Change

CHANGE

It's Obama's key message. Has been, all along. It's also Aron Leigh's message in his song, "Change," written in support of the O. From his website:

"Having gone through his own personal transformation in life, Aron Leigh, a Nashville recording artist, is a firm believer in the power of change. He wrote this impassioned song to encourage the American people to take responsibility for the hardships being endured by many in the nation today. Aron is a strong Barack Obama supporter, and he shares with Obama the fervent belief that it is not okay to let our nation continue at status quo. Change is possible and it must happen now. Aron’s song is a tribute to the power of people to come together in 2008 to make a change."

Aron Leigh is just one of thousands of Nashville musicians struggling to rise to the next level, get his head just a bit higher than the rest and move from the musicians pool to the "other' pool. That's the pool where dreams come true. Or at least one can start to dream that they will.
Mr. Leigh is a country rocker. That's "new" country. Electric guitars and high production values. Not your Daddy's country. Not even my country. It's the crossover country sound that could be rock and roll. It is also, like most country music, "white people" music. Mr. Leigh is white as well which should be a perfect fit. And would be, that is, until he penned a song in support of the Obama philosophy of Change. A song in support of a black man. Judging by some of the comments in his YouTube version of this video, he's in for a bit of status-quo white honkey backlash. I wish him well and have every confidence he will rise above the racism which is inherent in a small but significant portion of his music genre.

Link to Aron's website if you're interested in the higher def mp4 download of this video. It's worth the effort, IMHO:

http://aronleigh.com/

Here's your Sunday bonus. Not quite to the level of Mr. Leigh, but a worthy effort none the less:



A Sunday 3-fer from Alaska:



As Drew would say, "Be good in your lifetime."


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