THE BELLAMY BROTHERS NOMINATED FOR TWO DOVE AWARDS FOR COUNTRY ALBUM AND COUNTRY RECORDED SONG
Nashville, TN (February 18, 2008) ---- Country music’s favorite brother duo, The Bellamy Brothers, have been nominated for their first Dove Awards in two categories. The final nominees were announced today in Nashville at a press conference and The Bellamy Brothers were nominated for Country Album (“Jesus Is Coming”) and for Country Recorded Song (“Drug Problem”). The awards will be handed out at the 39th Annual Dove Awards on April 23 that will air live on the Gospel Music Channel.
“This nomination means more to us than any we’ve received in our career,” says The Bellamy Brothers. “This album has brought us full circle in our music and faith. To be nominated by the GMA makes us feel amazingly blessed and we are so thankful for this honor.”
Jesus Is Coming is the first Christian project for Howard and David Bellamy and the 49th album of their illustrious career. The first single from the project, “Drug Problem,” has reached #1 on the Power Source chart that is a combination of Country, Christian, and Texas radio stations. The single reached #27 on the Music Row chart and is poised to enter the Radio & Records chart in the near future. The Bellamy Brothers say “Drug Problem” is getting a great reaction from fans on their tour dates and they performed the song this past summer on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry.
Christian and Country media have been supportive of Jesus Is Coming with Infuze.com saying, Jesus Is Coming is a surprisingly strong album of songs, featuring a traditional range of sounds with good writing and performances all around. CelebrityCafe.com exclaims, The Bellamy Brothers already have a rich musical history and “Jesus Is Coming” does nothing but add to that. ChristianMusicToday.com continues, Nice to hear a country music album expressing Christian faith in a way that's characteristic of the genre: personable, meaningful, and charming. And Bob Oerrmann gives a glowing review of the single, “Drug Problem.” His “drug” problem is that he was drug to church, drug to school, drug to the woodshed, drug to family reunions and drug to all kinds of other character-building things. The track is airy and open and marked by dobro notes “answering” the vocal phrasing. Very listenable.
Howard and David Bellamy were raised in Florida and began their musical journey during their childhoods. Without any formal training, they mastered several instruments and in college started playing paid gigs. In 1973, David Bellamy’s song, “Spiders and Snakes,” became a top 5 hit for Jim Stafford and went on to sell three million copies. David and Howard signed with Curb/Warner Bros. in 1975 and became The Bellamy Brothers. Their first hit was “Let Your Love Flow,” followed by the Grammy-winning “If I Said You Had A Beautiful Body (Would You Hold It Against Me), “You Ain’t Just Whistlin’ Dixie,” “Kids of the Baby Boom,” “For All the Wrong Reasons,” and “Old Hippie,” that has a new version on Jesus Is Coming, “Old Hippie III (Saved).” The Bellamy Brothers have garnered more nominations than any other artist in the Duo Category for the Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music Awards. The group also maintains a heavy tour schedule with dates in the states and in Europe.
For tour updates and more information on The Bellamy Brothers please visit, www.bellamybrothers.com.