Rory Feek Releases “One Angel” in Honor of His Late Wife, Joey. Cancer has touched my family more times than I care to count. But when I first learned about Joey and that they were bloggers I became hooked on Joey.
I said one day I would sit down and listen to her music and read books about Joey. Which I hate to say I hadn’t done then this morning my life was turned upside down again.
No, matter how much I needed to work I couldn’t focus. Finally I made myself sit down and go through emails when I found the information lia and the belo
Myself that I was going to quit feeling sorry for myself. I was going to work. Nothing will stop me. I will get my home and life back in order and if things with David and Charlie don’t change I will leave and start over because I know the Lord will take care of me.
I stopped what I was doing and read the release and listened to the song. I went and got my bottle of Tequila and 3 shot glasses. I toasted my lifROry and Joey and I made a promise to me,
| Rory Feek Releases “One Angel” in Honor of His Late Wife, Joey March 8th, 2021 marks the fifth anniversary of the day that Rory Feek laid to rest his beloved wife, Joey. It’s the reason he chose this day to release “One Angel,” paying homage to Joey in a stunning new song and video. |
The song was penned by Sandy Emory Lawrence, a songwriter and dear friend of Joey and Rory. The video features Sandy’s husband, “Cowboy Jack,” also a close friend of the couple.
Over the past five years, Rory has been open about his journey of love and loss, as well as navigating life as a single father as he raises Indiana, the couple’s 7-year-old daughter. In a post on his blog, the Grammy award-winning musician and New York Times bestselling author discussed “One Angel,” the power of music, and feeling Joey’s presence
“After all the time that’s passed,” Rory writes, “it is very clear that Joey may not be here physically, but she is still a very special part of the stories we get to tell, the songs we get to sing, and the life we get to live.
“One Angel” will be featured on Gentle Man, Rory’s first solo album and the first he’s recorded without Joey. Set for release via Gaither Music on June 18th, a week before Father’s Day, Gentle Man will feature appearances by some of Rory’s good friends and fellow musicians, including Vince Gill.
Watch the video for “One Angel” here.
About Rory Feek:
Feek is a New York Times bestselling author and Grammy-award winning singer and songwriter. He is most well-known as one-half of Joey+Rory, a country music duo with his late wife, Joey.
The couple captured the attention of America originally when they were featured on the CMT series, Can You Duet, and captured its heart a few years later as Rory chronicled their love story, the birth of their daughter, Indiana, and Joey’s cancer battle on his blog, as well as their preparation for her passing in March 2016 at age 40.
Since, he’s released a documentary, To Joey, With Love, and a memoir, This Life I Live: One Man’s Extraordinary, Ordinary Life and the Woman Who Changed It Forever (Thomas Nelson).
He has three daughters and lives on a farm south of Nashville with the youngest, six-year-old Indiana, where they recently built The Hardison Mill Homestead School, a one-room schoolhouse for Indy and other local children to attend.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
