{"id":1388237,"date":"2022-03-18T11:13:47","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T15:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1388237"},"modified":"2022-03-18T12:14:47","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T16:14:47","slug":"nashville-hall-of-fame-songwriter-jeffrey-steele-releases-single-walk-toward-the-fire-tribute-to-andrew-breitbart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nashville-hall-of-fame-songwriter-jeffrey-steele-releases-single-walk-toward-the-fire-tribute-to-andrew-breitbart\/","title":{"rendered":"Nashville Hall of Fame Songwriter Jeffrey Steele Releases Single \u2018Walk Toward the Fire\u2019 &#8211; Tribute to Andrew Breitbart"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnashville-hall-of-fame-songwriter-jeffrey-steele-releases-single-walk-toward-the-fire-tribute-to-andrew-breitbart%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1388237&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Acclaimed country songwriter and Nashville Songwriting Hall of Famer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jsteelemusic\/\">Jeffrey Steele<\/a> has released a new single \u201c<a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/jeffreysteele.hearnow.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Walk Toward the Fire<\/a>,\u201d a tribute to the late Andrew Breitbart, a song he penned with Breitbart\u2019s own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jonkahnmusic\/\">Jon Kahn<\/a>.\u00a0 Steele characterized the song as honoring \u201cany hero who steps up to the plate and tries to do what needs to be done at a time when things are just out of control. And he [Andrew] was that guy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Steele, whose career spans more than three decades, is one of the most celebrated songwriters in the country music industry. He\u2019s written hits like \u201cWhat Hurts the Most,\u201d \u201cMy Wish,\u201d and \u201cThese Days\u201d\u00a0for Rascal Flatts, as well as singles for Eric Church, Tim McGraw, Trace Adkins, Keith Urban, and Miley Cyrus. Most recently he co-wrote \u201cAm I the Only One?\u201d with Aarron Lewis and Ira Dean.\u00a0 The hard hitting<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/07\/03\/aaron-lewiss-democrat-slamming-anthem-am-i-the-only-one-leapfrogs-taylor-swift-on-itunes\/\">, Democrat slamming anthem<\/a> debuted at #1 on Billboard\u2019s Hot Country Charts. He\u2019s won Songwriter of the Year repeatedly and has been nominated for Grammys as well as a Golden Globe.<\/p>\n<p>In an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/breitbart\/jeffrey-steele-march-1-2022\">interview<\/a>\u00a0with\u00a0Breitbart News\u2019 editor-in-chief Alex\u00a0Marlow on\u00a0<em>Breitbart News Daily\u00a0<\/em>on Sirius XM Patriot 125, Steele spoke about how the song came about and the legacy of Andrew Breitbart on the tenth anniversary of his untimely death.<\/p>\n<p>Steele explained how Kahn originally approached him with the idea of collaborating on a song to commemorate Andrew Breitbart. \u00a0After Steele did his own reading and research, he and Kahn sat down over the course of a couple days at Steele\u2019s studio in Nashville to craft a song that reflected Breitbart\u2019s spirit and personality.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Listen below:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>GET \u201cWalk Toward the Fire\u201d<\/em><\/strong><strong> \u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/jeffreysteele.hearnow.com\/\"><strong>HERE.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was so bigger than life and I wanted to capture that,\u201d Steele said of Breitbart. \u201cI wanted the song to be an inspiration to anybody who didn\u2019t know him or who did \u2014 \u00a0to just get that feeing from the lyric of \u2018Who is this guy? What is this about?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The song deliberately never mentions Breitbart by name, instead using the refrain \u201cWho is this guy?\u201d Steele said \u201cWhen we were writing the song, I kept asking [Kahn] to show me video of people [paying tribute to Breitbart] and then I saw\u00a0Peter Schweizer say \u2018who is this guy?\u2019 And I said that\u2019s what we need to say in the song. It was so much fun, we had so much fun writing it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>WALK TOWARD THE FIRE \u2013 <\/strong>Steele, Kahn<\/p>\n<p>Who is this guy?<br \/>Jumps in the ring<br \/>Puts on the gloves<br \/>Takes on the world<br \/>Loves to make you mad<br \/>While he\u2019s making you laugh<\/p>\n<p>Who is this guy?<\/p>\n<p>The voice in the riot<br \/>Speaks for the quiet<br \/>Always defiant<br \/>Stands for the small<br \/>Like some kind of giant<\/p>\n<p>Whoever he is<br \/>We could use a few more like him<\/p>\n<p>Someone who ain\u2019t afraid to fight fighters<br \/>Throw the truth at all the liars.<br \/>Sees the smoke and flames get higher<br \/>And screams<br \/>Walk toward the fire.<br \/>Like there\u2019s nothing left to lose<br \/>Walk toward the fire<\/p>\n<p>So who is the guy?<br \/>I hope to God<br \/>If they write the story of my life<br \/>It means half as much<br \/>as his did to us<br \/>He came and he changed<br \/>Everything he touched<\/p>\n<p>Someone who ain\u2019t afraid to fight the fighters<br \/>Throw the truth at all the liars.<br \/>Sees the smoke and the flames get higher<br \/>And he screams<br \/>Walk toward the fire<br \/>Like there\u2019s nothing left to lose<br \/>Walk toward the fire.<br \/>Walk toward the fire.<\/p>\n<p>In a world that\u2019s gone out of its mind<br \/>Was he the last one of his kind?<\/p>\n<p>Someone who ain\u2019t afraid to fight the fighters<br \/>Throw the truth at all the liars.<br \/>Sees the smoke and the flames get higher<\/p>\n<p>Someone who ain\u2019t afraid to fight the fighters<br \/>Throw the truth at all the liars.<br \/>Sees the smoke and flames get higher<br \/>And he screams<br \/>Walk toward the fire.<br \/>Like there\u2019s everything to lose<br \/>Walk toward the fire.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Listen to the full Jeffrey Steele interview\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/breitbart\/jeffrey-steele-march-1-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Steele also spoke to Marlow about the aforementioned Aaron Lewis single \u201cAm I the Only One,\u201d that rocked the country music industry by soaring to the top of the charts without radio support.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was the first song in my career that made it to No. 1, probably one of the biggest songs of my career, that had no air play on radio\u201d he said.\u00a0 And then added that being banned\u00a0on radio \u201creally lit my fire.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20238362\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/03\/IMG_3859-copy-1.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Jeffrey Steele (R) and Ira Dean (L) celebrate their #1 smash hit \u201cAm I the Only One?\u201d (Photo courtesy of Jennifer Parisi)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>He said the music industry is now completely politicized. \u201cIf you\u2019re not on the left, you\u2019re out,\u201d he said.\u00a0But he is seeing signs of pushback from within the business.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody\u2019s been keeping their mouth shut and everybody\u2019s had it. In the music business, that\u2019s a great thing because we\u2019re supposed to be in this business to speak out against government.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><strong><em>GET \u201cWalk Toward the Fire\u201d<\/em><\/strong><strong> \u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/jeffreysteele.hearnow.com\/\"><strong>HERE.<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n<p><strong><em>Follow David\u00a0Ng on Twitter\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HeyItsDavidNg\"><strong><em>@HeyItsDavidNg<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>. Have a tip? Contact me at\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>dng@breitbart.com<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Acclaimed country songwriter and Nashville Songwriting Hall of Famer Jeffrey Steele has released a new single \u201cWalk Toward the Fire,\u201d a tribute to the late Andrew Breitbart, a song he<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1388237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1388237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1388237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1388237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1388237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1388237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1388237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}