Toby Keith rehearses for the"2002 Academy of Country Music Awards" at the Universal Amphitheatre on May 20, 2002 in Los Angeles, Ca. music has been linked with patriotism, for better or for worse, for decades. Attend any number of country concerts, and you’re likely to see an artist pay tribute to members of the American military, or witness audience members waving American flags or chanting “U.S.A.!” at some point during the show.‘s country charts over the years.
Patrick Nixon, a Tennessee soldier who died in Iraq.CMT in 2005. “I almost recorded ‘Letters From Home,’ and then for some reason, I was thinking, ‘It just doesn’t feel quite right.’ Of course, John Michael Montgomery had a bit hit with it — which was great. But then this song came along, and I said, ‘Oh, there it is. That’s what I’ve been waiting for.’ It’s just a nonpolitical song. It doesn’t glorify war at all or anything like that.