From Rock Star to Superhero: An Interview with Wally Ingram
By Cynthia Turner
I have always admired Wally Ingram’s incredible talent on drums and percussion. Wally’s career has been packed full of incredible highlights. His bio is sprinkled with names such as Sheryl Crow, Timbuk 3, Eric Burdon and The Animals, Anders Osborne, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Hornsby, Shawn Colvin, Crowded House, Art Garfunkel, Tracy Chapman…the list goes on. Of course, there are also his fellow Stockholm Syndrome band mates: Jerry Joseph, Dave Schools, Eric McFadden, and Danny Louis.
While always an admirer, I really zeroed in on following Wally’s journey over the last few years. When I first heard in 2006 that Wally had been diagnosed with Stage 4A Cancer of the Tonsil and Neck region, I was heartbroken. I knew that he had just welcomed a baby girl, Lydia, into the world and I just couldn’t imagine what he and his wife, Laurie, were going through.
Throughout his battle, which he fought bravely and fiercely, Wally updated family, friends, and fans via his blog. His messages were full of hope, determination, love, and gratitude. On June 1st of 2007, Wally’s beautiful wife Laurie posted a message on the blog entitled, “No More Cancer!!!” On June 25th, Wally chimed in with a posting of his own:
CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH!!!!
Hey campers. Just got the clean bill of health memo. ssswwwwweeeeeeeeet!
way to wake up fully healed! arriiibbbbaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
;-)
Wally
Talk about cause for celebration!
Wally Ingram’s Blog
While in Nashville working with Sheryl Crow, Wally took some time to chat with me about many things; topics including his battle with cancer, his love for his wife, Laurie, and daughter, Lydia, and Stockholm Syndrome’s planned tour, to name a few.
Wally, Laurie and Lydia Ingram
Photo courtesy of WallyIngram.com
We started things off by shooting the breeze about football, with me offering my condolences about the playoff game between the Green Bay Packers and the New York Giants (the third coldest game in NFL history, mind you). I knew he was a big time Packers fan, having hailed from Wisconsin, and the loss was definitely a disappointing surprise to many Packers’ fans. After trading a few good natured jabs about the history between his Packers and my Denver Broncos, I mentioned how I had recently caught one of Sheryl Crow’s older videos on VH1.
MB: I was watching one of her first videos last week, “All I Wanna Do”, and there you were!
WI: Yep, that was me! I play percussion with her now. Her new record comes out next week.
MB: Yeah, everyone is really excited about it too! I have heard a lot of folks saying good things about it.
WI: It’s a great record, it really is. There’s some great political stuff, and all around good emotional content. It’s good, man! It really is. I’m excited about it.
MB: I would imagine she [Sheryl Crow] wound up being a pretty solid support for you during your battle with cancer. I know she’s reached out to a lot of people with cancer, which is something I really admire about her journey. Considering your history with her, it seems almost a foregone conclusion that she would be a strong force in your camp of supporters.
WI: We hadn’t been in touch for a while and her Monitor Engineer… who is a good friend of mine, he saw I was playing with The Animals - and we were in Buffalo, New York and they happened to be there with a day off. So he came down to the show and I had just been diagnosed. So he told her [Sheryl Crow] about it and she was immediately, you know, back in my life big time. And she was very supportive and she kind of connected me with some good counsel. She helped me build a strong foundation and kind of helped talk me through some things and set up some second appointments, second opinions and what not… And I have a two year old daughter – she was only a year at the time. We were living in a very small place in West Hollywood and there really wasn’t enough room for us all – for my wife to work and the baby and me and anyhow…so we were going to rent a place. I sent out an email to see if anybody had any ideas about a guest house to rent, or anything, just any ideas. We were just about to rent this place for like five grand a month, money we didn’t have, when Sheryl called and said, hey, I’ve got an idea. Why don’t you stay in my guest house?
MB: That’s so awesome! Bless her heart!
WI: Yeah, it was really nice. So we were there for about six months. She was gone a lot, but I still got to see quite a bit of her. She took me to the hospital a couple of times. And we shared a lot of…I don’t know, stories and a lot of…she was just really supportive. She did jump on for that benefit concert too.
MB: And what a concert that must have been! The lineup was mind-blowing!
BEAT IT WALLY!
Alex Theatre - Glendale, California
January 31, 2007
(Check out more of the photos from the event on Wally’s website by clicking here.)
