Welcome to the conversations that matter podcast. My name is John Harris. We are going to talk about some country music today. I know that's not a topic I usually talk about but some of you may know. I do like country music when it's real country music I don't know what they're

playing on the radio today because it doesn't sound like country most of the

time but there are still a few songs and a few artists I like.

Blake Shelton there's a greater chance that I'll like his music than others

just because he still sounds kind of traditional he's been in the business since like the

90s and so he he still has some of that

that traditional sound and that's what I appreciate but he just came out with a new

song and I thought I got a gotta I gotta go over this song and

you know that Blake Shelton's never gonna see this video probably but there's

part of me that wishes he would because I want to kind of plead with him to be

honest with you and it's not just him it's a lot of

country music artists who come from more conservative backgrounds in rural middle

America from the Bible Belt usually their parents are probably Christians or they

come from a Christian culture and they're familiar with church church you know even

today church is a theme in country songs. There'll be references to church or

references to the Bible or or the King James or something like that and and

it's sad because I think there are some saved country music singers. I think like

Josh Turner sounds like he's probably a true believer. I know years ago now he's had a stroke but Randy Travis was pretty outspoken and there's

been there's been a few singers over the years of course I think all of them will

probably claim on some level some version of Christianity.

But Blake Shelton put out a song that just typifies

kind of southern culture when it comes to traditional religion and Christianity in particular and kind of just that that

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