Jelly Roll has teamed up with rapper Machine Gun Kelly (MGK) to create a new version of John Denver’s famous “Take Me Home, Country Roads.”
The original song, written by Denver, Bill Danoff, and Taffy Nivert Danoff, became a big hit in country music. Released in 1971, it captures the feeling of longing to go back home to West Virginia.
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In 1998, John Denver’s recording was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
Now, Jelly Roll and MGK have taken this classic song and made it their own.
They’ve kept the main melody and feeling but added their own unique styles to create a new song called “Lonely Road.”
“Lonely Road” tells the story of a man who is struggling with life’s challenges. He looks back on the good times he once had but now feels lost and alone.
“Lonely road take me home /
To the place where we went wrong /
Where’d you go now? /
It’s been a ghost town /
And I’m still here /
All alone.”
The artists also made a music video for the song, featuring the “Dead End Road” singer and MGK with their partners, Bunnie Xo and Megan Fox. Scroll down to watch it below.
By putting their own spin on the classic song, Jelly Roll and MGK have made something that honors the original but is also unique and powerful in its own way.
It’s always exciting to see artists from different genres come together to create new music.
Backstreet Boy AJ McLean even joined Jelly Roll recently for a fun performance of “I Want It That Way.”
What do you think of Jelly Roll and MGK’s new track? Take a listen to it below!