STAGE TUBE: Jason Robert Brown Releases 'A Song About Your Gun' Performance Video in Wake of Orlando Shooting

By: Jun. 15, 2016
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In the wake of this weekend's shooting in Orlando, Jason Robert Brown has released an evocative performance video of the recently penned 'A Song About Your Gun.' You can watch it below.

Brown released the video on his official website, writing: "After Columbine, after Virginia Tech, after Fort Hood, after Tuscon, after Aurora, after Sandy Hook, after San Bernadino, and now, after two horrifying shootings over the weekend in Orlando, I have finally learned the words I need to say.

I started writing this song after the massacre in San Bernadino last December, but I couldn't really figure out how to finish it. The second verse came to me with startling clarity in April, on a day when gun violence had temporarily receded from the front pages. The performance here is the first time I sang the song in public, at SubCulture on April 23."



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