Nation-rock artist Rip Gerber has launched “This Ranch Is My Church,” a thank-you word to Eric Church. The music expresses gratitude to the nation music star for his heat hospitality and pays tribute to his deep-rooted devotion to household, neighborhood, and nation. Accompanied by an official music video and that includes a choral efficiency by the Golden Gate Males’s Refrain, it celebrates religion, household, and the non secular energy of the nice outside. All proceeds from the one are donated to Eric Church’s charity Chief Cares to assist rebuild the Western North Carolina communities that had been devastated by the destruction from Hurricane Helene.
“This Ranch Is My Church” is the second single from Gerber’s deeply intimate idea album, “Three-Chord City,” which explores loss and loneliness throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, to be launched on June 20, 2025.
Gerber shares, “I used to be impressed by a go to to Eric Church’s Tennessee ranch, the place I discovered myself immersed within the songwriter’s circle of household and pals. The expertise left me reflecting on the significance of household and the non secular energy of the outside. The music is my thanks to “Chief”—that’s what his band calls him—to precise my gratitude and pay tribute to his deep-rooted devotion to household and nation.”
All gross sales and streaming proceeds from “This Ranch Is My Church” might be donated 100% to Chief Cares, established by Eric and Katherine Church in 2013. Chief Cares goals to impression lives and make a distinction not solely in america however all through the world. It’s presently dedicated to serving to rebuild the Western North Carolina communities that had been devastated by Hurricane Helene.
To seize the emotional depth of the music, Gerber introduced collectively Nashville musicians, all current graduates from the Berklee Faculty of Music, and the world-renowned Golden Gate Males’s Refrain (GGMC). “Collaborating with Rip has been an absolute pleasure,” shares Joseph Piazza, Musical Director of the GGMC. “Bringing the GGMC to fuse choral richness with Nashville’s most interesting is a testomony to how music transcends genres and to Rip’s heartfelt creativity.”
The music’s refrain is a nod to Church’s “Determined Man,” which drew inspiration from The Rolling Stones’ “Sympathy for the Satan.” The background vocals are paying homage to Church’s “poo poo poo” vocalizations on “Determined Man,” which in flip had been impressed by the “hoo hoo” chants in “Sympathy for the Satan.”
“Eric Church didn’t simply encourage me—his generosity moved me to step into my very own journey as an artist. As an alternative of a thanks word, I wrote “Chief” a love music—about his love for the land and his neighbors, and the divine energy of nature and household” – Rip Gerber
“This Ranch Is My Church” is accessible on all main streaming platforms beginning February 26, 2025.
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