A couple of weeks ago I had a chance to reminisce with someone I hadn't seen in five or six years. The last time we hung out was the year she won a Grammy. I doubt any of you will guess who she is. Unless you listen to a lot of CCM, you probably have no idea who she is. Let us call her BL.
BL got into the industry in her late teens. Right around her 18th birthday. BL has always been very religious and had the "look" most desired in the CCM industry. Blonde, with pale skin who every guy wanted to have sex with, but who the guy's significant other would not find threatening. She got her first job in a band because of those looks. Oh, sure she could play an instrument, but the band needed someone female and she fit the model. Some CCM labels have their models more defined. In addition to being blonde with pale skin, your measurements have to be within certain parameters. They don't want the women to be too sexy. Anyway, BL was on tour with the band that hired her and they opened for this A list singer who was A list back in the day when this happened and is A list now. Back in the day it was A list everywhere and now is probably A list in her world. Let us call her ES.
It was the first or second week, BL had been on tour and she had run into the husband of ES. He was also a singer. He began flirting with BL all the time. It was incessant. Just heavy heavy flirting and BL was really uncomfortable with it. First, she had led a very sheltered home schooled kind of life and she had just turned 18 and was on the road and this guy who she knew from his records was flirting with her. Plus, he was married and married to ES, who BL had worshiped for years.
BL confided in the leader of the group who she was playing for and he told her he would take care of it. The next thing you know, BL is being called to the suite of ES and ES yells at her for trying to steal the husband of ES. BL is crying and insisting she did no such thing. I mean, BL is totally unprepared for this type of situation. The berating goes on for almost an hour. During this she says that the opening band could get kicked off the tour because of the actions of BL. Finally, ES says she will pray about her decision and will call BL when she decides.
About an hour later, BL is called and told to go back to ES' suite. When she arrives, ES said that after praying about it, she decided that BL and the band could stay, but BL was going to have to prove herself. Again, BL is in way over her head here. ES says the flirting is causing a lot of tension and that ES's husband has not been able to focus and blames BL. In order to get all that out of the way, it would probably be a good idea for BL and ES; husband to have sex. ES will watch to make sure everything goes OK. Now, at this point, BL is saving herself for marriage and has no idea what to do. When she hesitated though, ES told her she didn't have to have sex but that BL and the band would be kicked off the tour. BL ended up having sex with the husband of ES and had to have sex with him every night of the tour while ES watched. BL was also coerced into doing some coke and booze and was told her parents and her church would be told of all of it if she ever said anything.
BL has never spoken to ES since the end of that tour. Apparently, there are thousands of women out there that have similar stories to BL. She runs into them all the time. Primarily they are hired as backup singers during summers between school years. The focus is always on women from college. No younger and no older.
Amy Grant as ES?
ReplyDeleteHer husband is Vince Gill
ReplyDeleteHmmm couple could be Yearwood/Brooks OR McGraw/Hill?
ReplyDeleteI can see McGraw or Brooks doing this but not Vince Gill. Perhaps I'm naive.
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ReplyDeletePatti is married to her former back up singer, and is def an all time A list in Christian music. That's a great guess.
ReplyDeletePlus a self-confessed cheater!
ReplyDeleteI thought of her since the husband doesn't have a rating and BL had "worshiped" ES for years. Has to be someone older.
I prayed on this guess, and the Lord said, "+1."
ReplyDeleteI don't think Sandi Patty was ever an "everywhere A lister," whereas Amy Grant definitely was back in the early/mid 90s.
ReplyDeleteSo this is 3 famous people? Famous now? Sandy Patty doesn't fit, Vince Gill was never considered 'christian music'.
ReplyDeleteHome schooled kind of life. You kill me!
ReplyDeleteVince Gill was (and still is) a bigger star than Amy Grant. I think there would have been a reference to his status if this was Amy and he.
ReplyDeleteAt her peak, Sandi Patty was the biggest star in Chjristian music, and appeared all over the world - and was regularly featured on TV. 3 Platinum and 5 gold albums, 5 Grammys. Yea, I think that makes her an A in all music, and an ongoing A in CCM.
Ok, if you say so. Honestly never heard of her until this thread.
ReplyDeleteYou don't get any more "hypocritical Christian" than someone in Country music.
ReplyDeleteFirst, the headliner, after praying on it, is told by Jesus to extort the opener to have sex with her husband and do coke.
Next, the opening act, no doubt after praying, too, is told by Jesus: "Go for it! There is fame and money at stake."
Please, I don't want to hear about how "Christian" any of these trashy people are.
At least I'm honest about being a dang whore!!!!!
Cheyenne kimball
ReplyDeleteRebecca St James. Her husband is bassist for Foster the People.
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Bebe and Cece Winans
The name Sandi Patty sounds vaguely familiar but never heard her music-
ReplyDeletecould Laura Story be BL?
