Kathy Mattea - The Vacant Chair

Kathy Mattea, Roy Huskey Jr., Jerry Douglas and others perform "The Vacant Chair".

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Music

Tags:

• Kathy
• Mattea
• music
• bluegrass
• folk
• Americana
• acoustic
• Roy
• Huskey
• Jerry
• Douglas

[0bh]

Songs like this are a national treasure. Thanks to Kathy and those like her that keep these old songs alive.

[jojaguar]

On Thanksgiving Day, the Vacant Chair is seen in many families' tables. A tribute to our soldiers who sacrificed their lives to protect our freedom and our nation.

[nicko978]

This is my favorite version of this song. First heard it on "Songs of the Civil War"

[nicko978]

Lets bring them home. There is no need to have any more vacant chairs for Afganistan, Pakistan or Iran. Elect Ron Paul the only person who will bring my brother home.

[KingRobbStark]

I finished the playlist.

[afrosamuria1]

this song is about the civil war and how many people died (teens (mostly) and fathers died).

[welshhillbillyful]

This is the same melody as "Lifes Railway To Heaven".A lovely song.

[lassie999]

I thought that the men and women that have carried our red white and blue flag from the USA fight today came from the United States of America from the north and south from the east and west ...our country fighting men... all bleed red... no matter what color they are or what part of our country they are from God Bless You All .. a northern girl

[crashmaster57]

@coleman996 whatever?

[coleman996]

@crashmaster57 lulz, bitter much?

[MikeBobSkip]

While showing Civil War sheet music, and telling stories behind many of the songs that came out of that war, I explained the story of the 1862 song, "The Vacant Chair." A young lady perhaps 20 started to cry, then explained, her brother was in Iraq, and every night, her mother set a place for him at the dinner table. This song is as relevant today as it was in 1862. Today, children leave their home for school, and will return tonight to that Vacant Chair. When you see a USA soldier, HUG him!