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Krissy Phaserman

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With Memorial Day weekend approaching, Country stations are digging out the rarely played Patriotic songs that are the hallmark of Country Music on holidays such as this, and in times of national crisis. This Memorial day, the Country World has a new patriotic song, prepared to fall in report aboard.

 

Big and Rich, the duo best known for their party song "Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)", are, to most people, a party crew. THey are the frontmen for the largest musical party in the country, the MuzikMafia. Their biggest hit, the aforementioned "Save a Horse...", has become a common phrase seen on bumpers and tee-shirts at any country event. Big and Rich have had a pretty good mix of Party songs and ballads, but their newest single is new territory for the duo.

 

The music video for "8th of November" premiered on GAC last night, and the single should be on Country radio this week. The song is a salute to the duo's friend, Niles Harris, a retired US Army veteran of 25 years, who served in Vietnam with the 173rd Airborne Brigade. the song follows Harris into Vietnam, and the ambush of the 173rd Airborne on November 8th, 1965 by over 1200 Vietcong in Warzone D, in which 48 American soldiers were killed, and one soldier, Lawrence Joel, was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. It also follows him to the modern day, and shows the mental aftermath of such a traumatic experience.

 

The Video, available for viewing at www.bigandrich.com, features an intro by Kris Kristopherson, and shows Big and Rich playing guitars, while images of Vietnam combat are shown in the background. Intercut is images of Niles Harris, remembering his fellows. Also shown are many pictures of the men who died that day.

 

Big and Rich will perform 8th of November tonight on the ACM Awards at 8 PM eastern.

LYRICS FOR "8TH OF NOVEMBER"

 

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Artist/Band: Big & Rich

Lyrics for Song: 8th of November

Lyrics for Album: Comin' To Your City

He said goodbye to his momma

As he left South Dakota

To fight for the Red, White, and Blue

He was 19 in green with a new M-16

Just doin' what he had to do.

 

He was dropped in the jungle

Where the choppers would rumble

With the smell of napalm in the air

Then the sargeant said, "Look up ahead"

 

And like a dark, evil cloud

1,200 came down

on him and 29 more

They fought for their lives

But most of them died

In the 173rd Airborne

 

(Chorus)

On the 8th of November,

The angels were cryin'

As they carried his brothers away

With the fire rainin' down

And the Hell all around

There were few men left standin' that day

Saw the eagle fly,

Through a clear, blue sky

1965, the 8th of November

 

Now hes 58

And his ponytails grey

But the battle still plays in his head

He limps when he walks,

But hes strong when he talks

About the shrapnel they left in leg

 

He puts on a grey suit

Over his airborne tattoo

He ties it on one time a year

And remembers the fallen,

As he orders a tall one

And swallows it down with his tears

 

(Chorus)

On the 8th of November,

The angels were cryin'

As they carried his brothers away

With the fire rainin' down

And the Hell all around

There were few men left standin' that day

Saw the eagle fly,

Through a clear, blue sky

1965, the 8th of November

 

Saw the eagle fly,

Through a clear, blue sky

1965

 

(Chorus)

On the 8th of November,

The angels were cryin'

As they carried his brothers away

With the fire rainin' down

And the Hell all around

There were few men left standin' that day

 

(Chorus)

On the 8th of November,

The angels were cryin'

As they carried his brothers away

With the fire rainin' down

And the Hell all around

There were few men left standin' that day

Saw the eagle fly,

Through a clear, blue sky

1965, the 8th of November

 

The 8th of November

The 8th of November

 

He said goodbye to his momma

As he left South Dakota

To fight for the Red, White, and Blue

He was 19 in green with a new M-16

Just doin' what he had to do.

Edited by Krissy Phaserman

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I heard this song last week on Sirius. I was really surprised, given what they are "known" for. They keep on coming up with great music it almost makes me want to buy another one of thier CDs.

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I'm not a real big fan of Big and Rich, I haven't heard this song and it looks like it may be a good one but I haven't heard anything from them that I've liked yet.

 

The only thing that John Rich has done since he left Lonestar that I've liked was a song named "I Pray For You" back in 2000.

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