Phil Jimenez | Peace Couple

Drivin' Wheel: Bob Wescott and Sonny Meadows — That's Sonny Meadows, on the right. (Love those shades!)

It’s the last day of “Sonny Meadows Week” at Peace Couple! (If you have not headed over to CD Baby to check out his work, and get copies for yourself and as gifts, you should do so now, while you remember.)

On this last day: What song should we pick?…

“Drums of War” by Sonny Meadows is the Peace Song of the Day for December 11th. You can find this song on the album Bibles, Guns & Flags. In the liner notes, Sonny Meadows comments on his inspiration for this song:

Written in response to Kosovo and my own personal experiences in Viet Nam, but applies to the Mid-East, Africa and everywhere we let vengeance take the place of common sense.

You can find a sample of this song, or buy the album or MP3,
at CD Baby: here.
(Drums of War is Track 4)

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Excerpt from lyrics: Continue reading Drums of War: Peace Song for 12/11/2011 →

Go Back To Pittsburgh by Easy Anthems is the Royal Song of the Day. Like the lives of the Duke and Duchess of Peace, this is a song that mixes the personal and the political. Unlike the relationship of Duke Augustus and Duchess Susanna, this is a break-up song. (Duke Augustus has often said that their marriage is forever.) The song voices the feeling of an activist who is leaving a personal relationship and the activism bound up with it, but is struggling not to leave his moral convictions.

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Listen to the whole song for the pay-off. The video features a stripped-down, acoustic version of the band. Is that the Duchess’ voice at the end? Continue reading Royal Song of the Day: Sunday, July 31, 2011 →