HOMELESS STATISTICS S T R E E T S   O F  M U S I C   C I T Y HOMELESS STATISTICS      More Than Twenty Nashville Artists      VIDEOS      THE CONCERT FOR AMERICA      BOOKS Blessed  For Rosa Parks, who's coffin lying in state in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington D.C., containing a poor African-American female seamstress born in the deep South, represents perhaps the very greatest achievement of what is called the "American Experience". Just Being Me  Inspired by Merle Haggard, America's friend of the common people. Nowhere We Can Hide  Based on the New Testament Revelation:  With modern science and the New Testament in agreement more and more these days, perhaps we should be paying a little more attention to the warning signs of great tragedy to come, who can say for sure? More Information Here Streets of Music City  Dedicated to Bill Burleigh and Charles Strobel; friends of Nashville's homeless citizens. Sure Been Good to Me  Dedicated to actor and comedian Jerry Lewis, for inspiring the bikers of America to give back and giving us a reason and a purpose; a hand for America's homeless children is a hand for Jerry's Kids and, if you don't help Jerry's Kids, you ain't worth spit, no shit ! Unknown Soldiers  Each December before the holidays, there is an annual Homeless Memorial gathering in Nashville, Tennessee and many other American cities, to honor homeless Americans who have died throughout the year, many of who otherwise have no funeral ceremony.  While a homeless man found lying frozen to death on a Nashville church's front steps made local news headlines for a while, the homeless of Music City continue to be largely ignored by city powers that be, when not otherwise being harassed, jailed for being poor and having their meager belongings bulldozed into oblivion. What it is to Live  Don't feel bad if you have trouble understanding what is really true about grace, mercy, love, peace and freedom.  No one else on earth understands very well either; for now we understand "in part" I Corinthians Ch. 13.  The idea, unlike priests, preachers, self-help gurus and others falsely teach, is not to believe in our own pre-conceptions and vain traditions but rather, the idea is to "see" better, to understand better what is actually true about God and everything else that matters in life.  Like Jesus strongly implies, only the truth will make us free.  Wisdom is understanding correctly and applying correctly what matters in life, rather than just learning a bunch of disconnected facts and the common (often wrongly) held beliefs of our scientists, educators, political and religious leaders. Who's Gonna Care About Me  According to various advocate and media sources, approximately one in fifty American children, 1.5 million, experience homelessness every year.  According to Stand Up for Kids, thirteen children die on American streets every day.  According to Nashville Metro School district statistics, in 2019 there are nearly 4,000 homeless children in metro Nashville schools.  This does not include thousands of homeless children who are too young or who otherwise don't attend school.  There are an estimated 25,000 total homeless citizens living in this same area, with a growing number of entire homeless families in particular.  The number one reason people are homeless in Nashville is the same reason why so many Americans are homeless throughout our nation.  