![]() At the end of his grueling shift, he would go to New York’s Grand Central Station, believing the souls of those who had perished would follow and be set free. “Grand Central Station,” Mary Chapin CarpenterĬarpenter wrote the ethereal song after the first anniversary of 9/11, inspired by an interview she heard with an iron worker who was among the first to pick through the rubble at the Twin Towers. 21, 2001, and later included it on his 2002 album The Almeria Club Recordings. Williams re-wrote the lyrics to his signature 1982 hit “A Country Boy Can Survive,” refashioning it with patriotic lines like “We’ve had enough and we’ve drawn the line/Our flag is up since our people went down.” He first performed the song during CMT’s Country Freedom Concert, which aired Oct. “America Will Survive,” Hank Williams, Jr. Calling for justice in no uncertain terms, Keith sang, “When you hear mother freedom start ringin’ her bell/and it feels like the whole wide world is raining down on you/brought to you courtesy of the red white and blue.” The bellicose tone was off-putting to many, especially as he sang, “‘Cause we’ll put a boot in your ass/It’s the American way,” and yet Keith’s battle cry topped Hot Country Songs, resonating with those who found its ferocious tone warranted and welcome. invading Afghanistan as payback for 9/11. ![]() Keith’s saber-rattling, polarizing tune took no prisoners as he tied his father’s military service and love for country with the U.S. “Courtesy of the Red, White & Blue (The Angry American),” Toby Keith Tippin donated the song’s proceeds to the American Red Cross. 2 on Billboard‘s Hot Country Songs chart in January 2002. With patriotic lines like “There’s a lady that stands in a harbor for what we believe/ And there’s a bell that still echoes the price that it cost to be free,” and Tippin’s straight-forward rendering, “Where The Stars and Stripes and the Eagle Fly” reached No. Two days after 9/11, Tippin went into the studio to record the track and soon after, sent it to country radio. Tippin penned this song with Kenny Beard and Casey Beathard more than two years before the 9/11 attacks, though never recorded it. “Where The Stars and Stripes and the Eagle Fly,” Aaron Tippin After debuting the song on the Country Music Association Awards less than two months after the attacks, Jackson went on to win the Grammy for best country song, as well as CMA honors for song of the year. And I remember this from when I was young/ Faith, hope and love are some good things He gave us/ And the greatest is love,” he sang. He didn’t call for war or retribution, he simply called for us to try to love each other. Apolitical, plainspoken and befittingly measured in tone, Jackson’s finest work provided comfort by acknowledging there were no easy answers, but that we weren’t alone in our questions. ![]() ![]() “Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning),” Alan Jacksonįor most country fans (and many non-country fans), Jackson put into words the horror, confusion, sadness and fear so many felt as we watched the events of 9/11 unfold and tried to understand the inexplicable. Here, Billboard looks back at some of the country songs inspired by “that September day,” as Jackson sang.
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