In this episode, we’ll take a look at the New Covenant, its promise and its Mediator, the Lord Jesus Christ, and see how it ties in with the New Testament Gospel message. This is to refute the claims of recent judaizers who have attempted to hijack the comments of our Rumble channel in order to …

Over the past year, Riley Green has taken the genre by storm. Between scoring hits with tracks such as “Jesus Saves” and “Worst Way,” the countless headlines around his dating life and his appearance alongside Ella Langley on her ACM Award-winning, nearly inescapable track, “you look like you love me,” the Alabama native has seemingly been everywhere lately. This is also thanks in part to the success of his 2024 album, Don’t Mind If I Do, which spawned the aforementioned singles and ended up earning him a gold certification from the RIAA last week. Following the success of the album, Green decided to treat fans to a deluxe edition of the hit record, which is slated to be released next Friday, August 29. Featuring six new songs, the deluxe edition will contain appearances from both Randy Houser on “Cowboy As It Gets” and Hannah McFarland on “I Just Need You.” Additionally, the fan-favorite track, “Make It Rain,” will also finally be getting an official release, and fans are pumped. In case you forgot, Green teased the song acoustically on Instagram all the way back on February 25th, and it quickly went viral. With 1.9 million views, 129,000 likes and over 2,400 comments on Instagram alone, fans were all but begging for an official release. Couple that with the fact that Green has frequently been playing it throughout his Damn Country Music Tour, it became nothing short of a must-have on the deluxe record for many. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Riley Green (@rileyduckman) Today, Green took to Instagram once again to share a studio version of “Make It Rain”, and it sounds like an absolute heartbreak heater from the “Don’t Mind If I Do” singer. Keeping the production fairly minimal, it seems as if he’s stripping the track down with nothing more than an acoustic guitar and some nice inclusion of steel present as well. The lyrics themself also show Green’s continued improvement as a songwriter, grappling with the fact that he ruined another relationship in the chorus where he sings: “I can make it rain I can make her tears fall down Take everything we used to be  And leave it puddled up on the ground Yeah, I can make it flood And watch it wash it all away Take all our love  And pour it down the drain Yeah, I can make it rain I can make it rain…” With the top comment comparing it to vintage Tim McGraw, it looks like Green has another smash hit on the horizon when it officially releases next Friday. Don’t Mind If I Do Deluxe Tracklist: “That’s A Mistake” “Change My Mind” “Reel Problems (featuring Luke Bryan)” “Turnin’ Dirt” “Jesus Saves” “Too Early To Drink” “Pick A Place” “Way Out Here” “Waitin’ All Day” “Chip Off The Ol’ Block” “Alchohall Of Fame” “Rather Be” “Good Morning From Mexico” “Torn” “Damn Good Day To Leave” “Looking Back On This” “Don’t Mind If I Do (featuring Ella Langley)” “Worst Way” “Make It Rain” “Cowboy As It Gets (featuring Randy Houser)” “I Just Need You (featuring Hannah McFarland)” “What Am I Supposed To Do Now” “Bet They’re Biting” “One To Willie” Listen here: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Riley Green (@rileyduckman) Riley Green Tour Dates: August 16th, 2025 – Sainte-Hélène-de-Kamouraska, Canada – Lasso 2025 % August 17th, 2025 – Calgary, Canada – Country Thunder Calgary % August 21st, 2025 – Bonner, MT – KettleHouse Amphitheater ?- August 22nd, 2025 – Idaho Falls, ID – Mountain America Center ?- August 23rd, 2025 – Nampa, ID – Ford Idaho Center Amphitheater ?- August 25th, 2025 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre ?- + (livestreaming on Veeps) August 28th, 2025 – Corning, CA – Obsidian Spirits Amphitheater @- August 30th, 2025 – Puyallup, WA – Puyallup Fairgrounds at Washington State Fair %• September 6th, 2025 – Niagara Falls, Canada – Misty City Music Festival % September 10th, 2025 – London, UK – O2 Forum Kentish Town / September 11th, 2025 – London, UK – O2 Forum Kentish Town / September 12th, 2025 – London, UK – O2 Forum Kentish Town / September 13th, 2025 – Birmingham, UK – O2 Academy Birmingham / September 15th, 2025 – Manchester, England – O2 Victoria Warehouse / September 16th, 2025 – Glasgow, UK – O2 Academy Glasgow / September 18th, 2025 – Belfast, UK – Waterfront Hall / September 19th, 2025 – Dublin, Ireland – Olympia Theatre / September 26th, 2025 – Washington, DC – Washington Nationals Park October 4th, 2025 – Winnsboro, SC – Field & Stream Festival % October 10th, 2025 – North Charleston, SC – Riverfront