WI: That was kind of like my goal, to make it to that and play. It was unbelievable. It was one of those kind of fairy tale nights, you know? (excited chuckle) And I mean the lineup was incredible. And Crowded House just showed up!
MB: You weren’t expecting them?
WI: Not really, no. I caught wind of it the day before. Butch called and said Crowded House was coming to town the day before and they heard about the show and were wondering if I was up for playing with them.
MB: Wow that is just fantastic.
WI: So I said of course! (laughs) I played with them I don’t know, ten, twelve years ago, when Paul Hester quit the band. We were opening for them and he [Paul] just kind of had to go home. So I played some shows with them…that was thrilling.
MB: Yeah, I’ve been a Crowded House fan for a long time.
WI: Oh yeah! They are just great guys. Really cool. And George Clinton showed up too! He chimed in at the very end. It was kind of the Last Waltz meets a P-Funk show. It was unbelievable. It was like four and a half hours!
MB: What an eclectic mix too – a little bit of everything!
WI: It really was! Garbage, and The Martinis with Joe Santiago and Dave Lovering from the Pixies, and Tad Wadhams who was the bass player that played with Sheryl, he’s in that band too. So yeah, Tad and I played with Sheryl and that was a really great reunion, along with Tim Smith, her guitarist. And Victoria Williams was there as well. You know, those people are always rallying for good causes.
MB: But that really says a lot about you too, Wally, I mean to be able to pull that many people together, that just speaks volumes about who you are; the kind of person you are, the musician you are, I mean that’s really amazing. That had to be a really healing experience!
WI: It absolutely was! I mean I’m still pinching myself about that! It’s very humbling, it brings tears to my eyes, you know? It was incredible. The next day, I went back to the hospital and it was back to the IVs and stuff. It was pretty much all I could do to power through that. I just did it on adrenaline pretty much. But it went a long way. Emotionally, it was…’cause I had been kind of sequestered really, between my bed and the infusion center. That’s pretty much all I was seeing. And my daughter, my little two-year old, and my wife Laurie, they were medicine and kept me going. But it’s those kind of target dates, those little goals, you know, it was like, I’ve got to be ready to do this show. And then just a week later, Stockholm Syndrome and Les Claypool and company did a benefit show in San Francisco at the Independent.
MB: The Wally Llama Love-In!
WI: (laughs) The Wally Llama Love-In! I forgot that it was called that! That was super cool too. Those guys…I am so excited to play with Stockholm Syndrome again, it’s going to be really fun!
MB: I think we’re all excited, especially us lucky Coloradoans! You guys are spoiling us on this run!
WI: Well Colorado is kind of a second home for me. I’ve been playing there for so long, I have family there, and I have tons of friends there. I’m a little bummed that we’re not playing Telluride, because I have a huge contingent there. But I’m glad we’re going to be back at the Fox Theatre too because the owners are good friends of mine…
MB: Now you guys played at the Warren Haynes Christmas Jam show in December and after having taken some time off from the project - that had to be a pretty enjoyable evening for you guys…
WI: Yeah, that was another one! I was like, when is this going to stop?! Hopefully never! (laughs) That was another magical night. It’s just a different kind of feeling when you are doing these benefit shows. It was for a really good cause, Habitat for Humanity, and another eclectic bunch of musicians! They really do it well too. They’ve been doing it for quite a few years and Warren and Stephanie have really got it down. And the community really rallies around it. They are well organized, they know how to optimize the funds and put them in the right place, and the community is just really behind it. Everyone who was there had a great big smile on their face and just seemed really happy to be a part of it. It’s a perfect way to go into the holiday season. You feel like you are playing Santa Clause a little bit! And Warren is Santa, definitely. Inside, everyone should be, you know? …He’s tireless there. I don’t know how he does it. He does these virtuoso type of performances with everyone there, it’s amazing! I was able to play with Jackson Browne too. I played percussion with him as kind of a duo.
MB: Well now there’s someone who has played a rather significant role in your life.
WI: I was just on the phone with him just last night. He’s thrilled to hear I’m working with Sheryl. I wanted to let him know that we’re playing a really cool version of, “Doctor My Eyes”.
MB: Nice!
WI: When I told him about that, he was thrilled. It was great. It was cool to play with him and Eric McFadden and Bernie Worrell sat in with us for a couple of songs. And then Bruce Hornsby sat in with us and then Warren sat in with us.
