{"id":260,"date":"2020-05-29T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2020\/2020\/05\/29\/mick-fury-brings-together-independent-musicians-for-front-porch-of-america\/"},"modified":"2020-05-29T15:30:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T15:30:00","slug":"mick-fury-brings-together-independent-musicians-for-front-porch-of-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2020\/2020\/05\/29\/mick-fury-brings-together-independent-musicians-for-front-porch-of-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Mick Fury brings together independent musicians for &#8220;Front Porch of America&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Guitarist <a href=\"https:\/\/nysmusic.com\/site\/tag\/mick-fury\/\">Mick Fury<\/a> thought we could all use a little pick me up, so he reached out to independent musicians across the country and assembled them into a small orchestra. The resulting song, &#8220;Front Porch of America,&#8221; encoruages empathy as we push through COVID-19, and features a number of Upstate New York musicians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;Front Porch of America (Orchestra)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vBOdzILHiVk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I was thinking if there was ever a time folks could use a pick me up, this situation we&#8217;re all going through is one of those. Music has a way to cut through the noise and I thought a song like &#8220;Front Porch of America&#8221; could offer some hope and empathy to those that are struggling. I reached out to all my independent musician friends from around the country and asked if they&#8217;d be willing to film themselves from their house or front porch singing\/playing the part of this song that spoke to them the loudest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Front Porch of America&#8221; is written by Mick Fury &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/seanpatrickmcgraw\">Sean Patrick McGraw<\/a>. Musicians from New York and surrounding areas include <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tommyconnors.com\/\">Tommy Connors<\/a> (Syracuse, NY), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chadmusic.com\/\">Chad Hollister<\/a> (Worchester, VT), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liamalonemusic\/\">Billy Harrison<\/a> (Syracuse, NY), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FunktionalFlowmusic\">Joey Lewis<\/a> (Buffalo, NY) and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.richortiz.com\/\">Rich Ortiz<\/a> (Albany, NY).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guitarist Mick Fury thought we could all use a little pick me up, so he reached out to independent musicians across the country and assembled them into a small orchestra. The resulting song, &#8220;Front Porch of America,&#8221; encoruages empathy as we push through COVID-19, and features a number of Upstate New York musicians. 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