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Lee Greenwood is a true American. His song "God Bless The USA" has touched many people in The USA. The most rememberable moment with song is when he sung his song at the 2001 World Series right after the terriost attack on the world trade center.Few artists have ever written a song that has become more a part of America’s cultural landscape than Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the USA.” If he’d never written or recorded another hit, Greenwood would have secured his place in music history with that powerful inspiring ballad.

Genre:Country Biography:Greenwood became a working musician at a young age and was very focused on his career. He passed on a music/track scholarship to the College of the Pacific and a shot at a professional baseball career to pursue his musical ambitions. He even skipped his high school graduation ceremony because he had a show to play at the Golden Hotel & Casino in Reno, Nevada. “I needed to put my next foot forward,” says Greenwood with a smile. “ So I skipped graduation and headed for Nevada.” Like all young musicians, Greenwood was faced with a series of decisions that would significantly shape his career. He met a keyboard player named Felix Cavaliere at the Desert Inn Hotel in Las Vegas where they were both working in the lounge. Lee joined the show group and went to Puerto Rico for a month with a promise to appear on the Ed Sullivan Show. The show fell through and Lee ended up living for a while at the drummer’s apartment in Hoboken, New Jersey. Felix and Dino approached Lee about joining them in forming a band to work and record in New York. However, Lee decided to return to Nevada. The group they would form became the Young Rascals who went on to record the hit “Good Lovin” and enjoy a successful run at the top of the charts. But Greenwood never regretted his decision. “I didn’t want to be part of a band…I always wanted to have a solo career.”

Musicalilty: This song is very slow beat which has haromney of violions in the backround to try and excite the audience. There is no back up singers in this song there is only one singer. The major Timbre in the song is when the drums are playing in one of the chrous, this is to represent the revoultionary war battle drums to try and take the listener back to the earlier days of our country.

Lyrics: And I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free. And I wont forget the men who died, who gave that right to me. And I gladly stand up, next to you and defend her still today. ‘Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land, God bless the USA.

Artistry:These lyric are very seggestive about being an American and being proud of it. In other countries people are fighting and dieing to get what we take for nothing. Yes sometime we don't agree with what our government is saying but we ahould trust them because they are triing to defend our way of freedom the best they can. The mood is very greatful an the power of this song has brought people together becasue of their love for their country.

Production: This production of this clip was done very well it shows off of patriotic Lee Greenwood is. Every instrument in the song has to do with American culture and makes it all the better towards how much he loves his country.