For The Dear Old Flag, I Die - American Drive (3:31)

3. “For The Dear Old Flag, I Die” – American Drive (3:31)
(George Cooper, Dwight McCall)
DWIGHT McCALL: (Lead Vocal, Mandolin); MATT DeSPAIN (Dobro, Lead Vocal on Chorus); ADAM McINTOSH (Baritone Vocal, Guitar); KYLE PERKINS (Bass); SHANE BARTLEY (Banjo) – Produced by American Drive
“For The Dear Old Flag, I Die” is a Union song, one of Abraham Lincoln’s favorite songs, which interprets the last words of a brave little drummer boy who was fatally wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. The song was originally a poem written by George Cooper and the music added later by Stephen Foster.

Dwight McCall from American Drive explains the development of the new song. “I ran across this song and thought that it was kind of slow… I had a melody that was really different than what I was hearing from the words. So I sat down and put the words to this new melody and it just rolled into what you hear on the new single. I loved the words and the story it's telling…”

From the upcoming AMERICAN DRIVE album (RUR-1119)