Revival % October 23rd, 2025 – Atlanta, GA – The Eastern November 1st, 2025 – Gonzales, LA – Boots on the Bayou % November 6th, 2025 – Grand Rapids, MI – Van Andel Arena #~/ November 7th, 2025 – St Louis, MO – Chaifetz Arena #~/ November 8th, 2025 – Kansas City, MO – TMobile Center #~/ November 9th, 2025 – Phoenix, AZ – The Hondo Rodeo Fest % November 13th, 2025 – University Park, PA – Bryce Jordan Center #~/ November 14th, 2025 – Toledo, OH – The Huntington Center #~/ November 15th, 2025 – Peoria, IL – Peoria Civic Center Arena #~/ November 20th, 2025 – Lincoln, NE – Pinnacle Bank Arena ~/ November 21st, 2025 – Oklahoma City, OK – Paycom Center #~/ November 22nd, 2025 – Little Rock, AR – Simmons Bank Arena#^$ December 12th, 2025 – Las Vegas, NV – Resorts World December 13th, 2025 – Las Vegas, NV – Resorts World May 30th, 2026 – Panama City Beach, FL – Gulf Coast Jam % @Vincent Mason #Jamey Johnson ~Drake White $Lauren Watkins -Preston Cooper ?Mike Ryan Josh Ross /Hannah McFarland ^Dustin Lynch %Festival dateThe post Riley Green Shares Studio Version Of Fan-Favorite, “Make It Rain,” From Upcoming Deluxe Edition Of “Don’t Mind If I Do” first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

Insane. Of course, Luke Bryan is a pioneer, if you will (for lack of a MUCH better term), of the bro country movement, and a lot it is thanks to the popularity of his hit album Tailgates & Tanlines, which was released in 2011 and included the massive hit “Country Girl (Shake It for Me).” Co-written by Bryan alongside Dallas Davidson, it was released as the first single from his aforementioned album, debuting at #52 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. As of April 2014, it is the third best-selling song by a male country music solo artist, but you might be surprised to learn that, for as huge as it was, “Country Girl” never topped the country radio charts. The highest it went was #4 on the U.S. Hot Country Songs chart, and it peaked in the top 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming a minor crossover hit there too. It’s honestly hard to believe that’s the case, because that song became so huge and was seemingly everywhere at the time, but in a recent interview with Elaina Smith, he explained why that was the case. I think I honestly always assumed it was a #1 hit because I didn’t follow radio charts that closely back then (I was like a freshman in high school at the time), and you could hardly go anywhere without hearing it… as far as presumable “hits” go, and the expanse that they have, this song had it all and was played constantly. But Luke says a large part of the reason that the numbers were so skewed is because so many people were downloading songs illegally at that time, thanks to software like LimeWire that allowed people to skirt around the early days of digital music, when you still had to buy individual songs, albums and music videos from iTunes instead of paying a flat fee for streaming of every king with Apple Music and Spotify these days. Spotify actually came to the States in 2011, the same year “Country Girl” dropped, but only had 24 million users by 2013. For reference, they reported a whopping 252 million subscribers, and 640 million monthly active users, at the end of last year. I’m old enough to remember getting iTunes gift cards for my birthday, and honestly, I’m ashamed to admit I probably used one to buy Tailgates and Tanlines for my little iPod to make sure I had the perfect beach trip back then… the piracy aspect of music and other videos was obviously a much bigger problem then, because these days everything is easy to find, watch and listen via streaming, but that wasn’t always the case as many of us know: “I think it didn’t go all the way to #1 just because I think a portion of people might’ve been a little reluctant to… just didn’t really know how to embrace “Country Girl (Shake It for Me).” And when I wrote it, I was kind of scared of it a little bit, because it was stepping out there. I mean, when I stepped out there in it, when I put this thing out, that was what I was. When it didn’t get to #1, I don’t even think I was disappointed or anything. I mean, if you really wanna go backstage, I don’t think people really understand how much that song was getting illegally downloaded at the time. That’s another thing that, early in my career, I was caught up in the illegal part of songs. A lot of my songs, and Jason Aldean, every artist of that time frame.” Luke went onto explain that his record label predicated that it was getting downloaded illegally “20 million times a week” for THREE years… it’s hard to fully comprehend those numbers, in many ways, it’s also easy to believe, because it’s hard to really describe how big that song was. It