![]() Jolene from TxTo me it reflects getting adopted, when I was on the road as an orphan, it was not fun."Late winter of '94, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band was doing the record called 'Acoustic' in Colorado, and we recorded this simple, little song," he concluded, "and we have played it almost nightly since we recorded it." "After that," he added, "Marcus said to me, 'I got this inspiration from a conversation from a songwriter friend of mine named Bobby Boyd, and I think we should include Bobby as an author on the song.'" "He had a little outline going already, and we wrote most of it in a couple of hours." "He sat down and said, 'I've got this idea,' and he sang me this piano intro, which is essentially what you heard on the Rascal Flatts record," Hanna continued. We got to talking about the circuitous route you take in life and how sometimes you think things are horrible and are never going to get better, but they lead you to something that ultimately is a lot better, whether it's a relationship, spiritual path, business or whatever." "Marcus' wife, Becca Stevens, had actually married Matraca and me. Hanna recalled the story of the song to The Boot: "In 1994, when Matraca and I got back from our honeymoon, Marcus and I got together to write," he said. This was written by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's Jeff Hanna with songwriters Bobby Boyd and Marcus Hummon. I am so thankful I handed God the reigns because, with Him, I knew I'd go down the right path." God is in control! He's always been there and always will be. When I would get lonely and frustrated, waiting on my husband to come along, I always tried to remind myself of one very important thing. It could also be about how you met your best friend or how you found the Lord. 'Bless the Broken Road' talks about all the different roads one goes down to find their true love. God's timing is perfect! He has a plan for each and everyone of us. ![]() Let me tell you, don't listen to everyone else. It isn't that I didn't want to settle down before that, I just hadn't met 'the one.' It seems society kind of puts a stigma on those that are single and 30-something or 40-something. In 2006 she recorded the song a second time as a member of the gospel group Selah.Ĭrittenden commented on the song: "I got married to an amazing man at the age of 34. The first version to be released as a single came out in 1998 by the country singer Melodie Crittenden under the title "Broken Road." Her recording reached #42 on the singles chart. This song was originally recorded by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band on their 1994 album Acoustic.
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