Recovery Stories from the Music Industry

An interview series with musicians in recovery

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MusiCares offers a lifeline to recovery for artists and industry types who find themselves struggling with addiction

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Snot/Sevendust/Hed PE vet Sonny Mayo finds renewal in ‘the mighty purpose and rhythm’ of recovery from addiction

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Addiction took ‘Texas’ Joe Bailey to prison, but God and recovery gave him his freedom and renewed his career

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On the other side of addiction, Brandon Parkhurst helps others become recovering artists, warriors and kings

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Beyond the Blowfish: Drummer Jim ‘Soni’ Sonefeld finds a beautiful life in the light of recovery

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Five-time overdose survivor Sonny Cruz turns his addiction recovery into a musical mission

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Singer-songwriter David Easterling: ‘We all support one another on this journey’

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After 40 years in the wilderness, Hunt Sales gets his life and his music together

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FORTUNATE SON: The Rev. John Lee Hooker Jr. embraces his role as a proselytizing musical torchbearer

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On the cusp of a new album, singer-songwriter Michael McDermott celebrates authenticity

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From farm to beach, Jersey nonprofit uses music to offer hope to those in recovery

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Through recovery, the guys in 500 Miles to Memphis ‘lift each other up’

Why The Ties That Bind Us? It’s taken from literature from one of the 12 Step programs: “The ties that bind us together are stronger than those that would tear us apart.”

What about the 11th Tradition? “Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio and film.” This is an important part of all 12 Step fellowships, which is why we won’t be identifying the specific fellowships, if any, to which our interview subjects belong. However, their discussion of their own recovery and sobriety, we feel, falls under the purview of “attraction,” and we’re honored they’ve agreed to allow us to tell their stories.

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