A sad song, but also a happy song in a way.
Like many, I’ve been following along with Rory Feek’s blog at This Life I Live.
Rory is half the duo Joey + Rory. They’ve had a couple songs on the charts over the years with their style of traditional country music. They’ve made millions of fans and have a special place in the hearts of those people.
If you’ve been following along on the blog then you know that the last few months have been very difficult for the couple, their family and friends.
If you haven’t heard then I’ll let you alone to check out the blog.
But in the meantime I heard about an effort from the fans of Joey + Rory to get one of their previous singles back on the charts.
When I’m Gone – Joey + Rory
The song is about a woman speaking to her husband about how he’ll be alright when she’s gone. And in this sense the song is speaking about death.
It’s something that we all have in our future, but it doesn’t mean that it’s easy to lose someone. In fact, it can be one of the hardest things we go through in life.
I didn’t review the song in 2012 when the song was first released. I lost track of Joey + Rory around that time, but have reviewed a couple of their songs. They just have a really great style that isn’t around anywhere else in country music and it hasn’t been for a long time.
But their popularity proves that fans still yearn for music like this. And that is special.
I hope this song gets to number one.
CML Points: 90/100
i wish i could tell joey and rory how much me and my husband love their music, its not a whole lot of the good true country music out there anymore.. and to tell joey that her voice sounds just like a angel, we have been praying for her and her family and will cont. to pray for them..i feel as if they are part of our family..we love yall and yalls music so much!!!!!!!!!!! GOD BLESS YA’LL
I WILL TRY TO BE SHORT, I KNOW YALL ARE GETTING A LOT OF MAIL. JUST SEEN YOUR STORY ABOUT YOUR CANCER, AND WANTED TO TELL YOU THAT ME AND MY HUSBAND LOVE YOUR MUSIC AND THAT WE WILL KEEP YOU IN OUR PRAYERS, I TOO HAVE WORRIES AS MY MOM WAS TOLD SHE HAS LUNG CANCER AND ITS WEARING ON ME. GOD BLESS YOU FOR YOUR WONDERFUL MUSIC AND MAY GOD LEAVE YOU HERE FOR A VERY LONG TIME TO RAISE YOUR CHILDREN AND GROW VERY OLD TOGETHER AND SING YOUR WONDERFUL MUSIC SO YOUNGER AND OLDER PEOPLE & COUPLES CAN HEAR YOUR COUNTRY & GOSPEL MUSIC AND FIND GOD TOO!!! AND JOEY I THINK YOU HAVE A VOICE OF A ANGEL, I TRULY JUST LOVE HEARING YOU SING. I KNOW YALLS MUSIC IS REAL..I DON’T HAVE ANY OF YALL’S CDS RIGHT NOW BUT I WATCH YALL’S SHOWS ON RFD-TV. AND I’M HOPEING SANTA WILL BRING ME SOME.. WITH ALL OUR PRAYERS TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY FROM OUR FAMILY WITH LOVE, LINDA & TOMMY MURRAY