- Wednesday, May 24, 2017

This is all full-circle moment, because a week after “Some Gave All” came out, I stood at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall during Rolling Thunder, with Don Von Tress, who is not only the writer of “Achy Breaky Heart,” but also a Vietnam veteran.

That man and that song changed my life. And now 25 years later, I’ll return to the wall and perform “Some Gave All” and “Achy Breaky Heart” and honor those veterans who gave all to their country.

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