Americana musicians in recovery
A Christmas miracle: Banjo ace Ned Luberecki marks a major milestone
Seventeen years ago this week — on Wednesday night, in fact, the day before Christmas Eve — renowned banjo player and teacher Ned Luberecki stared at what was left of the booze in his house and knew it wouldn’t be enough. He had moved to the Nashville area not long before, he told The Ties…
Read MoreAltogether herself: The surreal and sober journey of country maven Jaime Wyatt
Courtesy of Magdalena Wosinska The first time Jaime Wyatt cracked open a beer in the woods at 9 or 10 years old — “Miller Genuine Draft, and it tasted like the can itself,” she adds — she didn’t plan on becoming an addict. Like most of her peers in recovery, that was never on any…
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,…
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