Diamond Rio's 'Greatest'

Wow! It sure has been a while since I posted. I have been meaning to update for quite some time but have been putting it off and putting it off. I am probably one of the biggest procrastinators on the planet but I am here now.
On May 9th, this coming Tuesday, Diamond Rio will release a new CD. The CD will be Greatest Hits, Vol. 2. The CD will feature some of the well known Rio songs and will include 4 new tracks. It promises to be a great CD.
The first single from the CD is titled "God Only Cries." "God Only Cries" is a song about a young man that lost his life. The song talks about how when someone dies that God only cries for the living. He cries for the living because the living are still here and not in Heaven.

The song was written after the songwriter had attended a funeral for a close friend's son. The man told those at the service that the night before that he had a vision of his son telling him not to cry and grieve, but to know that he was in a much better place. The son told his father that the ones that should be grieving were those in Heaven because their loved ones were still on Earth. The songwriter was so moved by this that he wrote "God Only Cries."

The song is starting to make its way up the charts as its at #43 this week on the Radio and Records Country singles chart. I urge you to call your local country radio station and request the song, its a really good song.

Jimmy and Brain of Diamond Rio are going to be on XM satellite radio's Highway 16 ShortCuts on Highway 16 (Channel 16) tomorrow at 6:00 PM ET. Brian and Jimmy will join host Jon Anthony as he plays each song from Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 and fans will hear the stories behind the songs and other things from the guys. I am sure that its going to be a must-listen. If ya miss it tomorrow, the show repeats Saturday, Sunday, and Monday at 6:00 PM ET. If you do not have XM, you can hear the show if you have AOL as AOL Radio has some XM stations, including Highway 16! Be sure to check it out.

Also, there is a full length listening party for Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 over at CMT.com. Here is a link Diamond Rio's artist page on CMT.com: http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/diamond_rio/artist.jhtml

If any of you listen to the listening party and/or the XM ShortCuts, be sure to drop me a comment about what ya think of the CD and/or the show. I would love to hear from ya.

'Till next time.

Jason