Voices of a Grateful Nation
Volume 1 - Texas Rock, Blue & Folk
1. I'm Comin' Home - Jesse Dayton
2. Welcome Home - Malford Milligan, Mike Cross & Carolyn Wonderland
3. Mother of Mercy - Gaelic Storm
4. Letter Home - Del Castillo Band
5. As a Nation - "Innocent" Chris Forbes & Marybeth Carolan
6. This Land - Jimmy LaFave
7. Soldiers Plea - W. C. Clark & porterdavis
8. For The Weight of the World - Project Oryon
9. Everyone Has Faded - Sally Allen & Bukka Allen
10. Homesick Soldier - Marc Benno & Will Owen Gage
11. Sparrows - Dustin Welch
12. Don't Try to Fight It - Kevin Welch, Kieran Kane, Fats Kaplan & Lucas Kane
13. Right Here with Me - The Band of Heathens
14. That’s What I’m Doing Here - Bill Carter & The Blame with Chris Layton, Charlie Sexton & Will Sexton
15. Welcome Back - Rusty Wier
16. We'll Have Peace Some Day - Lavelle White and Guitar Shorty
17. *Bonus Song: La Letra - Del Castillo Band
Voices of a Grateful Nation
Volume 2 - Texas Country and Americana
1. The Boy I Left Behind - Deryl Dodd & Jon Christopher Davis
2. Mr. Soldier - Brandon Rhyder
3. Shipping Out to Iraq Blues - Jesse Dayton & Johnny Bush
4. Robe of White - Charlie Louvin & Brennen Leigh
5. Soldier’s Prayer - Mike Cross & Robyn Ludwick
6. Hey Soldier - James Hand & Lisa Hayes
7. Preacher - Guthrie Kennard
8. Motherless Children - Terri Hendrix
9. Soldiers in the Alley - Walt & Tina Wilkins
10. Till Then - Ray Benson
11. The Great Divide - Will Callery
12. West Texas - Davin James & Gary P. Nunn
13. Home Again - Jeff Plankenhorn & Michael O'Connor
14. Fences - Mark Jungers & Susan Gibson
15. Ten Thousand Miles Away - Tom Faulkner
16. Ragged Old Flag - R. B. Lindsay & Mickey Raphael
17. *Bonus Song: Soldier's Poem - Michael Martin Murphey & the Rio Grande Band
Voices of a Grateful Nation, Volume One: Texas Rock, Blues & Folk
Voices of a Grateful Nation, Volume Two: Texas Country & Americana
Whether your political stripe is blue, red, or somewhere in between, all Americans rally around the concept of supporting our troops. Produced by the Welcome Home Project, a group of Texas-based music and media professionals, the first two Voices of a Grateful Nation anthologies center on local artists with the proceeds benefiting members of the armed services who served in foreign conflicts post-9/11. While the music varies wildly from track to track and disc to disc, the songs all concern the soldier at war, at peace, or coming home. Yet whether maudlin or uplifting, the performances are uniformly first-rate with the bluegrassy "Shipping Out to Iraq Blues," a duet by Jesse Dayton and Johnny Bush; the righteous "We'll Have Peace Some Day" by Lavelle White and Guitar Shorty; and Sally and Bukka Allen's hymn, "Everyone Has Faded" immediately standing out. Others making appearances include long-timers Charlie Louvin, Ray Benson, Rusty Wier, Carolyn Wonderland, Malford Milligan, and Jimmy LaFave, as well as relative newcomers Dustin Welch, the Band of Heathens, and Brennen Leigh. With a little for anyone with a taste for roots music, both discs make interesting spins and a relatively pain-free way of showing support for war veterans.
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This video is a tribute to the United States military and was put together by SGT Michael Brown who has been inspired by Brandon Rhyders song. "Mr. Soldier" is recorded by Brandon Rhyder on the Welcome Home Project CD; along with many other songs that have been written and recorded to show our support for the veterans of Iraq, Afghanistan and all US wars.
Please leave comments on this video, and the Welcome Home Project. We will be posting reports on the albums release and the projects accomplishments. Please become a friend of ours and all the artists and become apart of the American movement to support our all-volunteer military men and women, who work so hard for so little, risking their lives for our country each day. Thanks from a Grateful Nation!
From KVUE Austin, here's a news report about the CD project.
Voices of a Grateful Nation Video Highlights
Voices of a Grateful Nation Photo Highlights
The Band of Heathens perform the new song "Right Here with Me" at Antone's in Austin, TX at the Voices of a Grateful Nation CD release.
"As A Nation" - featuring Marybeth Carolan
Voices of a Grateful Nation's Friend Space (Top 40)
Music For Troops launches summer auction on eBay to help send the gift of music to our Troops. Music For Troops (MFT) is seeking items for the MFT summer long auction event on eBay. MFT is an eBay Giving Works charity & America Supports You home front group that sends the gift of music to our Troops. MFT is a 501 c 3 charity that supports our Troops. All donations are fully tax deductible. All items are accepted especially musical instruments (new & used) (signed & unsigned), tickets and backstage passes to major concerts, meetings with celebrity artists, music memorabilia (old & new), etc, or any item of value that you think might sell. To have an item listed please contact Tom Hughes at donate@musicfortroops.com or call 617 850-5967 Visit the MFT auction event by clicking the link below. http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/musicfortroops Visit the MFT website by clicking the link below. http://www.musicfortroops.com
Thanks for the add, check out the Price of Freedom video on our myspace. We will be playing for the Veterans Museum Grand Opening April 11th in Grandbury, trying to get as many people to attend as possible.
I really appreciate your support and helping spread the word - as a group we can really make a difference! Hope you are doing well and you have a great weekend!
Help support our troops by visiting the Military Troops Calendar Myspace page (on my top friends), www. militarytroopscalendar. com or my Myspace page and click the Paypal button. Proceeds go to the Fisher House, Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund and allow us to send the calendars to the troops serving overseas free of charge to thank them for their service to our country. Our goal is to send 17,000 overseas within the next couple weeks. Thank you for your support!
Thanks for the add. I am so behind your mission, and every bit of exposure is a good thing. I'm currently designing a website for Mike Cross and will definitely be putting a link to y'all in it as well!
