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Story behind the song
Yeah, "Rollin thunder" is one of our favorite songs. That song has a lot of meaning. On 9/11 I unfortunately witnessed the entire tragedy firsthand. I work directly across the river from where the Towers were, and was also a part of the bucket brigade. In May 2003 we were invited to play in D.C, by an organization called Rolling Thunder. They are a support group for veterans, POWs and MIAs from the wars (they can be reached at www.rollingthunder1.com. A good friend of mine also played the concert. He is Omar Martinez from Paul revere and the Raiders. After the show we were talking about doing a remake of a Billy Ray Cyrus song "some gave all" (an excellent song by the way), But we could not come up with a version that did the original justice. One day I was sitting on my balcony and from out of nowhere the song "Rollin Thunder" came out. The war in Iraq was on, and everyone was still talking about 9/11, I guess it just all came together in my head at that point, so I quickly called Omar. A few of us flew out to Reno to record the song with Omar (Neil, Juan, and myself). The funny, but sad truth about the song is a lot of people do not play it. I tried contacting the USO, armed forces radio etc., To get airplay for the troops in Iraq. Sadly, they did not want to hear anything about it
Lyrics
ROLLIN’ THUNDER
I NEVER HAD MUCH FAITH BEFORE
UNTIL I TOOK A RIDE DOWN TO THE WALL
AND SAW PEOPLE STANDING THERE, WHO WERE JUST LIKE ME
THOUSANDS CAME FROM MILES AROUND
STILL YOU COULDN’T HEAR A SOUND
AS THEY BOWED THEIR HEADS, TO REMEMBER WHY WE ARE FREE
SOUNDS OF BAGPIPES ON THE GRASS, CUT THROUGH THE FOG LIKE BREAKING GLASS
AND THE SOUND OF ROLLIN’ THUNDER IN MY HEAD
SAY A PRAYER FOR THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE
THERE’D BE NO FREEDOM WITHOUT YOU
AND THE HEROES WHO GAVE IT ALL
EVERYBODY RAISE YOUR HANDS
GIVE PRAISE TO THE PROMISED LAND
AND THE SOUNDS OF ROLLIN’ THUNDER IN MY HEAD
PEOPLE SHED SO MANY TEARS
DAY AFTER DAY AND THROUGH THE YEARS
AND STILL YOU REMAIN IN OUR HEARTS
TAKE THE TIME, SUPPORT THE CAUSE
IF NOT FOR ONE THEN FOR THEM ALL
SO WE CAN KEEP THEIR SPIRITS ALIVE
SAY A PRAYER FOR THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE
THERE’D BE NO FREEDOM WITHOUT YOU
AND THE HEROES WHO GAVE IT ALL
EVERYBODY RAISE YOUR HANDS
GIVE PRAISE TO THE PROMISED LAND
AND THE SOUNDS OF ROLLIN’ THUNDER IN MY HEAD