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Ramshackle Glory:                                           Greg Wickham's If I left This World

4/26/2017

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You don’t know how many chances you get in life. Perhaps that is part of the inspiration for the new release from Greg Wickham. Or maybe it is legacy. A chance to communicate to his children the things that truly move his heart in this world. An opportunity to give them a sense of where they fit in the story of the Wickham line. Whatever the driving focus is, Greg Wickham delivers a batch of songs that he gifts to his family and friends, a personal document of his deep love for honest music.

Wickham notes that he was jealous of his friends Dave and Jimmy Nace because they had their father’s country records to listen to after his death. They could still hear him on those old recordings. “When my dad died, I barely had any recordings of his voice. I included on this album, the only clip I have of him singing,” Wickham states. The impact of a father on a son is hard to underestimate. Wickham makes the conscious effort to leave behind a personal testimony, to be intentional and accessible. And we get to share in his moment.



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    J.M. McSpadden III is a writer and roots music enthusiast who believes every road trip is an opportunity for the full- tilt boogie.
    He is grounded by the love of his wife, Suzanne, and their six children, all of whom have had to listen to their father ramble on and on about the merits of this song or that band until they finally said, "You need a blog!" He currently lives in Richmond, Virginia. And by the way, he also has a BFA in Creative Writing from University of North Carolina at Wilmington. So there.

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