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Danny Gokey on Country Weekly Magazine

Iheartie Shirl let us know that Danny is on this week’s Country Weekly Magazine with a two-page spread.

Title of the article is “Deep Freeze Day” and Danny talks about how cold it was in the warehouse the day they shot the video for ‘My Best Days Are Ahead Of Me’, with scenes from the shoot.

Thanks, Shirl, for the tip and for the magazine!!! <3

LA Times: Idol Tracker: Catching up with Danny Gokey

Season 8 third-place finisher Danny Gokey has been busy making the country radio rounds in advance of his major label debut, “My Best Days” (due out March 2 on 19 Recordings/RCA Nashville). He’s also about to head out on the road as the opener for Sugarland! So before things get totally nuts, the Milwaukee native, who recently moved to Nashville to be closer to his late wife’s family, made some time for us.

Who do you think would make good mentors this season?

Carrie Underwood would be great because she was there, so she knows what it’s like. I think Carrie could mentor like it’s never been done before — it would be a brand new experience and a brand new take. I also think Brian McKnight would do a great job on the show. He’s a great singer and it’s good to go back to people who can just plain sing — it’s not all about the lights and dazzle.

Can the show go on without Simon Cowell?

I think the show has a great strategic team that really works hard keeping it successful. So when Paula [Abdul] left, and everyone was, like, “Whoa, what’s going on?” — myself included — it was because she was such a huge factor on that show. She was really important, but it was her choice to leave and you have to let them go. Then they came up with a great idea: to bring Ellen DeGeneres on. She’s very popular and entertaining and I thought that was a brilliant move. Just like with Paula, you can’t replace Simon with someone who’ll be exactly like he was. You have to reinvent the wheel and give it a fresh look. It’s sad to see him go, but if they pick someone polarizing and very popular but let it have its own legs to grow, it can be very successful for however long they want.

Howard Stern: pro or con?

A lot of people don’t like him, and lot of people do, so with that controversy comes great gain.

Any plans to perform on the show this season?

Yes, I will be back on “American Idol.” I can’t give a date yet, but I’m looking forward to it big time.

What about participating in “Idol Gives Back?” That seems like a no-brainer.

I want to so bad! Because I love giving back. It’s what I did before “American Idol,” so I told my manager to let them know that it doesn’t have to be about me or my foundation [Sophia's Heart] but if there’s some way I can help — whether it’s answering phones or whatever. I love being associated with charity. I don’t see getting involved as a cliche and I don’t want to be known just as an entertainer. But I also don’t want to just slap my name on something; I want to be actively involved — in the streets cleaning up, meeting people, helping them… This is not about an image thing, it’s a passion thing.

“My Best Days” is a pretty bold title for a single and album…

And I do realize that some people might not get it and think that I’m being disrespectful to my wife, but I don’t think they understand and here’s how I explain it: Going through what I had to go through was not a fun situation, but the fact that something so good could come out of something so bad has given me a second chance at life — an optimism where I feel like I can breathe again. So I’m telling people that my best days are still yet ahead of me. I think that’s a strong statement, because I’m not getting caught up in the past. The secret was letting go of the bad and hanging on to the good. Yeah, it’s a bold statement, but sometimes you just have to do that in life; otherwise, you’ll be a miserable person trapped in your past. So I know there are good things coming. I know this is what my wife wanted me to do. I know she wanted me to move on because that’s what love does, and she loved me. I haven’t forgotten about Sophia. I started a whole organization in her name to keep her memory alive on this Earth. Even after I die, her memory will still go on because that’s how much of an influence she had on me.

– Shirley Halperin

via: LA Times: Idol Tracker: Catching up with Danny Gokey

Danny Gokey in this week’s Country Weekly Magazine

Thank you, Shellie, for sending us the scans!

According to comments here of people that already bought the magazine, Country Weekly has a four-page centerfold article about Danny on its February 01, 2010 issue, on newsstands now (01/25 – 01/31).

I want that magazine!!! XD

You can consult Country Weekly’s website to know where the magazine is available on US and Canada HERE.