Former NHL Great Theo Fleury becomes Country Star

Photo Credit - COLLEEN DE NEVE / CALGARY HERALD

Calgary Flames fans idealized Theo Fleury and fans all around league know exactly who he is. He is a Olympic gold medal winner, a Stanley Cup Champion and a best-selling author. He has been an inspiration for many people and now he is a country music star. E-One music Canada released his debut single “My Life's Been A Country Song," The song as officially hit Canadian airwaves and can be requested at your local radio stations.

Fleury is set to release his debut album, 'I Am Who I Am,' on October 23, 2015. The former NHL great, has shared his life through books and public speaking events. He now speaks about his past and dealing with alcoholism, drugs, and living daily with the memories of being sexually abused by a former coach

“We wanted this to be a real grassroots album — ‘Let’s get back to fiddles and steel guitars and accordions and honky-tonk pianos, but put our own stamp on it,’ ” he says. “We’re a bunch of guys who love that old-school country sound.” Fleury said in an interview with E-One.

Fleury admits that “the album is definitely dark,” and continues on to say “the songs are all about my life, my experience, my struggle. But they’re also about coming through that struggle. At the end of every song, there’s hope. That’s what the lyrics and music reflect: Hope and healing. If people listen to this and there’s a line or a word or a phrase that helps them get out of the situation they’re in or how they’re feeling, that’s really why we’re doing this. The message is that no matter how far we may fall, we can make it back.”

Fleury now will turn those stories into what he hopes, may become a great country music career that could help change peoples lives.

Listen to the song below

“My Life’s Like a Country Song” – Theo Fleury (https://youtu.be/X70C8iQXfb8)

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