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Why the song "Stand Together" was Written by Cary Jaymes
Since September 11th, 2001, our country has changed forever. We no longer have the same freedoms that we had when we grew up as children. We are now searched on airplanes and other government entities. We walk around with fear inside of us not knowing when and where the next terrorist incident will occur.
On January 8, 2011, U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords and eighteen others were shot during a constituent meeting held in a supermarket parking lot in Casas Adobes, Arizona, in the Tucson metropolitan area. Six people died, including federal District Court Chief Judge John Roll; Gabe Zimmerman, one of Rep. Giffords' staffers; and a nine-year-old girl, Christina-Taylor Green. Giffords was holding the meeting, called "Congress on Your Corner" in the parking lot of a Safeway store when Jared Lee Loughner drew a pistol and shot her in the head before proceeding to fire on other people. One additional person was injured in the immediate aftermath of the shooting. This incident inspired me to write the song "STAND TOGETHER" which was produced by Kevin Stratton in Scottsdale, Arizona. This song was the theme for the "Standing Together" memorial benefit that took place in Tucson on ___________________
The meaning behind this song is symbolic to many events that have taken place in our beloved country. We can feel it behind every story of a Michael Brown that has rocked our emotions. The inspiration behind my song "Standing Together" stemmed from the Tucson shooing but it continues to be a reminder and a strong message to the people of our country and around the world, that the real war we are fighting is having PEACE, which hopefully can be achieved in our lifetime.
Cary Jaymes