Josh Turner Debuts Music Video For “Unsung Hero”
On this Memorial Day Weekend, Josh Turner has released a new music video for “Unsung Hero,” a song from Turner’s 10th MCA Nashville studio album, This Country Music Thing. The video made its broadcast debut on CMT and Paramount’s Times Square Billboard and is now in rotation across CMT Channels. The song, written by Turner, salutes his WW II veteran grandfather – a man of few words who sought even fewer accolades, but left a powerful legacy nevertheless.
“In December 2014, all of the Turner family had a get-together at my uncle’s house,” says Turner. “I asked him if he would show me my granddaddy’s medals and papers. When I got to see them, it had a profound effect on me. I was made aware that he was an American hero and no one really knew about what he had been through. It was clear to me that he was the epitome of an unsung hero. I wrote the song on Aug 27, 2015 as a tribute to him. The fact that it ended up on a record 10 years after I had been allowed to see his stuff is mind blowing to me. It’s also an honor to be able to sing about him in this way because I feel like there are so many others just like him that we don’t know about or have taken for granted. I’m excited I get to share images of him in the video of this song and that it will be released on Memorial Day. God bless all of our troops and veterans who have made the sacrifices necessary for us to enjoy the freedoms that we have.”