MB: Wow, those are some pretty major league sit-ins!
WI: Yeah, it was cool! Peter Frampton blew me away. G-Love and Special Sauce was really good. I mean, it was a really good lineup. And Stockholm, I think we played really well. Everyone’s in a great head space right now. Jerry just got back from Tibet and Nepal; he’s been wandering around the mountains. Eric McFadden is at something like ten months of sobriety and that makes him quite a focused person. Everyone’s just doing really well. This tour, with Danny Louis adding into the mix, is going to be really dynamic. Even though we really miss Danny Dziuk, our original keyboardist from Germany, Danny Louis really takes it to another level! I think that Danny Dziuk is a really complimentary player and did not want to overstep his bounds much. Danny Louis though, he’s not afraid to really just take off!
MB: So would you feel safe in saying this is a permanent change in the lineup then?
WI: Yeah, I think. Danny Dzuik has his own thing and has a family and it was quite a sacrifice for him to be on the road with us in the States.
MB: I can imagine.
WI: I think he’s quite content with what he’s doing in Germany. Danny Louis, he’s very excited about it! He loves it! So we’ll see. Everyone is so busy, that it’s going to be a real challenge just to find time for us to play. When Panic’s not playing, the Mule isn’t playing, and Sheryl Crow’s not playing and when McFadden and Jerry are available…so we’ll see. It’s definitely a challenge. There were a couple of things in June that were in the mix, but I’m kind of getting really busy until August. I’m kind of hoping maybe in the fall or something like that.
MB: Yeah, I was wondering how you guys were able to pull it all together, considering the schedules at play between all of you.
WI: You know, I didn’t have anything going on, so it was a lot easier for me. But now all of a sudden, if this record, if it has legs, it could go on even past August. But everyone’s pretty busy in the summer anyway, but it would have been nice to play a couple of festivals here and there. I really get a feeling that we are going to be playing together for a lifetime. We might lose a bit when it comes to our consistency, but I think we’ll gain because it will be such a special time when we do get to play together.
I know we’re going to record all of the shows and we are really going to make an effort to record them well. Of course those will all be available, but maybe we will come up with a nice package or something like that, so that will be something for the fans. Hopefully that will help them get through to the next experience! (laughs)
MB: So you guys are pretty much just going to focus on doing the live thing at this point – no plans to head back down to Compass Pointe to create a follow up to “Holy Happy Hour”?
WI: Actually there is talk of that! As a matter of fact, our friend Diego, who has a place down there that originally…that’s kind of how I got hooked up with Dave and Jerry. David Lindley and I played at Diego’s wedding and that’s where I met Jeff Bransford, who is the President of Terminus Records, the label that the Stockholm Syndrome album came out on. He kind of indirectly put us all together and connected us with Compass Point and what not. So when we made our record, we stayed at his place down there. And there’s talk of doing the same thing again some time.
MB: That would be fantastic, because it’s been a little while, and we are hungry for more Stockholm Syndrome!
From Left to Right:
Danny Louis, Eric McFadden, Dave Schools, Jerry Joseph, Wally Ingram
Photo courtesy of StockholmSyndromeBand.com
WI: It has been a while! You know, we were actually supposed to play the Christmas Jam a couple of years before this one and they had this little tour scheduled and they sent me an email. And I said you know, that all sounds great, but I’m actually having a baby that week!
MB: Yeah, that kind of event really takes center stage in one’s life, doesn’t it?
WI: Yeah! So I was like, I can’t do this! And she was born December 5th so I wasn’t going anywhere. And the next year was the cancer year, so it didn’t happen again. I mean time has just flown by. But I think that Jerry and Dave, they’ll plug away. They’re the principle writers so I’m sure they’ll work it into their schedules to write some new material. Jerry’s a writing machine! It just flows out of him. So I don’t know when we’ll be able to work it all out, but we’ll try to plan ahead. And we will make it happen! We’re talking about it, we’re excited about it, and it will happen. And I do think it will probably be Compass Point again, because it’s like this magical place. And Terry Manning, the owner and operator of the place, has just got the magic touch.
MB: That he does! Now, from the outside looking in, it seems that there are some pretty strong and dynamic personalities within the group, yet you guys have clearly found this cohesive way of bringing all of that together and creating something really incredible. It seems you guys really focus in on really celebrating everyone’s unique and individual talents as well, and it seems like that would be a pretty rewarding place to be as a musician. It seems as though it would foster a really fertile, creative environment.
