–From Transfer Media Group–
Celebrating the Boot Campaign’s one-year anniversary this month, the initiative released a special edition compilation album filled with Texas music entitled When They Come Back on Sept. 14, 2010. Many of the artists featured on the CD have participated in the Campaign’s signature photo shoots (see video below) involving military combat boots, like Cross Canadian Ragweed.
The group consists of Grady Cross (guitar), Cody Canada (guitar/vocals), Randy Ragsdale (drums) and Jeremy Plato (bass), and the band’s title takes pieces of the first three members’ surnames to be Cross Canadian Ragweed. Founded in Yukon, Okla., CCR now resides in Stillwater, Okla., playing the college town regularly. CCR’s debut album, Carney, received massive college radio airplay and projected the group onto the local music scene.
Notably, the band’s sixth studio album, Mission California, was recorded in San Diego, Calif. in 25 days, and famed country star Lee Ann Womack lent her voice to four of the tracks for background vocals. Frequently performing with Dierks Bentley, CCR’s latest album, Happiness and All the Other Things, landed on the Billboard Country charts at No. 10.
The new compilation disc from the Boot Campaign features Cross Canadian Ragweed’s song, “Long Way Home,” which paints an accurate portrayal of the emotions and actions of those joining the military and the how they feel while away from home—things the Boot Campaign is working to raise awareness for with their initiative.
Lyrics of “Long Way Home” tell a familiar story that the U.S. soldiers can relate to: “Too scared to go to proud to run/Here’s your orders boy, here’s your gun/We’re sending you off to Vietnam/Try to stay cool try to stay calm.”
Known as “The Boot Girls,” Ginger, Leigh Ann, Sherri, Heather and Mariae banned together one fateful night in Tyler, Texas to launch The Boot Campaign giving gratitude and appreciation for the American military. The initiative is quickly gaining awareness with the repertoire of boot images expanding every day.
The Boot Girls ask Americans to put their boots on during the routine of daily life to symbolically walk in the shoes of our military men and women, remembering their service and sacrifice. The Campaign’s signature boots are available for purchase online with proceeds benefitting organizations like The Lone Survivor Foundation.
For more information about The Boot Campaign, please visit: www.BootCampaign.com and check out this video for a look at all the artists involved with the project:
