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Heal Us All will be projected on to the façade of St. Luke’s Church & The Winged Ox
in Glasgow at 7pm on Tuesday November 2 nd . The just over two-minute anthemic
musical and visual experience will last just over two minutes. The Glasgow Youth
Choir will accompany the video by performing the chorus live in front of the church.

The Lord Provost of Glasgow will officiate and after the performance he will take a
call from the Deputy Mayor of Nashville, Jim Shulman who is expected to offer good
wishes to the city of Glasgow and for COP26.

The event is sponsored by and heralds the official launch of the American fintech
platform HealRWorld on November 4 when they officially launch their music platform
Music4ClimateJustice.

Senator Richard Blumenthal is joining Paul Hampton to endorse Paul’s new video
anthem Heal Us All. Senator Blumenthal said ‘This is the song the world needs to
hear right now’, calling: ‘Brilliant. Powerful.’

In 2019 Senator Richard Blumenthal presented Paul Hampton with a Lifetime
Achievement Award for Distinguished Service to Women and the Arts. Blumenthal
recently endorsed Paul Hampton’s song ‘Brave as a Butterfly’ that he created to
encourage people to get vaccinated. Paul Hampton’s performance and interview with
Senator Blumenthal was aired as a Public Service Announcement on CBS News in
the US in August 2021.

Paul Hampton is listed in the top 100 major architects of American rock and roll by
the British rock journal ‘Foot Soldiers and Kings’. The specially produced 2 minute,
38 second video recording ‘Heal Us All’ is performed by Paul Hampton together with
prominent musicians including Charlie Bisharat on the Stradivarius, the former first
chair viola player of the Nashville Symphony Orchestra Kris Wilkerson and
background singers led by Tabitha Fair with musical arrangement by Jimmy Nichols.

Speaking from his studio in Nashville, Paul Hampton said ‘What’s most interesting
about the making of this recording, is the sheer power of the song itself. I harbored
an enormous amount of pent-up energy and frustration after a year of lockdown, plus
a seething anger at how cruel we as human beings are being to each other, as well
as the climate. From the start, the soul of the song spoke to me in a way that
challenged every emotion I had, dominating and commanding me on the day of the
recording, to the point where I had no choice but to satisfy it flawlessly. The song
and video have evolved in mood, tempo and attitude to ultimately produce a unique
global anthem to re-inspire the world. This is not just another song. ‘Heal Us All’ is
an experience, it is a space your heart will want to return to again and again. The
message is simply this: we all need the same kind of never-ending, heart-mending,
body and soul blending healing love… Heal Us All… Heal Our World…’

Charlie Feldman, the recently retired BMI Creative Director said from New York:
‘Paul Hampton’s anthemic recording of HEAL US ALL is a timely gift for the world.
Sometimes the greatest communicator of all is a song. And this beautiful Hampton
composition is just that. Its message is pure and full of love and hope.’

Circuit Court Judge Thomas Brothers of Nashville Tennessee said ‘I recently had the
opportunity to view Paul Hampton’s stunning musical video which dramatically drove
home the toll that climate change is taking on the world’s collective soul.  The
devastation across the globe desperately cries out to all mankind for healing and
restoration.  My hope for our world was buoyed by Heal Us All!’ He continued ‘I
sincerely hope that COP 26 will prove to be a great success and unite countries
against this common threat.’
Paul Hampton has a long history of writing poignant songs that address, love, loss,
hope and healing. In 2008, the Tony Award-winning actress and singer Idina Menzel
recorded Hampton’s song “Hope” for the Major League Baseball ‘Stand Up to
Cancer’ charitable program.

Since 1958 Paul Hampton has touched hearts around the world with his music and
film and television roles. In 1972 he co-starred with Diana Ross in ‘Lady Sings the
Blues’ as Billie Holiday’s drug-pushing friend Harry Hanley. Paul starred in Shivers,
Hit! , More Dead Than Alive and his television appearances include Never Forget,
The Doris Day Show, My Mother The Car, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour,
McCloud, Ironside, Combat! And Benson.

Born in Oklahoma City in 1937, Paul Hampton was signed to Columbia Records
while still a sophomore at Dartmouth College and wrote music with Hal David and
Burt Bacharach. He wrote hits for Don Gibson, Gene Pitney, Johnny Tillotson and
his songs have been recorded by Sammy Davis Jr, Bette Midler, Eddy Arnold, Tom
Jones, Merle Haggard, Ricky Nelson, Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash.

Hampton’s song Sea of Heartbreak was used in the soundtrack for films The Butcher
Boy, A Perfect World, Heartbreak Ridge and Clay Pigeons. It was recorded by Leo
Sayer and in 2010 singer Rosanne Cash performed the song with Bruce Springsteen
for which they received a Grammy nomination for the best pop duo.

Paul Hampton believes ‘Heal Us All’ is his finest work and hopes that the song will
benefit all those in need of healing and everyone at COP26 committed to the job of
healing our planet.

