Posted on 09/09/2009 8:24:32 PM PDT by Saije
FED up with pop charts full of weedy boy bands? Well, here's a trio of REAL men aiming for No1.
All three are serving soldiers who have witnessed the horrors of war first-hand, from Afghanistan to the Gulf.
And now Trooper Ryan Idzi, Sergeant Major Gary Chilton and Sergeant Richie Maddocks - who are known simply as The Soldiers - have signed a recording deal with Warner Records.
There are high hopes for the threesome's debut album, which is out on October 26. *******
...it is this sense of how important camaraderie is to our Armed Forces that looms large on the lads' debut disc.
On it, the trio give soaring renditions of such classics as The Beatles' With A Little Help From My Friends, Ben E King's Stand
By Me and The Hollies' He Ain't Heavy.
Richie, who is serving as drum major with the Minden Band of The Queens Division, near Cambridge, said: "The entire album is about comradeship.
"We want the public to buy this, but first and foremost it is songs for soldiers and songs that soldiers will relate to."
(Excerpt) Read more at thesun.co.uk ...
I’m generally not emotional, but this one .....
Did you listen to the song? It really is good. Don’t know why I was surprised but I was. I should have probably tried to figure out how to put it in the excerpt:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00884/the_soldiers_coming_884175a.mp3
what rank is “trooper”?
my bad, Uk soldiers .
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