In an exclusive interview with People.com, Sadler chats with renowned music journalist
Tricia L. Despres about his PTSD from taking a bullet for his music career;
and exclusively premieres new lyric video for “Darlene”
Plus, feature interviews with WAFF’s “Tennessee Valley Living,” WLAC’s “Rock N’ Review”
with Eric Dahl, and “Now Hear This Entertainment” podcast Episode 382
Includes duets of re-recorded Top 10 country hits with Marty Raybon of Shenandoah,
T. Graham Brown, and Larry Stewart of Restless Heart
Buy/Stream/Listen to 1989 NOW at orcd.co/sammysadler1989
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Texas based country singer Sammy Sadler releases his highly anticipated new album 1989 today by BFD/Audium Nashville everywhere digital music is available, streamed and sold (orcd.co/sammysadler1989). On the new record, Sadler reimagines a collection of songs that accentuates the sounds of a time when he was first making his debut as a critically acclaimed newcomer to Music Row in Nashville.
In a featured interview with renowned music journalist Tricia L. Despres for People.com, Sammy not only opens up about his tale of survival from the “Murder On Music Row,” but also how he’s learned to move on from that entire experience by not giving up, putting his faith in God, and keep pushing on even though he’s already taken a bullet in the process.
Plus, People.com exclusively premiered a new lyric video for “Darlene,” from Sammy’s duet with T. Graham Brown, who originally made the song a #1 hit on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs in 1988.
Sadler also teamed up with a couple other iconic country music hit makers from the late eighties on 1989, notably a duet with Shenandoah’s Marty Raybon for a fresh take of the upbeat “The Church On Cumberland Road,” which exclusively premiered by Country Rebel (click to watch) this past April. Plus, Larry Stewart and Sammy duet together on Restless Heart’s “Bluest Eyes In Texas,” another #1 Billboard hit song from that era also featured on the new record.
“It is such an honor to re-record some of the most memorable songs from an era which I think was one of the best ever,” Sammy said. “To have some of the original artists on this record with me is both humbling, and an honor.”
1989 Track Listing & Songwriters:
1. “Tell It Like It Is” (Richard George Davis JR, Lee Diamond)
2. “Church On The Cumberland Road” (Bob De Piero, Dennis Anthony Robbins, John Scott Sherrill)
Featuring Marty Raybon of Shenandoah
3. “The Bluest Eyes In Texas” (Van Wesley Stephenson, Dave Robbins, Tim Dubois)
Featuring Larry Stewart of Restless Heart
4. “I Can’t Get Close Enough” (Sonny Lemaire, James Pennington)
5. “Darlene” (Michael Geiger, Ricky Rector, Woodrow Mullis)
Featuring T. Graham Brown
6. “I Should Be With You” (Steve Noel Wariner)
7. She’s Crazy For Leaving (Guy Clark, Rodney Crowell)
8. I Know A Place (Harry Stinson, Tommy Lee James)