Joe Walsh, Timothy B. Schmit, Blake Shelton and Matt Sorum have launched a video for his or her cowl of Tom Petty’s “I Will not Again Down,” a charity single launched in assist of Afghan women.
The music, which options Shelton on lead vocals, was launched in November by the Miraculous Love Children group. Based by musician Lanny Cordola, the nonprofit works to deliver music to kids in warfare and poverty-stricken areas, “particularly younger women who’ve little to no rights and are sometimes pressured into marriage and face essentially the most excessive types of violence.”
“Might music at all times deliver you women the inspiration and connection to the next energy that delivers you energy and pleasure,” Walsh mentioned in a press launch. “I am grateful to have shared this second with you all. Peace and love.”
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Earlier covers linked to Miraculous Love Children embody Eurythmics’ “Candy Goals (Are Made from This)” that includes Tom Morello, Kathy Valentine and Wayne Kramer, and Sammy Hagar’s tackle Steve Miller Band’s “Fly Like an Eagle.”
“In ‘I Will not Again Down,’ Tom Petty so powerfully wrote, ‘You possibly can stand me up on the gates of hell, however I will not again down.’ The ladies and I are honored to have Blake, Joe, Timothy and Matt be part of us in spreading this message far and large,” Cordola mentioned in a assertion on the time of the music’s launch.
“Lanny is a saint for being part of these women’ lives by serving to them transfer ahead by means of music,” Schmit added in 2023. “Even in spite of everything they’ve skilled of their younger lives, you’ll be able to see and really feel their stunning life forces shining by means of.”
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