Source: The Tennessean
Backstreet Boy Brian Littrell was spotted having lunch with a major
Christian music industry exec yesterday at The Palm.
Does this mean Brian is looking for a solo deal on a Christian label in
town? Yes.
Brian's Nashville-based attorney, entertainment lawyer Jordan Keller,
confirmed Brian is looking for such a deal.
''He grew up singing in churches, at wedding and funerals. This is where his
true musical love is,'' the lawyer said. Brian always has expressed a
spirituality in Backstreet Boys' album liner notes and through other venues,
so this will be no surprise to many fans, his lawyer insists.
For those Christian music industry types who may be dubious about a
Backstreet Boy's quick conversion to their genre, ''I think they'll see very
quickly he's not giving them a head fake,'' Jordan said.
Brian's meeting yesterday was with Terry Hemmings, president and CEO of
Provident Music Group, which includes record labels that are home to Michael
W. Smith, Jars of Clay, Third Day, Joy Williams and others.
Provident is under the same corporate umbrella, BMG, as the Boys' Jive
Records label, so Brian, who lives in Atlanta with his wife and their infant
son, hopes to end up at a Provident label, Jordan says.
Does this mean the Backstreet Boys are breaking up? Nope Jordan, who also
represents Backstreet Boy Kevin Richardson, insists the Boys are still
together. But he also concedes there are no plans now for a new album.