God and a Granddaughter Inspire Collin Raye
Collin Raye called me from the hospital. That's just how his life is these days, now that he is the very hands-on grandfather of a little girl with an undiagnosed neurological condition. So while there was a time before Haley, 9, was born that Raye did phone interviews from home, a recording studio or a tour bus, things are just different now.
"My kids need me. They just need Poppy around," he told me. And while he does everything he can to help his daughter, Britanny, care for Haley and her younger daughter, Mattie, he still feels helpless sometimes. "I've always been the patriarch and the fixer," he says. "But the day to day now is a constant battle."
But like any good songwriter, Raye says, you do everything you can to ease the suffering with your music. So he tried for years to write a song about Haley, but he just couldn't. So he prayed. Then one day on a flight to a show, he said, "This song just fell out of heaven onto my tray table. I scribbled it out in 20 minutes. God was saying, 'This is what I want you to say.'" The result is "She's With Me," a very moving song with a very sad video to go along with it. It's a long way from Raye's big heyday hits like 1993's "That's My Story" and 1997's "Little Red Rodeo," but songs -- like life -- tend to take you down paths you never knew you'd be on.
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MiaT says:
God Bless the family!! Lots of hugs
pam says:
collin raye has always been my favorite singer song writer, i have missed hearing new songs from him, and look forward to his come back,all my prayers go out to him and his family .God bless all of you.
hotelmotel says:
Collin Raye was popular 15 years ago. Its time to move on to new and better things.
solongsowrong says:
Pam: Since Collin Raye has continued to make new music all along, where is he suppose to be coming back from, and why have you missed hearing new songs from him? If you like an artist, don’t let commercial Mainstream radio dictate if you’re going to listen to them or not.
Just for another opinion opposite of hotel’s here, I’ve seen many artists who were “popular” years ago, still getting Grammy nods and other awards. Just because someone might be newer, doesn’t neccesarily make them better. There’s lots of better Country music out there, all you need to do is take the time to look for it, instead of waiting for it to find you..
Rebecca says:
Was blessed by hearing this song on Fox-My husband and I have always loved Collin Raye’s music. This one is definately very special and the words can only be inspired by a loving Father to a special dad and grandfather.
carolyn bribon says:
i want collin raye to have a concert hjere in the philippines