This past week was another milestone week for our country, our band, and our home. My beautiful wife Liz and I both got to celebrate another birthday, and we had such a great time making our debut at Papa Turney’s BBQ joint. What great food, and I think we’ve definitely found another place that will be hopping once the weather warms up!

Having a birthday in January, so close to the new year, it’s always been a time to really double down on News Years resolutions as you think about the past year and start looking forward to the next. It was great to take some time off and relax and catch up on some of the things we love including some music and some riding time. Nothing like the view of a country road and creek from the back of horse!

 Also this week, our country witnessed the inauguration of a brand new President. I’ve never seen more energy and subsequent controversy surrounding our current political climate. It amazes me the divide that can come between many of us. My morning devotion today came from Matthew 7:7

“Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:”

What was really laid on my heart about this verse was that it’s not only positive things that you will find. For most of my life, probably like most people, we’ve heard this verse and we tend to conjure up images of choosing the right door on the game show for the grand prize. We think that it means that if we simply wish for “good” things and Worldly treasures that God will just grant them. Well of course we know that faith is not simply equal to Earthly rewards, and everything is in God’s timing. But the deeper meaning I find in this verse, is that what you seek, what you ask for, the doors you visit, it truly will direct your life, and that includes when we seek evil. You see, if you’re encountering a problem, or going through a difficult situation you have two choices. You can take a step back and look for the bright side of the situation, or you can wallow in the perceived negative and have a woe is me attitude. And whether you want to make it a good situation or a bad one, whichever attitude you pick, you will be right. If you look at a certain person and are seeking to find something negative about them, well if you look hard enough certainly you will find something. But if you look at a person and seek to find something positive, well certainly you can achieve that as well.

And that’s exactly what we all need to do. Take a step back and realize that no matter what, God is in control. No matter who is in the White House, who is in the Capitol, who is in the governors mansion, Jesus is still sitting at the right hand of God the Father in Heaven, and nothing on Earth is going to change that. So there will be times of excitement, times of turmoil. We will encounter great people and those not so great, but we alone have the power to control what we seek in this world. So you can sit there and whine and try to look for the negative and sit around waiting just for someone to screw up so you can say I told you so, and if that’s the door you want to knock on, be careful because it just might be opened and you’ll find all the negativity and turmoil you were looking for. Or you can seek God, and look for the positive in each day and new situation that arises, and he promises, if you seek it you shall find it. So here’s to all the positive things that await our household, our band, and our country as we start our next trip around the sun!

-Barrett Coffey

Well another year is upon us. Brad Paisley says we are looking at the first blank pages of a brand new 365 page book. Make sure you write a good one. We certainly wish the best for everyone in 2017, and are excited to share with you all the things we are planning as well.

First we want to thank everyone that shared moments of 2016 with us. We played about 25 shows this past year, and are quickly on pace to possibly double that this year! We met so many great people and new friends while playing several new venues, and it feels great to start having a regular circuit and seeing the same repeat faces out on the dance floor! Miss Jill has been gracious enough to let us entertain her fine folks at the Wild Country Dancehall about every month over the past few months, including Haloween, a Christmas dance, and ringing in 2017 for our New Years show. We’ve made the trek to Tullahoma several times and partied with the good folks at Daddy Billy’s, and have gained a regular rotation in Nashville at JC’s Bullseye. We got to enjoy several great meals at Nett’s country store, and rocked the dock out on the lake at Flip Flops and Shipwreck Cove.

2016 also had some great special events. We helped Mike Arnold and The Music City Rockers sell out one of their shows at Douglas Corner, we were invited to play the 2nd Annual Porch Jam during Fan Fair week, and we had a great time providing the entertainment for Mt. Zion’s Freewill Baptist Church’s Fall Festival. We’re looking for more opportunities to collaborate with more people and be a part of more special events and festivals in 2017.




We already have 2 new venues we will be making debuts at in 2017. January 13th we will play Papa Tourney’s in Nashville for the first time as a band, and April 1st we will have the honor of playing the brand new Phantom 309 saloon in Fairview. Our fans keep asking about more places to catch one of our shows, and we are always looking deliver and find new places to play.

New Music is also on the horizon for 2017. It has been great to grow as a band this year. Elizabeth and I have been honored to have such support from our full time bandmates Eric Fleischauer on gutiar and Allen Atkinson on bass. Chris Stephens helped us gain a lot of ground holding down the ryhthm on the drum kit for the first half of the year, and we’ve been fortunate to get additional help from Dennis Hughes over the past couple months, with a few fill ins from Brian Rotolo and Hippie Fleet. One of the things that has made this project so fun and so successful is the level of class and professional of the guys we work with and the places we’ve been playing. It’s definitely not easy in the music business to be surrounded by such good people. I’ve pushed the guys to a set list of well over 100 songs, and almost every week I through them something new just to keep them on their toes. From playing requests on the spot, to trying tried and true favorites for the first time as a band, there’s never a dull moment on stage. We’re excited to finally have some time to start working more original music into our shows, and it’s our goal in 2017 to produce some brand new recordings and release a new EP! Everyone always asks us if we have a CD, so we will be making that happen.

With all of our other aspirations for the new year, most of all we want to stay humble and keep in touch more with our fans. Life gets so busy and you roll from gig to gig and often times don’t stop to thank everyone an extra time, and keep everyone updated on what’s next. So our commitment to you this year is more updates, more pictures, more videos, hopefully some live streams, more blogs, and of course more music. If you haven’t signed up for our mailing list yet, go ahead so we can keep you up to date with what’s happening. We’re very excited for what’s to come and hope you are too. Let’s make it a great year together!

-Barrett & Brady Hill Band