Steve Vaus - There's An Eagle: The nation needs to hear it now

1 posted on 09/20/2001 6:57:29 AM PDT by Bob Evans (bob0159@pacbell.net)

2 posted on 09/20/2001 7:04:51 AM PDT by RonDog

Steve performed at the Managers Dinner/Liberty Award Dinner sponsored by the Free Congress Foundation May 5th 1999 and was great a very inspiring performer. He is shunned by the recording industry, go to his web site and buy one of his disks, he loves his country, show him our support.

3 posted on 09/20/2001 7:12:15 AM PDT by boomop1

4 posted on 09/20/2001 7:12:56 AM PDT by boomop1

5 posted on 09/20/2001 7:22:31 AM PDT by TCanna

6 posted on 09/20/2001 7:25:26 AM PDT by Bob Evans

If Steve is the same person I am thinking about, he is friends with one of our friends. Our friend brought over his CD and we bought one. This CD was terrific. I especially loved the song about the IRS.

I am glad that you reminded me about this. Our daughter moved away from home last week and took the CD with her. I need to get it back! :-D

7 posted on 09/20/2001 7:34:31 AM PDT by Enough_Deceit

To: Enough_Deceit

I loved the song the first time I heard it ... had to get it up on the FR fast! (:^>

8 posted on 09/20/2001 7:43:57 AM PDT by Bob Evans

To: Jim Robinson

you've got to check out this song!

9 posted on 09/20/2001 11:44:40 AM PDT by Bob Evans

10 posted on 09/20/2001 4:21:04 PM PDT by Bob Evans

To: Enough_Deceit

A BUMP for a beautiful song!

11 posted on 09/21/2001 2:00:57 PM PDT by dittomom

The Eagle's soaring higher than he ever did before!

We gotta keep this BUMPED!!!

12 posted on 09/21/2001 2:02:27 PM PDT by dittomom

To: Guenevere and Molly Pitcher

This BUMP's for you!

13 posted on 09/21/2001 2:14:02 PM PDT by dittomom

To: HungarianGypsy

I think you'll enjoy this new Steve Vaus song!

14 posted on 09/21/2001 2:38:23 PM PDT by dittomom

Heard it yesterday morning on Baltimore radio. Sounds like it was dashed off in about 10 minutes. 3 notes down, up a half-step, 3 more notes down, resolution. Lyrics aren't too cringe-inducing. Let's stick to the classics -- Irving Berlin, America the Beautiful, even that Lee Greenwood thing. Vaus won't be the first to try to make a quick buck out of this event.

15 posted on 09/21/2001 2:51:04 PM PDT by mdwakeup

Vaus won't be the first to try to make a quick buck out of this event.

He's GIVING it away! He's NOT making ANYTHING off of it!

16 posted on 09/22/2001 8:14:31 AM PDT by kcvl

17 posted on 09/22/2001 8:24:22 AM PDT by kcvl

18 posted on 09/28/2001 6:29:35 PM PDT by Bob Evans

Good stuff! I will help you promote this, as I can.

THERE’S AN EAGLE

We are not strangers, To a battle
We know that freedom, Has a cost
We may be bloodied, But we’re unbroken
Despite the darkness, We are not lost

For there’s an eagle, high above the ashes
Close by the flag we’re fighting for
There’s a brave new spirit in America
United forevermore

We turn to God, For strength and comfort
To hold us closer, Than we’ve ever been
We pray for guidance, Through the tempest
Then we see, A sign from him

There’s an eagle, high above the ashes
Close by the flag we’re fighting for
There’s a brave new spirit in America
United forevermore

The eagle’s soaring higher
Than he ever did before
As he leads our fallen heroes
Straight through heaven’s door

There’s an eagle, high above the ashes
Close by the flag we’re fighting for
There’s a brave new spirit in America
United forevermore

800-HIT-SONG (448-7664)
Steve Vaus
P.O. Box 28700
San Diego, CA 92198

19 posted on 09/28/2001 7:01:29 PM PDT by RonDog

To: Mercuria, AnnaZ

GREAT SHOW last night! Please check this out this song.
How about using it on your next Radio Free Republic broadcast?

Steve Vaus sounds like our kind of guy!

Steve Vaus

THE MUSIC BUSINESS SAYS:
"No conservatives
or patriots allowed!"

Steve Vaus has performed for millions of fans around the world. He has created music for television programs, pro sports teams, the America's Cup, the Olympics, the World Series and the United States Navy Blue Angels. He has recorded with Willie Nelson, Kenny Loggins, Randy Travis and other superstars. He's been named an Outstanding Young Citizen, won countless awards, even been invited to sing at the White House.

But none of that makes any difference to corporate entertainment executives. They've gone to great lengths to keep his patriotic music off the airwaves and out of record stores.

The trouble began in 1992 while Vaus was signed to a recording contract with RCA Records. Just as his rousing anthem for cultural renewal, "We Must Take America Back," began climbing the charts, Vaus was summarily dropped by RCA because of complaints by a handful of deejays who objected to the music's themes:

We must take America back
Put an end to the gangs and the drugs in the street
And the fact that the bad guys most always go free
That is wrong
We need leaders who lead us
Not stick us and bleed us
and take all our money and send it abroad
We must take America back
We need prayer in the schools
and more things Made in USA
It's the least we can do for the red, white and blue
We must take America back.

The fact that the public loved the song (and made it a top request from coast to coast) is what made Vaus dangerous in the eyes of the music industry. The fact that RCA received thousands of calls protesting the decision to pull the record off the store shelves made no difference. Vaus' RCA career was over. In 1995, history repeated itself. Some new Vaus songs grabbed the attention of another Nashville record company. A deal was struck. But weeks before the release, the project was canceled after label employees protested the record's conservative content.

Who would have thought that an artist could be censored by the entertainment industry because of an uncompromising stand for God and country? Who would have thought we would see the day when sex and violence in music is celebrated, yet songs about faith and freedom are forbidden?

Don't get mad, get even. Show RCA and the other record companies they made a big mistake in sacrificing principle for politics, morality for conformity and decency for phony hipness. Steve Vaus has recorded six albums -- full of songs you'll listen to over and over again and happily share with your friends and family.

20 posted on 09/28/2001 7:10:59 PM PDT by RonDog

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