The Weight Featuring Mac Powell and Bart Millard – The Story Behind The Song

May 7, 2013 by Spence Smith Blog The Story Behind The Songs

The Weight was composed by Robbie Robertson and originally recorded by his group, The Band. The song was sung by The Band’s drummer, (and fellow Arkansan) Levon Helm. Randy, Spence and I are all from Arkansas, and Spence & I grew up in Fort Smith. In our little town, there was a bar called Old [...]

Open Up Heaven Featuring Vince Gill – The Story Behind The Song

November 19, 2012 by Spence Blog The Story Behind The Songs

Open Up Heaven is such a special song, largely due to the fact that Vince Gill, who has the voice of an angel, graciously sang the duet with me! It is also special because I wrote it during a very difficult season of life. It was difficult relationally, spiritually, and occupationally. A season where I [...]

Flight 605 – The Story Behind The Song

November 14, 2012 by Spence Blog The Story Behind The Songs

I wrote the song, Flight 605, many years ago on a flight from the West Coast, coming back home to Tennessee. I was definitely feeling homesick, as there is not much “Southern” about Southern California! Little did I know then that I would actually live in Southern California, which is where my family & I [...]

Chevrolet Away – The Story Behind The Song

November 12, 2012 by Spence Blog The Story Behind The Songs

Spence Smith, Randy Williams and I all grew up in Arkansas, so we were exposed to a LOT of Country music before we moved to Nashville. It is safe to say that if you cut us, we “bleed” Country! But back in the mid 1990′s, Christian bands were mostly interested in recording pop and rock [...]

Hope For America – The Story Behind The Song

November 8, 2012 by Spence Blog The Story Behind The Songs

Over the next several weeks, we are going to be posting a series called The Story Behind The Songs. It’s a bit of an inside look at each song on our new records The Way Back Home. Since we just went through a huge election here in the United States… and also because it’s the [...]

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The Weight Featuring Mac Powell and Bart Millard – The Story Behind The Song

Open Up Heaven Featuring Vince Gill – The Story Behind The Song

Flight 605 – The Story Behind The Song

Chevrolet Away – The Story Behind The Song

Hope For America – The Story Behind The Song

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