Radney Foster "Angel Flight" tops Texas Music Chart -- Video has graced GAC Top 20 Countdown for six weeks

Song tells the story of the aircrew that fly fallen
soldiers home to their final resting place


Proceeds from sale of "Angel Flight" benefit Texas National Guard

Family Support Foundation


Radney Foster's hit single "Angel Flight," hits No. 1 on both the Texas Music Chart and the Texas Regional Radio chart today today and the video for the song has been featured in GAC's Top 20 Countdown since January 29.


Foster wrote "Angel Flight" with Darden Smith to tell the story of the aircrew that fly fallen soldiers home to their final resting place. The Air National Guard entrusted with flying these soldiers refer to the journey as the "Angel Flight."


Foster, known for his country radio hits "Just Call Me Lonesome" and "Nobody Wins,"has also penned hits for others, including Keith Urban ("Raining On Sunday') and Sara Evans ("Real Fine Place To Start").

The moving video was produced by Man Bites Dog Productions, who donated their time and talent after hearing the song. Proceeds from the single and video will be donated to the Texas National Guard Family Support Foundation, which provides assistance to military families beset by tragedy. To find out more, please visit txngfoundation.org


Foster called on fellow singer/songwriter Darius Rucker to lend his background vocals to "Angel Flight." The song is from his critically acclaimed CD, Revival, named by USAToday.com as one of the Top 5 CDs of 2009, and

To see the "Angel Flight" video click here!

 

"Just when I think I have experienced it all, something will happen that brings it all back. My breath catches in my throat, and I fight back the tears. Today it was a song on the radio. "Angel Flight" is about bringing home a fallen brother. To those of us who have had a son brought home we understand the comfort of knowing our loved one was never for a moment alone on his journey home.

-- a Gold Star mom