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Chris Stapleton – Sometimes I Cry (Bing Lounge)<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He co-wrote “Drink A Beer.” I know because my inbox is filling up with testimonials to Chris Stapleton. He’s got a vocal fanbase exceeding that of any artist who hasn’t broken through yet. To the point where I had to check him out.<\/p>\n

And if the above video doesn’t close you, you don’t.<\/p>\n

Cry, that is.<\/p>\n

So there is hope. Although it seems to be centered in Nashville.<\/p>\n

Yes, I know my audience hates Top Forty and wants to believe real music can still triumph. Chris Stapleton is testimony to this.<\/p>\n

But he’s not completely unknown.<\/p>\n

He cowrote Kenny Chesney’s number one single, “Never Wanted Nothing More,” which ironically was the track that got me into Kenny. There’s that one change…<\/p>\n

Actually, Stapleton has had four number ones. Including George Strait’s “Love’s Gonna Make It All Right” and Darius Rucker’s “Come Back Song.” Hell, he’s had over 150 covers.<\/p>\n

And most people still don’t know his name.<\/p>\n

I didn’t.<\/p>\n

So put that in your I’m ready to be famous pipe. Those with no audience and no traction who are looking for their one big break.<\/p>\n

You’d believe Stapleton would have caught his by now. He’s had multiple bands, including the SteelDrivers and the Jompson Brothers. And now he’s a solo act on Universal. And I’d like to tell you that song they’re pushing, “What Are You Listening To,” is a stone cold smash.<\/p>\n

But it’s not.<\/p>\n

It’s good. But it’s just a bit too polished, a bit too slick.<\/p>\n

Oh, it’s close. If you’re a fan you’ll love it.<\/p>\n

But if you’re not, you probably won’t be closed.<\/p>\n

But this live video of “Sometimes I Cry”… Wow!<\/p>\n

They talk about autotune, everybody’s trying to be perfect, but the key is to get it right.<\/p>\n

And when it comes to music, it’s about humanity.<\/p>\n

He’s picking his guitar and you feel like you’re right there, even though it’s on your screen.<\/p>\n

Then he starts to sing.<\/p>\n

Everybody thinks they’re a singer. And then someone like Chris Stapleton opens his mouth and you hear the raw emotion, the rich honey, but then comes the bark with the bite.<\/p>\n

When Stapleton sings…”sometimes I CRY”…it’s like one of those moments on “Britain’s Got Talent,” where an unknown becomes an instant star. Imagine if Susan Boyle was a hit songwriter!<\/p>\n

That’s how powerful this presentation is.<\/p>\n

And when you’re this good, you instantly become beautiful, and desirable, because your insides shine.<\/p>\n

You think you need to look like Rihanna and your vocal can be fixed in the studio.<\/p>\n

And that’s one path.<\/p>\n

But the one we really want to take is the one evidenced by Stapleton.<\/p>\n

If he wrote this song…he must have lived it! How does a bearded, bear-like man decide to reveal his inner pain, how does he become so vulnerable?<\/p>\n

That’s what we’re all looking for, vulnerability.<\/p>\n

You can go to dinner and discuss what you did, but that’s only a set-up, leave it at that and it’s boring. You’ve got to get to the heart of the matter, how do you FEEL!<\/p>\n

‘Cause every day that I walk around like I’m all right<\/em>
\nI pretend to wear a smile on my face<\/em><\/p>\n

Hiding your emotions, keeping them inside, it’s the American way.<\/p>\n

Everybody keeps telling me to move on<\/em><\/p>\n

That’s the second worst thing about a breakup. That your friends don’t want to hear about it. Oh, they’ll listen for a while, but then they want you to move on long before you’re ready to.<\/p>\n

But I can’t seem to go anywhere without you<\/em><\/p>\n

It’s like they’re sitting on your shoulder, stuffed in your back pocket, not only where you used to go, but places you know they’d like to be.<\/p>\n

But sometimes<\/em>
\nSometimes<\/em>
\nSometimes I CRY<\/em><\/p>\n

Alone in bed. Driving home. The waterworks are unexpected, and can’t be turned off, you ache, you don’t think you’re ever gonna feel good.<\/p>\n

This is the essence. This is what we’re looking for.<\/p>\n

And when Chris Stapleton distills this raw essence into a studio recording everybody will know his name.<\/p>\n

“What Are You Listening To”<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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