Posted on 11/25/2009 1:13:45 PM PST by RGirard
Country music legends Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers, most famously known for their song "All the Gold in California", have released their first new album in 5 years entitled Pilgrimage. Nineteen (19) songs and stories comprise this stellar CD with several tracts paying homage to the late great Man in Black, Johnny Cash.
The CD is available for purchase from their website for only $9.99 + S&H. If the low price is not incentive enough, they have included 5 re-recorded versions of classic hits that you can download for free ...
The three brothers recently performed a song from Pilgrimage entitled "Americans That's Who" on the TV show Fox & Friends which aires weekday mornings on the Fox News Channel (FNC). (video footage included at the end of this article) Larry Gatlin wrote the song after reading an article in the New York Times that upset him with it's anti-America slant.
He said: "The more I read the madder I got ... Johnny Cash always called me The Pilgrim and he told me one time, he said 'Pilgrim, if something makes you mad enough you'll durn sure write a song about it.' ...
Here are the lyrics to "Americans That's Who":
They have fed hungry people They have clothed people who didn't have clothes They've built shelters for people sleeping out in the cold They've done all the good things good people are supposed to do Who are these good people? Americans, that's who.
They have freed millions of people from the tyranny of evil men They've handed the government back into the people's hands You won't read much about it in the paper I'm telling you it's true Who are these good people? Americans, that's who.
chorus: Glory, glory, halleluiah (sung to The Battle Hymn of The Republic)
(Excerpt) Read more at examiner.com ...
We all know hip-hop, and pop musicians are writing the same kind of things too, right? God bless the gatlins.
I just learned Ricky Skaggs has a new album out, too. Good news twice in one day!
The Gatlin Brothers’ Christmas album is wonderful.
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