{"id":26801,"date":"2023-07-21T13:10:06","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T17:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=26801"},"modified":"2023-08-09T13:07:06","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T17:07:06","slug":"actor-dennis-quaid-set-to-release-gospel-album-fallen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2023\/07\/actor-dennis-quaid-set-to-release-gospel-album-fallen.html","title":{"rendered":"Actor Dennis Quaid Shares What Led Him to Release Gospel Album, &#8220;Fallen&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_26813\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26813\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2023\/07\/denis-quaid-03_credit-tinseltown-Shutterstock-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26813\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2023\/07\/denis-quaid-03_credit-tinseltown-Shutterstock-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26813\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tinseltown \/ Shutterstock.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dennis Quaid is embracing his faith and going gospel. The actor recently released \u201cFallen: A Gospel Record for Sinners,\u201d a collection of 12 songs that display his faith. The album combines original songs like \u201cPlease Don\u2019t Give Up on Me,\u201d \u201cFallen,\u201d and others written by Quaid. However, it also has gospel standards like \u201cI\u2019ll Fly Away,\u201d \u201cAmazing Grace,\u201d \u201cJust As I Am,\u201d and \u201cThe Lord\u2019s Prayer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the album\u2019s release, Quaid has shared his rendition of Kris Kristofferson\u2019s country and gospel hit, \u201cWhy Me,\u201d which shows off his rugged vocals as he sings,\u00a0\u201cTell me Lord\/What ever did I do\/That was worth loving You\/Or the kindness You\u2019ve shown.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Quaid invites famous voices to join him, as gospel group The Isaacs and Jackson Brumley provide background harmonies on \u201cI\u2019ll Fly Away\u201d and The Oak Ridge Boys on \u201cLife\u2019s Railway to Heaven.\u201d This album isn\u2019t the\u00a0\u201cParent Trap\u201d<em>\u00a0<\/em>star\u2019s first step into gospel territory, as the album includes his original song, \u201cOn My Way to Heaven,\u201d which appeared in the 2018 film \u201cI Can Only Imagine,\u201d based on MercyMe\u2019s hit song of the same name. In the movie, Quaid stars as Arthur Millard, the abusive father of MercyMe frontman Bart Millard.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xp7j37GEQsE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>According to a press release, \u201cOn My Way to Heaven\u201d was inspired by Quaid\u2019s struggle with addiction over the years. The press release states, \u201cQuaid\u00a0also vulnerably acknowledges these personal\u00a0struggles and his subsequent return to Christianity\u00a0on songs like the title track.\u201d The Houston, Texas native\u2019s last album,\u00a0\u201cOut of the Box<em>,<\/em>\u201d was released in 2018. Quaid previously shared with <a href=\"https:\/\/americansongwriter.com\/dennis-quaid-talks-songwriting-upcoming-solo-tour-getting-a-record-deal-in-the-80s-and-more\/\">American Songwriter<\/a>, \u201cI realized that I was never going to be someone who could shred on guitar. Music was something that I did alone after school. So, it was a pretty natural thing for me. It always has been.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/dennis-quaid-reveals-why-he-made-gospel-album-exclusive-7565507\">interview with <em>People Magazine<\/em>,<\/a> Quaid shared what led him to release a gospel album, saying, &#8220;I grew up at the Baptist church. I love the hymns that come from there. Then I&#8217;ve written some songs that are very much in the faith category. I guess what really spurred it was &#8216;On My Way to Heaven,&#8217; which I wrote for my mom when I got out of what I call cocaine school back in 1990 to let her know I was OK, because I wasn&#8217;t OK before then.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0-13\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">The actor has been\u00a0open about his struggle with cocaine addiction in the past. &#8220;I was basically doing cocaine pretty much on a daily basis during the &#8217;80s,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/decider.com\/2018\/07\/23\/dennis-quaid-cocaine-daily-basis-megyn-kelly\/\">he said on\u00a0<em>Megyn Kelly\u00a0Today\u00a0<\/em>in 2018<\/a>. &#8220;I spent many, many a night screaming at God to &#8216;Please take this away from me and I&#8217;ll never do it again, cause I&#8217;ve only got an hour before I have to be at work.&#8217; Then at 4 o&#8217;clock in the afternoon, I&#8217;d go, &#8216;Oh it&#8217;s not so bad.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0-17\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">In 1990 , he decided to get help and went to rehab. &#8220;I remember going home and having a white light experience that I saw myself either dead or in jail or losing everything I had, and I didn&#8217;t want that,&#8221; he says. After his treatment, Quaid says he felt he needed &#8220;fill that hole&#8221; with &#8220;something that really works&#8221; after addiction. He turned to faith and spirituality by studying the Bible, the Bhagavad Gita and the Quran and found that he was &#8220;struck&#8221; by the words.<\/p>\n<p>The album, which he wrote a couple years ago, is about &#8220;looking around, trying to fill that hole in life with everything that the world has to offer.&#8221; The actor hopes fans like the music for what it is and they &#8220;see themselves&#8221; when listening to it. Quaid&#8217;s album recently debuted at number one on Top Christian\/Gospel Albums chart and landed in the Top 15 on <em>Billboard&#8217;s<\/em> Top 200 Christian\/Gospel chart. The album also ranked number one on Amazon&#8217;s Best Sellers in CDs &amp; Vinyl, Hot New Releases in Christian &amp; Gospel and Best Sellers in Country charts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dennis Quaid is embracing his faith and going gospel. The actor recently released \u201cFallen: A Gospel Record for Sinners,\u201d a collection of 12 songs that display his faith. The album combines original songs like \u201cPlease Don\u2019t Give Up on Me,\u201d \u201cFallen,\u201d and others written by Quaid. 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