Memorial Day: With Deep Gratitude, Sorrow, & Love: For Our Fallen Sons And Daughters, Mothers, Fathers, Wives, Husbands, Brothers And Sisters
When it comes to the variety of thoughts and emotions that Memorial Day brings forth, often music can express what speeches cannot. For example, although he has never been in the military, Jason Isbell has written two songs that reach out to veterans, and to those who have lost family members to war. The songs are Tour of Duty, and Dress Blues. You’l find the latter below. “I’ve been home from Iraq for almost five years now,” wrote Stacy Bare, an OIF veteran, of Dress Blues, which Isbell wrote about the death of a high school friend. “I’ve been to countless parades, memori...