When singer-songwriter Bridgette Tatum walks in a room, you know it. You know it, because she owns it. And when she takes the stage, it only kicks up a notch.
Tatum came to the SiriusXM studios in Nashville straight from the road where she was on tour with Trisha Yearwood.
She doesn’t stop. She’s got energy and grit — and she’s unapologetic.
In other words, she’s American, and as she told Breitbart, “red white blue all the way through.”
Tatum has written songs for Gretchen Wilson, Trisha Yearwood, Randy Hauser, and is responsible for the massive Jason Aldean #1 She’s Country, which was the most played song on country radio that year.
She’s a blistering guitar player and a crazily dynamic performer who commands the room every time she hits the stage.
And if that’s not enough, she’s also a producer, a business woman, and pours her heart into charities across middle Tennessee. A true American badass.
“We only bend the knee for Jesus and the red white and blue.”
As part of Breitbart’s special coverage for America’s 250th birthday, Tatum wrote an original song that reflects how she feels about America.
She brought in fellow songwriters Kim Penz and John Caldwell and told Breitbart how the trio came up with Country See, Country Do, a real and raw rocker that simply exudes American grit.
“I thought about my family’s hands in the dirt and where that came from… I am country. I’m from South Cackalacky,” Tatum said.
The song’s opening lines set the tone:
“Everything done with a handshake / You’re only good as your word / It’s in the blood in the sweat / In the roots down in this dirt.”
The lyrics hit hard on family, faith, and land:
“We ain’t trying to start no trouble / We ain’t trying to put you down / We’re just trying to keep our family name and the farm on the edge of town / Hard work it don’t come cheap / Three generations deep / 15 droughts two world wars n passed it on to me.”
The song closes with a promise: “Where we’re born / Where we stand / Where they’ll lay us down / Cause we gonna die on this land.”
Tatum’s performance marks the first time the song has been heard by anyone and the first time it has been performed by its writer-artist.
Breitbart has teamed up with SiriusXM to create a special broadcast showcasing these original patriotic songs consecutively as America approaches its 250th birthday.
Today, we celebrate America’s 250th birthday. We’d be hard pressed to find someone who represents Her honesty and fortitude more than Bridgette Tatum.
