Hoping to spread the message of love even as the country edged ever closer to dropping bombs on Iraq in 2003, Richie was moved to write �Baghdad Children.� (He wrote the new work on a long car-trip to a banjo-players' workshop, performing it first in Albany where he shared the stage with other master players, including Bela Fleck, Tony Trischka, and others.)
The single, which features Richie on banjo along with his friends Pat Burke (National resonator), Ben Gould (bass) and Kim Sherwood-Caso (back-up vocals), was recorded in early spring, the week before the first bombs were dropped in Baghdad. With friends making copies freely available for distribution and on the internet, several hundred copies of this new work have made their way into the hands of people who share Richie�s vision of the power of love over the politics of war. Feel free to download your own copy�and pass it on. Download MP3