Musicians Larry Paxton - Bass Lonnie Wilson - Drums Kenny Greenberg - Guitar Bobby Terry - Guitars,
Steel Guitar Mike Rojas - Piano,
Keyboards Lead Vocal - Raleigh Squires Background vocals -
Melonie Cannon, Buddy Cannon, Raleigh Squires Recorded at the
Sound Emporium, Nashville, TN Produced by Raleigh Squires &
Buddy Cannon Engineer - Tony Castle Squires Boys Music (ASCAP)
I wrote this song when my daughter was going through some drug
and alcohol addiction issues and I wanted to deliver this message to
her and other people with drug/alcohol and other mental health
issues.
The recording was produced by me and my longtime friend, Buddy
Cannon, whose production credits include Kenny Chesney, Reba
McEntire, Jamey Johnson and Willie Nelson. (Namedropper! )It is a universally positive spiritual message that should be
heard by everyone at least once.
Every day.
I want to spread the word as far as possible.
Raleigh Squires
Nashville songwriter
Raleigh Squires releases country self-help digital single
“Change Your Thinking,” a country/rock
“self-help” record, has been released by Nashville songwriter
Raleigh Squires, who describes it as an effort to deliver a positive
spiritual message to people struggling with life issues like
alcohol/drug addictions and mental health problems like anxiety and
depression.
Squires believes the song, an up-tempo,
rocking music track with country instrumentation from some of
Nashville’s best country players and “very positive, hopefully mind-
changing” lyrics, could help people suffering from any cause of
anxiety or depression turn their lives around.”
“I’ve had close family members dealing
with serious drug and alcohol addictions--and all of us deal with
anxiety and depression at some point,” Squires said, “I believe we
get caught up in life and spend most of our thinking reacting in a
negative way to what we see as negative events in our lives not
realizing how much power those thoughts actually have.They are like prayer.Ask and you shall receive.A lot of times we get just what we’re
accidentally asking for.”
“This song just says, ‘Pay Attention’,
to what you are thinking and use your thoughts to shape the life you
want,” Squires added.“The content is totally different, and while
it doesn’t fit the current trends in the genre, I believe radio will
play it simply because it’s positive, it’s universal, and it sounds
as good as anything else.Obviously, if radio would play it, the
message would reach more people. If it helps one person, it could
save a life, so it’s worth taking the shot.It’s something everybody ought to hear at
least once a day.”
Squires said the record will be
digitally distributed to multiple radio formats.
The record was co-produced with Squires
by Buddy Cannon, Kenny Chesney’s long-time producer whose other
credits are a who’s who of country music, including Willie Nelson,
Reba McEntire, Merle Haggard, Alison Kraus, and Jamey Johnson, among
others.
Squires and Cannon both worked and
wrote for Mel Tillis’ Sawgrass/Sabal Music through the 1970s and
1980s.They’ve had several co-writes recorded by
the likes of George Strait, Don Williams, Vern Gosdin, the Oak Ridge
Boys.One collaboration, “Dream Of Me,” was a Billboard Top
10 single on Gosdin on an Indie label while at the same time
appearing on the Oaks multi-platinum “Fancy Free” album that
contained one of their biggest singles, “Elvira.” Most recently
Alison Krauss included it on her’ “Windy City” country album two
years ago.
“I went to Buddy because he’s my friend
and I knew I would get the very best Nashville has to offer and I
also knew he wouldn’t do it if the song wasn’t there,” Squires said.“He reinforced my belief in it just by
agreeing to do it.”
The record is on Squires’ independent
Squires Boys Music label and is available digitally at most online
music outlets.
Change Your Thinking
Change your thinking Change your life Pay attention to what goes on inside your
mind You
have total control over where your thoughts go Change your thinking Change your life
Turn your sad thoughts upside down That’s how you turn yourself around Say goodbye to sorrow, misery, and strife Change your thinking Change your life
We possess the power of creation In more ways than the one we know Thoughts are seeds of life on a higher
level Be
mindful of the kind of seeds you sow
Change your thinking Change your life Keep conversations with yourself on the
positive side Use your imagination to make the wrong
things right Change your thinking Change your life
We possess the power of creation In more ways than the one we know Thoughts are seeds of life on a higher
level Be
mindful of the kind of seeds you sow
Change your thinking Change your life Keep conversations with yourself on the
positive side Welcome your tomorrow Kiss yesterday goodbye Change your thinking Change your life
