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Iconic country music quartet may never perform this song live
A legendary country music group may never perform one of their songs live.
Duane Allen told Taste of Country there is a good chance the Oak Ridge Boys will never perform 'Ever With Me' live.
The reason? The song reminds Allen of his wife, Nora Lee, who died on March 31, 2024 after a long illness. The couple had been married almost 55 years, Taste of Country reported.
'We've not been able to do that on stage yet, because I'm not sure I can even get through it,' Allen told the outlet.
'Ever With Me' is included on the Oak Ridge Boys' most recent album 'Mama's Boys.' The vocal quartet recorded the project as Allen's wife struggled with her illness. The singer mentioned how difficult it was to even get through the recorded version of the deeply emotional tune.
'If you listen closely enough, you can hear the trembling in my voice,' Allen told Taste of Country.
'We decided to leave it on, because it was real,' the vocalist added. 'I was going through losing my wife during the recording process of that song, and it has a lot of emotion in it. I really like it.'
The Oak Ridge Boys are currently on the group's 'American Made: Farewell Tour.' The tour was originally scheduled through December of 2024, but the Country Music Hall of Fame inductees added new dates for 2025.
'We've had so much fun touring from city to city and getting to see everyone,' member William Lee Golden said in the band's newsletter that listed the 2025 tour dates.
The Oak Ridge Boys originally planned to retire after they first announced the tour. The group's tenor singer, Joe Bonsall, said in January 2024 that he would be retiring because of his battle with a neuromuscular disorder. He died from complications of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) the following July at age 76.
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