WI: Well yeah, I really don’t think I can say it better. There are some full octane personalities in this band. I mean, everyone’s pretty much capable of doing their own thing and you know, with Jerry and Eric, I mean Eric is very prolific. We did a duo record called Alektorophobia. I just bought the license to it actually.
MB: That’s right! I heard you are the man to go to if you want to pick up a copy of that album.
WI: Yeah, we will actually have them at the shows. I’ve got the remaining copies. And hopefully, we will press more. I don’t know if we will try to find a label or not, but right now, we are doing it the old-fashion way.
MB: Nothing wrong with that.
WI: And I think he’s made two or three records since that one. I don’t know what the total count is now, but I know it’s over fifteen CDs he’s made.
MB: He’s everywhere.
WI: It’s probably closer to twenty! So he does his thing. And then, of course, Jerry, he must have fifteen or twenty CDs himself! And then Dave of course, he’s prolific, with all of the projects he has and just with Panic! And then Danny, he’s played with everybody! I mean, I hate to say it, but it really is kind of an all-star band!
MB: Definitely! Total powerhouse group!
WI: It feels like a band! It really feels like a band! That’s one of those feelings, I mean I’ve been a “sideman” forever, you know, twenty-five years. And this feels like a band! You really feel like you just know what to do. You play the right stuff, there’s a chance for everyone to shine. It’s weird, when I’m up there, I almost feel like I’m on a Stones tour or something. (laughs)
MB: Well you can’t beat that kind of a feeling!
WI: This is a really good band! It just kind of lights your fire. And I think the fans feel it as well. I think they sense it. And I think the fact that we have had some time off, I think it really creates more of a sense of anticipation. There’s this tension, this positive tension.
MB: Now I have come across a few comments made by Dave Schools, indicating that he wanted to have more of a forum to speak out on issues important to him, such as political issues. Would you say that Stockholm Syndrome kind of provides that forum for you guys?
WI: Yes, absolutely. I mean Jerry’s always speaking his mind, so I think just the fact that he’s coupled up with Jerry, he’s already on the podium. And then if you throw McFadden in there, it’s kind of like you have the ultimate wing man, you know? It’s kind of like adding a machine gun to your arsenal. Like a good football team – you’ve got to have a good line, a good defensive line, good cornerbacks, and good linebackers. And I think we’re stacked! It’s so cool! I’m so excited!
When Sheryl asked me to join her band actually, the first thing I said was that I have this tour planned that I really want to do. She was like, no problem, we will get someone else while you do that. They were going to be in Europe doing some press things. I’m just psyched she was so accommodating, because it’s really a big thing for me. I love playing full strength drums, you know, it’s kind of high octane drums, as I call it. You know, Sheryl’s gig is great, I love playing percussion and that stuff too. But once again, you’re in a band and you’re rocking hard…it’s long overdue. So when I got this offer, I said, I have to do this! It immediately popped into my head. I was like, uh oh, I really hope I don’t have to cancel this tour. And I’m just thrilled that it’s working this well. I hit New York and do all this promo stuff – I think we’re on the Today show Friday. If you go to SherylCrow.com, you will see all of the press stuff. Next week is Conan, Letterman, The View, some VH1 thing… So then I’ll fly home for just two days and then head to San Francisco to do some rehearsing. Then it’s time to hit the road!
MB: Well that brings me to my next question. I have been following your journey over the last several years and reading everything that you have written and I have noticed that your writings are so full of love and gratitude now, particularly when you talk about your wife and your daughter, Lydia.
WI: Oh yeah!
MB: Is it harder for you to leave home now, considering all that you have been through? Has your experience kind of shed a new light on that?
WI: Oh absolutely. I mean that’s the one bummer. I’ve already been gone from them for the longest period, it’s only eight days, but it’s the longest I’ve been away from them in a little over a year. And that’s tough. My daughter, Lydia, just learned “Puff the Magic Dragon” and she sang it to me over the phone. And of course I started crying.
MB: Oh my goodness, that’s just adorable!! You have to get it on tape!
WI: Oh yeah, they left me a message first and then they called me back, so I’ve got it. I’m really emotional now.
MB: Well yeah, how could you not be? When you’ve been through all that you have, it has to drastically alter the way you see and feel everything!
