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Teardrops of Blood and Homeless inspired by Grady & Hazel Cole's "Tramp On
The Street" and "Greenwood" by Peter Yarrow, as performed by King David's beloved
friends, Peter Yarrow, Noel Paul Stookey & Mary Travers. U.S. Steal inspired by Mass Murderers In High Places. Writing on the Wall
Dedicated to Vietnam War veteran and peace activist Ron Kovic, Vietnam War veteran and former state senator Max Cleland and to Diana VandeGeer, mother of the last soldier whose name is
listed on the Vietnam Memorial Wall; for Families of Soldiers Against
War, Vietnam Veterans Against the War and Veterans for Peace; inspired by Daniel Chapter 5. Land of Good and Plenty (a song for
Woody) inspired by paint artist, songwriter, music artist and worker's rights
activist Woody Guthrie and American author of courage and conscience, John Steinbeck.
Forgotten Victims dedicated
to former Upland, California police officer Gary Johnson, in memory of Stacei Gittelman.
Anthem inspired by Frank
Johnson; family farmer, Jasper, Alabama. American inspired by America's greatest political
leader, Tatanka-Iyotanka
[Chief Sitting Bull]. Somebody
dedicated to the I AM A MAN heroes of the 1968
Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike; inspired by the lives and examples of a great many modern
African-Americans of exceptional vision and perseverance, including Martin Luther King, Jr., Corretta Scott King, Rosa Parks, Qunicy Jones, Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, Muhammad Ali, Ozzie Davis and Ruby
Dee--change IS gonna come, oh, yes it is. Title concept for Song of the Fisher King
inspired by the motion picture "The Fisher King", starring Jeff Bridges and Robin Williams. Concept of Slow Train inspired by
American songwriter/artist Bob Dylan. Willie's Song inspired by country music
producer Fred Foster and
country music songwriter, artist and motion picture actor Willie Nelson.
Special Thanks to Martina Condron of Nashville, Tennessee's Campus For Human Development, who first suggested that we put together
a song collection to benefit the homeless; one of the many thousands of dedicated unsung
heroes who work with the sick and poor on a daily and ongoing basis. Lyrics for songs
not noted above: These Days, Boomers, Taxes, What You Preach, Favorite One, Big Mack Donald, Renegade, All We Did, Arm Your Private LearJet
and Muddy Channel
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Biographical Information
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Tired of being told by various and sundry music industry insiders that many of his songs
are good in quality but will never be recorded in Nashville due to political and social
content, songwriter Richard Aberdeen, along with some of Nashville’s top musicians and independent
artists, began to record material content that many here in Nashville (and elsewhere)
believe should be heard on 21st Century American radio, given the dire straits that members
of both major political parties have managed to drag our nation down into. So far, four CDs
have been released under the generic band title "Nashville Session Players".
Our first effort, Homeless In America (20
tracks +2 free downloads), was released in June of 2005. It contains
multi-genre socio-political, serious and satirical issue-oriented material, as well as
a few inspirational-type songs; issue addressed include homelessness and poverty, anti-war,
congressional corruption, neo-con and religious wrong, healthcare, social security, unjust
taxation, human, civil and native rights, gun control, globalization and more. It has
received airplay on several thousand radio stations throughout the United States and foreign
markets. Some of the tracks have also been used on various television programs and radio
talk shows, such as Thom Hartmann’s Air America show, some in documentary films
and, the song “Big Mack Donald” was selected for a recent VH-1 “Save The Music” charity CD
release. Songs from our other CDs below have also received growing radio airplay and
film use as their dates of release allow for.
We released our second CD, entitled Gonna Rise
Up (19 tracks + 1 free download), in September of 2006. It was
produced by established country music songwriter and artist Razzy Bailey, who has written
thirteen number one songs and recorded over fifteen albums. Two of his own new songs are
included on this second release and his seasoned country-blues vocals can be heard on four of
the tracks. This second multi-genre project is “populist” in slant and centers on the
absolute national security necessity of affordable and quality healthcare for everyone
within our borders (i.e., disease spreads), which is a growing national concern among
U.S. citizens of all political persuasion. Other issues addressed in this new project
include congressional corruption, immigration and homeless war veterans and the title song,
“Gonna Rise Up”, is a tribute for recent hurricane victims. Most of the tracks on this
new project are mid to up-tempo; there are tribute songs for Rosa Parks and Pete Seeger
included, as well.
Our third Nashville Session Players CD, American River (19 tracks +1 free download), was
released in January of 2007. Unlike our first two CDs, this third multi-genre collection
is politically non-partisan and contains mostly inspirational song material. With
contributions from several outside writers, it was released as a
tribute to Tara Cole, a Nashville homeless woman who was murdered for the 'crime' of being
homeless. Severe beatings of homeless people, sometimes leading to murder and, often filmed
for both sadistic and profit-motivated reasons, is a most unfortunate, serious growing national
problem. Information about the Tara Cole incident can be found Here.
Our fourth Nashville Session Players release, Who Would Jesus
Bomb? (20 tracks), was released in September of 2008, as a free downloadable
CD. It was 'inspired' by the necessity of
responding to the overt lies and covert crass propaganda machine of former presidential
adviser Karl Rove and the Junior Bushwacked Administration and, the knee-jerk, inept and
ongoing totally corrupt actions of the members of both houses of Congress in
Washington D.C. (Samuel Clemens would have a field day). This 20-track multi-genre
release, which can be downloaded at no charge from our website, contains both satirical and
more serious socio-political material, as well as several inspirational songs. Included
are tribute songs for Satchel Page, Martin Luther King, Jr., Jesus of Nazareth and the
murdered students of 1970's Kent State and Jackson State universities.
We released a satire single focusing on the unparalleled corruption of the Trump Administration,
appropriately entitled Trumpty Dumpty, in January of 2018. A
single released in February of 2019, Elvis is Dead, contrasts the simpler and easier
times in the "happy days" of the 1950's and 60's compared to the unparalleled disparity of wealth and mass corruption
of an American 21st Century of global connectivity, science and wonder (as if we're really any better off. . . who's
kidding Who). A third single released in April of 2019, Rolling On Down the Road, is a unique philosophical multi-genre
blend of rock, blues, roots and Americana with R&B harmonies. A fourth country/pop single release, Love is Free, was released on February 21st, 2020.
Our recordings have been featured in a Joseph Piner homeless documentary film, Uncertain Days: Living Homeless and in several television and
film productions. And, our CDs have been used by the National Coalition for the Homeless,
New Orleans Common Ground Collective Relief and several other organizations
as a fundraising tool. We are open to select organizations using our recordings in this
fashion at our cost and they may be used for no charge in approved video, film and
television releases. For fundraising opportunities, many free song downloads and more
information, please visit our website: www.FreedomTracks.com.
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