The new CD from Harley Brown...

Bein' An Ameri-CAN

Bein' An Ameri-CAN!

        I actually carried one of these songs inside of me for 36 years. It took a great deal of living and dying to bring it to the surface. It took our son dying to start a process of grieving I managed to get through, but will always carry. It took my dad dying in a VA hospital to show me that I did have PTSD. It took Bob Faulds bringing me to the Texas State Fair and the "Friends of the Texas State Vietnam Memorial." It took an eighty year old Gold Star Mother of a Namvet falling into my arms sobbing and weeping. It took last January when our best buddy ever, Carter O'Neill, passed upon high. It took my good friend Joe DiTondo writing, "All expenses paid on the government travel plan," and then giving me the artistic discretion to rewrite it. It took Beetle and Wendy grubstaking me the money that allowed me to cut my first and last two albums. It took my dear wife sticking by me and putting up with my moody ways. It took the Good Lord moving me to Hawaii and finding such people as Dr. Sprenger, Ernie, and Tameko from the VA to give me the support and help I need. I have learned that no man is an island and that in spite of myself we all need each other to lean on every day. It took all that and more, but having worked on these songs for years I have kept them in my heart and soul. Then this summer [2008], Buddy Stephens and I put the finishing touches on the CD. I gave the best of what I have to offer to our Vets and to all Americans who care for and nurture such men and women who have put their lives on the line for our country. Amongst we veterans of war we have a saying, "ALL GAVE SOME, AND SOME GAVE ALL, BUT WE ALL GAVE OUR VERY BEST."

        I wish to acknowledge the musicians for their contribution to this effort. Lead Guitar: Carter O'Neill, Kelly Luker, Terry Downs and Jerry Matheny. Pedal Steel: Buddy Stephens and Milo Dearing. Fiddle: Mac McCrae and Milo Dearing. Piano: Mike McCormick. Saxophone: Buddy Stephens (also mastering). I played guitar, harmonica and sang lead and harmony vocals. I wish to dedicate this album to my dearly departed friend/brother in music, and one of the kindest men I ever knew, Carter O'Neill. Carter and I spent eleven years together on stage and we will always love him and continue to miss him as a friend, a brother, and the best stage buddy ever. Carter would have also dedicated this CD to our young sons and daughters of our armed forces who put their lives on the line to keep us all free. God bless them all, and God bless the U.S.A. as we go forward in these trying times.

Buy the CD - Help the Paralyzed Veterans of America

        Help me to help our wheelchair/prosthetic/pralyzed veterans. A full 50% of the price of this CD will go to the Paralyzed Veterans of America. The other half is to cover the cost of cutting, printing, pressing, and mailing the CD which is dedicated to ALL VETS that are serving or have ever served America. God Bless! $10.00 of your $20.00 charitable (tax deductable) purchase price will be donated to the PVA.

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