Blake Shelton: Country Singer & TV Personality

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to me that tonight even after he’s gone he’s still right I just needed the right person to write this song with and the right person to sing it 2 The song’s lyrics which sound similar to a romantic breakup song actually refer to Shelton’s older brother Richie who died in a car accident on November 13 1990 The lyric about seeing it in stone is where the song shifts meaning This is the line where people who thought this was a song about a love gone bad realize it’s about someone who died says Lambert 3 The song was written by Lambert and Shelton and recorded by Lambert It reached Number 1 on the country music charts selling enough to earn platinum certification Winning 2012 Song of the Year may have seemed like the highest point Shelton could reach but it was not the only award he won that night 10 CONTEMPORARY LIVES BLAKE SHELTON Shelton and his brother were very close The guy was my hero Shelton says Talk about worship he was the coolest guy on earth 4 His brother took him fishing and gave him his collection of old country music records When Richie died one of the most heart-wrenching things for Shelton was that Richie’s girlfriend and her four-year-old son died as well RICHIE SHELTON ABD_ECL_SHEL_FPGS indd 1010 10 14 10 59