Guardians debut new theme song “We Are Cleveland”

CLEVELAND, Ohio (92.3 The Fan) – Cleveland’s baseball team has a new name, and now a new theme song.

The Guardians unveiled their new music track “We Are Cleveland” Wednesday.

The song was written, performed and produced locally in Cleveland in collaboration with the club.

“Music is such a powerful artform for storytelling and, consistent with the core values at the foundation of our new team name – loyalty, resilience and pride - we were committed to making Clevelanders and our city’s personality the central theme of the song,” Alex King, Guardians executive VP of marketing and brand strategy, said. “It was extremely important for us to assemble a diverse group of musicians and voices that reflect our community, and we could not be more proud of what this family of local artists accomplished together.”

Check out the song in the video player above.

Sam Getz and Jimmy Weaver, two founding members of the Cleveland-based band Welshly Arms, produced the track which will be used by the team in advertising campaigns, within the ballpark and on its social and broadcast platforms.

“It was an honor to work on this project with the Guardians and this talented group of musicians,” Getz said.

Getz and Weaver are joined on drums by Joey “Coach” Hanna, who has toured and recorded with Bootsy Collins and Gavin Degraw. Accompanying the duo on vocals are two other members of Welshly Arms, the husband-and-wife team of Jon Bryant and Bri Bryant (“Lady Bri”), alongside Stacey Richardson (“Sarah’s Girl”), who has performed with Gerald Levert and Anthony Hamilton, in addition to assisting Paul Shaffer, long-time music director for David Letterman, with vocal arrangements for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction ceremonies in Cleveland.

“We are native Clevelanders and lifelong fans of Cleveland baseball so there’s a lot of pride that went into creating this music,” added Weaver.

Recording sessions for “We Are Cleveland” took place at Blakwall Studios on Cleveland’s West Side with licensing courtesy of Los Angeles, California-based Position Music.

Getz and Weaver also collaborated with the same group of artists to complete a second musical track, which will be released by the Guardians at a later date.

[Bri] Bryant and Richardson are slated for separate performances of the National Anthem at Progressive Field this season.