{"id":1303998,"date":"2019-02-20T14:37:31","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T21:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1803189"},"modified":"2019-02-20T14:37:31","modified_gmt":"2019-02-20T21:37:31","slug":"the-bellamy-brothers-on-blake-shelton-theres-something-special-about-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/the-bellamy-brothers-on-blake-shelton-theres-something-special-about-him\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bellamy Brothers on Blake Shelton: \u201cThere\u2019s Something Special About Him\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
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by Samantha Stephens<\/a><\/span> 1m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n

The Bellamy Brothers\u2019 love for Blake Shelton<\/a> is endlessly flowing. That, folks, is a statement of fact<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Shelton has never been shy when expressing his fondness and gratitude for his musical heroes. They mean the world to him, personally and professionally, especially Howard and David Bellamy, who join Shelton on his current Friends and Heroes Tour<\/em>, which also features John Anderson, Trace Adkins, and Lauren Alaina as the very special guest.<\/p>\n

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And Howard and David Bellamy feel exactly the same way about their buddy Shelton.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a real person,\u201d Howard Bellamy said of the superstar.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s weird about Blake, he was that way before. You can tell there\u2019s something a little different about him. He\u2019s open and so inclusive with everybody. There\u2019s something special and you knew that before he ever had a hit record.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cNo telling how he\u2019s gonna be at the end of his career,\u201d he added with a laugh.<\/p>\n

A hero to many, just like the Bellamy Brothers are to him.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s a scary thought to be anybody\u2019s hero,\u201d Howard said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe loves that music from that time,\u201d David said. \u201cI remember we were playing out in Oregon, and we went onstage at about 5 pm in the afternoon and he was headlining at 11 pm. And he was down there, and he sat on the side of the stage and sang every song we sang, the whole show.\u201d<\/p>\n

A lot of artists say they love the legacy of the country music and the artists that birthed it. But Shelton\u2019s devotion is more than just words: he put his money where his mouth is.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe wants to go out and do this tour with us and John Anderson and Trace because he loves that music from that era. And he also cut a few of those songs he cut \u2019Tequila Sheila\u2019 and a few others,\u201d David continued.<\/p>\n

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\u201cBlake loves the history of country music,\u201d Howard said. \u201cEven his fans\u2026you see fans that only know new country music. They don\u2019t have a clue about what went on before all of this. Blake knows it and he has a passion for it. That\u2019s so rare. And to be in a position like he is to expose that is an amazing thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Will Shelton be a country music icon in the coming years?<\/p>\n

\u201cThis isn\u2019t just blowing smoke cause we\u2019ve known him. To me, Blake is almost like an Elvis character,\u201d David revealed. \u201cHe\u2019s an iconic guy. I think he carries himself that way. When he transitioned to TV it was over. He translated so well.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut he\u2019s still so accessible,\u201d Howard cut in.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd he can still get away with doing his crazy stuff and people love him for it,\u201d David acknowledged. \u201cI think he\u2019s got that iconic image which is a great thing. I\u2019m really happy for him.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Bellamy Brothers know a thing or two about what it means to be an international symbol of country music. The duo was traveling to parts of the world where country artists had never ventured early in their career. And their ambassadorship didn\u2019t just stop with country music, as the group became internationally known to an all-genre audience with \u201cLet Your Love Flow\u201d became a number one pop hit in over twenty countries.<\/p>\n

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For the brothers, it\u2019s still sometimes hard to fully comprehend the incredible journey they\u2019ve shared over the years.<\/p>\n

\u201cI remember going into a gas station in Switzerland one time and thumbing through the CDs in the racks. The only CDs they had were The Bellamy Brothers and ABBA. That\u2019s all they had in the racks,\u201d David said with a laugh.<\/p>\n

Well, what else could you need, right?<\/p>\n

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Samantha is a country radio insider with a deep love for the music and its stars. She can often be found on a red carpet or at a late-night guitar pull.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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