Eighteen in America Vol. 1: Eighteen in '76 (1776–1786) | Full Album | Black Coat Gospel

The year America was born, told by a backcountry boy who turned eighteen that summer. Eighteen in America · Volume 1 — Eighteen in '76 (1776–1786) A WORD BEFORE THE MUSIC For Robert James — so you'll know that this country was hard from its very first breath, and good in the very same breath, and that every year since has arrived the same way: taking things away and handing things back, the good and the bad braided together like a rope. That rope is what you climb. Every song on this record tells the truth about one year — the good and the bad together, because that is how the years actually arrive. Nothing here is sugared, and nothing here is hopeless. TRACKS 0:00 1. The Ink and the Powder (1776) _:_ 2. Thirteen Stars (1777) _:_ 3. The French Came Over (1778) _:_ 4. Not Yet Begun (1779) _:_ 5. Kings Mountain (1780) _:_ 6. The World Turned Upside Down (1781) _:_ 7. Waiting on the Word (1782) _:_ 8. He Gave It Back (1783) _:_ 9. The Hungry Peace (1784–1785) _:_ 10. Twenty-Eight (1786) EIGHTEEN IN AMERICA — A 250-Year Song Cycle Twenty-five volumes. One narrator for every decade from 1776 to 2026, each one eighteen when their decade opens and twenty-eight when it closes — each one handing the rope to the next. Watch the whole series in order on the playlist. Written for Robert James Laird, and for every kid who thinks the world just now got hard. Dads Front Porch Gospel · A Dad's Hub Productions release Written & produced by Ronnie Laird/singers/ Ronnie, Dakota and others Plantersville, Texas #EighteenInAmerica #AmericanHistory