The Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Country singer Charlie Daniels dropped out of an Independence Day television special, saying producers thought a song he'd planned to sing about Sept. 11 was inappropriate.
Daniels wrote a letter this week to Walter Miller, producer of the Public Broadcasting Service show ``A Capitol Fourth,'' saying he was pulling out of the program because of objections to the song he wanted to perform, ``The Last Fallen Hero.''
Among the lyrics: ``Now the winds of war are blowing and there's no way of knowing where the bloody path we're traveling will lead.''
``The song in question is not an angry song,'' Daniels said in the letter, which his publicist provided to The Associated Press on Thursday. ``It is my feeling that our country is engaged in a battle for our very survival and that we should be constantly reminded that our enemy will do the most inhuman and dastardly things imaginable if we are to have future Independence Days to celebrate.''
Daniels did not elaborate on what the objections were. Miller did not return a phone call from The Associated Press seeking comment.
Last week, singer Toby Keith announced he'd been removed from an ABC July Fourth special because of the lyrics to his song, ``Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American).'' ABC officials said Keith wanted to open the show with the song, which would set the wrong tone.
Hank Williams Jr. was hired to open the ABC show instead.
