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Twenty-one songs of social conscience for the 21st century. All Freedom Tracks Music proceeds from these songs above production, distribution and marketing costs go to homeless and related charities. Dedicated to Cesar Estrada Chavez, non-violent friend of the poor and oppressed, and Pete Seeger, man of few words and great wisdom, who has inspired three generations to read the right book and to walk the right walk. Play Boomers Play Writing on the Wall Play Samples of the entire album Songs on this album are: 1. Teardrops of Blood 2. These Days 3. Boomers 4. Taxes 5. What You Preach 6. U.S. Steal 7. Homeless 8. Writing on the Wall 9. Favorite One 10. Big Mack Donald 11. Land of Good and Plenty (Song for Woody) 12. Renegade 13. All We Did 14. Arm Your Private Lear Jet 15. Forgotten Victims 16. Anthem 17. American 18. Somebody 19. Song of the Fisher King 20. Slow Train 
Click Here to purchase the CD from the band. | | Gonna Rise Up dedicated to Clarence Gatemouth Brown, one of the greatest musician/artists to ever grace the shores of this land called America, whose death at the age of 81, shortly after evacuating his home in New Orleans, is thought to have largely been from heartbreak in the wake of the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina to his beloved city; and to Antoine Fats Domino, American Bourbon Street treasure, who was lost and is now found. Play Told You So Play Capitol Offense Play Samples of the entire album Songs on this album are: 1. Told You So 2. Gonna Rise Up 3. Capitol Offense 4. Gone With The Wind 5. It Don't Rock Like Elvis 6. No Peace On Earth Tonight 7. Tennessee Waltz 'Em 8. What We Overcome 9. Down Home Comfort 10. Montgomery 11. Local Man 12. Feel Like Jesse James 13. All We Can Do Is Pray 14. Big Bang 15. Liberty Mountain 16. Duck About You 17. Lete's Song - Links in The Chain 18. Hard Times 19. Amazing Grace (Revisited)
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| WE THE PEOPLE JUST SAY “NO!” Freedom Tracks Music urges all thinking Americans, to forsake the false media-fostered sound-bite image of a divided “red” and “blue” state America. Please unite with other sincere American patriots to set our nation free from the grips of partisan corporate politics. Learn to ignore party affiliation and narrow-minded divisive labels such as “liberal” and “conservative” and rather, weigh each candidate for public office in the just balance of Human and Civil Rights by applying the following test of political legitimacy: One: Does the candidate make healthcare for all Americans and aid to the sick and poor a top priority? If not, We The People, just say “NO!” Two: Does the candidate make the environment of our children’s future and good-paying jobs to take care of them in the present a top priority? If not, We The People, just say “NO!” Three: Does the candidate make striving for peace rather than engaging in war a top priority? If not, We The People, just say “NO!” AMERICAN HOMELESS STATISTICS Since for the present, America’s leaders on all sides of the political fence are far to weak-kneed and corrupt to help our nation’s sick and poor and far too unpatriotic to even help our sick and homeless war veterans, please strive to help out where you can in your own local community. If you are uncertain how to help or where to begin, please consult with local homeless advocates; there are also vast resources available on the web, including organizational contact info. FreedomTracks.com offers a Free Online Book that describes in detail how you can help make a difference; the book provides links to many legitimate organizations. Please print up Fliers found on our website promoting our CD for the homeless and pass them out to friends, where you work, eat, shop and otherwise, happen to be; T-shirts and Bumper Stickers. All proceeds go toward CD costs and otherwise, go to help the sick and poor directly. “Whatever you want people to do to you, do also to them”--There is no better way that you can help America and our fragile home, Planet Earth. God bless you. While it is literally impossible to obtain entirely accurate statistics regarding poverty in America, several valid estimates can be made based on a variety of agency, government and other sources. On August 1st, 2003, several million Americans were entirely homeless and millions more lived in vehicles, garages and similar makeshift accommodations. The number of Americans in 2001 who were hungry or near hunger was 33.6 million according to the USDA. According to Jay Shaft of Coalition For Free Thought In Media, the homeless population in America has increased significantly in the past three years, by some estimates as much as 35%---almost all homeless outreaches are reporting large increases in the number of individuals they assist and large percentages of impoverished people are being turned away for lack of funding. Over 30% of Americans are at border-line poverty level or worse while at least 6 million children are extremely impoverished (meaning combined parental support is less than $9,000 per year for a family of four). America's Second Harvest reports that one in every four individuals in food lines are children and they assist over 9 million children annually. The US Conference of Mayors reported a 19% increase in shelter requests due to homelessness in 25 cities surveyed in the year 2002. According to the National Coalition for the Homeless, over 60 American cities (including large cities) have essentially made it criminal to be poor, introducing measures to make it illegal to beg or sleep on the street, to sit in bus shelters for more than an hour, to stand on the corner soliciting work and, etc. Meanwhile, neither the Republican or Democratic Party has any plan whatsoever directly addressing America's growing homeless population, nor are the homeless, including homeless war veterans, even mentioned as a priority in their party platform agendas. It is estimated by veterans groups that as of January, 2005, there are approximately 230,000 homeless war veterans in America and, due to the current conflict in Iraq, the problem is expected to grow dramatically in the next 1-3 years (see Operation Stand Down's Homeless Veteran Statistics below). If 5% of the current American military budget were diverted to end growing hunger in our population, there would be virtually no hunger in the United States. An additional 10% diverted annually, if managed correctly, could probably eventually wipe out starvation on the entire continent of Africa. Before the Creator of the universe, there is no excuse whatsoever for a nation as wealthy as the United States to have one person within our borders who does not have adequate food, shelter and health care. And it is beyond the iniquity of ancient Babylon, Egypt, Sodom and Rome combined that our leaders of all party affiliation, who hold the supreme advantage of historical perspective, do not make alleviation and elimination of poverty and disease America's number one priority issue. Historically, it is beyond all argument that if a nation does not address its own sick and poor, that nation will not long survive, as major plagues and other diseases spread throughout the least on up to the highest rungs of a society without partiality. Historically, large populations living in poverty without forseeable hope of improvement, either violently revolt and/or, lose all form of country loyalty and welcome a conquering enemy to come in and improve their meager lives of disease, hunger and misery. According to both Ezekiel and Jesus, God without partiality, judges all nations by whether or not they help their sick and poor. The historical bottom-line agreed upon by even the most atheistic of scholars is that nations in the long run, will truly reap what they sow; nations that do not help their sick and poor will not likely be around very long to reap much of anything. Please visit the Freedom Tracks website |