A Peaceful Solution Remington Riders

July 1st, 2008 Liz Posted in Arts, Peace |

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The Remington Riders contributed great talent and high production values to create their version of “A Peaceful Solution.” Jerry Miller, perhaps best known as the lead guitarist for the legendary rock group Moby Grape, provided the screaming guitar work.

Robert Berry worked with Jan Lewis on the arrangement then went on to perform with the bass, drums and acoustic guitar while providing background vocals and engineering.

Jan Lewis lent her vocals, played piano and added additional lyrics to their version of Amy Nelson and Willie Nelson’s song. Listen to all the lyrics and read the bridge Jan Lewis added about the U.S. Constitution.

Don’t forget the Constitution.
There’s a war against that too.
There’s a war on Evolution.
There’s a war against the Truth.

This group of seasoned artists joined the peaceful revolution, voicing a peaceful resolution as they contribute their talent and resources for peace. When great people make awesome music for the sake of peace you know things are moving in the right direction.

Considering the proven talent in The Remington Riders I believe it becomes noteworthy that they add lyrics specifically mentioning the erosion of our Constitutional Rights, an attack upon reason, rationality and science plus just plain old lying.

These three ideas seem important because together they offer an altered set of facts. Facts are important because people are controlled through what they believe to be the facts.

It is rarely if ever effective and never efficient to try to change someone’s belief system straight on. You can try any argument and any threat but still people will stick to their belief systems. For many people the ability to stick to one’s beliefs, no matter what, is the true mark of a human being.

Now the way that people create their belief systems has become understood. It seems that one thing people do better than other life forms is to perceive patterns. Belief systems are another pattern that we create in our minds.

We create belief systems out of what we perceive to be the facts.

By selectively restricting accurate information while spreading disinformation, sets of apparent facts can be created with full anticipation of the type of belief system people will make of it.

Once it was a fact that the Earth was the Center of the Universe.

Then things changed.

People thought differently about themselves and the position of organized religion when everything began to revolve around the Sun. Once the majority of We The People Of The United States Of America could believe the main stream media, could follow our leadership and enjoyed the highest quality of life in the world.

Perceived facts have changed.

Now belief systems change, each person constructing what they believe to be an accurate model of the way things are based upon their perception of the facts. If the public educational system, organized religion and main stream media deliver all your facts then your belief system perhaps best serves others’ interests and not yours.

I’m not telling you that what you believe is wrong or somehow incorrect. After all, it is based upon the facts.

I am suggesting that everyone has the power to observe where they get their facts. The emergence of your belief system naturally follows.

I know it is a fact that Peace on Earth is possible NOW.

We just need more people singing “A Peaceful Solution.” Imagine the belief system you can build around that.

* * * * * Artist’s Statement * * * * *

The Remington Riders is a band that was formed by legendary guitarist Jerry “Moby Grape” Miller and country writer/singer Jan Lewis to make country music videos for YouTube audiences, mostly through their bulbheadmyass channel.

They believe that music is the best way to express political ideas and aspirations, and so were delighted when the Willie Nelson Peace Research Institute asked them to do their own arrangement of Willie Nelson and Amy Nelson’s “A Peaceful Solution.”

In fact, their bulbheadmyass channel posted its first video as a form of political expression against Bush, posting Jan Lewis’s “Execution Row (Postcards of the Hanging),” a modern-day homage to Bob Dylan’s “Desolation Row,” in the wake of the Saddam Hussein hanging.

Jan and Jerry teamed up with Danish videographer, Erik Adelfred (YouTube channel adelfred), who made some magnificent graphics and put together a wonderful video to showcase the song.

Erik Adelfred is perhaps best known in Europe for a political video about East Germany. But his more recent masterpiece, American Pictures, a tribute to photographer Jacob Holdt, is a must-see. It chronicles racism and poverty in America over several decades in music and photos.

“I was particularly pleased that we were given license to do our own arrangement and even to add our own lyrics to Peaceful Solution,” said Jan.

“I added a bridge about the US Constitution, which I think may be the longest-lasting casualty of Bush’s disastrous wars, possibly derailing forever everything this country has stood for since its inception.”

As a special treat, besides posting “Peaceful Solution,” the Riders have also compiled a video featuring Jerry working out his guitar part for it. Jerry’s playing on this song is possibly the hottest guitar picking on all of YouTube, and it is a rare opportunity to watch him in the studio and to see his mind and his fingers at work as he develops a killer guitar part.

Links of interest:

Jerry Miller:

Behind the Scenes – Jerry Miller and the making of Peaceful Solution
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5GjWKPs3G8>

I’m Just a Covered Wagon <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-88z5k6W40>

Jan Lewis:

Execution Row (Postcards of the Hanging)
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQNBJpapIpQ>

Sad Country Song <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qREsXOqzi98>

Erik Adelfred:

American Pictures – a Tribute to photographer Jacob Holdt
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK7×8bKJXPo>

Other Remington Riders political video:

Battle of New Baghdad <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_p0HpiCLNW4>

Other Remington Rider non-political videos: