BlackHawk continues to record new music – including their well-received 2015 Brothers Of The Southland album, a forthcoming Christmas record, and an acoustic greatest hits album – and deliver stellar live shows, backed by an all-star band of veteran country and southern rock players. That’s a big part of what propels us to keep creating as writers and performers.”įor the fans, for the music, and for the brotherhood of Henry and Dave, harmony remains a powerful force. “They listened to us as kids, and still have a love for the music we made.
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“Our audiences today are often full of 18 to 30 years olds,” says Dave.
Henry and Dave regrouped and soon returned to the album charts with their Greatest Hits – dedicated to Van and featuring his final track “Ships Of Heaven” – as well as 2002’s Spirit Dancer and 2011’s Down From The Mountain, along with a touring schedule that brought the music to fans like never before. There’s still a lot of great music left in BlackHawk.’” Since Van’s death on April 8th, 2001, the band and its fans have raised nearly a quarter of a million dollars for The Van Stephenson Memorial Cancer Fund at Nashville’s Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center. First, do what you can to help raise awareness and find a cure for this thing. Towards the end of our visit, Van said ‘I’ve got two things to ask of you guys. We spent the morning just talking, reminiscing about our career and good times together. “Van was in a wheelchair at this point, and we took him for a stroll around his neighborhood. “Two days before Van passed away, Henry and I went to visit him,” Dave remembers. We found ourselves at a crossroads as a band, and it would have been an easy time for country music to count us out.”
“He could be a tremendously gifted songwriter and a deeply spiritual guy. “Van’s contribution to the group was enormous,” Henry says. And the fans responded.”īut at the height of the trio’s success in 1999, Van Stephenson was diagnosed with an aggressive form of melanoma. But we were committed to smart, strong songs whether they fit the format or not.
“Getting a BlackHawk record on the radio was often a tough sell,” explains Henry, “for the same reason country radio rejected bands like The Mavericks, The Dixie Chicks, and Alison Krauss. It was an unprecedented run of hits for a band that never quite fit the standard country mold. The album soon certified Double-Platinum, and the band received an ACM nomination as Best New Vocal Group Of The YearīlackHawk followed up with the hit albums Strong Enough, Love & Gravity, and Sky’s The Limit, which collectively featured such hits as “I’m Not Strong Enough To Say No”, “Like There Ain’t No Yesterday”, “Big Guitar”, “Almost A Memory Now”, “There You Have It” and “Postmarked Birmingham”. Today BlackHawk continues to honor its past as it forges its future, and does it all with a commitment that takes their music – and the harmony – to a whole new level.īlackHawk’s 1993 self-titled Arista debut album launched with the smash single “Goodbye Says It All”, followed by the Top 5 hits “Every Once in a While”, “I Sure Can Smell the Rain”, “Down in Flames” and “That’s Just About Right”. It’s a harmony that has sold over 7 million albums, scored some of the most distinctive country radio hits of the ‘90s, and still draws tens of thousands of fans to their electrifying live performances. About BlackHawkįor more than 20 years, BlackHawk has shared a unique sense of harmony with their voices, their songs, and their fans. Special Guest Tigirlily & Green Light Night will open the show. EPIC Events is excited to announce that BlackHawk will be in concert on the MIDCO Stage at Essentia Health Plaza at The Lights on Friday, August 20th at 7 p.m.