Wages for large numbers of American workers are far to low compared to the rising cost of housing and other basic necessities. { songs in alphabetical order ~ click on song titles for lyrics } Blessed ~ Boots ~ Free Love ~ Groove ~ If You Wanna Be Happy ~ Just Being Me Nowhere We Can Hide ~ Rare Days ~ River ~ Rolling ~ Sixteen Weeks in Nashville ~ Special Ed Streets of Music City ~ Sure Been Good to Me ~ Unknown Soldiers ~ We're Not Free What it is to Live ~ Where Would We Be? ~ Who Could Believe? ~ Who's Gonna Care About Me?   Three Extra Downloads:   Shopping Cart Sally ~ Somebody's Little Girl ~ Day By Day STREETS OF MUSIC CITY ~ Various Nashville Artists Copyright © November 1st, 2011 by Freedom Tracks Music.  All Rights Reserved. Recorded and mixed at Razzy's Hit House; Goodlettsville, Tennessee Additional recorded and mixed at Denny Martin Studios; Nashville, Tennessee Published by Freedom Tracks Music (ASCAP) ~ a Freedom Tracks recording ~ Nashville, TN "whatever you want people to do to you, do also to them" STREETS OF MUSIC CITY performed by Various Nashville Artists DEDICATED TO our beloved homeless friends, wheelchair-bound Clark Cobb, co-writer of “Rolling” and, to Raynold Ponce de Leon, co-writer of “Rare Days”, who have passed on since recording of this project ALSO DEDICATED TO the late Joe Sun, who contributed his unique vocalization and style to this recording and, to humanitarian, actor and comedian Jerry Lewis, who helped teach us all what the world needs now FORMERLY HOMELESS CONTRIBUTING SONGWRITERS Clark Cobb, Mike Dunbar, John El, Christopher Scott Fieselman, Amy Jean Kenna, Howard Pardee, Raynold Ponce de Leon CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS Razzy Bailey, Charlie Baker, John Biord, Jennifer Brantley, Tom Campbell, Paula James Chavis, Mike Dunbar, Margarette Evans Guy Harden, Madison Hardy, Weston Harvey, Macy Hill, Catherine Holder, Scott Hunt, Ronnie Kimball, Mike Kissel, Pete Luboff Pat Luboff, Susan Marshall, Perry Miears, Joe Rucker, Justin Spears, Joe Sun, The Mears Brothers Band, Natalie Tidwell HARMONY VOCALS Juli Maners, Jaimee Paul Shires, Joe Rucker, Leann Steinhauer ADDITIONAL HARMONY VOCALS Razzy Bailey, Paula James Chavis, Claude "Preacher Dave" Davis, Mike Dunbar, Melissa DuVall, Susan Marshall, Justin Spears, Natalie Tidwell MUSIC PERFORMED BY Nashville Session Players ADDITIONAL MUSIC Mike Kissel, Over The Hillbilly Band, Scott Hunt Band, The Mears Brothers Band SPECIAL THANKS Bart Ambrose, Tom Manning and Bill Warrington songwriting groups of Nashville, TN, for song reviews and suggestions and to The Contributor newspaper of Nashville, for their assistance and support. BLESSED artist Natalie Tidwell; written by Richard Aberdeen (ASCAP); Freedom Tracks Music (ASCAP). BOOTS artist Justin Spears; written by Richard Aberdeen (ASCAP); Freedom Tracks Music (ASCAP). IF YOU WANNA BE HAPPY artist Pete & Pat Luboff; written by Richard Aberdeen (ASCAP); Freedom Tracks Music (ASCAP). JUST BEING ME artist Joe Sun; written by John El (BMI), Freedom Horse Music (BMI); Richard Aberdeen (ASCAP), Freedom Tracks Music (ASCAP). NOWHERE WE CAN HIDE artist Guy Harden; written by Christopher Scott Fieselman (BMI), Freedom Horse Music (BMI); Richard Aberdeen (ASCAP), Freedom Tracks Music (ASCAP). RARE DAYS artist Tom Campbell; written by Raynold Ponce de Leon (ASCAP), Freedom Tracks Music (ASCAP); Mike Dunbar (ASCAP), Razzy Bailey Music (ASCAP). RIVER artist Margarette Evans; written by Richard Aberdeen (ASCAP); Freedom Tracks Music (ASCAP). ROLLING artist John Biord; written by Clark Cobb (N/A); Richard Aberdeen (ASCAP); Freedom Tracks Music (ASCAP). SIXTEEN WEEKS IN NASHVILLE artist Razzy Bailey; written by Richard Aberdeen (ASCAP); Freedom Tracks Music (ASCAP). SPECIAL ED artist Mike Dunbar; written by Mike Dunbar (ASCAP); Razzy Bailey Music (ASCAP). STREETS OF MUSIC CITY artist Susan Marshall; written by