WI: Yeah! But they’re going to be on most of the Stockholm tour with me.
MB: Good, that’s fantastic!
WI: They’ll be in San Francisco, then skip Park City and then be there for the Colorado dates….we got Lydia some pretty cool little ear protection, this little pink headset, which she will definitely need.
MB: Well it looks like she is already developing her own musical talents! I understand she has her own drum kit now?
WI: She does! We have matching kits! And she has a little guitar and she has keyboards and when she gets her hands on a microphone, that’s it. So she just turned two in December, so I would say she is off to a good start.
Lydia Ingram – Future Rock Star
Photo courtesy of WallyIngram.com
MB: I should say so!
WI: I think there’s going to be a lot of opportunities to have them come out on the road.
MB: I would imagine that will make all of the difference in the world.
WI: Yeah and Sheryl has a baby boy, which she adopted, named Wyatt. He’s less than a year old. I think he’s about nine months right now. And I am his Godfather! So it’s a real family thing! It’s great to be bonding with him. He’s just great! He’s a great little boy! He’s already about the size of my two year old, he’s a bruiser!
MB: Oh he’s gonna be a big guy
WI: Oh yeah, absolutely, he will be a big guy. He’s a little cowboy. I tell ya what, I am thankful. Everyday. I’m thankful to be alive, I’m thankful for the support, I feel the love and I guess it’s just time to get back into the music thing. Music has been my outlet. It’s the magic carpet. You get on it and you go amazing places. And you meet amazing people, you know? It’s really something.
I tell you what, last night I got this email from another patient who I met at Cedars-Sinai who was about six months ahead of me and went through the same program I did. I think he even had it rougher than I did. And they just found what they call a curious spot in his lung. So they went in and found out that it was malignant. So he’s now starting chemotherapy again next week. So you just never know. My heart just goes out to him. There’s actually been quite a few people that I met going through the same challenges and we just kind of started this little support group where we chime in with each other and try to keep each other strong and try to share information and what not.
There’s actually, sadly, several musicians that have had the same type of cancer that I had and everyone’s doing pretty well. Mark Karan from RatDog who plays the guitar, he was stage 4B. I was stage 4A. And he’s gone through the program with flying colors. He’s doing really well and is in his kind of recovery stage right now. And my friend Steve Burton, who has played the guitar for Bonnie Raitt and Kris Kristofferson, he’s battling right now. He’s in a similar predicament to this other man, and is now having to have treatment for his lungs. And then yet another guitar player, Don Kirkpatrick, who plays with Rod Stewart, he went through the whole deal too! He was stage 2 something. His goal was to be back on the road with Rod in February! I’m quite sure he will probably reach that goal. I would never have been ready that quickly, but he’s done pretty well too. So people keep popping up. I’ve had some fans, like this one fan of The Animals, it’s her brother-in-law that is really having a hard time right now. I’ve been emailing him and I plan to go visit when I get a chance. It’s kind of part of my new program, to get involved and of course, with musicians, I can really relate. Anyone, of course, but it’s just kind of ironic that these buddies of mine, these musicians, are coming up with the same exact thing. It starts in your tonsil and moves to the side of your neck.
MB: That’s insane!
WI: It used to be called the “Old Man’s Disease”, but it’s hitting younger people now.
MB: Do they have any idea as to what may be causing this to show up in so many younger people now?
WI: They don’t know why. A lot of times it lends itself to smokers and drinkers and that kind of thing. And being musicians… I wasn’t a cigarette smoker, but I was definitely around a lot of second hand smoke.
MB: Oh sure, yeah.
WI: But who knows, it could be diet issues, a combination of…who knows?
MB: Well the schedule you keep, life on the road, I mean it can’t be easy! I have always thought that it takes a really strong person to handle that lifestyle! I mean you are on the go constantly!
WI: Yeah, you are always on the go, it’s really just hard living! It’s hard living, but I’m on a completely different vibe now. I’m not drinking. I mean I might have a beer or something but…I used to be a rather prolific drinker. I’ve learned a lot about diet, I’ve learned a lot about body chemistry and what not. I try to make sure I get my sleep and exercise. And I’m better for it!
I’ve got some ideas about trying to in the future do some events and what not to help musicians that don’t have health insurance. I try to encourage anyone in ear shot of me to get health insurance. As difficult as it might be to do it, if you don’t have it, you could be in big trouble. If something like this happens, I mean, it would have cost close to half a million dollars in the end!
