Song: Glory Days
Album: To Be Released
Okay, so this amazing young man just so happens to be my cousin. He's less than a year younger than my little brother and he's as close to us as a brother. I love him to pieces and I'm so proud of him.
As some of you know, he's auditioning for The Voice this evening. I'm psyched for him. Honestly, though, I know that whatever the outcome is today, he's amazing and shouldn't ever stop doing what he does. He writes what he knows and he writes it well.
I love the way he tells you a story. By the way, the line "blame it on Cody" was about his dad. See, this whole song is about his dad and his two best buddies, Stevie and Victor, back in their "Glory Days". Blade and I were talking not too long ago and he mentioned realizing that he's in his glory days too.
The song really hits home, as his grandmother Betty and friend Victor Billy have left this earth. However, the love we have for them remains as well as for all the others we have lost along the way.
Blade's a great young man. He's had his ups and downs as anyone has had but he never stays down. I've seen him writhing in personal agony and still do his damnedest to put a smile on the faces of those he loves. He and my brother are my two that I can count on to bring me back up no matter how down I get. I honestly can't be around him without smiling, because that's the kind of person he is.
Whether it's on The Voice or on his own, Blade Brown is a success to me. He always has been and always will be.
You know, writing this makes me think of that Montgomery Gentry song "Something To Be Proud Of". Well, I'm damn proud. I know all of his family and friends are. I know that those looking down on him from Heaven are proud, too.
Memaw would have loved to listen to him sing his own songs and play his guitar around the bonfire by the picnic table. I can almost hear her requesting him to sing his songs and maybe throw in a little Bob Segar, too. Papa, well, I can just imagine how he'd slap Blade on the back and put his arm around his shoulder and say, "Proud of you Big 'Un."
And I guarantee you that they are.
--kk
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