I’ve been a Collin Raye fan since his early years, but over the last decade I have not listened to much secular music so I haven’t heard any of his more recent music since I last saw him in concert about ten years ago. After reading this thread I just had to go look up his latest album and listen to some samples. Wow! His voice is still so pure and beautiful, and his hymns have me in tears at the moment. His originals, from the tiny samples I listened to, are just as beautiful, and “Love Remains” has always been my favorite song of his.
On the rare occasion that I do have the opportunity to listen to secular music, my toddler daughter starts yelling “Dance, Dance!” But as I sat here listening to the samples from Collin Raye’s new CD, tears streaming down my face, she reached over to me and said softly, “Sing, mama… sing”. And so this quickly moved from a “like to have” item to a “must have”, so I can sing my favorite hymns with Collin Raye for my daughter.
It is temporarily out of stock on Amazon, so I guess I’ll have to go looking for it elsewhere. I think this may make a nice Christmas gift for my mother as well… she’s not a country music fan, but appreciates beautiful Catholic hymns always.