MB: You had health insurance, right?
WI: I did have major health insurance. And so that helped, not only financially, but also for peace of mind. We weren’t just digging this huge hole, this money pit.
MB: That’s the last thing you need to be worrying about when you are going through something like what you did.
WI: And you would! If you knew you didn’t have health insurance…For one thing, you’re not able to go just anywhere for treatment. You don’t have all of the choices as far as institutions go. You have to pretty much go where you can obtain public health or whatever. It’s just nice to have choices. My friend Don, he didn’t have health insurance, but he was able to get into UCLA anyway. But it’s going to be tough for him to get health insurance now. I think it might take a few years. He needs to have a clean bill of health and then he might be able to get in. People need to at least have some kind of major medical insurance, it’s really important. And that says a lot about what’s going on with healthcare in the country. It just needs to be addressed! There are so many other countries that have been able to figure it out. And here we are, supposedly this superpower, the biggest, the best, and yet we can’t figure this one out.
MB: I know. It just breaks my heart.
WI: Yeah, it’s tough. It’s a political year too, so actually, it would be kind of appropriate for Stockholm to run around with a megaphone before the election.
MB: You need to! Seriously! And people will listen to you! I mean between all of you guys, you have a huge base of people willing to listen to what it is that you have to say!
WI: There is a big net of folks out there! Well maybe I will try and plant that with the band - that we should be out in the fall on the campaign trail!
MB: That would be great! Stockholm is hitting the political trail!
WI: I don’t know who will get our official endorsement…I wonder if that would make news? (laughs) Stockholm Syndrome’s official endorsement…
MB: You’ll be on CNN!
(laughter)
MB: I wanted to ask you about one show in particular. Right after you received the all clear from the doctor, you played at the Joshua Tree Festival, right?
WI: Yes I did.
MB: How was that show for you? I was thinking that had to be a pretty intense show for you, I mean all clear!!
WI: Oh yeah! When I got the all clear, I was actually with my sister-in-law. My wife was working that day. Dr. Ryan Osborne, who is this amazing Head and Neck surgeon, when he first diagnosed me, he said you know what? You can’t fall down now. You can’t be weak. There will be plenty of time for crying later. But right now, you are in for a fifteen round fight and I need you to be standing up the whole time. There will be a day when we can all cry. But not yet. So it’s funny, when he said, I don’t see anything, I don’t feel anything, of course I started crying. We were all hugging each other. I mean you’re not completely in the clear. I hear if you make it two years, two years is kind of a good mark, if you can make it through two years, you are probably out of the woods. And for me, it’s been a little over a year. And every three months, I have an MRI with a PET CT scan. And then you know. It’s like taking your midterm exams or something like that, your finals. You go in there, and hopefully you pass. And if you go in there and they find something , then you address it. And that’s what I’m dealing with with some of my friends now. It’s devastating I kind of put myself in their position. What happens if something does come up?
MB: You fight another good fight!
WI: You feel like you’ve already been through the war. You just have another few battles ahead of you!
MB: And you are already a battle hardened warrior…
WI: Yeah! So I’m prepared, but I’m hopeful that everything is going to be ok. I’ve got a fantastic team of doctors that are second to none. They are incredible! And very supportive! So now, I continue to get these scans, so if anything comes up, they will know about it and do something about it quick!
MB: But you aren’t going to have to worry about that. Nothing will come up.
WI: No!
MB: Too much love and good will coming your way.
WI: Lots of good stuff in there.
MB: Absolutely. Well thank you so much for chatting with me and being so open about all that you have been through. I have no doubt that it will be an inspiration to many people. And I can’t wait to see Stockholm tear it up here in Colorado!
WI: You got it, you got it!
We went on to talk about the upcoming Colorado shows a bit more and exchange a few last general pleasantries. Needless to say, I had been inspired by my talk with Wally Ingram – what an incredible human being – so open, honest, kind, grateful, and passionate! And don’t even get me started on his musical talents …
So the next time you have an opportunity to see this man play, regardless of who he is playing with, grab it fast! On stage, you will see a man who is thrilled to be there and is grateful for every moment of his amazing journey. And what greater way to celebrate being alive, then through music, sweet, sweet music…
Photos courtesy of WallyIngram.com and StockholmSyndromeBand.com.
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