Family, faith and firearms take center stage in Tobacco Rd Band's latest radio release "Jesus & Guns" (Big Southern Entertainment).
TRB's front man, Eric Durrance, wasn't thinking about politics when he wrote the song for the group's 2012 album "Where the Girls Are." But when President Barack Obama announced his executive action enacting tighter gun control, Durrance decided the time had come to finally put the song out to radio. "People need to hear this," he said. "The song is about the values I was raised with, as were millions of other Americans. It says to protect your family because there's always going to be a wolf at the door. When my dad gave me his shotgun, he had that talk with me. I think we're getting into a situation where everybody needs to have that talk." In the song, Durrance sings about his father giving him a Bible, a shotgun and some advice: "Live your life by the words written in red / And keep that gun locked and loaded by the bed / You've got those politicians up in Washington / But down here in the South we get things done, son, with Jesus and guns."Videos