Americana musicians in recovery
A song for Gigi: The Nell and Jim Band pay tribute to a loved one lost to addiction
The Nell and Jim Band, courtesy of Kalie Capadona. They’ve never sunk their claws into Nell Robinson personally, but the twin specters of addiction and alcoholism have long stalked her family, emerging from the shadows over years and miles to make her loved ones bleed. In December 2018, however, they were not content to simply…
Read MoreThe Lumineers speak truth to the labyrinthine web that addiction weaves
The Lumineers are, from left, Byron Isaacs, Jeremiah Fraites, Wesley Schultz, Lauren Jacobson and Stelth Ulvang. (Courtesy of Danny Clinch) As The Lumineers, Wesley Schultz and Jeremiah Fraites didn’t set out to write an addiction record. While both men have personal experiences with loved ones who have struggled with addiction and alcoholism, neither has battled…
Read MoreScorcher, Sinner, sober: Warner E. Hodges is a man of many hats
Courtesy of Trudi Knight/Bands on Stage It’s been 27 years since Warner E. Hodges threw back a drink, but it wouldn’t be honest to say he didn’t have fun before the booze took over his life. As a founding member of Jason and the Scorchers — which started out as Jason and the Nashville Scorchers,…
Read MoreTriggers & Slips’ Morgan Snow: Passion, purpose the key to overcoming addiction
Courtesy of Patrick Carnahan (Cracked Glass Photography) For Morgan Snow, labels are a nebulous concept. His band, for instance — Triggers & Slips, which releases a new album, “The Stranger,” this week — doesn’t fit into any certain box. There are throwbacks to the band’s 2012 full-length debut that are most definitely honky-tonk in origin,…
Read MoreThrough sobriety, singer-songwriter Katie Toupin makes her ‘Moves’
Courtesy of Thomas Crabtree/Gasworks Entertainment A great many alcoholics and addicts take their first tentative steps into sobriety with some amount of trepidation, and Katie Toupin was no different. After all, substances — in her case, alcohol — are fun long before they make life miserable. If addiction and alcoholism hit the same legal, social,…
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