The country song “Where I Find God” launched a successful career for singer-songwriter Larry Fleet. The song’s roots can be traced back to “Gospel Song Sunday,” a casual music series on social media.
Fleet grew up in White Bluff, Tenn., in a musically gifted family. At age 6, he joined his family’s band, “The Happy Two,” headed by his great grandfather and great uncle. Aside from bluegrass, gospel music was one of Fleet’s key influences. During his downtime, he began a live music series on his social media that he called “Gospel Song Sunday.” The series featured his own renditions of some of his favorite spiritual music.
One day, he was contacted by someone who took notice of his engaging social media series. Veteran Nashville songwriter Connie Harrington saw his “Gospel Song Sunday” videos and wanted to write with him. He found himself in Harrington’s office, writing a song that upped the ante for his career.
READ: Nahsville’s Ryman Center, home of country, has its roots in Gospel Music
Fleet’s music is soulful, and it often invokes a contemplative state, with lyrics that aren’t afraid to explore life’s bigger questions and mysteries. He described what he hopes to accomplish with songs such as “Where I Find God” by saying on his YouTube page, “I hope people listen to it and think, ‘Man, it’s actually got some thought behind it and some feeling to it.’”
Little did he know the song’s spring 2020 release would coincide with the pandemic. Suddenly, the message of the song took on a whole new meaning. As “Where I Find God” climbed Billboard charts, effects of COVID-19 continued to mount. When churches temporarily shut down, people searched for ways to stay spiritually connected. Fleet’s song was a comforting outlet.
Lyrically, the song contains a unique perspective. Before Fleet ever wrote it with Harrington, he long contemplated his views on spirituality. Those views influenced the tune.
“I haven’t always been in church, but I always knew deep down there was a God,” he told the Epoch Times. “A lot of people are like that. They don’t necessarily know what God is or who God is, but they know something’s there, and they can go out in nature and see it. I wanted to write that — and Connie did, too — to include everybody in] that song, and wherever you’re at in your faith, anybody can relate to it.”
His 2025 tour is titled “Hard Work and Holy Water Tour.”
–Alan Goforth | Metro Voice