He may not have had a hand in writing it, but this powerful song reflects everything Craig Morgan is: a veteran, a devoted and faith-driven family man, and someone who has endured painful losses in his life and rose from them stronger. Anyone who watched Morgan compete on the recent CBS reality series “Beyond The Edge” already has a strong sense of his integrity and leadership qualities, both of which make him the perfect person to sing this song that, he says, “makes a powerful statement about how you have to go through things, and sometimes experience difficult things in life, to become a better human.” Morgan’s vocals soar in the moving chorus, where he sings, “It's the good days, bad days, goodbye heartbreaks / Tail lights fading 'cause you didn't say enough / The loss and the tears, and the laughs, and the beers / The wars you fight, the ones you walk away from / You run, you crawl, you rise, you fall / You hit your knees 'til you learn to stand / Yeah, that's how you make a man.” Goosebumps!! Written by Michael August, Megan Conner and Skip Black, and produced by longtime Morgan collaborator Phil O’Donnell, “How You Make A Man” is the lead track from the artist’s upcoming “God, Family, Country (Deluxe Edition),” aptly set to release on Veterans Day (November 11th). The album will be preceded by Morgan’s memoir, also titled “God, Family, Country,” out September 27th via Blackstone Publishing.
Impacting: Monday, August 29th
By: Phyllis Stark