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Now we're going to shift gears.
I take the blame for that hung not my producers and move on to the Texas tenors moving from racing to singing.
We're now joined by Marcus Collins JC Fisher.
And John -- of the Texas tenors who are honoring -- president's state.
With the new single released -- tell us about that can be good afternoon guys.
It -- millionaire thanks for heavens yes.
So what's god bless the USA and it's the thirtieth anniversary.
This year equally agree -- famous song and we've released our single today digitally on iTunes and there -- web -- the Texas tenors -- comment.
We're just thrilled to be able to celebrate America and -- this classic song.
And how do you guys get -- start.
Well we're all friends for many years and we all of singing we're not different voices so.
We had the idea to put -- group together and audition for America's Got Talent in 2009 and we got on the show and a fourth place and have been torn -- Emerson.
And I understand you're the highest ranking vocal group on the -- -- got talent show how how did that happen.
Well we.
Placed fourth and that -- -- vocal group has ranked higher in the show before that and no focal groups cents.
-- they do have an emphasis on variety.
Acts and that show especially now -- there's so many singing competition show so no other vocal group has scored higher so we're yeah we're very proud of that and we watch every year to see if there's another vocal group coming up in that.
And their ranks and not so far where we're still it's on top I guess that's not affect.
And you guys just got back from Nashville recording with bill medley is not right yeah we we've become good friends of bill medley and and we have the opportunity approached us about.
Producing you've lost that loving feeling.
And that he had an idea in his mind of how it should be arranged for the three of us and and we thought man that sounds like a great a great opportunity and who who would wanna do that -- bill medley so we we were in Nashville did that last week.
And -- talk about god bless the USA did lead to Greenwood head to -- referred years will actually now decades.
This is a song that really has staying power and obviously it appealed to use since you're doing your own release on.
On President's Day they did tell me about that -- hear your love of the song.
Yeah absolutely back in 1984 and when -- wrote this song.
He actually when we we -- greatest thing on the -- America's Got Talent we got in touch with him we're friends with -- both -- and came -- -- by.
And we tell them are gonna do this song and them.
He gave us his blessing and he we actually had his very own sheet music that we used not only -- -- -- -- beginning a little bit that.
He's been -- very patriotic he loves this country we we feel the same and -- on them that we endeared to -- we want to do it.
And he's followed us every step of the way he's congratulated us after he did on the show and an even even.
Here today he had gave -- a -- saying -- great job guys wonderful.
And it telling you about -- years after America's Got Talent going from that show your big break it to your success today.
What what are some of the highlights of of your career.
Hall.
Well you know the RBS show is seen in more than 65 countries so we've.
-- -- fortunate have to travel quite a few countries.
But in this country we've you know some highlights from have to be singing with the Houston symphony in the Cleveland -- and Phoenix infineon.
And that we do lots of performing arts centers and symphonies and.
-- for the world championships of the PBR.
We've -- for -- different.
NBA basketball games and that's just it it's been quite a whirlwind experience an almost 500 concert will be celebrating our 500.
Concert together as a group since America's Got Talent and just traveling all over the country and -- also we did 24 city tour of the United Kingdom and it just.
All these places we -- it's done such a treat and also meeting people along the way has been.
Such a pleasure we formed a group called there's a fan club of -- called the Texas -- -- rats.
And they follow us around religiously some of them have been to over 100 shows.
Come -- our concerts I can't imagine why that since we love our men and bust him for for come and all the shows and supporting us so what so much.
And it's funny we do some corporate gigs and then we just performed in Dallas where President Bush spoke -- and and what opportunities like this -- this unbelievable.
Well it has been a pleasure meeting all three of view and when we come back from the break we actually get to hear you performed so.
I'm gonna sign off before the break but stick around because -- -- out of the commercial break we get to hear from the Texas tenors so.
