"Angel's Son" is a song written by

Clint Lowery Clint Edward Lowery (born December 15, 1971) is an American musician, songwriter and producer, best known as a guitarist and backing vocalist in the rock band Sevendust. He has also played in Dark New Day and Still Rain, and served as the tourin ...

and

Lajon Witherspoon Lajon Jermaine Witherspoon (born October 3, 1972) is an American singer best known as the lead vocalist of Atlanta-based rock band Sevendust. Members from bands such as Staind, Seether, Alter Bridge, and Diecast have listed Witherspoon and Seve ...

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and performed by Witherspoon, fellow Sevendust members (drummer

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and guitarist/vocalist

) and ex- Snot band member (now ex-Sevendust guitarist)

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, for the post-mortem compilation CD in honor of Snot founding vocalist

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known as ''

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''. The Snot version of the song, credited to "Strait Up featuring Lajon", peaked at number 15 on the ''Billboard'' Modern Rock Tracks chart and number 11 on the ''Billboard'' Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. Sevendust recorded a studio version of the song for their 2001 album, ''

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''.

Music video

''Strait Up''

The ''Strait Up'' version features the band with ex-Snot bandmates playing on a beach around a

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. Footage of James Lynn Strait who died with his dog Dobbs in a car accident, is superimposed during a

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around the campfire, growing in attendance with appearances of fellow musicians and friends including members of System of a Down,

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and others to say goodbye as a memorium title is revealed at the last moments of the song. Strait's mother is also featured in the video.

''Animosity''

The video opens with a man walking through a hospital waiting room, wearing an 'In Memory of Lynn Strait' t-shirt. Another man is shown in critical condition as the ER staff works to keep him alive. Towards the end of the video, the man expires, just as a woman rushes to check on him. As the doctor approaches with this news, he looks down to a photograph from the victim that shows the woman standing with him, revealing that she is the deceased's mother. Shots of the band playing the song in different parts of the hospital are interspliced. Drummer Morgan Rose commented about the video, "I'm not really into videos where people are playing on fields or hospitals or places where there's no chance in hell that you'd see them play, but this actually turned out great." The video features all of the members of the band: lead vocalist, Lajon Witherspoon; guitarist, Clint Lowery; guitarist, John Connolly; drummer, Morgan Rose and bassist,

Vinnie Hornsby Sevendust is an American rock band from Atlanta, Georgia, formed in 1994 by bassist Vinnie Hornsby, drummer Morgan Rose and guitarist John Connolly. After their first demo, lead vocalist Lajon Witherspoon and guitarist Clint Lowery joined the g ...

References

{{authority control 2000 songs 2002 singles Music videos directed by Nathan Cox Rock ballads Sevendust songs Songs written by Clint Lowery Songs written by Lajon Witherspoon Songs written by Morgan Rose TVT Records singles