For further information, images or to get a link to the music video HEAL US ALL
and/or to request an interview with Paul Hampton himself please contact:

Alexandra Foley
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+44 (0) 7976 713478

UK Broadcast download links of background to song interview with Paul
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Notes for editors:
Heal Us All by Paul Hampton, performed by Paul Hampton and recorded in
Nashville on June 2021 with:
Charlie Bisharat on the Stradivarius
Charlie is a member of the Grammy award winning band Shadowfax, as well as having
worked with Lady Gaga, the Rolling Stones, Aerosmith and Elton John. He can also be heard
as a session musician on soundtracks such Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and many Pixar
films. He performs with the Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra.
Kris Wilkerson – additional Instrumentation
Kris Wilkerson is the former first chair viola player for the Nashville Symphony Orchestra.
Jimmy Nichols – Musical Arranger

Jimmy has played on over 40 number one pop-country hits for major artists which include:
Carrie Underwood, Taylor Swift, Reba McEntire and Faith Hill. He also served as the musical
director of Reba for six years and Faith for eight years, as well as touring with Tim McGraw.
Tabitha Fair led the background singers
Tabitha Fair has sung with Bruce Springsteen, Lady Gaga, Sting, Bruno Mars and Beyonce.
Fair and her group represent the best of the multicultural talent pool in Nashville. Paul
Hampton calls them his ‘Army of Angels’ and believes the world will agree.

GLASGOW YOUTH CHOIR
The Glasgow Youth Choir involves young people ages 7-22 from all over the Greater
Glasgow area. The choir have been great ambassadors for Glasgow for over 60
years, performing all over Scotland and around the world – most recently touring Italy
in 2018. They have made the most of their time on zoom during the pandemic, and
have developed exciting links with choirs all over the world and this year have a
series of online workshops with choirs from USA, Canada, Germany, India and
South Africa. The choir are always welcoming new members and if you would like to
get involved, contact the choir at glasgowyouthchoir@yahoo.co.uk.

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In gratitude to Wayne and Cosby for co-hosting the event, Lt Col Richardson will also present the legendary writer with one of his original paintings. Proceeds from the event will go towards Stand for the Troops and the Global Stress Initiative ,to continue work to diagnose, treat, and prevent PTSD in  American Combat Veterans. Emmy Winning TV Host & Bestselling Author, Rita Cosby states: “I am so proud to align with Global Stress Initiative, Stand for the Troops and Lt. Col Richardson who all do so much to ensure our troops get the necessary help to deal with the unseen wounds of war after they leave combat.”  Eilhys England Hackworth, Executive Director, Stand for the Troops states: “My late husband Col David “Hack” Hackworth and I founded Stand for the Troops because combat veterans need to be protected, post active duty, with more than lip service. The goal of our non-profit  is to heal as many veterans with PTSD/TBI as possible, as quickly as possible, so these men and women can once again become active members of their families and society.”  Lorraine Silvetz, MSW, Executive Director, Global Stress Initiative states: “Global Stress Initiative is honored by Colonel Richardson’s generous offer to support our treatment of service members and veterans. GSI donated treatment, utilizing individualized transcranial magnetic stimulation (iTMS), to 100 veterans with 99% efficacy between 2017-2018. We are collaborating with our partners at Stand for the Troops to propagate this innovative protocol to as many veterans as possible.”  Richardson was awarded a Bronze Star (with VALOR Cluster) for his actions in combat as a front-line officer, one of only 687 awarded in our nation’s history. For additional information visit  Lt Col David Richardson’s website. Lt Col David Richardson states: “I’m so happy to be able to support my fellow veterans by donating funds to partner foundations, GSI/SFTT who provide individualized transcranial magnetic stimulation (iTMS), a non-invasive treatment, which is 99% effective in the treatment of PTSD among other treatments.”    Online Auction

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At 6-foot-1, 250-pounds, Ovie Mughelli was a bruising fullback for more than a decade in the NFL. The former All-Pro player was known for punishing linebackers, but also for his engaging personality and ability to have fun with his teammates both on and off the field. Mughelli is a former network TV Sports analyst, so he still finds plenty of time to watch the Big Game while partying with friends. On January 25th, just in time for the Super Bowl (Feb. 3) in Atlanta, Ovie is available to share his can’t-miss Big Game party tips. Find out how this former NFL star and his friends plan to party.

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A Hero’s Farewell and a Daughter’s Undying Love

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I haven’t been able to write about my father’s passing until now, as it’s been such a gut-wrenching personal loss for me and for his beloved homeland. But I felt on this Veterans Day weekend it was important to honor my dad, as his sheer survival exemplifies what it truly means to be an American and reveals the unwavering determination the human spirit has to prevail in the most dire of circumstances.

As the embassy dignitaries solemnly approached me to officially present my father’s medal, my eyes immediately filled with tears. They caringly placed one of his country’s highest honors, a beautiful gold Maltese Cross enameled in white, into the palm of my shaking hand. It was a profound and overwhelming moment that was — literally — decades in the making.

