Have you saved Reba's new album, Stronger Than the Truth, on yourFavorite streaming service? Or have you downloaded it? Did you goOut and buy a physical copy? If not, get on it! The album isAvailable now, and we are walking through every song on the albumWith Reba. And this next song, it is so unique. I don't think I'veEver heard a song like this. Tell me about "Cactus in a Coffee Can."Well, the story of the song is that this lady is traveling, and aGirl sits down beside her, very young, and she's got a coffee canIn her lap, and there's a cactus growing in it. And she thinks toHerself, "That's very strange," and "What's the deal?" And she said"It's my mother. I just reconnected with her not too long agoAnd it was so short a time I got to be with her because she passedAway." And the mother had given this child up after she was bornBut the child forgave her mother and was with her until the dayShe died and was taking the ashes to spread it to the windBut decided to keep the ashes in the coffee can with her insteadWow. And you know what? It's such a visualSong that just tugs at your heartstringsI love story songs, and this is definitely one that when you'reSinging it or when you're listening to it, you have the video runningIn your mind. And it was just so sweet, so tender. Those two peopleWere sitting together on a plane, traveling. They each needed eachOther for some reason or another, and it just turns out so preciousThat the passenger sitting beside the girl with a coffee can gaveHer the answer of what to do. Keep it. Don't spread the ashesKeep it. Real sweet. And that the cactus will bloom in the springMan, I get chills just thinking about it. And I knowYour longtime producer is Buddy Cannon. He worked withYou on this album, and I understand that there was aBit of a small world occurrence with this song and BuddyWell, I loved it so much, and I asked Buddy Cannon, who's co-producingThe album with me, I said, "Have you ever heard a song called 'Cactus in a Coffee Can'?" He said, "What demo are you listening to?"And I said, "Well, I'll send it to you." He said, "That's my daughter. I recorded that song on her 10 years ago." So he got her to come inAnd sing harmony with me, and then Buddy sang the other harmony partThat's so great. Well, Reba talked about songs thatTug at your heartstrings. This is definitely one of themIt's "Cactus in a Coffee Can" on Big Machine Radio
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Reba Nell McEntire (McAlester, Oklahoma, 28 de marzo de 1955) es una cantante y actriz estadounidense. Considerada una de los mayores exponentes de la música country, debutó como cantante durante su estadía en la preparatoria, realizando presentaciones en vivo…