Richard Aberdeen (ASCAP); Freedom Tracks Music (ASCAP). UNKNOWN SOLDIERS artist Charlie Baker; written by Amy Jean Kenna (BMI), Freedom Horse Music (BMI); Richard Aberdeen (ASCAP); Freedom Tracks Music (ASCAP). WE'RE NOT FREE artist Ronnie Kimball; written by Richard Aberdeen (ASCAP); Freedom Tracks Music (ASCAP). WHERE WOULD WE BE? artist Joe Rucker; written by Richard Aberdeen (ASCAP); Freedom Tracks Music (ASCAP). WHO'S GONNA CARE ABOUT ME? artist Madison Hardy; written by Howard Pardee (BMI), Freedom Horse Music (BMI); Richard Aberdeen (ASCAP); Freedom Tracks Music (ASCAP). PRODUCED BY: Razzy Bailey ARRANGED BY: Razzy Bailey, Mike Dunbar, Richard Aberdeen ENGINEERED BY: Razzy Bailey, Mike Dunbar, Randy Peterson RECORDED AT: Razzy's Hit House, Goodlettsville, TN LEAD GUITAR: Razzy Bailey ACOUSTIC: Razzy Bailey, Butch Davis, Mike Dunbar KEYBOARDS: Dave Signs, Bill Farrar ACCORDION / STRINGS SYNTH: Dave Signs DRUMS: Patrick McInerney, Rick Reed ELECTRIC & UPRIGHT BASS: Mike Dunbar PEDAL STEEL: John Heinrich, Bobby Reed DOBRO, SAXOPHONE, FLUTE: John Heinrich FIDDLE: Tom Campbell MANDOLIN, JAWBONE HARP, Mike Dunbar HARMONICA, ELECTRIC BANJO: Guy Harden SHAKER, TAMBORINE, DJEMBE, CONGAS, BELLS: Patrick McInerney FREE LOVE artist Perry Miears; written by Richard Aberdeen (ASCAP); Freedom Tracks Music (ASCAP). GROOVE artist Macy Hill, Catherine Holder; written by Richard Aberdeen (ASCAP); Freedom Tracks Music (ASCAP). PEOPLE artist Joe Rucker, Jennifer Brantley; written by Richard Aberdeen (ASCAP); Freedom Tracks Music (ASCAP). SURE BEEN GOOD TO ME artist Weston Harvey; written by Richard Aberdeen (ASCAP); Freedom Tracks Music (ASCAP). WHAT IT IS TO LIVE artist Jennifer Brantley; written by Richard Aberdeen (ASCAP); Freedom Tracks Music (ASCAP). WHO COULD BELIEVE? artist Paula James Chavis; written by Richard Aberdeen (ASCAP); Freedom Tracks Music (ASCAP). PRODUCED & ENGINEERED BY: Denny Martin ARRANGED BY: Denny Martin, Richard Aberdeen RECORDED AT: Denny Martin Studios, Nashville, TN LEAD GUITAR: Jason Roller ACOUSTIC GUITAR: Scott Neubert KEYBOARDS: Dennis Wage DRUMS: Steve Holland, Wes Little BASS: Dow Tomlin SAXOPHONE, FLUTE: Sam Levine ACCORDION: Jeff Taylor SHOPPING CART SALLY artist Scott Hunt Band; written by Scott Hunt (BMI); Freedom Horse Music (BMI). PRODUCED & ENGINEERED BY: Tim Shean ARRANGED BY: Tim Shean RECORDED AT: Herringbone Records, Nashville, TN LEAD GUITAR: Tim Shean ACOUSTIC GUITAR: Scott Hunt BASS: Dave Hobbs DRUMS: Kevin Abbott SOMEBODY'S LITTLE GIRL artist The Mears Brothers Band; written by Jim Mears (BMI) John Mears (BMI) Jerome Blvd Music (BMI) PRODUCED & ENGINEERED BY: The Mears Brothers Band ARRANGED BY: The Mears Brothers Band RECORDED AT: Factory Town Studios, Nashville, TN VOCALS: John Mears, David Ryckman LEAD & ACOUSTIC GUITAR: Jim Mears BASS & KEYBOARDS: Tommy Mears DRUMS: John Mears DAY BY DAY artist Mike Kissel; written by Mike Kissel (ASCAP); Mike Kissel Publishing (ASCAP). PRODUCED & ENGINEERED BY: Mike Kissel ARRANGED BY: Mike Kissel RECORDED AT: DKB Studios, Boise, ID ALL INSTRUMENTS: Mike Kissel CD artwork design by Derek Evans; Cannonball Creative, Nashville, TN Copyright © 2011 by Freedom Tracks Music / Records.  All Rights Reserved; a Freedom Tracks recording "whatever you want people to do to you, do also to them" FREE DOWNLOAD MUSIC VIDEOS Streets of Music City        Rolling River        Sixteen Weeks in Nashville Who's Gonna Care About Me? Who Could Believe?        Unknown Soldiers Shopping Cart Sally        Special Ed Blessed        What it is to Live Nowhere We Can Hide Freedom  Tracks  Records  ~  Nashville, Tennessee  ~  please click on train for contact information