I slowly walked over to my father’s oak casket and gently placed the medal onto the flag that draped his coffin and likewise commemorated his courage, my hand lingering a moment as if to touch his heart one last time. The color guard raised their sabers in a dramatic salute as a sign of respect for the historic moment: My father had finally earned the recognition he deserved for the heroism he had exemplified almost seventy years earlier when he had nearly died fighting for the freedom of his country.

The long journey to this moment had begun when my father had desperately crawled through the dark and corpse-filled sewers of Warsaw, and had continued in a brutal Nazi POW camp, where my father, Ryszard Kossobudzki, sold the suit off his back for a loaf of bread.

At just thirteen years of age, he saw the German planes invade and decimate his country in September of 1939. Life changed forever in Poland, but my father’s steadfast patriotism did not. Although he was offered a chance to sneak out across the border after the fighting began, he did not leave. Instead, he voluntarily chose to stay and fight in the Warsaw Uprising of World War II, knowing the heavy odds were that he would die for his country. More than eighty percent of his citizen unit, virtually unarmed soldiers, did.

Young Kossobudzki was known by his comrades only by a code name which, when translated, meant “Mountain Lion.” He had chosen that name to remind himself that he had to run fast and sneak by the Nazis. And, like a cat, he had many lives, narrowly cheating death over and over. He was shot at, torn up by grenade shrapnel, and chased by a dive bomber which obliterated the building he ran to. But eventually he was seriously injured by a mortar shell that killed his comrade who was standing just a few feet away. When he left Warsaw in October 1944, the once vibrant city was smoldering rubble, by some estimates, a staggering eighty-five percent destroyed.

The young freedom fighter was held at gunpoint by the Nazis as they threw his near lifeless and bloodstained body onto a boxcar headed toward a German POW camp. As every bump of the steam locomotive made him wince in pain, all that mattered to this stalwart resistance warrior was to make sure he and his buddies made it through the next hour or day. Amazingly, it was around this time that he was nominated by his Commander for the esteemed Fighter’s Cross, the equivalent of the American Silver Star (something I discovered just a few years ago while researching and writing Quiet Hero, the bestselling book about my father). Ultimately, a daring escape from the POW camp led him to the safety of U.S. troops, who met my father — now weighing a mere ninety pounds on his six foot frame — with cheers and hugs on a small German riverbed. It was young American GIs who saved my father and told him he was finally free.

My dad faced his final battle in life with the same courage, grace, and dignity that he had displayed as a teen. When he shared with me recently that he had cancer, my heart broke. Hearing the fear and pain in my voice, he said to me, “Don’t worry — in the Uprising, five German units couldn’t get me, I’ll fight this with everything I have, too.” And he did.

He had choked up when I told him the Polish Consulate had learned, through documents that were hidden during the war, that he had been nominated in 1944 for the prestigious Fighter’s Cross. He humbly said all he cared about at the time was “not to have a wooden cross,” meaning killed in battle. Like so many veterans, he didn’t seek awards or accolades, he only cared about protecting his country and survival. Despite his incredible humility, I privately began diligently working on getting him the acknowledgements he greatly deserved. I felt it would not only recognize my father, but all of the unsung heroes of WWII.

Knowing time was of the essence, I remained determined and made a trip to Poland to press forward on this important process for my dad. Appropriately, on Memorial Day weekend this year, a Polish embassy official and the Defense Attaché came to my father’s hospital bed in the ICU unit and formally presented him with a beautiful gold medal from the Defense Minister. As they pinned that medal and the Fighter’s Cross on my father’s hospital gown, even the critical care nurses and doctors who bore witness to emotional leavenings on a daily basis, were misty-eyed. To the sound of their applause, my father also officially became an officer, promoted from Corporal to Second Lieutenant. The uniformed general gave him a hearty salute. I was so thankful my dad was alive to see those great honors.

The road to my father’s past and back was an emotional journey for both my father and me after years of painful separation, but I was grateful that we shared the beautiful ending of his remarkable life. As one friend told me, “You made his last years, his best.” I think given what my father endured as a teenager thrust into WWII, the least I could do as a daughter was to make sure he was appreciated for his tremendous record of service and ultimately honored. I believe it is the least we can do for all of our veterans and their selfless contributions,

As my father took his last breaths, I promised him I would always remind people of the extraordinary sacrifice of his fearless young Polish comrades and the brave U.S. troops who saved him and — I believe — saved the world in WWII, and continue to do that time and time again. I also told him how much I loved him and would miss him.

As my father quietly slipped away, he was not only surrounded by accolades from America and his homeland, but by those who loved him dearly, holding his hand as the heroic Lieutenant Kossobudzki completed his last mission.

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At 10:30 AM America’s Tenor, Daniel Rodriguez, will open the short program by singing. I will speak for a few minutes as well as Ret. Brig. Gen. Loree Sutton, Producer Stephen Clouse, Purple Heart & Bronze Star medals recipient Angelo Monaco, and Ken Fisher of Fisher House.

GOD BLESS AMERICA AND GOD BLESS OUR VETERANS

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