Beautiful War (song) thirty-five seconds. Garret Hedlund pays homage to a fallen Cowboy whose name is Lane Frost. Also, the County in which the character is incarcerated is Lane Co. Beautiful War (song) "Beautiful War" is a song by American rock band Kings of Leon. The song was released as a digital download on December 9, 2013 through RCA Records as the fourth single from their sixth studio album "Mechanical Bull" (2013). The song was written by Caleb Followill, Nathan Followill, Jared Followill and Matthew Followill. The song is first demoed to other music artists such as Christina Aguilera, Kelly Clarkson and Westlife.
Kings of Leon 2010. Their sixth album, "Mechanical Bull", was released on September 24, 2013. The seventh studio album, "WALLS", was released on October 14, 2016. The group has 12 Grammy Award nominations, including 4 wins. The three Followill brothers (Matthew is their cousin) grew up in Oklahoma and Tennessee with their father, Ivan Leon Followill, a United Pentecostal Church preacher, and their mother, Betty-Ann. Nathan was born in Oklahoma, and Jared and Caleb were born in and around Memphis, Tennessee. Jared attended Mount Juliet High School, while Matthew was born and raised in Mississippi. According to "Rolling Stone" magazine, "While Ivan preached