Reckless Kelly Stands Up For Soldiers In 'American Blood'

AUSTIN, TX. (Top40 Charts/ Reckless Kelly Official Website) - Reckless Kelly takes a boot-stomping, guitar-driven rock song and creates a stirring anti-war anthem with "American Blood" off their upcoming album 'Bulletproof' (June 24th, Yep Roc).

The heart-wrenching story of an 18-year-old boy going off to war asks "what happens when soldiers return home," and criticizes someone named "George" for sitting "home with his feet on his desk, while the boys got theirs in the sand."

Upon hearing the song, Nick Spitzer, host of the syndicated radio show American Routes said, "'American Blood' could be the song that legitimizes critiquing this administration's tragic war while loving the soldier and our country."

Willy Braun explains, "I've never been a very political guy. I'm just a songwriter trying to tell a story and attempting to shed light on the cold hard truth that not everything about this war makes sense. The song is about the fact that there are some people in Washington making a lot of money on this war at the expense of the 30,000+ American soldiers who have been killed or injured on the frontlines.

Whether you are for the war, or against it, I think we can all agree that the troops deserve absolute support and respect for the job they are doing and "American Blood" is a tribute to the sacrifices made by the men and women in uniform and their families."