by Cindy Watts
Reality TV fans got to know Danny Gokey as the bespectacled former church music director earlier this year on American Idol. (Gokey finished third behind Adam Lambert and Kris Allen.)
But country music fans — the ones who don’t watch American Idol, anyway — are about to meet Gokey for the first time.
AdvertisementRecently signed to 19 Recordings/RCA Nashville, the Milwaukee-born country-soul singer just released his first single, “My Best Days are Ahead of Me,” to country radio. It’ll be available for download Monday. And there’s more music to come. Gokey spent time earlier this month in the studio finishing up his debut album.
“There is a message to my music,” Gokey said of his new CD, which is due out in early spring. “But it only goes to a point. The rest of the CD is for pure entertainment.
“Coming from church to here is a hard pill to swallow. People will definitely see emotion come out. I want people to feel what I felt in the studio. Without emotion, music is just intellectual — and music has to go beyond intellect.”
Fans can catch Gokey live on Jan. 8, when he makes his debut appearance on The Grand Ole Opry as part of the Sprint Sound & Speed presented by SunTrust country music NASCAR event. Others to look for that night include Hank Williams Jr., Chris Young and Kyle Petty.
via: The Tennessean: Another ‘American Idol’ goes country
