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Here is a new song written by music star John Rich in honor of Sen. John McCain. The song is titled, "Raisin' McCain." The lyrics are below, and you can download the song for free at www.johnrich.com. Click the player above to listen. RAISIN' MCCAIN Music and lyrics by John Rich Well we're all just raisin' McCain Everywhere across the USA You can get on the train or get out of the way We're all just raisin' McCain And we're all just raisin' McCain Everywhere across the USA You can get on the train or get out of the way...

John Rich's latest hit performed before a crowd in the panhandle of Florida.

In between songs, 34-year-old Rich declared himself a Texas west conservative and confessed he got frustrated when he turned on the television because “I always see the other side” represented. When he performed Johnny Cash’s “Walk the Line,” Rich said that he was sure Cash would have been a John McCain supporter “if he was still around.” John McCain and his wife Cindy arrived at the concert, just as Rich was performing the “Raising McCain” song. He gave a short speech in which he asked for votes in the battleground state and reminded the crowd, which included several military veterans,...

PANAMA CITY, FL — Country Music star John Rich premiered a new song Friday dedicated to Sen. John McCain at a rally for the GOP presumptive nominee on the Florida Panhandle. At a “Country First” (get it?) concert, one of the two stars of Big and Rich performed “Raisin’ McCain” as McCain was arriving for a brief rally in Panama City. The song focuses on the Vietnam veteran’s time as a POW and refers to him as a “a real man with an American plan.” (Full lyrics after jump) “Well we’re all just raisin’ McCain. Everywhere across the USA. You...

Senator Barack Obama has will.i.am (and, wanted or not, Ludacris). Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton had Merle Haggard. Even Representative Ron Paul has this girl. Now, Senator John McCain has his own theme song by a music star. “Raising McCain,” which focuses on the presumptive Republican nominee’s years in a North Vietnamese prison camp, will be performed tonight by its composer, John Rich, half of the country duo Big & Rich, tonight at the Country First Concert in Panama City Beach, Fla. (Mr. McCain plans to “stop by.”)

John Rich, one half of the hit duo Big & Rich, is co-hosting a fundraiser and concert for Republican presidential hopeful Fred Thompson on Thursday Nov. 8. Tickets start at $100 to attend the concert, $500 for a reception with Sen. Thompson and $2,300 per person for a photo with the candidate. John, who sits on Sen. Thompson’s Tennessee fundraising committee, will provide the evening’s musical entertainment. John also played at a fundraiser in August, before Sen. Thompson had officially declared his candidacy. Although it's not clear whether the date of the fundraiser is intentional, Big & Rich had a...

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We've got our first country music celebrity endorsement in the presidential race. John Rich of Big & Rich is going for the hometown guy. After a music row party today celebrating the duo's first number one hit, "Lost in this Moment," John Rich joined Fred Thompson for a fundraiser in Chattanooga. Joe Nichols got hitched last night to his longtime buddy, Heather Singleton. The ceremony was traditional, in a candle-lit chapel in Savannah, Georgia. Joe said in a statement that he has known Heather since they were 18, and that he fell in love with her the first day he...