Nashville-based Outdated Crow Drugs Present, has launched a music video for his or her cowl of Jimmie Rodgers ‘”Within the Jailhouse Now” from charitable album Higher Than Jail. (watch above)
Higher Than Jail, a profit album that includes prime Nation, Americana and Blues artists masking iconic jail songs, paying homage to a wealthy musical legacy, whereas elevating consciousness and assist for the pressing want to cut back the hurt of the prison justice system. All proceeds from Higher Than Jail assist two organizations doing on-the-ground work to make issues higher: Equal Justice USA and Free Hearts.
That includes transferring visuals of incarcerated folks all through historical past, the official music video of Outdated Crow Drugs Present’s cowl of ‘Within the Jailhouse Now’ goals to carry up the complete humanity of incarcerated folks and remind folks we will do Higher Than Jail.
Ketch Secor, co-founder and frontman of Outdated Crow Drugs Present stated of the band’s cowl of ‘Within the Jailhouse Now’ and participation within the mission; “We’re proud and really humbled by the scope and magnitude of this mission. On a regular basis life appears to be like an entire lot totally different for the women and men behind bars, and, with our inclusion in Higher Than Jail we search to ally ourselves with these organizations shining a light-weight in prisons throughout the nation. The quintessential monitor “Within the Jailhouse Now’ is one in all Nation music’s hottest songs concerning the large home. Through the international pandemic, jail activists – primarily wives, mothers, and youngsters of the incarcerated – gathered on the steps of our state capitol to demand a safer atmosphere for inmates in Tennessee. We saved these members of the family in our hearts as we recorded this tune.”
Different artists lending their voice to Higher Than Jail embrace Cedric Burnside, Hayes Carll & Allison Moorer, Bonnie Raitt, Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires, Lukas Nelson, Margo Worth, Raul Malo, Silverada, Steve Earle, Taj Mahal, and The Warfare and Treaty. Collectively, these artists, who’ve lent their time, expertise, and platforms to this vital trigger, shine a light-weight on the necessity for complete prison justice reform by iconic and storied songs. Along with seminal covers, Higher Than Jail additionally options an authentic tune, ‘Coloration of a Cloudy Day,’ written and carried out by Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires. The monitor, initially written for the 2015 documentary movie ‘The Worry of 13,’ will likely be broadly accessible for the primary time with the discharge of Higher Than Jail.
By supporting Equal Justice USA and Free Hearts, Higher Than Jail goals to put money into community-based companies that lower using jails and hold incarcerated people linked to their households. Higher Than Jail additionally advocates for offering extra significant reentry assets to assist previously incarcerated folks discover jobs and housing, decreasing obstacles to profitable reintegration into society.
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