trophy for South Carolina football player of the year.

NEEDTOBREATHE's new album CAVES releases Friday September 15, 2023 and they begin a tour across the U.S.A. in October.

Today on the show, we talk to Bear Rinehart about NEEDTOBREATHE's new album, his college football career, his favorite football playing memory, his love for golf and the importance of his faith in the Lord.


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0:00.0

Hey guys, coming up on sports spectrum, Bear Reinhart, lead singer of Need to Breathe.

0:06.3

Need to breathe. I was a little nervous talking to Bear Reinhardt. I got to be honest with you.

0:11.1

Need to Breathe is one of my favorite bands. Bear Reinhart, not just the successful singer-songwriter

0:17.6

for Need to Breathe, but a former college football wide receiver.

0:21.6

He played wide receiver at Furman University in the late 90s and early 2000s.

0:26.2

It was actually South Carolina's football player of the year.

0:29.7

He won the Banks McFadden Trophy in 2002.

0:33.2

He was also named after a pretty famous bear who was a coach in college football.

0:39.6

Of course, Bear Bryant from Alabama.

0:42.0

And now with Need to Breathe so much success, Grammy nominated, multi-platinum band,

0:46.5

they're going to be on tour in October.

0:49.0

And they have a new album coming out in just a few days on September 15th called Caves.

0:53.8

I got to listen to that album. It's

0:55.3

phenomenal. It's classic Need to Breathe in my opinion. So this was a treat for me. It's Bear

1:00.8

Reinhart from Need to Breathe. How cool is that coming on Sports Spectrum? We'll get to the

1:05.5

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1:24.0

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1:28.4

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