should’ve easily been a #1 and then some. I mean, why listen to the radio when you can just download the song and not even pay for it… “There were times that my record label was predicting that it was getting downloaded illegally 20 million times a week, illegally. For three years that happened. You can’t go back and have that, but when I look going forward, what a life altering song for me that I’ll get to play until I’m an 80-year old man getting to make some country girls have fun and dance. What did Waylon Jennings say? If I knew I was gonna live this long I would taken better care of myself.” Death, taxes, and Luke Bryan wanting to make a country girl shake it when he’s well past the age most would find that appropriate… classic. While he doesn’t seem to affected by the fact that it wasn’t a #1 radio hit, I have too imagine he can’t think too much about all the money he lost out on by having the song essentially stolen that many times… You can watch the clip here, and it’s actually pretty interesting: @elainadsmith Be honest…did you do it?? @Luke Bryan #countrygirlshakeitforme #countrygirl #lukebryan : @Goose Gossett ♬ Country Girl (Shake It For Me) – Luke Bryan I’m going to have this stuck in my head for the rest of the day now, dang it… “Country Girl (Shake It for Me)” The post Luke Bryan Says “Country Girl (Shake It for Me)” Was Illegally Downloaded As Many As 20 MILLION Times A Week… For Years first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

Making it in the country music world is no longer a linear, road-dog friendly path. Tanner Usrey joined the Whiskey Riff Raff podcast to talk about how a car accident jumpstarted his country music career, his biggest musical influences, having his songs featured in Landman and Yellowstone, how TikTok has changed the music industry and much more. And since I just mentioned TikTok, I’ll use that as a segue into Tanner Usrey’s current thought process as an artist. He just recently released his sophomore album These Days, which is an introspective blending of southern rock and Texas soul (A.K.A. what Tanner Usrey does best). Though it’s only been out for just over a month now, there’s somewhat of a pressure to keep things moving along, as the country singer explained: “I’m always kind of on to the next thing. I’ll take a moment and go, ‘Alright, cool. It’s done. It’s out there.’ (Then I say), ‘Alright, let’s get back to work.’ I’m kind of focused on the tour right now… and I guess social media. I’m trying to pick up the social media game.” For better or for worse, social media has become something that goes hand in hand with being an artist. So Tanner Usrey says he’s doing his best to hone in on his “Twitter personality” and present that to the online world, even though it’s something he wishes he didn’t have to dedicate a lot of time to: “I’m a goofy guy, so I try to be goofy and just… I don’t know, it’s such a weird time for music because it’s all about the content. And I hate it.” @whiskeyriff “It’s all about the content, and I hate it.” @Tanner Usrey // Check out the full podcast with Tanner Usrey, available on Spotify, Apple, and YouTube now. #whiskeyriff #whiskeyriffraff #tannerusrey ♬ original sound – Whiskey Riff It’s a weird time indeed. The good news is that Tanner Usrey can rest assured knowing that he’s not the only one that despises the recent trend of artists being discovered on TikTok. Many other artists, including Luke Combs, have expressed their concern with singers blowing up and having their first gig be an opening slot for a larger artist at a stadium. Usrey even admitted that he was helped by social media when one of his songs went viral prior to TikTok even existing. But still, that doesn’t change Usrey’s view on how artists should be breaking into the industry. The country singer prefers the way that he did things over the modern way of artists blowing up on TikTok: “I’m a road dog for sure… I’m not anti-TikTok. I understand it’s a necessary thing. But I’m a road dog. I think I was one of the last ones that went and hopped in a van and played as many shows as possible. I think Cody Canada said one time, ‘We played as many shows as possible, for however many people as possible, for however much was possible.’ That’s always kind of stuck with me. It’s evolved so much.” Enough said. To hear more from Tanner Usrey, download the podcast on Apple Podcasts by searching “Whiskey Riff Raff” or click here. We’re also available on Spotify and wherever else you can listen to podcasts. Cheers, y’all. Audio Video The post Tanner Usrey Favors The “Road Dog Mentality” & Hates That Artists Have To Worry About TikTok first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

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