Sandi Patty Cruising the Caribbean | Sandi Patty
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Aug 1, 2011 - They join Sandi (and her entire family), Mark Schultz, Laura Story, Patsy Clairmont and More. "Alright kids... It's official. We have an amazing .
Y'all, I think this is Amy Grant and her first husband, Gary Chapman. He's a Christian singer, and they were married 82-99.
ReplyDeleteAlso, ES maybe stands for El Shaddai, which was a huge hit in the early 80's for Amy. I was raised a Southern Baptist, and was at church every time the doors were open (at least three times a week). Everybody and their momma sang El Shaddai to a canned backing track for a while.
ReplyDelete@Frufra, I thought of them as well, since Gary was a big time addict when he was married to Amy.
ReplyDeleteNo clue who BL is (don't follow CCM) but could this be far back enough for Amy Grant as ES and her first husband Gary Chapman as ES husband? He was not as famous as Amy as a singer but I think he wrote some of her songs.
ReplyDeleteOh, yes she was and still is on that planet. Pre-dates Amy Grant. Sandi Patty might be Permanent A in Christian Music.
ReplyDeleteIt may be normal in a country where CCM is about music and not measures or cryptography, but the situation "you wanted to f word my husband, I hate you for that, therefore you have to f word him for weeks" looks unplausible for anything except crappy porn films.
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ReplyDeleteGreat blind today, Enty!
Laura Story is blond and song BLessings won a Grammy; Amy Grant for song El Shaddai. Laura Story was in band Silers Bald before going solo. Couldn't find evidence that Silers Bald ever opened for Amy Grant.
ReplyDeleteLaura Story is a good guess, @Dave s, any way to find outwho her old band opened for? What about Sandi Patty? Especially during the time she was a cheater herself.
ReplyDeleteI tried googling to find out who opened for Amy during the 90's (I'm assuming that's when this took place, its when she was at her peak) I found nothing. As someone who grew up in a very religious home, these blinds fascinate me.
ReplyDeleteThanks!
ReplyDeleteI'm so money and I didn't even know it. But I do ;-).
Did Sixpence None the Richer ever win a Grammy? It might be Leigh Nash?
ReplyDeleteI think just nominated
ReplyDeleteYour name includes both an emoticon for cock and balls, and a sex act, yet you literally type out "f word" so as to spare us vulgarity?
ReplyDeleteThe fuck?
Is it weird that Enty's description of the typical CCM female's look right down to their non-threatening vibe is straight from a Reddit story? Found the story trying to figure out this BI.
ReplyDeleteAmy Grant is credited as having sung backup vocals for Laura Story on her debut solo album "Great God Who Saves" in 2008. Hard to imagine Story never spoke to Grant again if she had her sing backup on her album. Story does sound like the likely BL, though, as she did start at 18 with Silas Bald and did win a Grammy about 5 years ago (February 2012). Faith Hill/Tim McGraw sounds more possible. They were touring together (and got married) in 1996 during their 'Spontaneous Combustion' Tour. I can't find any specifics of Silers Bald having toured with them, though, but that doesn't mean they didn't. They did release their own album in 1997, so it could have been in that time frame. Faith Hill was pregnant with her first child, so that could potentially explain this 'have sex with my husband' angle.
ReplyDeleteI. HATE. RELIGIOUSE. HIPPOCRATES.
ReplyDeleteAnd for all these who think " home schooling" and leading a "sheltered life" will be good for your kids, think again. Its a jungle out there. Bad things always happen to the brautiful souls. Seen it happen all my school years.
Well I think the bigger scandal there would be that a brother and sister got married.
ReplyDeleteI believe Laura Story is BL. BL is for her Grammy winning song Blessed. Laura was a bass player for Silas Bald. Amy Grant and her ex Gary Chapman seem to fit the timeline.
ReplyDeleteIm a Christian and all I can say is if that was my 18 year old being treated like that, Id be in the slammer for murder!!!!
ReplyDeleteHow despicable is this whole story?????
Oh man this is the funniest reply I've probably read on here lol
ReplyDeleteI refuse to believe this is Vince Gill, though the Gary Chapman thing is plausible.
ReplyDeleteAnd now I've got El Shaddai stuck in my head. Raised Southern Baptist, and that shit never goes away.
That's right, blame someone else for your coke addiction and threesomes. She should have called a lawyer and walked out.
ReplyDeleteThis is what pisses me off about religion. So many people act all high and mighty about how honourable they are in the face of God/Yahweh/Allah/Jehovah/etc. etc., then they turn around and do despicable things. So fucking hypocritical. If you're going to be bad, at least own your shit and don't hide behind your religion.
ReplyDeleteI do not believe this blind item. I just don't think it's true. Don't accept it as fact just because you read it on the internet. I love gossip and juice, but this one. No. It's not real. I don't believe it for one second. I mean, anyone can just make anything up and leave it as a blind item. This has just taken away any blind item credibility for me.
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