Sometimes it's best to look calmly inward during troubled times to draw on faith, and find reasons to hope. "A Bright Tomorrow" from The C.R. Ecker Band is all about extending goodness to those in need and believing that YOU can help to make a better world. It's a song that listeners will not soon forget, sung by lead vocalist Michael Stanton. Charles Ecker first composed this song in the late 1980s, but no publisher was interested because he wanted to give to the world. And that meant', logically, that those in the "bid'ness" had no motive to hop on the Ecker bandwagon, long before a band was even formed. But "A Bright Tomorrow" was never completely out of his mind, even though the demo cassette sat in a shoebox gathering dust for nearly 30 years. Now, through cdBaby and its method of allowing a free download waving distribution expenses, short of putting the song out through Public Domain (and losing all control of its use,) Ecker gets his wish, "granted in my lifetime," to speak to millions about what each can go to make the world a better place. The composer, who earned over 20 awards and nominations for his work in only the past four years, says: "'A Bright Tomorrow' is the closet I will ever get to John Lennon's 'Imagine.' And I am humbled. based on early reactions from programmers in Europe and the United States. "For the past three years, we have been airing the original version of 'A Bright Tomorrow" on or about New Year's Day and Charles Ecker released it on that day, on Reverbnation only, at no charge. Charlie is a devout Christian and his producer and lead singer Michael Stanton is an ordained minister. They were working on the final mix of a country version November 13 when news came from Paris and they finished in time for our Tuesday show so we could introduce it to the world ." Chris Duval, Station Program Director, London. Interesting to note a reaction, speaking days after the Paris attacks, not about this song, but regarding steps to achieve peace. In part, his comments were very much like Ecker's original thinking when he wrote "A Bright Tomorrow" long ago. "We need a systematic approach to foster humanistic values, of oneness and harmony. If we start doing it now, there is hope that this century will be different from the previous one. It is in everybody’s interest. So let us work for peace within our families and society..."