Josh Weathers in Wichita Falls

Josh Weathers in Wichita Falls

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Powerhouse Fort Worth, Texas-based singer-songwriters with a rock-and-soul influence. All over the South, Josh has given several spectacular performances.

One of the most divisive American presidents ever elected, Donald Trump, was sworn in by Chief Justice John Roberts on Friday. Unlike prior inaugurations, the majority of A-list performers declined to perform at any of the several gatherings, regardless of their political affinities. The Tribute to Our Military Services Ball would next be played by Josh Weathers and his band, which also included bassist Nick Choate, who is a Fort Worth R&B superstar. The new president and First Lady were seen dancing to Weathers’ stirring rendition of “I Will Always Love You” on CNN. The criticism on social media came swiftly and harshly. Lifelong Weathers fans and contributors to his relatively new charity, Love Like You Mean It, for orphans in India, claimed that the soul singer is essentially dead to them. Photographer of local music who had taken pictures of Weathers and his band stated she was deleting all of them. Some posters compared his performance to giving a speech to Pol Pot, Hitler, or Stalin.

Singer-songwriter Elle Hurley from the area wrote on her Facebook page, “So, you operate a charity for orphan girls in Mumbai, a place to get girls off the street and out of sex trafficking, and you decide to play the inauguration for the pussy grabber. Yup. We Fort Worth women won’t forget. If you chose to advocate for it in this way, you don’t care about young girls.

I was aware that Weathers and his charitable endeavors had won Hurley over. Nonetheless, she later posted, “Fuck Josh Weathers.”

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Hurley had written something, and when I told Weathers, he responded, “It’s too terrible. They don’t recognize me.

People “are going to make such assumptions,” he continued. Not at that individual, not at all. I simply won’t get involved in that. I’m not engaged in combat with living things. I think of it that way. I genuinely devoted my life to Jesus at that time. I experienced rebirth and died with Christ. Offending a dead guy is quite difficult. That’s just how I tend to think.

Chris Bellomy, who alongside Tom Urquhart co-hosts the venerable radio show The Good Show (9am–12pm on Saturdays on 88.7-FM/KTCU), is one local musician that supports Hurley.

Saving females from a life of exploitation and oppression while also celebrating the ascent to power of a guy who has openly admitted to sexual assault is contradictory, according to Bellomy. It conveys conflicting messages to these girls. For [Hurley], this is not an abstract exercise. She has endured assault and is a woman. I can understand why she is furious and angry when she writes about the choices Josh and Nick made.

“I would never turn down an opportunity like that,” stated Weathers (seen in a performance from previously). Steve Watkins took the picture.

“I would never turn down an opportunity like that,” stated Weathers (seen in a performance from previously). Steve Watkins took the picture.
Bellomy played saxophone with Stoogeaphilia at a Trump protest concert at Lola’s Saloon while Weathers performed in Washington, D.C., and fellow Fort Worth musicians Green River Ordinance played the Black Tie & Boots gala nearby. Early on Saturday morning, Bellomy staged a special episode of The Good Show. The first 30 minutes of the broadcast featured co-hosts Bellomy, Urquhart, and Billy Wilson presenting their show in in poorly executed Russian with bad Russian music, as if they were being forced at gunpoint to deliver a state-approved message honoring “glorious president for life, Donald Trump” and comrade Vladimir Putin. Dark humor was used in the Battle of the Worlds-like section to mock Trump’s claimed connections to the Russian Federation. U.S. and British intelligence services acknowledged earlier this month that the Russian government had carried out a “influence campaign” to harm Hillary Clinton. According to Donald Trump Jr., his father has extensive business connections with Russia, an allegation that Trump refutes.

Though Bellomy’s statement was more circumspect than Hurley’s, it was nevertheless harsh. Bellomy said on Friday that he would no longer support Weathers or Choate and that he would not participate in promoting their events on The Good Show, despite the fact that he has previously assisted Weathers by playing his songs on-air and promoting his numerous benefit concerts. It should be noted that The Good Show has a long tradition of supporting regional artists and causes, and that Choate and his wife Michelle were married live on-air during the show.

Bellomy warned them, “I can’t do anything for you anymore if you attend and you celebrate the inauguration of this awful man. It’s unthinkable to me.”

That much is too much for Urquhart, who has the final say in all matters pertaining to the Good Show. According to Urquhart, who views music as having a life of its own, he will play a good song no matter who is singing it or how he thinks about them. But now he’ll be more picky; in the past, he played some of Weathers’ music that he didn’t like in order to support the musicians’ various causes.

Despite having excellent intentions, Urquhart claimed that “Weathers and Choate” were being taken advantage of. “I have enough historical knowledge to know that this is bad. This may have contributed to the rise of several tyrants in the past, according to history. Always keep your promises. You desire that the trains arrive on time. You start gassing people as a power move, which is inevitable.

I’ll play a nice tune if [Weathers] has one, Urquhart continued. “The song we performed was dreck [in favor of Weathers’ charity of the same name]. Although it was cute and charming, I wouldn’t have played it if the narrative hadn’t been provided. The margins are getting smaller. I’m little more cautious. These are guys I know. Although I am confident in their good intentions, I am now wary of their decision to perform at an inauguration given the high level of social liability. They have dipped their toe into that pool by doing this, and I don’t want to play a tune that is a fanfare for the beauty of the Trump Administration.

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Just before the show, I phoned Weathers from Washington, D.C. People who know him personally and who I’ve known for years both agree that he is essentially apolitical. The seasoned singer and philanthropist came across as a little oblivious to the issue that has prevented other, more famous performers from appearing at Trump’s many events. Although Weathers anticipated some response, he believes that most of the people who are upset and angry about the incident don’t really know who he is or what he stands for.

Weathers remarked, “I’m without the need to justify myself. “The folks who know me well are the ones I care about most. They are aware of my goals. Josh did not go to get money in this situation.

In fact, Weathers won’t get compensated for his work.

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