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Little Boy
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bluegrass wanigan warren akin tim gundy dale vallandigham denis hackwith jason hackwith
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Best described as bluegrass, etc., this dynamic group of five brings new notes to old classics and old notes to new.
Hi, and thanks for your interest! We're a group of five guys from the Lewis-Clark Valley area having a grand old time playing concerts around the Northwest. We play a lot of original works in addition to bluegrass and folk classics (for example Foggy Mountain Breakdown, Blackberry Blossom). We like to describe our sound as "bluegrass, etc." due to our other stylistic influences that come peeking through every once in awhile (Folk, Celtic, Appalachian, Blues, etc.). ON GUITAR AND LEAD VOCALS: Warren Akin A solid guitarist and vocalist, Warren is also a fantastic songwriter- in fact, he's written just about all of our original works. His songs are lyrical, elegantly written, and heartfelt. We're his biggest fans. ON MANDOLIN, GUITAR AND VOCALS: Tim Gundy In addition to being a killer mandolin player, Tim is about the humblest guy you'll ever meet. He just rocks, but you'd never hear it from him! ON BANJO AND VOCALS: Dale Vallandigham You would never, ever guess that Dale hasn't really been playing banjo all that long. His technique is just superb. He's also a killer vocalist (with barbershop quartet experience) and a really, really great yodeler. ON BASS, MANDOLIN, GUITAR AND VOCALS: Denis Hackwith Born in a musical family, Denis has been playing bluegrass, folk, and other roots music his entire life. He's a great bass fiddle player who adds a rock solid foundation to all of our music. We also like to bring him forward to show off his mandolin style. ON VIOLIN, MANDOLIN, GUITAR AND VOCALS: Jason Hackwith Jason, Denis' son, also grew up playing roots music, but branched into all kinds of musical styles throughout his life (everything from opera to alt rock). He studied classical violin for a decade, majored in music with a voice and guitar emphasis, and has been writing funky, bluesy-folk/acoustic rock music since high school.
Song Info
Genre
Country Bluegrass
Charts
Peak #474
Peak in subgenre #53
Author
Warren Akin
Rights
2008 by Wanigan
Uploaded
June 02, 2008
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MP3
MP3 3.3 MB 128 kbps 3:33
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Beyond politics and policies, we support the brave men and women fighting and working on our behalf around the world, and pray for their safe return.
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A little boy with his GI-Joes Is playing in the yard His mama's gone from dawn to dusk Man, she works so darn hard And even with the overtime The ends never seem to meet A little boy can hear her crying When he goes to sleep His mama tells him when life don't seem fair Get on your knees and offer up a prayer His daddy's gone for just awhile To help his Uncle Sam To make the world a better place To draw a line in the sand And pretty soon they'll be together Together at Christmastime They'll celebrate the birth of Jesus On the trees the lights will shine His mama tells him when life don't seem fair Get on your knees and offer up a prayer A little boy and his family are Together once again They'll never take for granted now The time they have to spend So every night when he goes to bed He offers up a prayer He asks for God to protect the ones Who are still over there His mama tells him when life don't seem fair Get on your knees and offer up a prayer
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